Canada's Premier Private Equity and Venture Capital Conference 2017 | Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association | Montreal, QC, Canada

The Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (CVCA) has partnered with Réseau Capital, Quebec’s Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, to co-host Invest Canada ’17, Canada’s premier private equity and venture capital conference.

Invest Canada ’17, being held in Montreal, Quebec from June 6-8, provides a finger on the pulse on all that impacts Canada’s private equity and venture capital industry—from macro-economic issues, to in-depth discussions relevant to specific industries and sectors. Attendees will hear from leading global thought leaders, investors, and today’s innovation pioneers on various issues impacting the private capital environment.

Speakers :

Lisa Melchoir
Founder
VERTU Capital

Chima Ubani
Partner at Osler
Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Michael Akkawi
Partner
Torys LLP

Pascal Trembley
President, Managing Partner
Novacap TMT Group

Dr. Eiry Wynn Roberts
Vice President
Research and Development at Eli Lilly

Robert Prichard
Chair
Torys LLP

Michael Litt
CEO
Vidyard

Brent Belzberg
Senior Managing Partner
TorQuest Partners

Frederic Lalonde
Founder
Hopper

Christian Dube
Executive Vice-President
CDPQ.

Guthrie Stewart
SVP, Head of Global Private Investments
PSP Investments

Ludovic André
Managing Director
Emerillon Capital.

Jocelyn Blanchet
Partner
KPMG LLP.

Alex Taillefer
Managing Partner
XPND Capital.

David Trujilio
Partner
TPG

Andrew Arruda
Canadian entrepreneur and lawyer.

Sam Pasupalak
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
Maluuba.

Dr. Luc Marengere
Managing Partner
TVM Life Science Venture VII.

Ryan Duffy
President & CEO
Blackstone Energy Services Inc.

Andrew Bowerbank
Respected Authority on Emerging Clean Energy Technologies

Peter van der Velden
Managing General Partner
Lumira Capita

Paul Haynes
Chief Executive Officer
eSentire

Mark Wallace
President and CEO
Medgate since 2003.

Bobby Franklin
President & CEO
National Venture Capital Association (NVCA)

Colonel Chris Hadfield
Decorated Astronaut, Engineer and Pilot

Neal Hill
BDC Capital in 2012 as Vice President
Fund of Funds

Justin LaFayette
Managing Partner
Georgian Partners.

Niki Lauda
Former Formula 1 Driver,
Three-time F1 World Drivers’ Champion

Whitney Rockley
Co-founder and Managing Partner
McRock Capita

David M. Rubenstein
Co-Founder and Co-CEO
The Carlyle Group

Presenting Sponsors :

Caisse de depot et placement du quebec

Fonds de solidarite FTG

PLATINUM Sponsors :

BDC

Choate

KPMG

PNC

Diamond Sponsors :

AE

Bennett JOnes

CPA Chartered Proffessional Accountants Canada

Deloitte

MNP

Osler

Royal Bank

Torys LLP

GOLD Sponsors :

Brookfield

Chubb

Hub

CIBC

Donnelley

SILVER Sponsors :

Blaney McMurty LLP

Comerica Bank

Davies

Novacap

TC

Triwest

Wellington Financial

BRONZE Sponsors :

Ipreo

Pinnacle Fund Services

Stike Elliot

Vistara