Mentors

Kristin Aamodt

Investment Director, ArcTern Ventures

Climate

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

Executive In Residence, MaRS Discovery District

Blockchain

Bill Adams

President, JCove Holdings Limited

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Naveen Agarwal

Chief Market Development Officer, Prudential Financial

Risk

Alice Aiken

Vice-President, Research, Dalhousie University

Prime

Umair Akeel

Product Architect, Twilio Inc.

Artificial Intelligence

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

Venture Partner, Entrepreneur First

Artificial Intelligence, Health

Andrew Anderson

Director of Engineering, Ultra Electronics Maritime Systems Inc

Oceans

Magali Anderson

Chief Sustainability Officer, LafargeHolcim

Climate

Chad Anderson

Managing Partner, Space Capital

Space

Susan Anderson

President and CEO, Cannonball Capital Inc.

Health, Prime

Ludovic André

Managing Director Venture Capital, CIC Capital Ventures

Supply Chain

Mark Andreychuk

Director & Co-Founder, Kobold Completions Inc.

Energy

Anousheh Ansari

CEO, XPRIZE Foundation

Artificial Intelligence, Space

Christine Apold

Managing Partner, Westhaver Partners

Prime

Jehangir Appoo

Scientist | Artificial Heart Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgeon

Health, Prime, Recovery

Jason Aramburu

Investor, Baidu Ventures

Artificial Intelligence

Abel Archundia

Global Head of IT & Digital Transformation, Bayer Pharmaceuticals

Health

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

Karan Arora

Chief Commercial Digital Officer, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP

Health

Robert Ashcraft

Senior Manager, Samsung Corp

Matter

Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science, University of Toronto

Matter

Geof Auchinleck

Chairman & CEO, Claris Healthcare Inc.

Health

John Avery

Director, ATDC

Commerce

Jun Axup

Investigator | Commercialization, Proteomics, Immuno-oncology

Health

Jim Baker

President Agri-Food, Cultura Technologies (Volaris Group)

Ag

Michael Ball

CEO, Canexia Health

Health

Alan Baratz

CEO, D-Wave Systems Inc.

Quantum

Rob Barbara

Managing Partner, Build Ventures

Prime

Bill Barrett

CEO, Barrett Corporation

Prime

Frédéric Bastien

CEO and Founder, Mnubo

Supply Chain

Paul Bate

Founder and CIO, Matterhorn Investment Management Group

Artificial Intelligence

Dani Bauer

Hickman-Larson Chair in Actuarial Science, University of Wisconsin Madison

Risk

Maren Hjorth Bauer

Managing Partner and Founder, Fynd Ocean Ventures

Oceans

Nathaniel Baum-Snow

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

Douglas Beach

Chairman of the Board, Eavor Technologies Inc.

Ag, Artificial Intelligence, 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

