Inventures 2024 | Alberta Innovates | 29 May 2024 | Calgary TELUS Convention Centre, 136 8 Ave SE, Calgary, AB T2P 0K6, Canada

Three unforgettable days of smashing the status quo! Meet the brightest minds, angel investors, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders from across the globe that are solving the most critical issues of our time. Join us for the hottest innovation event at the nexus of humanity and technology.

Why you need to be here:
• Industry Connections
• Global Collaboration
• Expert Insights
• Pitch Prize Opportunities
• Business Transactions
• Tangible Impact
• Investor Connections
• Industry Connections
• Global Collaboration

2024 Speakers

David Usher
Juno Award-Winning Musician, Creativity & AI Expert

Dr. Poppy Crum
Futurist, Neuroscientist, and Technologist, Stanford University

Dr. Marcus Collins
Professor

Jenna Galloway
Founder & CEO, Fledge

Dr. Ewan Affleck
Senior Medical Advisor – Health Informatics, Alberta's Virtual Care Coordinating Body

Anthea Sargeaunt
CEO, 2S Water

Dr. Curtis Purrington
COO, Austere Environmental

Dan Burgar
CEO, Frontier Collective

Katie MacMillan
Executive Director, Kello Inclusive

Andrew Goldner
Founding Partner, GrowthX

Jo-Anne Yau
Innovations Lawyer, Miles Davison LLP

Phil De Luna
Chief Carbon Scientist and Head of Engineering, Deep Sky

Maninder Dhaliwal
Managing Partner, Startup Studio – Accelerator and Venture Fund

David Bland
Founder and Author, Precoil

Majid Charania
Director of Compliance, Competition Bureau of Canada

Rohit Joshi
Co-Founder and CEO, BrightSquid Communications Corp

Hubba Khatoon
Regional Innovation Director – Prairies, Canadian Food Innovation Network

Bibaswan Ghoshal
Senior Director, Technology Adoption, OBIO: Ontario Bioscience Innovation Organization

Anand Ashok Bansode
Founder & CEO, 360 Explorer Inc. (Transformational Travel)

Darren Bondar
CEO, Hempalta Inc

Dr. Jodi Abbott
President & CEO, University Hospital Foundation (UHF)

Dr. Alex Bruton
Founder, Moonshot OS

John Albright
Founder & Partner, Relay Ventures

Melissa Smith
Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Ali Pormohammad
President, MHCombiotic Inc

Ashif Mawji
Managing Director, ScaleGood Fund LP

Prof. Barry Sanders
Professor, Institute for Quantum Science and Technology, University of Calgary

Cody Austin
COO and Co-founder, Digital Carbon Bank

Kira Kelsie
CEO, Kasm Consulting

Ali Salman
Co-Founder, Lawtiq.com/ Rapid Boost

Ling Huang
CEO, Technology North Corporation

Brett Colvin
CEO & Co-founder, GoodLawyer

Joanna Wynn
Director, Enterprise and Partnerships, Virtual Gurus

Dr. Sidney Shapiro
Assistant Professor, Business Analytics, University of Lethbridge's Dhillon School of Business

Shubh Sidhu
SVP of Growth, Zayzoon

Sepehr Shoarinejad
President, WalliHR

Rose Robinson
Director, NBPower, Advanced Reactor Development

Luke Sheen
Executive Director, HaloHealth

Melvin Newman
CEO & Co-Founder, Patabid

Shaneel Pathak
CEO and Co-Founder, Zamplo

Heather Herring
CEO, Make It So Inc.

Christopher Cassin
CEO, Zero Point Cryogenics

Bita Malekian
Engineer, Water Movement

Amirreza Sohrabi
Co-Founder & CEO, Roshan Water Solutions

Nicholas Hyldelund
Investor, Rhino Ventures

Dr. William Cherniak
ER MD and Founder / CEO, Rocket Doctor Inc.

