Discovery Keynote Speakers 2017 | Ontario Centres of Excellence | 15 May 2017 | Toronto, ON, United States

Discovery is Canada's leading innovation-to-commercialization conference.

Jared Cohen
Founder of Google Ideas
President of Jigsaw

Gina McCarthy
Head of EPA under President Obama

Anne Snowdon
Professor and Academic Chair
World Health Innovation Network
Odette School of Business

Annette Verschuren
Chair and CEO,
NRStor Inc.

The Hon. Brad Duguid
Minister
Economic Development and Growth

Dana (Keoki) Jackson
Chief Technology Officer
Lockheed Martin

Geoff Smith
President & CEO
EllisDon

The Hon. Glen Murray
Minister
Environment and Climate Change

Linda Hasenfratz
Chief Executive Officer
Linamar Corporation

Marc Goodman
Global strategist/consultant/author of Future Crimes

Mark Henderson
Chairman
Ericsson Canada Inc.

P. Thomas (Tom) Jenkins
Chair of the Board
OpenText Corporation

The Hon. Reza Moridi
Minister
Research Innovation and Science

William Charnetski
Chief
Health Innovation Strategist for Ontario

Menelaos (Manny) Argiropoulos
Chief, SME Stakeholder Engagement, Public Services and Procurement Canada
Office of Small and Medium Enterprises (OSME)

Dr. Gavin Armstrong
Founder and President
Lucky Iron Fish

Ali Asaria
Founder and CEO
Tulip Retail

Jocelyn Bacchus
Policy Coordinator
Ministry of Economic Development and Growth (MEDG)/Ministry of Research, Innovation, and Science (MRIS)

Michael K. Badham
Managing Director
Georgian Angel Net

Christopher Baird
Senior Director,
Build in Canada Innovation Program, Public Services and Procurement Canada

Christopher Baird
Senior Director
Build in Canada Innovation Program, Public Services and Procurement Canada

David Borcsok
Fund Manager
RBC Generator Fund

Stuart Browne
CEO
Pycap Corporation/Corporate Finance and Venture Capital Firm

Robert Bult
Senior Policy Advisor,
Scale-Up Services Branch, Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Growth (MEDG) and Ministry of Research, Innovation, and Science (MRIS)

Nick Buncic
Policy Advisor
Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Growth / Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science

Steve Carkner
Head of Innovation
Revision Military

Jake Cassaday
Associate
Relay Ventures

Isi Caulder
Partner
Bereskin & Parr LLP

Roger Chabra
General Partner
Rho Canada Ventures

William Charnetski
Chief Health Innovation
Strategist for Ontario

Hugh Chow
Founder & Managing Partner
Pool Global Partner

Burke Christian
Manager of Communication and Vendor Outreach
Ministry of Government & Consumer Services, Supply Chain Ontario

Christina Clark
Account Manager
BDC

Paul Clark
President
TD Direct Investing
Executive VP
TD Banking Group

Maddie Cook
Trade Comissioner
Consulate General of Canada

Dr. Tom Corr
President and CEO
Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE)

Linda Cousineau
Acting Director General
Innovation and Community Development, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario)

Mélisse Craig
Innovation Advisor
NRC-IRAP-Concierge

Martin Croteau
Director
Academic Entrepreneurship, Ontario Centres of Excellence

Code Cubitt
Founder and Managing Director
Mistral Venture Partners

Stephen Davis
Trade Commissioner
Denver Colorado

Alia Dedhar
Consul & Trade Commissioner
Head of Innovation, Consulate General of Canada

Angelo Del Duca
Investor
York Angel Investors

Narinder Dhami
Managing Director, LEAP

Matthew Doherty
Economic Development and Operations Manager
IION

Laura Dottori-Attanasio
Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer
CIBC

The Hon. Brad Duguid
Minister
Economic Development and Growth

Janet Ecker
President
Toronto Financial Services Alliance

Chris Evans
Senior Account Manager
Clean Technologies Ontario, Export Development Canada (EDC)

Melissa Farrell
Assistant Deputy Minister
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

John Fielding
Regional Director
Business Development, Eastern and Northern Ontario, Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE)