Supply Chain

Laleh Behjat

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

Prime

Charles Beigbeder

Founder, Quantonation

Climate

Nick Beim

Partner, Venrock

Liran Belenzon

CEO, BenchSci

Artificial Intelligence, Quantum

Don Bell

Co-Founder, WestJet Airlines Ltd

Ag

Dawn Bell

Global Development Head, Strategic Partnerships Team, Novartis

Health, Recovery

Francois Bellavance

Lab Scientist

Artificial Intelligence

Marc Bellemare

Staff Research Scientist, Google Research

Health, Prime

Yoshua Bengio

Chief Scientist

Artificial Intelligence

Cathy Bennett

CEO, Bennett Group of Companies

Oceans, Prime

Dennis Bennie

Founder & Principal, XDL Capital Group

Artificial Intelligence

Jeroen Bergmann

Associate Professor in Engineering Science, University of Oxford

Health

Andy Bergmann

Partner, Wessex Capital

Prime

James Bergstra

Lab Scientist - Machine Learning

Artificial Intelligence

Curtis Berlinguette

Professor, University of British Columbia

Matter

Dror Berman

Founder, Innovation Endeavors

Artificial Intelligence, Health, Quantum

Kristen Berman

Co-founder, Irrational Labs

Risk

Laurent Bertiau

President, Amundi Japan Ltd

Climate

Ivan Beschastnikh

Scientist | Cloud Computing, Distributed Systems

Prime

Gregory Besharov

Associate Scholar, Said Business School

Christopher Bissonnette

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

Health, Prime

Jason Blackstock

Founder & CEO, How to Change the World

Artificial Intelligence, Climate

Mark Blackwell

Partner, Builders VC

Ag

Olivier Blais

VP Data Scientist, Moov AI

Artificial Intelligence

Frank Blake

Former Chairman and CEO, The Home Depot

Commerce

Arnaud Blandin

Founder, Beyond Operating System

Climate

Gregory Block

Director of Business Development, Astellas Pharma

Health

Eve Blossom

Co-founder, Future Family

Health, Recovery

Hannes Blum

Venture Partner, Acton Capital

Prime

Manon Boisclair

Founder & CEO, InnovID B2

Prime

Maxime Boissonneault

Associate, Moov AI

Artificial Intelligence

Tony Van Bommel

Senior Managing Partner, BDC Capital

Climate

Greg Bonfiglio

Founder & Managing Partner, Proteus, LLC.

Health

Gaetan Bonhomme

Partner, Breakthrough Energy

Climate

Jeff Booth

Entrepreneur and Author of The Price of Tomorrow

Climate, Prime

Pedro Bordalo

Associate Professor of Finance, Saïd Business School

Christophe Bourque

Principal, White Star Capital

Artificial Intelligence, Supply Chain

Alexandre Le Bouthillier

Co-Founder, Imagia | Co-Founder, Planora

Artificial Intelligence, Recovery

Francesco Bova

Academic Advisor, CDL-Toronto | Lab Economist, Quantum

Quantum

James Brander

Scientist | Economics, International Trade, Finance

Prime

David Bressler

Associate Dean Research and Professor, University of Alberta

Ag, Energy

Ronald Bridges

Professor of Medicine, University of Calgary

Health, Prime, Recovery

Scott Brison

Vice-Chair Investment and Corporate Banking, BMO Capital Markets

Prime

Matt Brister

President, Bison Oil and Gas Ltd.

