Mentors

Farooq Abbasi

General Partner, Preface Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Shawn Abbott

Partner, iNovia Capital

Prime

Purang Abolmaesumi

Chief Scientist | Biomedical Engineering, Medical Imaging

Prime

Steven Abrams

Partner, IT Venture Fund, BDC Venture Capital

Supply Chain

Mike Abramsky

Former CEO, Argus Software

Blockchain, Prime

Clena Abuan

Senior Technology Associate, BP's Digital Innovation Organization

Matter

Bill Adams

Co-Founder and Vice President, STI Technologies

Prime, Supply Chain

Alice Aiken

Vice-President, Research, Dalhousie University

Prime

Umair Akeel

Product Architect, Twilio Inc.

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Benjamin Alarie

CEO, Blue J Legal

Artificial Intelligence

Barry Allen

President and CEO, PureWeb Inc.

Health, Prime

Steve Allpress

Venture Partner, OMERS Ventures

Artificial Intelligence

Ekaterina Almasque

Venture Partner, OpenOcean

Artificial Intelligence

Milad Alucozai

Partner, Good AI Capital

Artificial Intelligence, Public Health

Maor Amar

Managing Partner | Impression Ventures

Artificial Intelligence

Chad Anderson

CEO, Space Angels

Artificial Intelligence, Space

Susan Anderson

President and CEO, Cannonball Capital Inc.

Health, Prime

Anousheh Ansari

CEO & Co-Founder, Prodea Systems

Space

Christine Apold

Managing Director, Westhaver Partners

Prime

Caleb Appleton

Senior Associate, Innovation Endeavors

Artificial Intelligence, Health

Jehangir Appoo

Scientist | Artificial Heart Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgeon

Health, Prime, Public Health

Jason Aramburu

Investor, Baidu Ventures

Supply Chain

Ali Ardakani

Founder & Managing Director, Novateur Ventures Inc.

Health

George Armoyan

Founding Partner, CDL-Atlantic | President, Geosam Capital Inc. | Executive Chair, Clarke Inc.

Prime, Supply Chain

Robert Ashcraft

Senior Manager, Samsung Corp

Matter

Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science at the University of Toronto | Canada 150 Research Chair | Canada CIFAR Chair at the Vector Institute | CSO & Founder of Zapata Computing | CVO & Founder of Kebotix | Scientific Advisor of Kyulux

Matter

Geof Auchinleck

Chairman & CEO, Claris Healthcare Inc.

Health

Michael Ball

Board Member, Advisor & Investor

Health

Alan Baratz

President and CEO, D-Wave

Quantum

Rob Barbara

Managing Partner, Build Ventures

Prime

Frédéric Bastien

CEO and Founder, Mnubo

Supply Chain

Nathaniel Baum-Snow

Associate Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy, Rotman School of Management

Douglas Beach

Chairman of the Board, Eavor Technologies Inc.

Energy, Prime

Jill Becker

Former Founder and CEO, Cambridge Nanotech Inc. | CEO, Kebotix

Matter

Mike Begin

Director and Former Chair, President and CEO - Spartan Controls

Energy, Prime

Jean-David Bégin

Growth Advisor & Angel Investor at Traction Ventures

Economic Recovery, Supply Chain

Laleh Behjat

Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Calgary

Prime

Nick Beim

Partner, Venrock

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Liran Belenzon

CEO, BenchSci

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Dawn Bell

Chief Scientific Officer and VP Medical Affairs, Novartis Canada

Health

Francois Bellavance

Lab Scientist

Artificial Intelligence

Marc Bellemare

Lab Scientist - Machine Learning

Artificial Intelligence

Yoshua Bengio

Chief Scientist

Artificial Intelligence

Cathy Bennett

CEO, Bennett Group of Companies

Prime

Dennis Bennie

Founder & Principal, XDL Capital Group

Blockchain, Economic Recovery

James Bergstra

Lab Scientist - Machine Learning

Artificial Intelligence

Curtis Berlinguette

Professor, University of British Columbia | CEO, Click Materials

Matter

Dror Berman

Founder, Innovation Endeavors

Artificial Intelligence, Space

Laurent Bertiau

President, Amundi Japan Ltd

Climate

Ivan Beschastnikh

Scientist | Cloud Computing, Distributed Systems

Prime

Christopher Bissonnette

Founding Partner, CDL-West | Managing Partner, Pallasite Ventures

Health, Prime

Jason Blackstock

Founder & CEO, How to Change the World

Climate

Mark Blackwell

Partner | Builders VC

Ag, Prime

Olivier Blais

VP Data Scientist, Moov AI

Artificial Intelligence

Arnaud Blandin

Founder, Beyond Operating System

Climate

Gregory Block

Vice President of Corporate Development, Universal Cells

Health

Eve Blossom

Co-founder, Future Family

Economic Recovery, Health, Public Health

Hannes Blum

Venture Partner, Acton Capital

Prime

Maxime Boissonneault

Associate, Moov AI

Artificial Intelligence

Greg Bonfiglio

Founder & Managing Partner, Proteus, LLC.

Health

Gaetan Bonhomme

Partner, Breakthrough Energy

Climate

Jeff Booth

Co-founder, BuildDirect

Climate, Prime

Richard Bordeleau

President | Innovexport Fund

Supply Chain

Alexandre Le Bouthillier

Co-Founder, Imagia | Co-Founder, Planora

Artificial Intelligence, Public Health

Francesco Bova

Academic Advisor, CDL-Toronto | Lab Economist, Quantum

Quantum

James Brander

Scientist | Economics, International Trade, Finance

Prime

Jonas Brandon

Partner, Metric | Venture Partner, Samsung NEXT

Economic Recovery, Prime, Public Health

Ronald J. Bridges

Professor of Medicine, University of Calgary

Economic Recovery, Prime, Public Health

Scott Brison

Vice-Chair Investment and Corporate Banking, BMO Capital Markets

Prime

Matthew Brister

President, Bison Oil and Gas Ltd.

