Invest Canada 2021 | Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA) | 8 June 2021 | Online

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Join the IC21 community early and book meetings, build relationships, and collaborate.

Plus, we’re opening the platform a full week before the conference starts for more opportunities for connections!

2021 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Laurent Duvernay-Tardif
Offensive Lineman, Kansas City Chiefs and McGill Medical School Graduate

Dominic Barton
Canada’s Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China

Dr. Ailish Campbell
Canada’s Ambassador to the European Union

Mark Carney
Vice Chairman and Head of Impact Investing, Brookfield Asset Management

Kirsten Hillman
Canada’s Ambassador to the United States of America

Kewsong Lee
Chief Executive Officer, The Carlyle Group

Monique Leroux
Chair, Industry Strategy Council of Canada

Lital Marom
Innovation Strategist & Visionary

Harj Shoan
Managing Director, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP)

Jay Wright
President, Arterra Wines Canada

SPEAKERS:

Thomas Bachelder
Winemaker, Le Clos Jordanne

Wade Barnes
Chief Executive Officer, Farmers Edge Inc.

Marc Bédard
CEO and Founder, The Lion Electric Co.

Janie Béïque
President and Chief Executive Officer, Fonds de solidarité FTQ

Michelle Chen
Senior Associate, Private Equity Funds, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB)

Anna Chif
Co-Founder and Chief Strategy and Product Officer, Dialogue

Jennifer Choi
Managing Director of Industry Affairs, Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA)

Stephanie Choo
General Partner, Portag3 Ventures

Sonal Doshi
Senior Principal, Private Equity, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB)

Don Duffy
President, Investor Relations, Integrated Corporate Relations (ICR)

Jeremy Duksin
Managing Director, Credit Suisse

Peter Dunbar
Private Equity Senior Specialist, Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)

Shane Feeney
Senior Managing Director & Global Head of Private Equity, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB)

Jacques Foisy
Managing Partner, Novacap

Kim Furlong
Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association

Jean-Philippe Garant
Vice President, Novacap

Maëlle Gavet
Chief Executive Officer, Techstars

Valérie Handal
Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners

Carl Hansen
Chief Executive Officer, AbCellera

Nancy Harrison
Venture Partner, Amplitude

Ben Harrison
Co-Founder, DealCloud & President, Financial Services division, Intapp

Daniel Hinse
Vice President, Investments, Fonds de solidarité FTQ

Brooke Jamison
Partner, Davies

Valerie Lemieux
Head of Public Sector Canada, Global Banking & Markets, HSBC Bank Canada

Laura Lenz
Partner, OMERS Ventures

Dani Lipkin
Director, Global Business Development, Toronto Stock Exchange

Elsa MacDonald
Master of Wine, Arterra Wines

Christiana Manzocco
Director of Industry Development & Investment Association, Alberta Enterprise Corporation (AEC)

Michael Mee
Principal, Amplitude Ventures

Alison Nankivell
Vice President, Fund Investments and Global Scaling, BDC Capital

Rich Osborn
President & Managing Partner, TELUS Ventures

Jacqueline Ovens
Director, Investments, Export Development Canada (EDC)

Thomas Park
Partner, BDC Capital

Stephen Pincus
Partner and Head of Capital Markets, Goodmans LLP

Marie-Josée Pryvik
Head of ESG Innovation and Customer Success, Novisto Inc.

Senia Rapisarda
Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners (Canada)

Joe Regan
Managing Partner, BDC Capital

Yann Robard
Managing Partner, Whitehorse Liquidity Partners

Caitlin Rose
Partner, FASKEN

John Ruffolo
Founder & Managing Partner, Maverix Private Equity Ltd.

Courtney Savage
Director, Leveraged Finance,, CIBC

Lloyd Segal
Chief Executive Officer, Repare Therapeutics

Michael Shuh
Managing Director & Head of Financial Institutions, Canaccord Genuity Corp.

Sean Silcoff
Writer, The Globe and Mail, Technology and Innovation Reporter, The Globe and Mail

Matthew Sparks
Managing Director, Northleaf Capital Partners

Ali Tehrani
Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Zymeworks

Wils Théagène
Senior Director, Quebec, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)

Peter van der Velden
Managing General Partner, Lumira Ventures

Chris Walker
Principal, HarbourVest Partners

Emily Walsh
Lead Investor, Georgian

Kristina Williams
President and Chief Executive Officer, Alberta Enterprise Corporation (AEC)

Sara Wilshaw
Chief Trade Commissioner of Canada and Assistant Deputy Minister, International Business Development

Margaret Wu
Lead Investor, Georgian

2021 Sponsors and Partners

PRESENTING SPONSOR:
• Fonds

PLATINUM:
• Albertaenterprise
• Amplitute
• Bdc
• DealCloud
• EDC
• PitchBook
• Telus Ventures

DIAMOND:
• CIBC
• Davies
• Fasken
• HarbourVest
• HSBC
• TMX

GOLD:
• Bennet Jones
• Brookfield
• CPA Ontario
• Fondaction
• KMPG
• Northleaf Capital Partners
• Supply Chain Alliance

SILVER:
• BMO
• CDPQ
• Fengate
• Kensington
• SS&C

BRONZE:
• BFL Canada
• Birch Hill
• Blanery McMurty
• CAI
• CBGF
• CTI
• Desjardins
• Georgian
• Golden Ventures
• Innovacorp
• Inova Capital
• Investissement Quebec
• Ironbridge
• McDermott Bull
• McRock Capital
• MNP Corporate Finance
• OKR Financial
• Peloton
• Real
• Sagard
• Sapling
• TD
• Torquest
• Government in Canada
• TriWest Capital Partners
• Yaletown Venture Partners

PARTNERS:
• AIMA
• American Investment Council
• Amexcap
• Angel Investors Ontario
• C100
• ILPA
• SAAS North