Energy

Mike Broadfoot

Principal, MGB Investments

Ag, Prime

Kent Brown

Board Chair, VEERUM Inc. | Founder, BluEarth Renewables

Energy

Keith G. Brown

CEO, Lamont Brown Group

Ag, Prime

Bill Brown

CEO, Net Power

Climate

Jamie Bruce

Executive Vice President, Canada Health Infoway

Health

Peter Bryant

Senior Program Officer, Walton Personal Philanthropy Group

Oceans

Steven Bryant

Chief Scientist | Materials Engineering, Emissions Technologies, Nanomaterials

Climate, Energy

Michael Bucella

Partner, BlockTower Capital

Blockchain

Doug Buchanan

Strategy, Biomedical Laboratories

Health

Ethan Buchman

Co-founder, Cosmos | CEO, Informal Systems

Blockchain

Jeroen De Buck

Founder and CTO, Creative Protein Solutions

Ag

Oliver Buck

Investigator | Biophysics, Biotechnology, Precision Medicine

Health

Justin Bull

Scientist | Chair, Sustainability and Ethics Group

Climate

David Byrd

Principal, Acequia Capital

Elizabeth Caley

Co-CEO, Poppy

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

Will Canestaro

Investigator | Health Economics, Meta-epidemiology, Biotechnology

Health

Elizabeth Cannon

President Emerita, University of Calgary

Prime

Jeff Carbeck

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

Matter

Christian Catalini

Chief Economist, Libra Association

Blockchain

Sarah Catanzaro

Principal, Amplify Partners

Artificial Intelligence

Mike Cegelski

Managing Partner, Panache Ventures

Artificial Intelligence

Vincent Chahley

Chairman, Venturion Oil

Prime

James Cham

Partner, Bloomberg Beta

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Vinod Chandran

Clinician Scientist, University Health Network

Health

Nicolas Chapados

Co-Founder & CSO, Element AI and Imagia

Supply Chain

Chère Chapman

CEO, Ardea Outcomes

Prime

Magaly Charbonneau

Partner, iNovia Capital | COO, PasswordBox

Artificial Intelligence

Eliot Charles

Executive Chairman, MiroBio

Health

Laurent Charlin

Lab Scientist - Machine Learning

Artificial Intelligence

Sudheer Chava

Professor of Finance, Scheller College of Business

Commerce

Kelly Chen

Partner, Data Collective VC

Prime, Supply Chain

Lingyun Chen

Professor, Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta

Ag

Tom Chi

Investigator | User Experience, Rapid Prototyping, Data Analysis

Climate, Oceans

Leonid Chindelevitch

Scientist | Bioinformatics, Computational Biology

Health

Stephanie Choo

Partner, Head of Investments, Portag3 Ventures

Blockchain, Risk

Andre Chow

Co-founder, Touch Surgery

Health

Iain Christie

CEO and Founder, SideKickSixtyFive Consulting

Space

Heather Christie-Burns

Energy Entrepreneur and Director, Interface Fluidics Limited

Energy

Chrys Chrysanthou

Partner, Kindred Capital

Artificial Intelligence

Jeff Chung

Venture Capitalist, AME Cloud Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Health

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

Dan Cohrs

Former Chief Financial Officer, D-Wave Systems

Climate

Charles Conn

CEO, Venture Investor

Health

Bill Connell

Former SVP of Logistics and Operations, Macy’s Inc.

Commerce

Jean-François Connolly

Lab Scientist - Machine Learning

Supply Chain

Sonia Contera

Professor in Biological Physics and Nanomedicine, University of Oxford

Health

Curtis Cook

Venture Capitalist

Energy, Recovery

Taylor Cooper

Investigator | Mechanical Engineering, Product Development, Robotics

Prime

Bart Copeland

CEO & President, ActiveState Software

Prime

Toby Coppel

Co-founder and Partner, Mosaic Ventures LLP

Health

Adrian Corless

CEO, Rotoliptic Technologies

Climate

Jean-François Côté

Co-Founder, President and CEO, district m

Artificial Intelligence

Sherry Coutu

Serial Entrepreneur and Angel Investor

Health

Jennifer Cox

Director of Biology, Chinook Therapeutics

Health

John Cranfield

Associate Dean, Ontario Agricultural College

Ag

Todd Crescenzo

Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Varuna Capital, LLC

Oceans

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.

Energy

Charley Cummings

Founder and CEO, Walden Local

Climate

Mark Cunningham

Advisor, StudioMaC

Prime, Space

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

Founding President and CEO, Accel-Rx

Health

Ray Daniels

Retired SVP Operations, People & Culture

Energy

Sally Daub

Founder, Pool Global Partners

Blockchain, Health, Oceans, Prime, Quantum

Marc David

Director of Public Affairs, Air Liquide

Climate

Jim W. Davidson

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

Energy

Rhiannon Davies

Co-Founding & Managing Partner, Sandpiper Ventures

Prime, Recovery, Supply Chain

Timur Davis

Principal, Munich Re Ventures

Quantum

Julia Davourie

Investigator | Cleantech, Advanced Materials, Energy

Climate

Wade Dawe

Chair & CEO, Numus Financial Inc.

Prime

Daniel Debow

Founding Partner, CDL-Toronto | VP - Commercial, Shopify

Space

Matthieu Dederichs

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

Health

Ros Deegan

CEO, Omass Therapeutics Ltd

Health

Rolf Dekleer

Investigator | Business Development, Electrical Engineering, Finance

Prime

Antoine Delafargue

Managing Director and CTO, Total Carbon Neutrality Ventures

Climate

Ron Dembo

Founder and CEO, Riskthinking.ai

Artificial Intelligence, Climate, Risk

Henry Demone

President, Demone Capital Inc.

