Inventures 2019 | INVENTURE$ | 5 June 2019 | Calgary Telus Convention Centre, 120 9 Ave SE, Calgary, AB T2G 0P3, Canada

Inventures is Western Canada’s most innovative platform, where inventors, investors and thought leaders come together to discover and share the latest in innovation, research, capital access, deal-making and experiential learning.

Here, you’ll get to explore 16 tracks of programming with the opportunity to enjoy the unique culture and western hospitality of one of the world’s most energetic cities—Calgary, Alberta.

Network with like-minded people, forge new relationships and make life changing deals, all while getting inspired by high-profile keynote speakers, executive panel discussions, experiential learning and more.

The must attend for investors, entrepreneurs and thought leaders
Venture capitalists, angel investors, entrepreneurs, early adopters, startups, business educators, and service providers are just some of the individuals participating in Inventures.

For Investors: Inventures provides a one-stop opportunity to access fast-growing startups participating in a pitch competition and to scan the investment landscape in research, innovation, commercialization and entrepreneurship.

For Entrepreneurs: Overlapping with the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, which brings in close to 1,000 investors, Inventures will showcase the largest group of investors at one event in Canada in 2019.

For Researchers and other Thought Leaders: Multiple programming streams offer choice for discovery, sharing and learning in a range of focus areas and emerging fields.

2019 Speakers

Temple Grandin
Professor, Colorado State University

Michele Romanow
Dragon on TV's Dragon's Den & Co-founder & President, Clearblanc

Daniel Kraft
Faculty Chair for Medicine, Singularity University

Helena Acheson
Managing Partner, C3-solutions

Erik Allan
ACE Program Director, Tundra Process Solutions

Barry Allen
CEO, PureWeb Inc.

Barry Allen
CEO, PureWeb Inc.

Ali Ardakani
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Novateur Ventures

Laurie Asava
Senior Consultant, Global Culture Transformation, General Motors

Samarth Athreya
Activator, TKS

Talha Atta
Innovator, The Knowledge Society

Chris Avery
President and CEO, First Air

Don Back
Director-Acceleration Services, NAIT

Katie Baker
Senior Program Officer - Innovation and Design, Kauffman Foundation

Ken Bautista
Partner, Makespace Group Inc.

Kate Beardsley
Partner, Upslope Ventures

Cory Bergh
VP Financial & Information Services, NAL Resources

Jeff Bell
Sector Lead Emerging Technologies, Alberta Economic Development and Trade

Gurneesh Bhandal
Senior Sustainability Manager, Cargill

Kevin Birn
Vice-president, IHS Markit

Jack Bobo
Vice President of Global Policy, Intrexon

Connie Bowen
Executive Director, The Yield Lab Institute

Charlie Brock
CEO, Brock Partnerships

John Brogly
CE(acting), Water Director, COSIA

Jessica Brown
Founder, Fulcrum Creative Ventures

John Brown
Executive Director, Science and Innovation Division, Alberta Economic Development and Trade

Lynda Brown-Ganzert
CEO, Curatio

Silas Buchanan
CEO, Institute for eHealth Equity

Joanna Buczkowska-McCumber
Executive Director, League of Innovators

Julie Bunker
Senior Lead of Western Services, QUEST

Greg Caldwell
Director, Development & Innovation, ATCO Pipelines & Liquids

Kyle Campbell
Founder, CTO.ai

Geoffrey Cann
Principal, Madcann Alberta Inc.

Gordon Casey
Founder, Brave Technology Coop

Grace Castillo-Soyao
Founder and CEO, Self Care Catalysts

Sweta Chakraborty
Founder & Principal, Adapt to Thrive

Bec Chapin
CoFounder and COO, NODE

Josh Chapman
COO & Treasurer, MATTER

Guenter Clar
Strategic Director, C3-solutions

Brent Cheal
CEO, Adappcity Inc.

Bonnie Clipper
V-P, Innovation, American Nurses Association

Alex Cohen
Founder, TwentyTables

Dave Collyer
Chair, Board of Directors, Emissions Reduction Alberta

Jonathan Connelly
Manager of Investment Strategy, Connelly Group of Companies

Topaz Conway
Chair, Biothoughts

Roland Coppens
Commercial Director, Air France KLM

Sanaz Cordes
MD, CEO Value Prop Shop

Michael Crane
Principal & Advisor, Perspective Strategy

Isabelle Desmartis
ADM (S&T) and CEO, DRDC

Claire Dixon
COO, Neuraura

Lindsay Dodd
Managing Partner, Sprout Fund LP

Jay Downton
President, Nation Network / Oodle Noodle / River Valley Company

Elena Dumitrascu
CTO, TerraHub

Jared Dziuba
VP, Oil and Gas Equity Research, BMO Capital Markets

Eric Edwards
Chief Technology Officer, GHGSat Inc.

