SAAS North Now 2020 | SAAS NORTH Conference | 9 November 2020 | Virtual event

The SaaS landscape has changed. Business has changed. The world has changed. NOW is the time to refocus and adapt. On September 9,10 2020 we held SAAS NORTH NOW, a fully-featured, remote conference that facilitated meaningful connections and tactical strategies for adaptability, innovation and success in unprecedented times. This extraordinary virtual version of the conference was produced to generate connections, nurture relationships and provide a home-based experience that is high calibre, and low touch!

2020 Speakers

Hana Abaza
Director of Marketing, Shopify PLUS

Hana Abaza
Director of Marketing, Shopify PLUS

Snita Balsara
VC, MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund

Janet Bannister
Managing Partner, Real Ventures

Andrea Baptiste
Strategic Startups, AWS

Blake Bartlett
Partner, OpenView

Dev Basu
Chief Experience Officer, Powered By Search

Erin Blaskie
Director of Marketing, Fellow.app

Alon Bonder
Strategy and Corporate Development, Google

Marc Boscher
Founder & CEO, Unito

Fraser Charles
Director, Global Strategic Partnerships, MediaValet

Joanne Chen
Partner, Foundation Capital

Kerri Connolly
Director of Partnerships, Microsoft Canada

Emilie Cushman
CEO, Kira Talent

Dave D'Oyen
Diversity and Inclusion Consultant

Catherine Dahl
CEO, Beanworks

April Dunford
Founder, Ambient Strategy

Erika Ellacott
Shopify

Saeideh Fard
SVP, Finance, PointClickCare

Brad Feld
Managing Director, Foundry Group

Shawn Finder
Founder & CEO, Autoklose

Rand Fishkin
Co-founder & CEO, SparkToro

Dean Fulford
Practice Leader, Leadership Development, Stratford Managers

Aly Gillani
Managing Director, Capital Markets, RBC

Ashira Gobrin
Chief People Officer, Wave

Peter Hall
VP & Chief Economist, EDC

Shivalika Handa
Managing Director,, PwC Corporate Finance

Shavonne Hasfal-McIntosh
Diversity and Belonging, Shopify

Larissa Homes
VP of Talent, People & Culture, Borrowell

Anum Hussain
Co-Founder & CEO, Acciyo

Justine Janssen
SVP Strategic Initiatives, Ceridian

Éléonore Jarry-Ferron
Investment, Brightspark

Hanif Joshaghani
Co-founder & CEO, Symend

Julia Kassam
Managing Director, CIBC Innovation Banking

Mark Kilens
VP of Content & Community, Drift

Nathan Latka
Founder, SaaS Database, GetLatka.com

Leo Lax
Executive Managing Director, L-SPARK

Udi Ledergor
Chief Marketing Officer, Gong

Laura Lenz
Partner, OMERS

Warren Levitan
SVP, GM Platform, Zendesk

Michael Litt
CEO & Co-Founder, Vidyard

David Little
Head of Venture Technology and Emerging Technologies, Dentons

Patrick Lor
Managing Partner, Panache Ventures

Todd MacLean
Managing Partner, Silversmith Capital

Liam Martin
Co-Founder, Co-Organizer & CMO, Time Doctor, Staff.com and Running Remote Conference

Sara Martin
PM, Swapcard

Mike Matta
CEO and Co-Founder, Solink

Joseph Maxwell
Managing Partner, Fintop Capital

Jennifer Mercer
CEO, Metazoa

Aydin Mirzaee
Founding Fellow, Fellow.app

Atulan Navaratnam
Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions, OpenText

Diego Oppenheimer
Chief Executive Officer, Algorithmia

Mark Organ
CEO, Categorynauts

Sid Paquette
Head, Technology & Innovation Banking, RBC

Signy Roland
Director, People and Culture, League

Shez Samji
Managing Partner, Silicon Valley Bank

Sarah Saska
Co-Founder & CEO, Feminuity

Michelle Scarborough
Managing Partner, Strategic Investments and Women In Technology Fund, BDC Capital

Brice Scheschuk
Managing Partner, Globalive Capital

Henry Schuck
CEO, ZoomInfo

Hiten Shah
Co-Founder & CEO, FYI

Kahini Shah
Investor, Gradient Ventures

Sureel Sheth
Principal, JMI Equity

Riaz Sidi
President, Sidi.io]

Kirk Simpson
Co-Founder, Wave

Lucas Skoczkowski
Partner, Red Lane Group

Lucas Skoczkowski
Partner, Red Lane Group

David Skok
CEO & Editor in Chief, The Logic

Pablo Srugo
VC, Mistral

Nick Stein
CMO, Top Hat

Louis Têtu
CEO & Chairman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, COVEO

Lauren Thibodeau
Founder and Chief Research Officer, SaaSCan

Alex Tong
Principal, Information Venture Partners

Louis Vachon
President & CEO, National Bank of Canada

Paul Vallee
Founder & CEO, Tehama

Jason VandeBoom
Founder & CEO, Active Campaign

Stacey Wallin
Founder / Executive Director, CAIN

Emily Walsh
Partner, Georgian Partners

Debbie Weinstein
Co-Founder & Partner, LaBarge Weinstein

Patrick White
Managing Director, L-SPARK

Allan Wille
Co-Founder & CEO, Klipfolio

Dustin Yoder
CEO, Sureify

2020 Sponsors

IGNITED BY:
• L-Spark

FOUNDING PATRON:
• Shopify
• RBC

GOLD SPONSORS:
• BDC
• Klipfolio
• National Bank

SILVER SPONSORS:
• AWS
• Ceridian
• CIBC
• Dentons
• EDC
• Labarge Weinstein
• Microsoft
• Paysafe
• Sidi.io
• Timia Capital
• Simple Story

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Autoklose
• Kinakis
• Numbercrunch
• SVB
• Versature

INDIVIDUAL SPONSORS:
• Firepower
• Stratford
• AWS
• Simple Story
• OTTOWA
• Timia Capital
• National Bank
• Information Happy Hour Sponsor
• Gallagher
• Risk Balance
• Sampford
• HelloWoofy