Frederic Fournier
Head of Canadian Consulate
San Diego

Kevin Fox
Senior Procurement Consultant
Ministry of Government and Consumer Services

Kevin Fox
Senior Procurement Consultant
Ministry of Government and Consumer Services

Valerie Fox
Chief Innovation Consultant
The Pivotal Point

Eric Freilich
Volunteer
Osgoode Venture Capital Clinic

Jasmin Ganie-Hobbs
Senior Development Banker
Technology Industry, Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)

Carmen Gervais
Deputy Director
Networks of Centres of Excellence

Parm Gill
Director
Network of Angel Organizations - Ontario

Christine Goa
Vice President
Istuary Capital

Ajay Gopal
Associate Director
BDC

Ted Graham
Head of Open Innovation
General Motors

Karen Grant
Executive Director
Angel One Investor Network

Vanessa Grant
Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright

Satheejan Gugananthan
Business Development & Portfolio Manager
Ideal Incubator

Mary Haak-Frendscho
CEO
Blueline Bioscience

Dr. Bettina Hamelin
Vice-President
Research Partnerships Directorate, NSERC

Estelle Havva
Industrial Technology Advisor
NRC IRAP

Brenda Hogan
Senior Investment Manager
Ontario Capital Growth Corporation

Randall Howard
General Partner
Verdexus

Manfred Hubert
Director
Ontario St. Clair Region, National Research Council Industrial Assistance Program (NRC IRAP)

Will Hutchins
Managing Director
Espresso Capital

Ozan Isinak
Region President
Keiretsu Forum Central Canada

Iman Jaffari
Founder
FoodPost Inc.

Ryan Janzen
Co-Founder,CTO
Transpod

P. Thomas (Tom) Jenkins
Chair of the Board
OpenText Corporation

Xu Jichao
Vice Governor
Henan Provincial People’s Government

Jaswinder Kaur
Director
Emerging Markets, Kivuto Solutions

Colin Kelleher
President
Kelleher Financial Inc.

Hassan Khan
Chief Executive Officer
Quantius

Bilal Khan
Managing Director
OneEleven

Vince Killen
Executive Director
SOFII Investment Fund

Brian Kobus
Director
OMERS Ventures

Claudia Krywiak
Vice President
Corporate Development, Planning and Strategic Initiatives, Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE)

Naheed Kurji
Co-Founder and COO
Mosaic

Lily Lam
Senior Director
Investment Portfolio, Ontario Centres of Excellence

Robert Landry
Trade Commissioner
Montreal/Quebec

Jeremy Laurin
President and CEO
ventureLAB

Geneviève Lavertu
Senior Director
Medtronic Care Management Services Canada

Carol Leaman
CEO
Axonify Inc.

Craig Leonard
Investment Director
MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund

Benton Leong
Angel Investor
Golden Triangle Angel Network

Benton Leong
Angel Investor
Golden Triangle Angel Network

Zhishuo (Peter) Liu
Founder & President
China Canada Angels Alliance

LU Yubin
General Manager
Hangzhou Huadong Medicine Group Pharmaceutical Research Institute CO., Ltd.

Wayne Maddever
Portfolio Manager
Bioindustrial Innovation Canada

Arjun Mali
Co-Founder and COO
iMerciv

Kristel Manes
Director
Innovation Center; Director, The Rhyze Project, Innovation Guelph

Sarah Marion
Analyst
iNovia Capital

Mohan Markandaier
Managing Partner
Good News Ventures

Karl Martin
Founder and CTO
Nymi

Michelle McBane
Director
MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund

Colin McKillop
Executive Director
Windsor Essex Angel Network

Maya Medeiros
Lawyer
Patent and Trademark Agent, Norton Rose Fulbright

Jeff Mesina
Vice President
AIP Private Capital

Mickey Milner
Professor Emeritus
University of Toronto

Qasim Mohammad
Investment Associate
OMERS

Saadia Muzaffar
Founder
TechGirls Canada

Trish Nixon
Investment Director
CoPower

Michael Nobrega
Chair of the Board
Ontario Centres of Excellence, Former President and CEO, OMERS

Tamara O'Connell
Associate
Smart-Biggar

Dumitru Olariu
Business Development Officer
Canadian Intellectual Property Office

Tony Orsi
Partner
Bereskin & Parr LLP, Toronto

Neil Padgett
Associate
Smart-Biggar

Pierre Paffenhoff
Technology Scout
Sustainable Development Technology Canada

Miro Pavletic
CEO and Co-Founder
Stack

Susan Picarello
Assistant Deputy Minister
OPS Accessibility Office and Employment Strategy Division, Accessibility Directorate of Ontario

Annie Pinet
Managing Director
Maple Leaf Angels

Jeffery Potvin
CEO & Managing Director
Hardboot Inc.