Dr. Dan Wicklum
CEO, Transition Accelerator

Peter Gross
Chief Technology Officer, Lucent Biosciences

Michael Mannix
Founding Partner, Band Venture Partners'

Saif Hashmi
Principal, BDC Seed Venture Fund

Bram van den Berg
COO, Circular Rubber Technologies Inc.

Ellie Gordon
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Behaivior

Larry Young
President & CEO, Total Containment Inc

Rotimi Ojo
Diversity Recruitment Thought Leader & Founder of Unleash Awareness, Unleash Awareness

Catherine Laing
Executive Director, The Centre for Learning Innovation and Quality

Prof. Louis Francescutti
Professor, University of Alberta

Clinton Senkow
Managing Director, Senkow Ventures

Kenneth Letander
Chief Executive Officer, Strat First Inc.

Sheetal Walsh
Founder and CEO, U of A Innovation Fund

Adam Legge
President & CEO, Business Council of Alberta

Mehr Nikoo
Senior Manager Sustainable Materials, Alberta Innovates

Dr. Zhihong (John) Zhou
Chief Cleantech Officer, VP Clean Resources, Alberta Innovates

Dr. Saad Dara
President & Founder, Mangrove Lithium

Robert Price
Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Bōde

Tiffany Linke-Boyko
Investor, Flying Fish Partners

Tyler Tarnoczi
Co-Founder, ScopeX Markets

Ravneet (Rav) Singh
Subject Matter Expert, Embedded, Cloud Technology

Sophia Fairweather
Founder, Key-Angels

Dr. Dante Morra
Founder, Chair, CAN Health Network

Dr. Martin Ferguson-Pell
Professor, University of Alberta

Blair Kelsie
CTO, Owner, Lion Mentorship

Simran Dhillon
CEO & Cofounder, FentaGone

Jeff LaFrenz
Co-Founder, President, VizworX Inc.

Mohamed Zohiri
Legal Counsel & FinTech Advisor, Alberta Securities Commission

Tonya Fleming
Manager, Private Markets & Innovation, Alberta Securities Commission

Carter Will
Director, Advanced Manufacturing, Exergy Solutions

Don Shay
Vice President Strategic Partnerships, Kaleidoscope XR

Kolade Kolawole-Boboye
Creative Director of Youth Impact Business, Hope Blooms

Matthew Wilson
Founder & Managing Director, Allied Venture Partners

Vittoria Bellissimo
President & CEO, Canadian Renewable Energy Association

Jillian Kowalchuk
K-12 Education Advisor, Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii)

Brandy Kinkead
CTO, Ayrton Energy

Kevin Dahl
Director, ElevateIP Alberta

Pierre Doyon
VMSA Mentor, VMSA

Geoffrey Shmigelsky
CTO, OneCup AI

Lisa Desjardins
Manager, Business Services Design and Development, Canadian Intellectual Property Office

Olivia Hornby
Managing Partner, Spring Impact Capital Management Inc

Dan Balaban
CEO & Executive Chair, Greengate Power Corporation

Martha Hall Findlay
Director, School of Public Policy, University of Calgary

Dana McCauley
CEO, Canadian Food Innovation Network

Dr. Kim Sturgess
Member of Order of Canada, Alberta Water Smart

Martha White
CEO, RL Core Technologies

Isha Datar
Executive Director, New Harvest

Matt Desroches
Co-founder & COO, Innova Hydrogen

Gail Powley
President, Technology Alberta

Mehadi Sayed
President, Clinisys

Ahmad Jawad
CEO, Intellimedia

Pamela Goertzen
Executive Director, SSRIA

Dania Moazzam
VP Banking, RBCx

Chris Perry
CEO and Co-Chair, Perry Family Farm and the Canadian Biogas Association

Jay Latta
Anarchitect, STINT

Emma Louden
Astrophysicist, Yale University

Susan Groeneveld
CEO/Founder, Sylvester.ai

Suzanne Buchanan
Director of the Lethbridge Wellness Shelter Stabilization Unit, BTDH Inc.