Ndubuisi Ekekwe
Chairman, Fasmicro Group

Ashara Ekundayo
CEO, AECreative x Ashara Ekundayo Gallery

Emeka Ekwosimba

Craig Elias
Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Bow Valley College

Chinedu Enekwe
Managing Partner, Affiniti Ventures

Ayaan Esmail
Co-Founder & Innovator, Genis/The Knowledge Society

Belinda Esterhammer
Founder & Director, Springboard Group

Leslie Evans
Director, HIMSS Innovation Centre

Breanne Everett
CEO, Orpyx Medical Technologies Inc.

Judy Fairburn
Co-Founder, The51

Jeffrey Fitzpatrick-Stilwell
Sr. Manager, North America Sustainability, McDonald's Corporation

Scott Ford
EVP, Operations, Techstars

Stephen Frayser
Executive Director, Texas State University

Joseph Fung
Managing Partner, Saltagen Ventures

Jefferson Gardner
CEO, TaDuler Corp & InBridge Inc.

James Gaston
Senior Director, Healthcare Advisory Services, HIMSS Analytics

Ibrahim Gedeon
Chief Technology Officer, TELUS

Marcus Gillette
Director of Public Affairs, Renewable Natural Gas Coalition

Dan Giurescu
CEO, TerraHub

Shaloo Garg
Managing Director (Silicon Valley, Southwest), Microsoft for Startups, Microsoft

AJ Glassberg
CEO, Novele

Kari Gordon
Director, Ecosystem and Export Development, Calgary Economic Development

Kelcey Gosserand
Program Director, Developer Advocacy North America, IBM

James Graham
President, CEO and Founder, Neospatial Corporation

Cortni Grange
Vice President, FutureFIRST

Rajendra Pratap Gupta
Chairman, Global Advisory & Associated Services Pvt. Ltd

Martha Hall Findlay
President and CEO, Canada West Foundation

Bryan Helfenbaum
Executive Director, Advanced Hydrocarbons, Alberta Innovates

Emily Hicks
President, FREDsense Technologies Corp

John Hill
VP of Network, Techstars

Shaheel Hooda
Managing Partner, Sprout Fund LP

Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners

Marianne Hudson
Executive Director, Angel Capital Association

Kelly Henry
Architecture Business Development Manager, Ductal®, Lafarge

Laura Incognito
Founder and Owner, Little Tucker

Yuen Ip
COO, CPA Alberta

Ryan Jackson
Managing Director, RAMECO Group of Companies

Esther Karwera
Co-founder and Head of Business Development, Akorion Company Limited

Rasmus Kaster
Director, Consultancy, Copenhagen Optimization

Chris Kay
CEO, Multiplicity

Peter Keith
Co-Owner, Meuwly's Ltd.

Brenda Kenny, PHD
Member Council of Sustainable Development Technology Canada

Anouk Kendall
President, Decentralised Energy Canada

Luke Krueger
Co-founder, Valhalla Private Capital

Shelley Kuipers
Founder, The51

Brian Lang
Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, Energizing Health

Tiana Laurence
Executive Vice President, ABE Global

Steven Lee
Founder & Chief Science Officer, Visibly

Ethy Levy
Passionate Founder, The Bridge Hub

Trevor Lewington
CEO, Economic Development Lethbridge

Keziyah Lewis
Founder, Juniors in Tech

Tiffany Linke-Boyko
CEO, Startup Edmonton

Carl Lippert
Co-Founder, FeedX

Daria Loi
Principal Engineer, Intel

Patrick Lor
Managing Partner, Panache Ventures

Nicole Manu
Staff Attorney, The Good Food Institute

Adam Marsella
Associate Director, External Affairs, Novo Nordisk Canada Inc.

Amrita Mathur
VP Demand Gen and Marketing Operations, Top hat

Caitlin McAllister
Executive Director, Catapult Chicago

Kelly McBroom
Market Manger - Alberta, The League of Innovators

Katie McCall
Conference Programmer, SXSW

Chris McCarthy
VP, Strategy & Design, Hopelab & Innovation Learning Network

Patricia McLeod
Corporate Director, Alberta Innovates

Chris Megraw
Co-founder and Managing Partner, WAV Capital

Susan Mernit
Executive Director, The Crucible

Robyn Metcalfe
Director, Food+City

Kristina Milke
President, Valhalla Angels

Amy Millman
President, Springboard 2000 Enterprise

Scott Miller
Cofounder and CEO, Relentful

Neal Mody
Managing Director, Zoic Capital

David Moss
General Manager, Canadian Cattlemen's Association

Hillary-Ann Murray
Business Development and Marketing Consultant, Murray Global Holdings