Economic Recovery, Energy

Matt Brister

President | Bison Oil and Gas Ltd.

Economic Recovery, Energy

Mike Broadfoot

Principal, MGB Investments

Prime

Kent Brown

Founder & Executive Advisor, Director at BluEarth Renewables

Economic Recovery, Energy

Keith G. Brown

CEO, Lamont Brown Group

Ag, Prime

Bill Brown

CEO, Net Power

Climate

Sean Brownlee

Partner, BDC

Prime

Jamie Bruce

Senior Advisor | Brainsparq Inc.

Health

Michel Brûlé

Chair of the Board, LeddarTech | Co-Chair, Investissement Quebec Venture Committee

Supply Chain

Steven Bryant

Chief Scientist | Materials Engineering, Emissions Technologies, Nanomaterials

Climate, Economic Recovery, Energy

Michael Bucella

Partner, BlockTower Capital

Blockchain

Ethan Buchman

Co-Founder, Tendermint & Cosmos | Technical Director, Interchain Foundation

Blockchain

Oliver Buck

Investigator | Biophysics, Biotechnology, Precision Medicine

Health

Justin Bull

Scientist | Chair, Sustainability and Ethics Group

Climate

David Byrd

Principal, Acequia Capital

Prime, Quantum

Elizabeth Caley

Director, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Neil Cameron

Investment Director, Emerald Technology Ventures Inc

Matter

Kyle Campbell

Investigator | Mobile Application, User Experience, Web Development

Prime

Kevin Campbell

Founding Partner, CDL-Rockies | Former CEO, Policy Works

Prime

Elizabeth Cannon

President Emerita and Professor, Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary

Prime

Jeff Carbeck

Former Founder and CEO, MC10 and Arsenal Medical | CEO, 10EQS

Matter

Christian Catalini

Professor, Sloan School of Management

Blockchain

Sarah Catanzaro

Principal, Amplify Partners

Artificial Intelligence

Mike Cegelski

Managing Partner, Panache Ventures

Artificial Intelligence

Vincent Chahley

Chairman, Venturion Oil

Economic Recovery, Prime, Public Health

James Cham

Partner, Bloomberg Beta

Artificial Intelligence, Economic Recovery, Prime

Nicolas Chapados

Co-Founder & CSO, Element AI and Imagia

Supply Chain

Chère Chapman

CEO, DGI Clinical

Prime

Magaly Charbonneau

Partner, iNovia Capital | COO, PasswordBox

Artificial Intelligence

Laurent Charlin

Lab Scientist - Machine Learning

Artificial Intelligence

Leonid Chindelevitch

Scientist | Bioinformatics, Computational Biology

Health

Stephanie Choo

Partner, Head of Investments, Portag3 Ventures

Blockchain

Claude Chriqui

Former President & CEO | Raymark

Iain Christie

CEO, SideKickSixtyFive Consulting

Space

Jeff Chung

Venture Capitalist, AME Cloud Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Health

Tyson Clark

Partner, GV

Artificial Intelligence, Prime, Quantum

Marcia Clark

Scientist | Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Medicine, Simulation in Healthcare

Health, Prime

Martin Clements

Partner, Wychwood Partners | Director, Red Risk Limited

Artificial Intelligence

Adrien Cohen

Cofounder and President, Tractable

Climate

Charles Conn

Investor, Entrepreneur, Author

Artificial Intelligence

Jean-François Connolly

Lab Scientist - Machine Learning

Supply Chain

Curtis Cook

Venture Capitalist

Energy

Taylor Cooper

Investigator | Mechanical Engineering, Product Development, Robotics

Prime

Bart Copeland

CEO & President, ActiveState Software

Prime

Jean-François Côté

Co-Founder, President and CEO, district m

Artificial Intelligence

Sherry Coutu

Serial Entrepreneur and Angel Investor

Health

Brian Craig

Principal, Adventure Capital

Energy, Prime

James Cronin

Technologist | Investor | Advisor

Artificial Intelligence

Code Cubitt

Co-Founder and Managing Director, Mistral Venture Partners

Artificial Intelligence

Michael Culbert

Founding Partner, CDL-Rockies | Former Vice Chair & Director, Progress Energy Canada Ltd.

Economic Recovery, Energy

Mark Cunningham

Advisor, StudioMaC

Economic Recovery, Prime, Public Health

Mark Cupta

Managing Partner at Prelude Ventures

Matter

Darren Dahl

Scientist | Behavioural Science, Marketing, Product Development

Prime

Jeff Dahn

Professor, Dalhousie University

Prime

Natalie Dakers

President & CEO, Accel-Rx

Health

Sally Daub

Founder, ViXS Systems

Blockchain, Economic Recovery, Health, Prime, Public Health

Marc David

Director of Public Affairs, Air Liquide

Climate

Jim W. Davidson

Founding Partner, CDL-West | Deputy Chairman, GMP FirstEnergy

Energy

Rhiannon Davies

Former EVP GrandVision N.V. | Co-Founding Partner, The Atlantic Women’s Venture Fund

Economic Recovery, Prime, Public Health, Supply Chain

Julia Davourie

Investigator | Cleantech, Advanced Materials, Energy

Climate

Wade Dawe

CEO, Numus Financial Inc.

Prime

Daniel Debow

Founding Partner, CDL-Toronto | VP of Partnerships and Corporate Development, Shopify

Artificial Intelligence, Space

Matthieu Dederichs

Vice President, Healthcare Technology and Life Sciences Growth Investments, GHO Capital Partners

Health

Rolf Dekleer

Investigator | Business Development, Electrical Engineering, Finance

Prime

Ron Dembo

Founder and CEO, Zerofootprint | Founder, CarbonX

Blockchain, Prime

Henry Demone

President, Demone Capital Inc.