Alfred Burgesson
Founder and CEO, Tribe Network

Shay Natarajan
Partner - Strategy, Mobility Impact Partners

Bobbie Racette
Founder & CEO, Virtual Gurus

Jonathan Blutinger
Food Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM Soldier Center, Combat Feeding Division

Heather Kernahan
Global CEO, Hotwire Global

Craig Elias
Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Bow Valley College

Natasha Spokes
Director, Ventures, Creative Destruction Lab Rockies

Arlene Ai
CEO and Co-founder, Momentum Materials Solutions Corp.

Manpreet Deol
Venture Investor, Inovia

Mihaela Vlasea
Associate Professor, University of Waterloo

Jonathan McFadden
Research Economist, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Jade Alberts
Founder, Peer Guidance

Brent Holliday
CEO, Garibaldi Capital Advisors

Jim Hardin
Managing Partner, Carrot Ventures

Darren Rea
Artist / Creator / Entrepreneur, Maskwa Mitehi

Jacqueline Keena
Managing Director, EMILI

Leana Keto
Associate Principal, BDC Industrial Innovation Fund

Josh Rainbow
Data Consultant, Stealth

April Hicke
Co-Founder + Chief Growth Officer, Toast

Jim West
Associate Director, BioTools Innovator

Kat Connolly
Intermediate Developer, Tech Educator, Checkfront

Mark Korthuis
President & CEO, Glenrose Hospital Foundation

Wendy Ell
President, Industries in Transition Connection Consulting

Austin Guyette
Partner, Voyager Capital

Denise Weeres
Director, Corporate Finance, Alberta Securities Commission

Derek Rucki
Co-Founder, Inspired Go

Nikki Walton
Manager, Nuclear Strategic Initiatives, McMaster University

Renee Matsalla
Co-Founder, Tacit Edge Product Leadership

Kyle Napier
Instructor, Consultant, Researcher, Designer

Peter Santosham
Executive Director of Seed Funds, UCeed Startup Invenstment Funds

Kimberley Nixon
Investor, Open Venture Capital

Lise Birikundavyi
Managing Partner, BKR Capital

Kristina Milke
General Partner, Sprout Fund

Amina Tariq
SVP of Product and Client Experience, PurposeMed

Darcy Tuer
ZayZoon

Simon Raby
Founder & Architect, Associate Director, Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Growth CatalystMount Royal University

Julie Olmstead
Vice Chairman, Canadian Centre for Food Integrity

Dr. Guillaume Lhermie
Director of the Simpson Centre & Associate Professor, University of Calgary

Adrienne Levay
Instructor & Researcher, Agriculture Technology & Applied Research, Lakeland College

Nick Pagett
Executive Director of AgriPark, Charles Sturt University

Dr. Trisha Toop
Delivery Director, UK Agri-Tech Centre

Jotham Chow
Senior Analyst, Amplify Capital

Apoorv Sinha
Founder/CEO, Carbon Upcycling Technologies

Matt Anderson-Baron
Founder/CEO, Future Fields

Myra Ashrad
Co-Founder &. CEO, Alt Tex

Tim Murphy
VP, Health, Alberta Innovates

Ray Yue
Founder & CEO, Care Group

Zaffia Laplante
COO, SkyAcre Technologies Inc.

Reesa John
Director, Fund & Fellowship, Alberta Innovates

Jonathan Grant
CFO, Different Angles Ltd.

Tom Lynch
Regional Vice-President - Alberta, Nature Conservatory of Canada

Joelle Foster
President and CEO, North Forge Technology Exchange

Hari Balasubramanian
Founding Managing Partner, EcoAdvisors Incorporated

Dr. Ron Markowski
Instructor, NAIT

Filip Velimirovic
Corporate Partnerships Manager, QueerTech

Sara Mohajerani
Portfolio Manager, Bluesky Equities

Sheldon Williamson
Professor and Canada Research Chair, Ontario Tech University

Carmen Wyton
Founder & Chair, Women's Health Coalition of Canada

Justin Riemer
CEO, Emissions Reduction Alberta

Erin Pisko
Vice President, IP Strategy, Innovation Asset Collective

An John Nguyen
Director, Strategic Insights & Company Support, CAN Health Network