Jen Murphy
Assistant Dean, Career Management & Student Success, Ohio University - College of Business

Andrew Murphy
CEO, Ecolodge Company Ghana Limited

Lara Murphy
Co-Founder/ Co-Owner, Ryan Murphy Construction

Stuart Murphy
CEO and Co-founder, SIPTIP

Tim Murphy
Vice-President, Alberta Innovates

Christine Murray
Director, Alberta Innovates

Ray Muzyka
CEO, ThresholdImpact

Georg Nagel
Coordinator International Cooperation, AiF Projekt GmbH

Ha Nguyen
Vice President, McRock Capital

Lisa Nuszkowski
Founder and Executive Director, MoGo

Shizu Okusa
Founder & CEO, Wellthy

Miracle Olatunji
Founder, OpportuniMe

Eric Osiakwan
Managing Partner, Chanzo Capital

Faris Oweis
Chief Instigator, Instigation Protocol

Jasmine Palardy
Director of Community, Makespace Group

Neetal Parekh
Founder and CEO, Innov8social

Sheelpa Patel
Founder and Managing Director, Mavens and Mavericks

Candice Paton
Executive Director, Clean Technology, Alberta Innovates

Amy Peck
CEO, EndeavorVR

Eylon Penchas
General Partner, Viola Partners

Anil Pereira
Senior Advisor, High Growth Companies

Michael Petersen
Chief Medical Officer-Epidemic Solutions, Accenturee

Jessica Peltz-Zatulove
Partner, MDC Ventures

Todd Pugsley
Manager, Bitumen Value Chain Optimization, Suncor

Bobbie-jo Racette
Founder, CEO, The Virtual Gurus

Pratap Revuru
Senior Manager, IoT Solutions and Partnerships, Schneider Electric

Jen Riedel
Program Manager, Techstars

Joy Romero
VP, Technology & Innovation, Canadian Natural Resources Limited

Richard Roseboom
Co-Founder, CEO, MicroMech

Konstantin Schneider
Consultant, VDI/VDE-IT GmbH

Peter Schott
CEO, Genesis Feed Technologies

Pete Sena
Founder & CEO, Digital Surgeons

Erin Sharp
CEO, Pivot Innovation

Brent Sherwood
Program Manager, Solar System Mission Formulation, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Sarah Shewey
Founder and CEO, Happily

Anne Snowdon
Scientific Director & CEO, SCAN Health

David Smith
Creative Partnerships, Unreasonable Group

Madeline Smith
Head of Strategy, The Glasgow School of Art

Robert Smith
Executive Director, Innovative Solutions Canada

Phu Styles
CEO, Blockchain PR

Lisa Suennen
Group Lead, Digital, Technology & Ventures, Manatt Phelps

Kevin Swan
VP Corporate Development, Solium

Keri Szejda
Senior Consumer Research Scientist, The Good Food Institute

Nadim Taubi

Vishanth Thangavelautham
Innovator, The Knowledge Society

Brenda Tjaden
Founder, Sustainable Grain

Kathryn Todd
Vice President - System Innovations & Programs, Alberta Health Services

Rebecca Troelstra
COO and CO-Founder, AvenueHQ

Kristen Valdes
Founder and CEO, b.well Connected Health

Taylor Wallace
Principal & CEO / Adjunct Professor, Think Healthy Group and George Mason University

Barbara Weaver Smith
Founder and CEO, The Whale Hunters Inc.

Eric Weissmann
VP, Cintrifuse

Emma Weston
CEO and a co-founder of AgriDigital

Jon Wise
President & Creative Director, Neue Agency

Althea Wishloff
Analyst, Panache Ventures

Ward Wolff
Senior Associate, Upstart Co-Lab

Felix Wong
Community Manager, Greater China, Startup Weekend

Lindsey Taylor Wood
Founder and CEO, The Helm

Catherine Young
Senior Director of Science Policy, Biden Cancer Initiative

Nick Zasowski
Director, Global Startup Studio Network

John Zhou
Vice President of Clean Energy, Alberta Innovates

2019 Sponsors and Partners

SPONSORS:
• Alberta Innovates
• Adeo InterActive
• BDC
• Emissions Reduction Alberta
• Alberta Enterprise Group
• Innovate Edmonton
• Locelle
• Servus Credit Union
• RED
• Calgary Economic Development
• West Jet
• Osler
• Bennet Jones
• Edmonton Global

PARTNERS:
• NACO
• NACO’s World Angel Investment Summit
• Bridge2Food
• Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance
• Angel Capital Association
• Alberta Innovates
• Lethbridge College
• Boast automates