The #BCTECH Summit 2018 | BC Innovation Council | 14 May 2018 | Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver Convention Centre West Building, 1055 Canada Pl, Vancouver, BC V6C 0C3, Canada

From AI and machine learning to virtual and augmented reality, technology is revolutionizing every part of our economy. Attend this year’s #BCTECH Summit to hear from business leaders who are successfully navigating the uncharted terrain of this new digital age and pushing the boundaries of innovation.

This is your opportunity to join an unparalleled mix of innovators, industry and government to learn how technology is powering cross-industry growth and what you must do to emerge as a global leader.

2018 Speakers

Jared Cohen
Founder / CEO, Google Ideas / Jigsaw

Brent Bushnell
CEO & Co-founder, Two Bit Circus

Honourable John Horgan
Premier, Province of British Columbia

AJung Moon
Director, Open Roboethics Institute

Alan Baratz
Senior Vice President, Software and Applications, D-Wave

Alan Swain
VP, Technology & Operations, Wavefront

Alan Winter
Innovation Commissioner, BC Government

Alejandro Adem
CEO, Mitacs

Alexandra Greenhill
CEO & Co-founder, Careteam and myBestHelper

Allan Noordvyk
Executive Director of Research, Change Healthcare

Amiee Chan
CEO, Norsat

Andrew Sixsmith
Scientific Director, AGE-WELL

Andy Bird
Canadian Heavyweight Champion, Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling

Anna Stukas
Director, Government Programs, Carbon Engineering

Arak Bhokanandh
Director, Strategic Digital Partnerships, Vancity

Arnold Leung
CEO and Founder, Appnovation

Ben Z Cooper
Co-Founder, Hfour Studio

Benoît Pirenne
Director, User Engagement, Ocean Networks Canada

Bethany Edmunds
Associate Dean, British Columbia Institute of Technology

Bill Vanderkooi
President and CEO, Nutriva Group

Bradley Buckham
Associate Professor, University of Victoria

Brenda Irwin
Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Relentless Pursuit Partners

Bruce Stuart
Founding Partner, Channelcorp

Bryan Statham
CEO and Founder, LifeBooster

Cameron Burke
Managing Director, Technology Sector, PwC

Catalina Lopez-Correa
Chief Scientific Officer & VP, Sectors, Genome BC

Catherine Winckler
Founder & CEO, Mindful Garden Digital Health

Christina Wolf
Chief Economist and Acting Chief Information Officer, BC Securities Commission

Christine Bergeron
Executive Lead, Member Experience and Community Engagement, Vancity

Christine Gregoire
CEO and Former Governor of the State of Washington, Challenge Seattle

Christofer Mowry
CEO, General Fusion

Christopher Sjoholm
Co-Founder, Mashup Machine

Daryn Nakhuda
Founder & CEO, Mighty AI

David Katz
Founder & CEO, Plastic Bank

Diane Gutiw
Director, Consulting, CGI

Dr. Erika Wagner
Business Development Manager, Blue Origin

Dr. Fabio Feldman
Manager, Seniors Fall and Injury Prevention, Fraser Health Authority

Dr. John Church
Associate Professor, Thompson Rivers University

Dr. Julio Montaner
Director, British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS

Dr. Saber Miresmailli
Founder & CEO, Ecoation

Edoardo De Martin
Director, Microsoft

Elaine Hung
VP, Marketing, Sotheby's International Realty

Elisa Obermann
Executive Director, Marine Renewables Canada

Ellen Schmidt-Devlin
Co-Founder and Director of Sports Product Management, University of Oregon

Emily Key
VP Operations, Bench Accounting

Erica Sigurdson
Standup Comedian, Writer, and Type 1 Diabetes Advocate, Techvibes

Gary Birch
Executive Director, Neil Squire Society

Gary Perkins
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Province of British Columbia

Gina Phillips
General Manager, Northwest, WeWork

Greg Caws
Co-Chair, Canada’s Digital Technology Supercluster

Greg D’Avignon
President & CEO, Business Council of BC

Greg Johnston
President, Carl Data Solutions

Greg Malpass
Founder and CEO, Traction on Demand

Helen Goddard
Product & Market Strategy, Electric Lime

Igor Faletski
CEO, Mobify

Ivan Rincon
Director Connectivity Initiatives, Network BC, Ministry of Citizens's Services

Jack Newton
CEO, Clio

Jaimie Borisoff
Canada Research Chair in Rehabilitation Engineering Design, British Columbia Institute of Technology

Jake Hirsch-Allen
Economic Graph and Learning Solutions for Higher Education Lead, Canada, LinkedIn

Jason Wolfe
Director, Energy Solutions, FortisBC

Jay Giraud
CEO and Founder, DamonXLabs

Jay Rhind
Partner, VFF

Jean-Yves Couput
ME:sh Project Director, Director of Innovation, Footwear and Business, Amer Sports Corporation

Jeff Duncan
President & CEO, Meetingmax

Jeff More
President & CEO, MineSense Technologies Ltd.

