Venue
The Westin Ottawa
The Westin Ottawa, 11 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, ON K1N 9H4, Canada

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Event Date Wed May 25 EDT - Fri May 27 EDT (over 2 years ago)
Location The Westin Ottawa
11 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, ON K1N 9H4, Canada
Region Americas
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Topics:

Connect with top industry influencers, including international VC and PE investors, debt and equity providers, institutional funds, government entities, corporations and service providers who are all accelerating Canada’s innovation and growth ecosystem.

Speakers

2022 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Sydney FinkelsteinSydney Finkelstein
Steven Roth Professor of Management, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College

Jonathan Gray
President & COO, Blackstone

Isabelle Hudon
President and CEO, Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)

Blake Hutcheson
President & CEO, OMERS

Samir Kaji
CEO, Allocate, and Host, Venture Unlocked

Frederic LaLonde
CEO and Co-Founder, Hopper

Mark Leonard
President, Constellation Software

Josh Lerner
Professor Investment Banking, Harvard Business School

Olivia Steedman
Senior Managing Director - Teachers' Innovation Platform, Ontario Teachers Pension Plan (OTPP)

Brad Stone
Bestselling Author and Senior Executive Editor, Global Technology, Bloomberg News

Alexandre Synnett
Executive Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)

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

FEATURED SPEAKERS:

Phil AnzarutPhil Anzarut
Partner, Growth Venture Co-investment Fund, BDC Capital

Sumita Banerjee
Director of Strategy, BDC Capital

Cedric Bisson
Partner, Teralys Capital Inc.

Noël Brown
Managing Director, Head of US Biotechnology Investment Banking, RBC Capital Markets

Justin Catalano
Managing Director, Group Head of Private Equity, Fengate

Judy Cotte
Managing Director - ESG, ONEX

Chanel Damphousse
Partner, Mackinnon Bennett & Co

Richard Davis
President and CEO, Kilberry

Cadmus Delorme
Chief of the Cowessess First Nation

Madison Elkhazin
Investor, Georgian

Kevin Fahey
Managing Director, Private Markets, CAAT Pension Plan

Judy Fairburn
Co-CEO and Fund Managing Partner, The51

Benoit Forcier
Senior Partner, Cycle Capital

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

Paul Gibbons
Managing Partner, Executive Search, McDermott + Bull

Shelley Gilberg
Partner, PwC Canada

Christopher Gillam
Vice President, Operations and Strategy, BDC Capital

Keith Gillard
CEO, UpperStage.Capital

Justine Hendricks
Chief Corporate Sustainability Officer & SVP Sales and Business Enablement, Export Development Canada

Paulina Hill
Partner, Sanofi Ventures

Elonore Jarry-Ferron
Partner, Brightspark Ventures

Josh Kuretzky
Partner, Davies

Michelle McBane
Managing Director, StandUp Ventures

Gordon McCauley
President and CEO, adMare BioInnovations

Jennifer Mondoux
Founder and CEO, MondouxRollins Partners Inc.

Charles Morand
Managing Director, Private Market Funds, CDPQ

Jean-Francois Pariseau
Partner, Amplitude Ventures

Thomas Park
Partner, Deep Tech Venture Fund, BDC Capital

Anabel Quessy
Partner, FASKEN

Senia Rapisarda
Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners (Canada) Ltd.

Michael Robinson
Professor of Entrepreneurial Finance, Haskayne School of Business, The University of Calgary

Russ Rodrigues
Principal, Investments, Northwood Family Office

Drew Schardt
Head of Global Investments Strategy, Co-Head of Direct Credit Investments, Hamilton Lane

Sean Silcoff
Reporter, The Globe and Mail

Daniel Sonshine
Partner, TorQuest Partners

Matthew Sparks
Managing Director, Northleaf Capital Partners

Nikhil Thatte
Principal, Lumira Ventures

Venera Ziegler
Partner, Torys

Sponsors & Partners

2022 Sponsors and Partners

PRESENTING:
• Bdc*

PLATINUM:
• Albertaenterprise
• Bennett Jones
• Davies
• Fasken
• KMPG
• PwC
• Torys

DIAMOND:
• CIBC
• Deal Cloud
• Fonds
• HarbourVest
• MNP
• Telus Ventures

GOLD:
• Brookfield
• CPA
• Find Your Audience
• Fondaction
• Lumera Ventures
• Morgan Stanley
• Northleaf
• Roynat Capital Scotiabank
• SS&C
• TMX

SILVER:
• BMO
• EDC
• Fengate
• Kensington
• Osler
• TriWest

BRONZE:
• Amplitude
• BFL Canada
• CAI Capital Partners
• CDPQ
• Georgian
• Golden Ventures
• Hilco Global
• Innovacorp
• Inovia
• Investissement Quebec
• McDermott Bull
• Mondoux Rollins
• OKR Financial
• Onex
• Peloton
• Sagard
• Sapling
• TD
• Torquest
• Yaletown Venture Partners

PARTNERS:
• AIMA
• Collision
• The Ivey Academy
• NACO
• Saas North