Dr. Steven Webb
Chief Executive Officer, Global Institute for Food Security

Ayo Aiyeleye
Director, Capital Access, Alberta Innovates

Salma Elzayat
TKS Innovator, BCI Enthusiast, The Knowledge Society

William Greuel
Chief Executive Officer, Protein Industries Canada

Alireza Kaboorani
Director, Building Efficiency Technology Access Centre (BETAC), Red River College Polytechnic (RRC Polytech)

Amy Peck
CEO, EndeavorXR

Claude Théoret
CEO, X Machina AI

Dan Semmens
SVP & Head of Data & AI, ATB

Fay Ghani
Medical Researcher, Mayo Clinic

Fernando Spilki
Full Professor, Feevale University, Brazil

Dr. Joy Agnew
Vice President Research, Executive Offices, Olds College

Jorge Muñoz
Co-Founder and CCO, Unmanned Life

Nella Brodett
Head of Integrated Markets, Company Support & Partnerships, CAN Health Network

Stephen Burns
Partner, Co-Head of Innovation, Bennett Jones

Scott Volk
Director of Emissions & Innovation, Tourmaline Oil Corp

Dr. Kathryn Graham
Executive Director, Impact Action Lab, Alberta Innovates

Inayat Kang
The Knowledge Society, TKS Innovator

Elder. Alvin Manitopyes
Owner Operator, EarthCode Tours

Dave McInnes
President, National Index on Agrifood Performance

Dave Waldbilig
Principal Engineer - Advanced Manufacturing and Materials, InnoTech Alberta

Fraser Abbott
Director, Calgary Champions Program, Tourism Calgary

Tonie Minhas
Project Manager, Neuroinclusion Services, Auticon Canada

Dr. Herman Barkema
Professor, One Health at UCalgary

Dr. Sabina Bruehlmann
CEO, Nimble Science

Stephen Samis
Board Chair, Imagine Citizens Network

Dr. Edith Pituskin
Associate Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta

Dr. Anmol Kapoor
CEO and Founder, BioAro Inc.

Sumit Verma
Reazent, Co-Founder & CEO

Kiju Lee
Associate Professor, Texas A&M University

Rhoda Yakubowski
Director, West & North Regions, CAN Health Network

Megan Leslie
CEO, Co-Founder, Nanotess Catalytic Solutions

Andrew Pryor
Manager, Innovation Ecosystems, Prairies Economic Development Canada

Dr. Dion Kelly
Co-Founder & CEO, Possibility Neurotechnologies | Clinical Neuroscientist, BCI4Kids at Possibility Neurotechnologies

Mike Duong
Head of Innovation, Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.

Christa Hill

Melissa Gladue
Business Development Manager, Futurpreneur Canada

Sam Swanson
Marketing Specialist, Futurpreneur

Tracy Persson
Founder, My Breast day Inc.

Emmanuella Sea-Nduka
Business Partner, Greenhouse Gas Mitigation, Alberta Innovates

Grace Meikle
Director, Technology Impact, Emissions Reductions Alberta

Jamie McInnis
Director, Applied Research & Innovation Services, SAIT

Austin Pringle
Associate, Corporate Strategy, Summit Nanotech

Loreen Wales
CEO, My Viva Inc.

Raissa Espiritu
Co-Managing Partner, Audaxa Ventures & Executive in Residence, UCeed Cenovus EDI Accelerator, Audaxa Ventures & UCeed

Nikhil Bedi
EiR & Co-Founder and Managing Partner, UCeed Investment Funds & BreezeLearn Technologies