Oceans, Prime

Jim Derbyshire

Entrepreneur In Residence

Prime

Chris Deverell

Founder, Deverell Innovation Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Economic Recovery, Health, Public Health

Julia Rivard Dexter

Co-Founder, Squiggle Park

Prime

Eden Dhaliwal

Partner/Head of Crypto-economics, Outlier Ventures

Blockchain

Dr. Mike Dixon

Professor, University of Guelph

Space

Mark Dobbin

Founding Partner, CDL-Atlantic | Founder and President, Killick Capital Inc.

Economic Recovery, Prime

Hadi Dowlatabadi

Scientist | Energy, Public Policy, Resource Governance and Management

Climate

Andrea Drager

Principal, Azure Capital Partners

Prime

Mike Durland

CEO, Melancthon Capital

Prime

Patrick Elliott

Executive Vice President and Co-Founder | Jupiter Resources

Energy

Katherine Elvira

Scientist | Microfluidics, Artificial cells, Commercialisation

Health, Public Health

Lauren Epstein

Associate, OMERS Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Energy, Prime

William “Mac” Evans

Space Pioneer: Policy, Programs, International Relations and Government Affairs

Space

Mark Evans

Partner and LP, Kindred Capital

Economic Recovery, Health, Public Health

Judy Fairburn

Board Director | Co-Founder Evok Innovations | Alberta Innovates Past Chair

Energy

Candice Faktor

Managing Partner, Faktory Ventures

Blockchain, Economic Recovery, Prime, Public Health

Saman Farid

Partner | Baidu Ventures

Artificial Intelligence

Beric Farmer

Co-Founder, XE.com

Prime

Brandon Farwell

Partner, Xfund

Artificial Intelligence, Space

Cedric Favier

Investment Director, Elaia

Climate

Josh Felker

Co-Founder, Vigilant Global | Co-founder, BoxOne Ventures

Artificial Intelligence

Lester Fernandes

President, Segovia Capital Ltd

Artificial Intelligence

Derek V. Exner, MD, MPH, FRCPC, FACC, FHRS

Scientist | Cardiologist, Clinical Trials, Implantable Electrical Device

Health, Prime

Luc Filiatreault

CEO| Ayuda Media Systems

Artificial Intelligence

Joel Finlayson

Partner, iGan Partners

Health

Debbie Fischer

Vice Chair and Secretary, North York General Hospital Board of Governors

Health, Public Health

Jason Fischer

Investigator | Division Head of Paediatric Emergency Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children

Health

Chen Fong

O.C., Co-Founder, Pureweb Inc

Artificial Intelligence, Energy, Health, Prime

Ash Fontana

Managing Director, Zetta Venture Partners

Artificial Intelligence, Climate

Sophie Forest

Managing Partner, Brightspark

Supply Chain

Giovanni Forte

Technology Entrepreneur and Angel Investor

Artificial Intelligence

Richard Foster

Emeritus Director, McKinsey & Company and Venture Partner, Lux Capital

Artificial Intelligence, Health

Leonard Foster

Scientist | Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Proteomics

Health

Isabel Fox

Co-Managing Partner, Luminous Ventures

Artificial Intelligence

John Francis

Founding Partner, CDL-Toronto | Managing Director, Fraser Kearney Capital

Artificial Intelligence, Economic Recovery, Health

Malcom Fraser

President & CEO, Innovacorp

Oceans, Prime

Tom Frohlich

Investigator | Therapeutics, Commercialization

Health

Anders G Frøseth

Partner, Propagator Ventures

Matter

Joseph Fung

Managing Partner, Saltagen Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Andrew Fursman

CEO and Co-Founder, 1QBit

Prime, Quantum

Jason Van Gaal

Principal, 0MC Capital

Climate

Alberto Galasso

Professor of Strategic Management | IP Economist

Health

Jonathan Gammell

Lab Scientist - Robotics

Artificial Intelligence, Space

Joshua Gans

Professor, Rotman School of Management & Chief Economist, Creative Destruction Lab

Blockchain, Economic Recovery

Ryan Gariepy

CTO and Co-founder, Clearpath

Economic Recovery, Space

Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka

Principal, Canaan Partners

Prime, Space

Pierre Gaubil

Co-founder, CAST, Days of Wonder and Sensopia

Climate

Allison Gaw

Investigator | Therapeutics, Commercialization

Health

Paul Geyer

CEO, Discovery Parks and Nimbus Synergies

Economic Recovery, Health, Prime

Marzyeh Ghassemi

Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, Computer Science and Medicine

Health

Frank Giannone

President and Associate Member, FRAM Building Group

Prime

Lahav Gil

CEO and Director, Relay Medical

Health

Andrew Gilbert

Technologist, Investor, Advisor

Artificial Intelligence

Inmar Givoni

Director of Engineering, Uber

Artificial Intelligence, Economic Recovery, Health

Randy Goebel

Associate Vice-President (Research and Innovation) and Associate Vice-President (Academic) at the University of Alberta

Energy, Prime

Vivek Goel

Vice President, Research and Innovation, and Strategic Initiatives, University of Toronto

Public Health, Quantum

Ben Goertzel

CEO and Chief Scientist of SingularityNET

Blockchain

Craig Golinowski

Managing Partner, JOG Capital

Energy

Cyril Goutte

Senior Research Officer, Digital technologies, National Research Council Canada

Artificial Intelligence, Economic Recovery, Public Health

Douglas Gray

Owner, NOM Investments

Prime

Jeff Green

Managing Director, Rusheen Capital Management

Matter

David Greenberg

President, D. Dave HealthCare Solutions and Lecturer, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto

Health

Gary Griffiths

Co-Founder and Managing Director of Wisdom LLP

Energy, Prime

Simon Grocott

Deputy Director, Missions at the Space Flight Laboratory

Space

Shane Gu

Lab Scientist, Machine Learning

Axel Guenther

Scientist

Health

Kanu Gulati

Principal, Khosla Ventures

Artificial Intelligence

Robert Guldberg

Scientist | Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Regenerative Therapies