Tomi Poutanen
Interim Industry Services Development Director
Vector Institute
Co-Founder
Layer 6AI

Chekema Prince
Co-Founder and CTO
Pression Inc.

Balinder Rai
Senior Business Development Manager
Ontario Centres of Excellence

Ajay Ramasubramaniam
Director
Zone Startups India

Steve Rampado
Partner
Cyber Risk Services, Deloitte

Jonathan Rezek
Business Development Executive
Innovation, IBM Canada

Jamie Rosenblatt
Associate
Golden Ventures

Anne-Marie Roussel
Trade Commissioner
Silicon Valley

Craig Ryan
Director
Social Entrepreneurship BDC

Russell Samuels
Principal
Whitecap Venture Partners

Cam Sawatsky
Digital Operations Leader
National Abilities Chair
TELUS

James Sbrolla
President
Cleantech Capital

Amie Sergas
Director
Venture Programs, MaRS

Michael Sfalcin
Investment Director
BEST Funds

Mike Shaver
General Partner
Real Ventures

Michael Silagadze
CEO and Co-Founder
Top Hat

Sanjay Singhal
Partner
500 StartUps

Melissa Smith
Senior Account Manager
BDC

Geoff Smith
President & CEO
EllisDon

Abdullah Snobar
Executive Director
Ryerson DMZ

Anne Snowdon
Professor and Academic Chair
World Health Innovation Network, Odette School of Business

Shirley Speakman
Partner
Cycle Capital

Adam Spence
Founder and Director
Social Venture Connexion, MaRS Centre for Impact Investing

Greg Stewart
Principal
GreenSky Capital

Lynda Sturgeoff
Research and Technology Manager
Canada Revenue Agency

Anna-Karina Tabuñar
Director, Corporate Affairs
Sodexo Canada

Dominic Talalla
Managing Partner
Trellis Capital

Kent Thexton
Founder
Scale Up Ventures

Alex Townsend
Analyst
Angel One Investor Network

Tibor Turi
Regional Director
Central Ontario, Ontario Centres of Excellence

Annette Verschuren
Chair and CEO, NRStor Inc.

Italo Voso
Portfolio Manager
CIBC

Tony Wang
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
River Capital

Colin Webster
CEO
Hero Ventures Ltd

Assaf Weisz
Co-Founder and Director
Purpose Capital

Andrew Wilkes
Partner
Management Initiatives Inc.

WU Hanrong
Director
Guangdong Science and Technology Cooperation Center

XIONG Liangming
Executive Deputy Director & Manager
State Key Lab of Optic Fibre and Cable Manufacture Technology, Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Joint Stock Co., Ltd. (YOFC)

Stephen Zhang
Partner
Tri-Lead Capital

ZHANG Weihua
Deputy Director
National Lab for Rail Traffic, Southwest Jiaotong University

ZHANG Yuqin
Co-Founder
River Capital

ZHU Jin
Professor
Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS

Maayan Ziv
Founder and CEO
AccessNow

Ontario

TFSA

JCAII

AMD

TUV

Lockheed Martin

Colleges Ontatio

GM Canada

Magna

Telus

bdc

Fair Ventures

APMA

Bereskin & Parr

Eacom

Ford

Toyota

Imaging Excellence

Healthcare Technology

Norton Rose Fulbright

ONE

Communitech

Haltech

Innovate Niagara

IION

Innovation IF

Innovation Guelph

Invest Ottawa

launch lab

MaRS

innovation

Innovation Mill

RIC

Innovation centre

spark

techalliance

venturelab

we-tech