Neeraj Gupta

Mike Lohaus
Design Lead, Neuro RecoVR

Laura Jo Gunter
President & CEO, NAIT

Tara Ruttley
Chief Scientist, Orbital Reef, Blue Origin

Chris Dinsdale
President & CEO, Calgary Airport

Wendy Avis
Director, Climate & Environment, Vancouver Airport Authority

Oscar Cruz
CTO, Bow River Solutions

Rosalinda Hernandez
Co-Founder & CEO, Red Iron Labs

Atharva Rao
Student, TKS

Melrene Saloy

Brittany Lee

Peter Pilarski
Founder, Tourism AI Network

Dr. Godard
COO, Verge Agriculture

Marci Laurence
Head of People and Culture, Virtual Gurus

Dr. Peter Light
CSO, Fringe Field Technologies, University of Alberta

Andrew Thiele
Executive Director, Canadian Nuclear Isotope Council

Tim Babcock
VP & Head, TSX Venture Exchange

Diane McLeod
Information and Privacy Commissioner, Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta

Todd Allmendinger
Cleantech Group, Director of Consulting and Research

Jesse Meyer
Partner, Incite

Doug Brown
CTO, ZS2 Technologies Ltd.

Jason Della Rocca
Co-Founder, Execution Labs

Laura Kilcrease
Chief Executive Officer, Alberta Innovates

Reg Joseph
CEO, Health Cities

Dr. Erin Brennand
Department Head, Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Calgary & Alberta Health Services - Calgary Zone

Dr. Megan Lee
Managing Director, Quantum City

Andrea Klaiber-Langen
Vice President, Transformation, ATCO

Christine Maligec
Chief Risk Officer, First Canadian

Nathan Mison
Founding Partner, DIPLOMAT Consulting

Steve Berna
COO, FNFA

Ty McKinney
CEO & Co-Founder, 8 Bit Cortex

Reece Tomlinson
Founder & CEO, RWT Growth Inc.

Andrea Barzetti
Managing Director, Almacube

Arnold Wong

Jozef Roosen
CCO, AdVen

Olle Lagerquist
AVP-Industry Solutions at NAIT, Alberta Institute of Technology

Sivagowry Lewis
Dean Applied Research, North West Poly Tech

Scott McPhee
Chief Security Architect, ENFOCOM International Corporation

Tonya Wolfe
Associate VP Applied Research, Red Deer Poly Tech

Cyrs Vanier
Executive Director, Post Secondary Investments and Emerging Technologies , Post-Secondary Investment, Alberta Innovates

Kari McDonald
CEO, BioEnergy Solutions

C.M. Samala
Head of Community and Culture, Unshackled Ventures

Ian Bergman
Alchemist Accelerator, Managing Director

Cam Cote
CEO, InteliRain

Jon Bichel
COO, Solartility

Dozie Amuzie
Head, Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JLABS Canada

Victoria Bennett
Founder & CEO, The Crowfunding Hub

Devesh Bharadwaj
Founder & CEO, Pani

Crystal Phillips
Vice President, Fund I, Thin Air Labs

Dr. Chris Harich
Chief Operating Officer, XRI Water

Aleia Robin
Managing Director, Branch Out Neurological Foundation

Ken Doyle
Executive Director, Tech-Access Canada

Thabo Tsolo
Co-Founder and CEO, SpaceSalad Studios

Dr. Lawrence Korngut
Director of Innovation & Commercialization, Hotchkiss Brain Institute

Dr. Ilker Hacihaliloglu
Co-Founder/CTO PONS, Professor at The Univeristy of British Columbia, PONS, UBC

Brenda Beckedorf
CEO, Society 5.0

Taylor McPartland
CEO, ScaleHealth

Gili Rosenberg
Senior Applied Scientist, Amazon Quantum Solutions Lab

Nuha Siddiqui
CEO & Co-Founder, Erthos Inc.

Daylon Nicol
Marketing & Design, Doots

Jessica Brown
Partner, Cassels LLP

Zack Storms
Co-Founder, Startup TNT

Dr. Nick Savidov
Senior Research Scientist, Lethbridge College

Ibrahim Hafeez
Investor, Griffin Gaming Partners

Naoufel Testaouni
CEO & Co-Founder, QueerTech

Paul Sullivan
Mentor, Board Chair, Venture Mentoring Service of Alberta

Al-Karim Khimji
Co-founder & CEO, Propra

Carrie Nystrom
Co-Founder, CEO, Solar Optim

Iran Karimian
Head of Accelerator & Startup Ecosystem, Google

Gülin Yilmaz
Co-founder & CEO, Rosette Health

Erika Mahoney
Client Lead, J5 Design

Dr. Ghazal Hajisalem
Senior Photonics Scientist, GeoTeknica Climate Change Solutions Inc.