Health

Baris Guzel

Principal, BMW i Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Amy ter Haar

President, Integra Ledger

Blockchain

Carl Haas

Scientist

Prime

Chris Hadfield

Astronaut | First Canadian Commander of the International Space Station

Space

Irina Haivas

Principal, Atomico

Artificial Intelligence

Adam Hale

Chairman, Eloomi

Artificial Intelligence

Louis-Nicolas Hamer

VP | Soljit and Angel Investor

Supply Chain

Patrick Hankinson

Former CEO and Co-Founder, Compilr

Prime

Jim Hanlon

CEO, Institute for Ocean Research Enterprise

Oceans, Prime

Michelle Hanlon

Founding Partner, ABH Aerospace and Co-founder, For All Moonkind

Space

James Hardiman

Partner, Data Collective

Economic Recovery, Health, Public Health

Michael Harries

Technologist, Investor, Advisor

Economic Recovery, Prime, Quantum

Colin Harris

Founding Partner, CDL-West | Co-founder, PMC-Sierra

Economic Recovery, Prime

Nancy Harrison

Co-founder, MSI Methylation Sciences

Health

Chuck Hartlen

Former Executive Vice President, Customer Experience, Nova Scotia Power

Prime

Andrew Haughian

General Partner, Pangaea Ventures

Climate

Eric Hautemont

Co-founder and CEO, Days of Wonder; Ray Dream

Climate, Economic Recovery

Julia Hawkins

Partner, LocalGlobe

Health

Matt Heffernan

CEO, Outrider Technologies Inc.

Ag, Energy, Prime

Jason Hein

Associate Professor, University of British Columbia

Matter

Michael G. Helander

President & CEO, OTI Lumionics

Matter, Prime, Quantum

David Helliwell

Co-founder and CEO, Thrive Health

Economic Recovery, Health, Public Health

Trevor Hennigar

President, Hawthorne Capital Inc.

Prime

Tom Hickey

CEO, Atlantic Road Construction Limited

Prime

Duncan Hill

Cofounder and General Partner, Mantella Venture Partners

Prime, Public Health

Sofia Hmich

Founder, Future Positive Capital

Climate

Fraser Hof

Scientist | Medicinal Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry

Health

Inès Holzbaur

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, AmorChem

Artificial Intelligence, Economic Recovery, Public Health

Jim Horowitz

Partner, Beresford Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Health

Jean-François Houle

Investigator

Health

Geoffrey Houlton

Investigator | Medical Devices, Commercialization

Health

Evan Hu

Co-CEO, OmniLogic

Prime

Derrick Hunter

Founding Partner, CDL-Rockies | President, Bluesky Equities Ltd.

Prime

Chris Huskilson

Founding Partner, CDL-Atlantic | Former CEO and President, Emera Inc.

Economic Recovery, Oceans, Prime, Public Health

Michael Hyatt

Founding Partner, CDL-Toronto | Founder, BlueCat Networks

Blockchain, Health

Sam Ifergan

President and CEO, iGan Partners

Health

Brenda Irwin

Managing Partner, Relentless Pursuit Partners

Health

Mohammad Islam

Principal, DFJ Venture Capital

Prime, Quantum

Artur Izmaylov

Chief Scientist

Quantum

Jordan Jacobs

Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Radical Ventures

Artificial Intelligence

David Jaffray

Co-Chief Scientist - Image-Guided Therapy

Health

Hampus Jakobsson

Venture Partner, BlueYard

Climate

Lana Janes

Venture Partner, adMare BioInnovations

Health, Public Health

Cory Janssen

Founder, Galt Capital & CEO, AltaML

Economic Recovery, Prime, Public Health

Amir Javidan

Chief Operating Officer, WELL Health Technologies

Prime

Richard Jhang

Founder & CEO | StratMinds

Artificial Intelligence

Zach Jonasson

Managing Partner, Phoenix Venture Partners

Health

Christophe Jurczak

Managing Partner, Quantonation

Quantum

Igor Jurisica

Chief Scientist - Computational Biology

Artificial Intelligence, Health

Gabe Kalmar

Investigator | Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Commercialization

Health

Sutha Kamal

Technologist, product leader, entrepreneur, and investor

Artificial Intelligence, Economic Recovery, Health, Public Health

Michael Kanovsky

Founding Partner, CDL-Rockies | Founder & CEO of Sky Energy Corp

Energy

Kimberly Kaplan

Vice President of Product Management, Revenue Optimization & Marketing, PlentyOfFish

Prime

Stephane Kasriel

Former CEO, Upwork

Climate

Isadore Katz

CEO | Suometry

Supply Chain

Deepak Kaura

Chief Medical Officer, 1QBit | Chair of the Board, Joule

Health

Dennis Kavelman

Kavelman-Fonn Foundation | General Partner, Inovia Capital

Artificial Intelligence

Andra Keay

Founder and Managing Director, Silicon Valley Robotics

Artificial Intelligence, Economic Recovery, Public Health, Space

Patrick Keefe

General Partner, Build Ventures

Economic Recovery, Prime, Public Health

Jonathan Kelly

Lab Scientist - Robotics

Space

Oliver Kharraz

CEO and Co-Founder, ZocDoc Inc

Energy

Reza Salimi Khorshidi

Chief Scientist, AIG

Artificial Intelligence

Damian Kimmelman

Co-Founder and CEO, DueDil

Artificial Intelligence

Karin Klein

Founding Partner, Bloomberg Beta

Anna Koop

Senior Scientific Advisor at Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii)

Energy, Prime

Arthur N. Korpach

President, ANK Partners Inc.