Jeff White
Creative Director & Visual Effects Supervisor, Industrial Light & Magic

Jesse Dougherty
General Manager, Amazon Vancouver

Jessica Galang
News Editor, Betakit

Jill Tipping
President & CEO, BC Tech Association

Jocelyn Maffin
Resource Centre Manager, Spinal Cord Injury BC

John Morris
Curler, Team Canada

Johanna Brickman
Director of Collaborative Innovation, Oregon BEST

Jonathan Morris
President, JDQ Systems Inc - 3Spheres Robotics Projec

Jonathan Sposato
Chairman and Co-founder, Geekwire

Josh Nilson
CEO, East Side Games

Josie Sutcliffe
VP, Marketing, Visier

Joy Johnson
VP, Research and International, Simon Fraser University

Julie Kothlow
Managing Director, KPMG

Kailyn Skuban
Program Manager, Ignite - BC Innovation Council, #BCTECH Summit - Tech Talks Host

Karina LeBlanc
CONCACAF Player Ambassador, CONCACAF

Kathi Fischer
Chemist and Co-Founder, CleanO2 Carbon Capture Technologies Inc.

Katie McPherson
Chief Resilience Officer, City of Vancouver

Keith Ippel
Co-Founder and CEO, Spring Activator

Kelleen Wiseman
Lecturer, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, The University of British Columbia

Kenny Hawk
CEO, Mojio

Kevin Hobbs
CEO, Vanbex

Kevin Wang
Founder, Microsoft Philanthropies TEALS

Kristen Pudenz
Senior Quantum Applications Engineer, Lockheed Martin

Larkin MacKenzie-Ast
Executive Director, Forum for Women Entrepreneurs

Lauren Robinson
Female Funders / Executive Director, Highline Beta / Chief Operating Officer

`Laurie Schultz
President and CEO, ACL Services

Leo Navin
IT Security Officer, Methanex Corporation

Lesley Esford
President & CEO, LifeSciences B

Leslie Collin
Director of People & Culture, UnbounceC

Linda Fawcus
CEO and Founder, Gluu Technology Society

Lynette DuJohn
Vice President, Information Technology and Chief Digital Officer, Vancouver Airport Authority

MaRi Eagar
Chair & Co-Founder, DigitalFutures B.U.I.L.D

Maria Lantin
Director, Basically Good Media Lab, Emily Carr University of Art + Design

Marianne Marck
Chief Information Technology Officer, Ritchie Bros

Marty Parker
President and CEO, Waterstone Human Capital

Michael Denham
CEO, BDC

Michael Duffy
Director, Health & Safety, Teck Resources Limited

Michael Helander
President and CEO, OTI Lumionics Inc.

Michael Tippett
Co-Founder, TrueNorth

Michelle Scarborough
Managing Director, BDC Capital Partners

Minh Le
Market Manager, Silicon Valley Bank

Myalee Muller
Digital Commercial Leader, Customer Innovation Centre, Baker Hughes, A GE Company

Naitik Mehta
CEO & Co-Founder, NextBillion.org

Natalie Dakers
Founding President & CEO, Accel-RX

Nejeed Kassam
CEO, Networks for Change

Nicole Eagan
CEO, Darktrace

Nicole McLaren
Economic Development Coordinator, Teck Resources Limited

Nina Johal
Senior Director, Global Executive Talent Acquisition, Microsoft

Norma Biln
CEO, Augurex Life Sciences Corp

Nyla Ahmad
SVP, Enterprise Marketing, Rogers Communications

Ohad Arazi
VP and General Manager, TELUS Health Living Labs, TELUS

Patrick Pennefather
Founding Faculty Member, Centre for Digital Media

Paul Godsmark
CTO, CAVCOE

Paul Lindahl
CEO & Director, Arius Technology

Paulina Cameron
Regional Director, BC, Alberta & Yukon / Author, Futurpreneur Canada / Canada 150 Women

Peter Payne
Entrepreneur in Residence, BC Innovation Council

Philip Reece
President & CEO, InDro Robotics

Prem Gill
CEO, Creative BC

Rebecca Troelstra
COO & Co-Founder, AvenueHQ

Richard Hungerford
VP, Corporate Development, Hootsuite Inc.