Andrea Johnston
Assistant Deputy Minister, ISED-Government of Canada

Dr. Katanya Kuntz
CEO & Co-founder, Qubo Consulting Corp.

Dr. Neil Duggal
Neurosurgeon, London Health Sciences

Erik Westblom
Founder & CEO, Provision Analytics

Alita Vaz
Platform Specialist, Information Design, ATCO

Tara Langan
Talent Management Lead / Neuroinclusion Strategist, ISL Engineering

Rebecca Goldsack
COO, Diesel Tech Industries Ltd.

George Wadsworth
CEO and President, Canary Biofuels

Ricky Mehra
General Partner, Continuum Health Ventures

James Stauch
Executive Director, Institute for Community Prosperity, MRU

Jakob Due
Head of Department, The Danish Health Data Authority

Jennifer Doepker
Vice President, Gradient Thermal

Dave Van Den Assem
Director, Clean Technology, Alberta Hydrogen Centre of Excellence, Alberta Innovates

Vanessa White
Executive Director, Clean Technology, Alberta Innovates

Charles Gadalla
CEO, Verification

CK Dhaliwal
Chief Partnerships Officer, ESport Canada

Tori Romano
Business Development Manager, Digital Media & Entertainment, Calgary Economic Development

Ryan Coutts
ESport Canada

Akhil Abat
Board Advisor & Venture Partner, Kinitics Automation NGIF Capital

Megan Croft Shapka
Ecosystem and Partnership Operations Manager, SVG Ventures THRIVE

Mary Militimore
Onward

John Cassidy
Managing Director I Canada, SVG Ventures THRIVE

Darrell Petras
CEO, Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network

Neil Neary
Executive Director, Campus Alberta Neuroscience

Dale Mcfee
Chief, Edmonton Police Service

Alicia Tropak
Director, Transformation, ATCO

Mike Hrabowiecky
Specialist, Enbridge Inc.

Gabriella Saccocio
Product Manager, Impact Observatory

Adam Bene Watts
Scientist-in-Residence, Quantum City

Blaine LaBonte
President, DJI Capital

Mark Poweska
President & CEO, ENMAX Corporation

JohnPaul Portelli
Manager - Technology and Innovation, Canadian Natural Resources

Alexandra Cutean
Chief Research Officer, Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC)

Marshall Smith
Chief of Staff, Premier of Alberta Office

Chris Paterson
Tall Grass Ventures

Marcela Gutierrez
CEO & Founder, Lamarch

Riyaz Pishori
Sr. Director PM Research for Industry, Microsoft Research

Glen Mcrimmon
CRIN

Cara Wolfe
CEO, Ammolite Analytx

Deryck Greer
Chief Information Security Officer, Protexxa

George Constantinescu
Executive Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer, ATCO

Gursher Pannu
Associate Dean – Program Excellence, School of Business at SAIT

Sonja Johnston
Instructor, Business Administration and Bachelor of Business Administration, SAIT

Dr. Jim Dewald
Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship, Haskayne School of Business

Judy Fairburn
Fund Managing Partner, The51 Ventures Inc.