Energy

Ray Kruck

Founder, Nexgate | Founder, Pointgrey Partners

Prime

Paul Kruszewski

CEO, Wrnch

Artificial Intelligence

Michael Kuhlmann

Founder and CEO, Colony Networks

Artificial Intelligence, Economic Recovery

Eugenia Kumacheva

Professor, University of Toronto

Matter

Elaine Kunda

Founder and Managing Partner at Disruption Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Economic Recovery, Public Health

Blaine LaBonte

Managing Director, DJI Capital

Economic Recovery, Energy

Anthony Lacavera

Founding Partner, CDL-Toronto | Founder, Globalive Capital

Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Prime

Mike Lake

Founder & CEO, Mosaic Integration & COO, Entero Corporation

Energy, Prime

Hugo Larochelle

Lab Scientist - Deep Learning

Artificial Intelligence

Steve Larter

Associate Vice President at the University of Calgary

Economic Recovery, Energy

Eva Lau

Managing Director and Co-founder, Two Small Fish Ventures

Blockchain, Prime

Allen Lau

Founder, Wattpad

Artificial Intelligence

John Lazar

Artificial Intelligence

Nicole LeBlanc

Director, Investments, Sidewalk Labs

Prime

Marcel Lebrun

Venture Partner, Real Ventures

Prime

Paul Lee

Founding Partner, CDL-West | Managing Partner, Vanedge

Health, Prime, Quantum

Yen Lee

Entrepreneur / Chair, C100 Growth & Startup Committees

Prime

John Lefebvre

CEO & Founder, MySOL Energy

Climate

Christoph Lengauer

Venture Partner, Third Rock Ventures

Health

Julia Levy

Founder and Director Emerita, QLT Inc.

Health

Ian Lewis

Lab Scientist

Prime

Julia Fan Li

Investigator | Biotechnology, Commercialization, Finance

Health

Steve Liang

Founder and CTO, SensorUp Inc

Energy, Prime

Marvin Liao

Managing Partner, Game Groove Capital

Artificial Intelligence

John Lindsay

Chairman, Eastport Properties

Economic Recovery, Prime

Millie Liu

Founder and Managing Partner, First Star Capital

Artificial Intelligence, Health

Ted Livingston

Founder, Kik

Prime

James Lochrie

Co-Founder, Wave | Founder, Exhibition Capital

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Andrea Lodi

Chief Scientist - Data Science

Artificial Intelligence

Michael Lopez-Alegria

Lab Astronaut

Space

Catalina Lopez-Correa

Investigator | Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, Genomics

Health

Patrick Lor

Managing Partner, Panache Ventures

Prime

Sasha Luccioni

Director of Scientific Projects and Postdoctoral Researcher, Mila AI Institute

Climate

Phil De Luna

Program Director, Materials for Clean Fuels Challenge Program, National Research Council

Climate, Matter

Michael Lyon

CEO, Xtronaut Enterprises

Artificial Intelligence, Space

Jiong Ma

Senior Partner, Braemar Energy Ventures

Prime

Shannon MacDonald

Senior Managing Director, Accenture Canada

Economic Recovery, Prime, Public Health

Brent MacDonald

Partner, Rising Tide VC

Prime

Jevon MacDonald

CEO and Co-Founder, Manifold

Prime

Lindsay Machan

Co-founder, Angiotech Pharmaceuticals

Health, Prime

Jamie F. Mackie

Founding Partner, CDL-Rockies | Director, Wealth Management, Richardson GMP

Energy, Prime

Alan Mackworth

Scientist | Artificial Intelligence, Robotics

Prime

Matthew MacLellan

President, Atlantic Region, Rogers Communications

Prime

Srin Madipalli

Product Manager, Airbnb

Artificial Intelligence, Economic Recovery, Public Health

Elicia Maine

Scientist | Advanced Materials, Cleantech

Prime

Geoff Mair

CEO, SensorUp

Prime

Jeff Mallett

Founding COO, Yahoo!

Health, Prime

Justin Manley

Managing Director, Just Innovation

Economic Recovery, Oceans, Prime, Public Health

Sacha Mann

Director, Prescryptive Health

Health, Public Health

Steve Mann

Chief Scientist - Wearable Computing

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Tony van Marken

Managing Partner and Co-Founder, First Ascent Ventures

Blockchain, Prime

Alexei Marko

Co-founder & Current Director, Neovasc

Health

Joel Martin

Director, R&D at National Research Council Canada

Economic Recovery, Prime, Public Health, Supply Chain

Edoardo De Martin

GM of Microsoft Vancouver

Prime

Andre Marziali

Scientist | Biophysics, Genomics Technologies

Health

Michael Mashkautsan

Partner, LocalGlobe

Artificial Intelligence

Paul Massara

Advisor, Electron

Artificial Intelligence, Climate, Economic Recovery

Kory Mathewson

Lab Scientist, Machine Learning | Research Scientist

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Chris Matys

Founder, Ignite AI

Artificial Intelligence, Economic Recovery

Ashif Mawji

Venture Partner, Rising Tide

Prime

Michael May

Investigator | Regenerative Medicine, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering

Health

Kevin McBride

Partner and CSO, AmorChem

Health

Murray McCaig

Managing Partner, ArcTern Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Climate, Prime, Quantum

Andrew McCann

Investigator | Systems Infrastructure, Web Backend Services

Prime

Bruce McDonald

Co-CEO, Black & McDonald

Prime

Kristina McElheran

Lab Economist

Artificial Intelligence, Economic Recovery

Adam McNamara

Founding Partner, Ramen Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Climate, Prime

Ricky Mehra

General Partner, Continuum Ventures

Health

Roger Melko

Chief Scientist - Quantum Many-Body Physics

Quantum

Bryce Meredig

Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer, Citrine Informatics

Matter

Art Mesher

Chancellor, CLEANSL8.DNA

Supply Chain

Christopher Micetich

President and CEO, Fedora Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Prime, Public Health

Amit Mital

Founder & CEO, Kernel Labs

Economic Recovery, Prime

Lorraine Mitchelmore

Corporate Director | BMO

Energy

Jeff Mitelman

Angel Investor

Artificial Intelligence, Economic Recovery

Mina Mitry

Co-Founder and CEO, Kepler Communications

Space

Neal Mody

Managing Director, Zoic Capital

Health

Chris Moehle

Managing Director, Coal Hill Ventures

Economic Recovery, Public Health, Supply Chain

Rick Moignard

Former CEO, GEOVIA

Prime

Martin Molyneaux

Co-founder, Former Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Institutional Research FirstEnergy Capital Corp.