Robert Atwood
Co-Founder, Director, Hummingbird Network Inc.

Robin Jones
CMO, Comm100

Ryan Holmes
CEO, Hootsuite Inc.

Ryan Peterson
CEO, Finger Food Studios Inc

Samantha Legge
President, Canada Wide Media

Sarah Lubik
Director of Entrepreneurship, Simon Fraser University

Scott Larson
Founder and CEO, HeliosWire

Scott Sampson
President & CEO, Science World British Columbia

Scott Stanners
Executive Director, BC Bioenergy Network

Sean Silcoff
Technology Reporter, Globe and Mail

Shamil Hargovan
Co-Founder and CEO, Wiivv

Shannon Malovec
Principal, Patient Engagement, TELUS Health

Sheila Bouman
CEO, viaSport BC

Shirley Vickers
President and CEO, BC Innovation Council

Sophie Lui
Anchor - Global BC, #BCTECH Summit - Masters of Ceremonies

Soyean Kim
Leader Research & Analytics, Technical Safety BC

Stephen Ufford
Founder and CEO, Trulioo

Stephanie Khoury
Founder, Mubric

Stewart McTavish
ideaspace Director, University of Cambridge

Susan Levang
General Manager, Commissary Connect

Suzanne Gildert
CEO, Sanctuary AI

Tamer Mohamed
President & CEO, Aspect Biosystems

Tiffany Ellis
Client Partner, Quietly

Timothy Burr
Director of Public Policy, Lyft

Tom Roemer
Vice-President Academic, BCIT

Tom Waller
Senior Vice President, Whitespace Labs, Lululemon

Tomica Divic
Managing Director Operations - BC Innovation Council, #BCTECH Summit - Masters of Ceremonies

Tyler Orton
Reporter, Business in Vancouver

Valerie Fox
Founder, DMZ, Ryerson

Valerie Song
CEO & Co-Founder, Ava Technologies

Victoria Lemieux
Associate Professor & Blockchain@UBC Cluster Lead, University of British Columbia

Victoria Sterritt
Lead, Technology and Innovation, Teck

Voytek Klaptocz
Managing Director and Co-Founder, Mavi Innovations Inc.

William Parkinson
Technical Manager, Data Science, Software Engineering, Urthecast

Wellington Sculley
Director of Business Development, Ripple

Wesley Graham
Consultancy Manager, Blockchain at Berkeley

2018 Sponsors

TITLE:
• Microsoft

DIAMOND:
• Google Cloud

PLATINUM:
• Teck
• Telus
• Vanbex

CAREER:
• WorkBC.ca

GOLD:
• bdc
• Columbia Basin trust
• pwc
• quickmobile
• Rogers
• Tourism Vancouver
• Vancity
• YVR

SILVER:
• BCSC
• CARL
• Citizen Relations
• Fasken
• Fortis
• Lenovo
• Shaw
• StoryTap

BRONE:
• accel
• DXC
• Ambr
• Change
• DarkTrace
• Trade Commissioner
• Global Knowoledge
• Health and Technology
• Hello Fresh
• Hexonet
• infobip
• ITIQ
• LifeLabs
• mmx
• Patterson
• Royal Bank
• Safe Software
• sage
• spring
• steamclock
• Stemcell
• Triumf
• TwoTall

Innovation:
• BCIT
• KPU
• Science World
• SFU
• University of Victoria
• Thompson Riverse University
• The University of British Columbia
• University Of the Fraser Valley
• wavefront
• Canada

COMMUNITY:
• BC Tech
• City of Prince George
• Discovery Parks
• Emily Carr University Of Art + Design
• First Peoples’ Cultural Council
• Foresight CAC
• KAST
• BC

MEDIA:
• BCBusiness
• Betakit
• Birch Hill
• GeekWire
• Global BC
• Sing Tao
• Techvibes

ENVIRONMENTAL:
• Bullfrog Power
• Electronics Recycling Association
• Emotive