Michael William Long
Dean - Applied Research and Innovation, College of the North Atlantic - Office of Applied Research and Innovation

Yuan Shi
General Partner, The51 Food and AgTech Fund

Colin Dalton
Associate Professor, University of Calgary

Doug Greening
Project Development Manager, Steeper Energy

Rick Duchscher
SAIT Connector Lead, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

Kashish Madaan
Lead - Digital Construction (Southern Alberta and Interior BC), Bird Construction

Alastair MacFadden
Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Alberta Region, PrairiesCan

Ines Bartilotti
Director New Ventures, Innovate Calgary

Genevieve Pinto
Partner, Renewal Funds

Charles Buchanan
CEO, Technology Helps

Louis Kolla
Co-founder & CEO, RUNNR

Jeff Lawson
Senior Vice-President, Corporate Development & Acting Chief Sustainability Officer, Cenovus

Chris Robson

Michael Piriano
Chief Operating Officer, ORCA Computing

Tim Carwell
CEO, CommAlert Group

Justin Pullukatt
Director, Hydrogen Projects & Technology Development, ATCO

Christine Gillies
Chief Product and Marketing Officer, Blackline Safety

Catherine Berg
Director, Cloud and Technology Enablement, Slalom

Vandana Chauhan
Technology Manager, Skip the Dishes

Ashli MacDonald
Job Captain, GEC Architecture

Dylan Kunz
Academic Chair- Civil Engineering Technology, School of Construction, SAIT

Jayson Krause
Founder and Managing Director, Level 52 Inc.

Mary Cameron
Principal, Ozone Advisory Group Inc.

Evan Legate
Executive Director, Resource Diversification Council

Anna Xygkou
PhD Researcher, University of Kent

Todd Janzen
Attorney, Janzen Schroeder Agricultural Law LLC

Robert Fine
Executive Director, IVRHA (International Virtual Reality and Healthcare Association)

Chris Mallet
CEO, Bodyswaps

James Muindi
COO, Zynamis

Sara Johnston
COO, Motive.io

Carol Wildcat
Director Industrial Relations, Ermineskin Cree Nation

Dr. Kevin Kemball
Business Development Lead, Forestry & Environmental Sustainability, Applied Research, NAIT

Lynn Smith
Regional Planning Coordinator, Peavine Metís Settlement

Rosalyn Goodswimmer
Counsellor, Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation

Andrew de Juan

Clark Dever
Onward

Dana Gibson
Executive Director, Smart Agriculture and Food, Alberta Innovates

Matt Labine
Agri-Food Business Development Lead, NAIT

Janna Greir
Partner, Whispering Cedars Ranch

Dr. Marina Gavrilova
Acting Associate Dean Research and Research Excellence Chair, Faculty of Science, University of Calgary

Christian Rowe
Co-Founder, Chief Growth Officer, Immerse

Diane Gray
President, Prairies Economic Development Canada

Lloyd Summers
Technical Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer, Red Iron Labs

Mike Procee
Manager, Project Enablement, TC Energy

Ross O'Brien
Founder & Managing Partner, Bonaventure Equity, LLC

Shantel Butler
Founder & CEO, Elektra Industries

Tina Mathas
CTO, General Bank of Canada

Mina Zarabian
CEO & Co-Founder, Carbonova

Laura Fortey
COO & Co-Founder, REITIUM

Graham Sherman
President & Founder, Tool Shed Brewing Company

Brandy Old
Technology Development Advisor, Alberta Innovates

Matthew Lowe
Co-founder & CEO, ZeroKey

Alice Remier
CEO, Fillip Fleet

Jolene Livingston
Principal and Chief Vision Officer, Partners for Affordable Housing

Sheila Driscoll
CEO, Dame Venturus

2024 Sponsors

• Google for Startups
• Enmax
• University of Alberta
• University of Calgary
• Government of Canada
• Red Deer Polytechnic
• NAIT
• Alberta Innovates
• Evenicombo
• Osler
• Quantum City
• Emissions Reduction Alberta
• Genesis
• InterGen
• Encore
• BDC
• Black Business Ventures Association
• Agriplay
• Canarie
• Adept
• Society 5.0
• Tourism Calgary
• SAIT
• Lethbridge College
• Global Affairs Canada
• Global Calgary
• Global Edmonton
• Johnson&Johnson Innovation
• Global Public Affairs
• Canadian Sport Institute
• Women's Health Coalition
• Tech-Access Canada
• DS Lawyers
• CGI
• YYC