Energy, Prime

Sid Mookerji

Founding Partner, CDL-Atlanta | Chair, Silicon Road Foundation

Prime

Michelle Moon

Senior Investment Associate, LG Technology Ventures

Matter

Jodie Morgan

CEO, Greenmantra Technologies

Matter

Michele Mosca

Chief Scientist - Quantum Algorithms and Cryptography

Quantum

Clay Mowry

Vice President, Blue Origin

Space

Chris Moyer

Director, Pelorus Venture Capital Ltd.

Prime

Pulakesh Mukherjee

Co-founder and Managing Partner, Imperative Science Ventures

Matter

Jan-Maarten Mulder

Founder | Summer Capital

Quantum

Grant Munro

CEO & Founder, Flashstock Technology

Prime

Ash Munshi

Founder, Marianas Labs

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Gail Tomblin Murphy

Vice-President of Research and Innovation, Nova Scotia Health Authority

Economic Recovery, Public Health

Ray Muzyka

CEO & Founder, ThresholdImpact

Artificial Intelligence, Economic Recovery, Health, Prime, Public Health

Firouz Naderi

Chief Investigator - Spacecraft, Rover and Satellite Design

Space

Carina Namih

Partner, Episode 1 Ventures

Artificial Intelligence

Ramana Nanda

Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

Artificial Intelligence

Chris Neumann

Founder & CEO, Commonwealth Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Ken Nickerson

CEO, iBinary LLC

Blockchain, Prime

Karamdeep Nijjar

Partner | iNovia Capital

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Vipan Nikore

Chief Medical Director

Health

Dror Nir

Board of Directors, Spark Centre | Advisor, Innerspace HQ

Artificial Intelligence

Corey Nislow

Scientist | Cellular Biology, Genomics

Health, Space

Alex Norman

TechToronto Co-Founder and Canadian Partner, AngelList

Artificial Intelligence, Health

Robert Normandeau

President, SeaFort Capital

Prime

Brent Norton

Venture Partner, Lumira Capital | Executive Chairman & CEO, Ortho RTI

Health

Andrew Nutter

Cofounder, Westwing

Climate

John McCall MacBain, O.C.

McCall MacBain Foundation | Founder, Trader Classified Media

Artificial Intelligence

Haig Farris, O.C.

Founding Chairman, D-Wave Systems | Co-Chair, Creative Destruction Lab

Artificial Intelligence, Health, Prime, Quantum

Marc St. Onge

Founder & CEO, Bend Beauty

Prime

Robert Orr

CEO & Managing Director, Cuna del Mar

Oceans, Prime

Rich Osborn

Managing Partner, TELUS Ventures

Health, Prime

David Ossip

Founder, DayForce and Workbrain

Prime

Joost Ouwerkerk

Co-Founder and CTO, Hopper

Artificial Intelligence

Chris Overall

Scientist | Biochemistry, Systems Biology, Protein Engineering

Health

Geoffrey Ozin

Professor, University of Toronto

Matter

Loren Padelford

General Manager, Shopify Plus

Space

Christopher Pal

Lab Scientist - Deep Learning and AI

Supply Chain

Michael Pangia

President and Chief Executive Officer, Aviat Networks

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Keith Pardee

Scientist

Health

Jean-François Pariseau

Co-Founder and Partner, Amplitude Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Public Health

Andreas Park

Lab Economist, Blockchain

Blockchain

Manish Patel

Partner, Highland Capital Partners

Blockchain, Prime

Deborah A. Peacock

Intellectual Property Attorney | Investor | Entrepreneur | Corporate Board Member

Energy, Space

Elgar Peerschke

Associate | Board Member, Advisor and Investor

Health

Ali Pejman

Partner, Fort Capital Partners

Prime

Barney Pell

Co-founder and Chair, LocoMobi | Cofounder and CSO, Moon Express

Artificial Intelligence, Health, Prime

Scott Phillips

Founder and CEO, Starfish Medical

Health

Patrick Pichette

Former CFO, Google | General Partner, iNovia Capital

Artificial Intelligence

Donald Plewes

Scientist | Biophysics, Medical Imaging

Health

Michael Pley

President, Pley Consulting Inc.

Space

Ingmar Posner

Chief Scientist - Machine Learning & Robotics

Artificial Intelligence

Richard Pournelle

Senior Vice-President of Business Development, Nanoracks

Blockchain

Tomi Poutanen

Founder, Layer 6 AI

Artificial Intelligence, Health

Victor Prisacariu

Chief Scientist - Machine Learning & AR/VR

Artificial Intelligence

Shivam Rajdev

Co-Founder, Analyze Re

Prime

Mahdi Ramezani

Investigator | Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Medical Image Analysis

Prime

Tom Rand

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, ArcTern Ventures

Supply Chain

Michael Rapps

President and CEO, Clarke Inc.

Prime

Marty Reed

CEO, Evok Innovations

Climate, Economic Recovery, Energy, Prime, Quantum

Kelsey Regan

Investigator | Mobile Application, Software Engineering

Prime

Torsten Reil

Co-Founder and CEO, NaturalMotion

Artificial Intelligence

Lally Rementilla

President, Quantius

Prime

Jay Rhind

Partner, Rhino Ventures

Prime

Jonathan Rhone

CEO, Axine Water

Climate

Blake Richards

Lab Scientist - Neural Computation

Artificial Intelligence

Kristina Rinker

Director of the Centre for Bioengineering Research and Education at the University of Calgary

Prime

John Risley

Founding Partner, CDL-Atlantic | O.C., President, Clearwater Fine Foods Inc.