Oceans, Prime

Jim Derbyshire

Entrepreneur In Residence

Climate, Prime

Deven Desai

Associate Professor, Area Coordinator for Law and Ethics, Georgia Institute of Technology

Commerce, Recovery

Chris Deverell

Founder, Deverell Innovation Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Health, Recovery

Julia Rivard Dexter

Co-Founder, Squiggle Park

Prime

Eden Dhaliwal

Global Managing Director, Conflux Network

Blockchain

Dr. Mike Dixon

Professor, University of Guelph

Space

Mark Dobbin

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

Prime

Priya Donti

Ph.D. Student, Computer Science and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University

Climate

Tracy Dorée

Venture Partner, Entrepreneur First

Artificial Intelligence

Hadi Dowlatabadi

Scientist | Energy, Public Policy, Resource Governance and Management

Climate

Andrea Drager

Principal, Azure Capital Partners

Prime

Graham Drake

Former CEO, Cervus Equipment Corp

Ag

Adam Draper

Founder & Managing Partner, Boost VC

Oceans

Keith Driver

Partner, Propel Ventures

Ag

Peter Drobac

Director of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, Said Business School

Recovery

Matthew Duchars

CEO, The Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre

Health

Ruben Eiras

Coordinator, Blue Economy Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Investment and Financing, Forum Oceano

Oceans

Marty Ellingsworth

Senior Analyst, Celent LLC

Risk

Patrick Elliott

Executive Vice President and Co-founder, Jupiter Resources

Energy

Miles Elsden

Former Chief Scientist, Department for Transport, UK Government

Climate

Katherine Elvira

Scientist | Microfluidics, Artificial cells, Commercialisation

Health

Jeff Enslin

Managing Member, Perimetre Capital, LLC

Health

Lauren Epstein

Associate, OMERS Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Energy, Prime

Daley Ervin

Managing Director, Engage

Commerce

Pierre Erwes

CEO, BioMarine Organization

Oceans

William “Mac” Evans

President, W MacDonald Evans Consulting Inc

Space

Mark Evans

Partner and LP, Kindred Capital

Health, Recovery

Judy Fairburn

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

Ag, Energy

Candice Faktor

Managing Partner, Faktory Ventures

Prime

Beric Farmer

Former Co-Founder, XE.com

Blockchain, Quantum

Brandon Farwell

Managing Partner, Xfund

Space

Marc Faucher

Managing Partner, ArcTern Ventures

Commerce, Supply Chain

Cedric Favier

Investment Director, Elaia

Climate

Bill Feast

President, Solet Advisors LLC

Commerce

Josh Felker

Founder and Managing Partner, BoxOne Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain

Lester Fernandes

President, Segovia Capital Ltd

Artificial Intelligence

Fabio Ferrari

Co-Founder, Symbio

Climate

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

Scientist | Cardiologist, Clinical Trials, Implantable Electrical Device

Health, Prime

Ben Fine

Radiologist, Physician Scientist, Trillium Health Partners

Health

Joel Finlayson

Partner, iGan Partners | SVP Corporate Development, Think Research

Health

Debbie Fischer

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

Health

Jason Fischer

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

Health

Brenda Fitzgerald

Board Chair, Resilient Georgia

Recovery

Lauren Flanagan

Managing Partner, Belle Capital LP

Risk

Geoff Flood

Tech Advisory Leader (Atlantic Canada), MNP Corp

Prime

Craig Follett

Founder, Peggy

Commerce

Chen Fong

C.M., Co-Founder, Pureweb Inc

Ag, Artificial Intelligence, Energy, Health, Matter, 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