Oceans, Prime

David Roberts

President, Y Tara Capital

Prime

Stephen Roberts

Chief Scientist - Machine Learning

Artificial Intelligence

Jason Robertson

Investigator | Commercialization, Pharmaceuticals

Health, Public Health

Andre Rocha

Investor, Glasswing Ventures

Supply Chain

Robert Rohling

Scientist | Robotics, Biomedical Engineering, Medical Imaging

Prime

Lewis Rose

CEO and Corporate Director

Blockchain, Prime

Geordie Rose

Founder, D-Wave Systems | Founder, Kindred | Founder, Sanctuary

Artificial Intelligence, Space

Laura Rosella

Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

Economic Recovery, Health, Public Health

Gili Rosenberg

Investigator | Optimization, Machine Learning, Quantum Computing

Prime

Fabio Rossi

Scientist | Biomedical Engineering, Regenerative Medicine

Health

Jean-Marc Rousseau

Lead Scientist

Artificial Intelligence

Kirk Rowe

President and Chief Executive Officer, IMP Group International

Prime

Ken Rowe

Founding Partner, CDL-Atlantic | O.C., Founder, IMP International

Prime

Barry Rubin

Scientist

Health

Val Rubinchik

Investigator | Medical Devices, Product Development, Commercialization

Health, Public Health

Maryanna Saenko

Principal, Khosla Ventures

Prime, Quantum

Frantz Saintellemy

President & COO, Leddartech

Economic Recovery, Supply Chain

Ruslan Salakhutdinov

Co-Chief, Machine Learning

Artificial Intelligence

Tim Salcudean

Scientist | Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Medical Imaging

Prime

Tekin Salimi

General Partner, Polychain Capital

Blockchain

Kausar Samli

Investigator | Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Advanced Computing

Health

Barry Sanders

Director of the Institute for Quantum Science and Technology at the University of Calgary

Prime, Quantum

Robert Sansom

Founder, Cambridge Angels

Artificial Intelligence

Paul Santerre

Scientist | Professor, Faculty of Dentistry, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto

Health

Ehsan Sarafraz-Yazdi

Investigator

Health, Public Health

Scott Saxberg

CEO, Icebook Investments Corp

Economic Recovery, Energy

Brice Scheschuk

CEO, Globalive Capital Inc

Economic Recovery, Prime

Robbie Schingler

Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Planet Labs

Space

Jessy Kate Schingler

Associate

Space

Remi Schmaltz

CEO and Cofounder, Decisive Farming Corp

Ag

Vreni Schoenenberger

Global Head of Public Affairs, Neuroscience, Novartis

Health

Joshua Schrier

Professor, Fordham University

Matter

Helge Seetzen

General Partner, TandemLaunch

Artificial Intelligence

Michael Sefton

Scientist

Health

Michael Serbinis

Co-Founder, Kobo and Founder, League

Health

Rudina Seseri

Founder and Managing Partner, Glasswing Ventures

Artificial Intelligence

Blake Shaffer

Lab Economist

Energy

Nick Shah

Scientist | Drug Discovery, Commercialization

Health, Public Health

Riam Shammaa

Founder Canadian Centres for Regenerative Therapy | Managing Director Regen Capital

Health

George Shimizu

Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Calgary

Prime

Molly Shoichet

Scientist, Regenerative Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering

Health

Ashmeet Sidana

Founder, Engineering Capital

Blockchain, Prime

Micah Siegel

Partner, Vanedge Capital

Artificial Intelligence, Health

Leonid Sigal

Scientist | Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Computer Graphics

Prime

Kirk Simpson

CEO and Co-founder of Wave

Prime

Gerri Sinclair

Managing Director, Kensington Capital Partners

Economic Recovery, Prime, Public Health

Doug Sinclair

Owner, Sinclair Interplanetary

Economic Recovery, Public Health, Space

Lucas Skoczkowski

Managing Partner, Red Lane Capital

Supply Chain

James Slifierz

Co-founder and CEO, SkyWatch Space Applications

Space

Mike Smit

Associate Professor of Information Management, Dalhousie University

Prime

Jeff Smith

President and CEO, DCBank

Artificial Intelligence, Health

Nancy L. Smith

Director, ARC Financial Corp.

Energy

Andrew Smith

Investigator

Health

Frank Sobey

Chairman, Crombie REIT

Prime

Rob Sobey

Founding Partner, CDL-Atlantic | Former CEO and President, Lawton’s Drug Stores Ltd.

Prime

Alex van Someren

Managing Partner, Early Stage Funds, Amadeus Capital Partners

Artificial Intelligence

Vivek Sood

Executive Vice President, Related Businesses, Sobeys Inc.

Prime

Isaac Souweine

Partner, Real Ventures

Economic Recovery, Supply Chain

Joel Spark

Co-founder and CTO, Spire Global

Space

Jim Spatz

Founding Partner, CDL-Atlantic | Chairman and CEO, Southwest Properties Ltd.

Prime, Public Health

John Spindler

CEO, Capital Enterprise

Artificial Intelligence, Economic Recovery, Public Health

Bharat Srinivasa

Investigator | Cofounder and Principal, Amplitude Ventures

Health

William Stanford

Scientist

Bob Steele

Former CEO, Plurion Systems Limited

Energy

Steven Stein

Director, Black Diamond Group

Energy, Prime

Ken Stephenson

Founding Partner, CDL-Rockies | Director of the Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, Circle Cardiovascular Imaging Inc. and Chata Technologies Inc.

Energy

Matt Stevens

Cofounder and CEO, FleetCarma

Prime

Duncan Stewart

Lab Scientist - Nanoscale Computing Devices

Artificial Intelligence, Economic Recovery

Jamie Stiff

Managing Director, Genesys Capital

Health

Will Strange

Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy, Rotman School of Management

Artificial Intelligence

Ted Sum

Partner, Smart & Biggar

Economic Recovery, Prime, Public Health

Alison Sunstrum

Founding Partner, CDL-Rockies | Founder, CEO CNSRVX-Inc.

Prime, Public Health

Naweed Syed

Chief Scientist | Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

Energy, Prime

Bill Tam

Former President & CEO, BC Tech

Prime

Isaac Tamblyn

Scientist

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Vin Tang

Principal, Samsung Next Ventures

Artificial Intelligence

James Tansey

Scientist | Social Innovation, Carbon and Cleantech Policy, Ecosystem Services

Climate

Lionel Tarassenko

Chief Scientist, Machine Learning & Signal Processing

Artificial Intelligence

Graham Taylor

Lab Scientist - Machine Learning

Artificial Intelligence

Raffi Tchakmakjian

CEO & Co-Founder | LIFT Session

Supply Chain

David Tedman

Entrepreneur & Angel Investor

Prime

Salim Teja

Partner, Radical Ventures

Health

Sitar Teli

Managing Partner, Connect Ventures

Artificial Intelligence

Peter Tertzakian

Chief Energy Strategist, CDL-Rockies | Executive Director, Arc Energy Research Institute

Climate, Energy

Louis Têtu

Co-Founder, Taleo | Chairman & CEO, Coveo

Artificial Intelligence

Jason Tham

CEO and Co-Founder, Nulogy

Economic Recovery, Public Health, Supply Chain

David Thompson

President, Northern Cross Energy Limited

Energy

Allyson Tighe

Investigator | Co-Founder and Associate, Amplitude Ventures

Health, Public Health

Richard Titus

Entrepreneur, Board Director, Investor

Blockchain, Climate, Economic Recovery, Public Health, Space

Tony Tjan

CEO & Managing Partner, Cue Ball

Artificial Intelligence

Luka Tomljenovic

Investment Partner, Airbus Ventures

Space

Remy De Tonnac

Partner, ETF Partners

Climate

Mark Torrance

Engineering Manager, Facebook

Prime

Christine Tovee

Technology leader in aerospace and innovation

Blockchain, Climate, Economic Recovery, Space

Angela Tran

Partner, Version One Ventures

Health

Mark Trevitt

Investigator | Sustainability, Product Development, Chemical Engineering

Prime

Hermann Tribukait

Co-founder and CEO, ChemOS Inc

Matter

Vladimir Tucakov

Founder, Point Grey Research

Prime

William Tunstall-Pedoe

Founder, Evi

Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Health

Don Turnbull

Investigator | Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Information Systems

Prime

Stephan Uhrenbacher

Founder, Density Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Health, Prime, Quantum

Josh Usher

Investigator | Mechanical Engineering, Product Development

Prime

Claude Vachet

Managing Partner, Cycle Capital

Supply Chain

Iliana Oris Valiente

Managing Director and Global Blockchain Innovation Lead, Accenture

Blockchain

Julien Venturini

Cofounder, Anthisma Partners

Climate

Paul Veradittakit

Partner, Pantera Capital

Blockchain

Annette Verschuren

CEO & Chair, NRStor Inc

Prime

Renaud Visage

Co-Founder, Eventbrite

Climate

Neil Wainwright

Board Member, Peerscale

Artificial Intelligence, Economic Recovery, Prime, Public Health, Quantum

Chris Wake

Fellow, Edmund Hillary Fellowship

Quantum, Space

Jane Walerud

Partner, Walerud Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Economic Recovery

Cameron Walker

VP of New Models and Partnerships, VF Corporation

Prime

Mark Wallace

President and CEO, Cority Software Inc.

Prime

Laurie Wallace

Co-founder & Past CEO, Datum Telegraphic

Prime

Lucy Wang

Principal, 11.2 Capital

Blockchain, Space

Boris Wertz

Founder, Version One Ventures

Blockchain, Economic Recovery, Prime

Alexander Whalley

Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Calgary

Prime

Mary Anne White

Harry Shirreff Professor of Chemical Research, Dalhousie University

Prime

Dustin Wilkes

President, United Pacific Projects | President at Parkland Pipeline

Energy, Prime

Stephanie Willerth

Scientist | Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Regenerative Medicine

Health

Kristina Williams

President and CEO, Alberta Enterprise Corporation

Ag, Energy, Prime

Alex Wiltschko

Senior Research Scientist, Google Brain

Matter

Vincent Win

Partner, Venture Advisory

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

David Winickoff

Senior Policy Analyst and Secretary of the Working Party on BNCT, OECD

Climate

Pamela Winsor

Healthcare Consultant and Creative Strategist

Economic Recovery, Prime, Public Health

Ralph Winter

Scientist | Economics, Finance, Policy

Prime

Peter Wittek

Founding Academic Director, CDL Quantum Stream

Quantum

Lyon Wong

Founder, Blameless

Prime, Quantum

Chunhua Wu

Scientist | Behavioural Science, Marketing

Prime

Jenny Yang

Investigator | Artificial Intelligence, Electrical Engineering, Product Management

Prime

Ozge Yeloglu

Chief Data Scientist, Microsoft Canada

Prime, Quantum

Ibrahim Yimer

Director General, Aerospace, National Research Council Canada

Space

Xiaoming Yin

Investment Manager, Lockheed Martin Ventures

Quantum, Space

Sarah Young

Managing Partner, NATIONAL

Prime

Reza Zadeh

Co-Chief - Machine Learning

Artificial Intelligence

Peter Zandstra

Chief Scientist | Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Regenerative Medicine

Health

Richard Zemel

Co-Chief, Machine Learning

Shelley Zhuang

Founder, Eleven Two Capital

Health, Quantum

Shivon Zilis

Project Director, Office of the CEO, Neuralink, Tesla

Artificial Intelligence, Health