Venture Partner, Lux Capital

Artificial Intelligence, Health

Leonard Foster

Scientist | Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Proteomics

Health

Douglas Foster

Investor & Advisor, Foresite Labs

Health, Recovery

Antonin de Fougerolles

CEO, Evox Therapeutics

Health

Isabel Fox

Co-Managing Partner, Luminous Ventures

Artificial Intelligence

John Francis

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

Artificial Intelligence, Health, Recovery

April Franco

Professor, University of Toronto

Health, Prime, Space

Malcolm Fraser

President & CEO, Innovacorp

Oceans

Spencer Fraser

Co-Founder, MVT

Oceans

Jack Fraser

Research Fellow, Said Business School

Health

Terry Freeman

Head of Investments, ATB Private Equity

Energy

Art Froehlich

President & CEO, AgriView Inc.

Ag

Tom Frohlich

Chief Business Officer, Chinook Therapeutics

Health

Anders G Frøseth

Partner, Propagator Ventures

Matter

Joseph Fung

Managing Partner, Saltagen Ventures

Prime, Quantum

Andrew Fursman

CEO and Co-Founder, 1QBit

Prime, Quantum

Jason Van Gaal

Principal, 0MC Capital

Climate

Michael Gaenzle

Professor and Canada Research Chair, University of Alberta

Ag

Alberto Galasso

Professor of Strategic Management, Rotman School of Management

Health

Christian Hernandez Gallardo

Co-Founder and Former Managing Partner, White Star Capital

Climate

Nancy Gallini

Scientist | Industrial Organization, Intellectual Property, Technology Licensing

Health

Jonathan Gammell

Lab Scientist - Robotics

Artificial Intelligence

Joshua Gans

Chief Economist | Professor, Rotman School of Management

Blockchain, Prime

Andrés Garcia

Regents' Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology

Recovery

Ryan Gariepy

CTO and Co-founder, Clearpath

Space

Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka

Principal, Canaan Partners

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

Health, Prime

Marzyeh Ghassemi

Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, Computer Science and Medicine

Health

Lahav Gil

CEO and Director, Relay Medical

Health

Andrew Gilbert

Technologist, Investor, Advisor

Artificial Intelligence

Inmar Givoni

Director of Engineering, Uber

Artificial Intelligence, Health, Recovery, Space

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

Quantum, Recovery

Ben Goertzel

CEO, SingularityNet | Chairman, AGI Society

Blockchain

Maryam Golnaraghi

Investigator | Climate Risk Analytics, Financial and Insurance Product Innovation, New Market Development

Climate

Bryce Goodman

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Cleantech

Climate

Cyril Goutte

Senior Research Officer, Digital technologies, National Research Council Canada

Artificial Intelligence

Sven Grail

Co-CEO, Altima Dental Canada | Co-founder and Executive Chairman, MCI Brighthealth.ai

Health

David Granville

Scientist | Therapeutics, Wound Healing, Commercialization

Health

Allan Gray

President & CEO, Port of Halifax

Oceans

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

Jeremy Greven

Co-founder, Manifest Climate

Health

Gary Griffiths

Co-founder and Managing Director, Wisdom LLP

Ag, Energy, Prime, Risk

Simon Grocott

Deputy Director, Missions at the Space Flight Laboratory, University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies

Space

Jacob Grose

Investment Manager, BASF Venture Capital

Matter, Quantum

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

Jim Guszcza

US Chief Data Scientist, Deloitte LLP

Risk

Baris Guzel

Principal, BMW i Ventures

Prime

Amy ter Haar

President, Integra Ledger

Blockchain

Carl Haas

Scientist

Prime

Cherif Habib

CEO and Co-Founder, Dialogue Technologies Inc

Artificial Intelligence, Supply Chain

Chris Hadfield

Astronaut | First Canadian Commander of the International Space Station

Space

Gillian Hadfield

Director, Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society

Artificial Intelligence

Irina Haivas

Principal, Atomico

Artificial Intelligence

Adam Hale

Chairman, Arctic Shores

Artificial Intelligence

Gary Haley

Chair, Haley Family Investment Trust

Ag

Noel Hall

Co-Director, Machall Investments

Ag

Jon Hallett

Executive Chairman, BetterCloud Inc

Commerce

Louis-Nicolas Hamer

VP | Soljit and Angel Investor

Supply Chain

Jim Hanlon

CEO, Halifax Marine Research Institute

Oceans

Michelle Hanlon

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

Space

Christopher Hannam

President, C&M Management

Ag

James Hardiman

Partner, Data Collective

Health

Michael Harries

Partner, The Robotics Hub

Prime, Quantum

Colin Harris

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

Climate, Prime

John Harris

Founding Partner, CDL-Toronto | Former Chairman and CEO, Harris Steel

Artificial Intelligence

Nancy Harrison

Co-founder, MSI Methylation Sciences

Health

Andrew Haughian

General Partner, Pangaea Ventures

Climate

Eric Hautemont

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

Climate

Julia Hawkins

Partner, LocalGlobe

Health

Mack Healy

Partner, KdT Ventures

Recovery

Abraham Heifets

Founder and CEO, Atomwise

Artificial Intelligence

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

Health

Trevor Hennigar

COO, Rimot.io Inc.

Prime

Karl Moritz Hermann

Founder and CEO, Saiga

Artificial Intelligence

Duncan Hill

Cofounder and General Partner, Mantella Venture Partners

Prime

Jeremy Hilton

Investigator | Quantum Computing, Chip Design, Machine Learning

Prime

Sofia Hmich

Founder, Future Positive Capital

Climate

Fraser Hof

Scientist | Medicinal Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry

Health

Mitchell Hoffman

Associate Professor, The Rotman School of Management

Health

Bruno Holthof

CEO, Oxford University Hospitals

Health

Paul Holthus

Founding President and CEO, World Ocean Council

Oceans

Matthias Holweg

American Standard Companies Professor of Operations Management, Said Business School

Artificial Intelligence

Inès Holzbaur

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, AmorChem

Artificial Intelligence

Jim Horowitz

Senior Manager, Beresford Ventures

Health, Prime, Quantum

Jean-François Houle

Investigator

Health

Geoffrey Houlton

Investigator | Medical Devices, Commercialization

Health

Evan Hu

Co-CEO, OmniLogic

Prime

Charles Hudson

Managing Partner, Precursor Ventures

Commerce

Patricia Hume

CEO, Canvas GFX

Prime, Risk

Derrick Hunter

President & CEO, Bluesky Equities Ltd.

Prime

Chris Huskilson

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

Oceans

Michael Hyatt

Founding Partner, CDL-Toronto | Co-Founder and Director, BlueCat Networks

Health, Quantum

Brigham Hyde

President, Data & Analytics, Eversana

Recovery

Nicholas Ibery

Head of Healthcare Investments, NCL Ventures

Health

Sam Ifergan

CEO, iGan Partners

Health

Brenda Irwin

Managing Partner, Relentless Pursuit Partners

Health

Mohammad Islam

Principal, DFJ Venture Capital

Prime, Quantum

Artur Izmaylov

Associate Professor, University of Toronto

Quantum

Raif Jacobs

Tech Investor and Advisor

Health

Jordan Jacobs

Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Radical Ventures

Sean Jacobsohn

Partner, Norwest Venture Partners

Risk

David Jaffray

Co-Chief Scientist - Image-Guided Therapy

Health

Hampus Jakobsson

Founding Partner, Pale Blue Dot

Climate

JP James

Chairman & Lead Investor, Hive Financial Systems

Commerce

Lana Janes

Venture Partner, adMare BioInnovations

Health

Marco Janezic

Founder and Managing Partner, BlueRibbon Partners

Artificial Intelligence, Health

Cory Janssen

Founder, Galt Capital & CEO, AltaML

Ag

Amir Javidan

Chief Operating Officer, WELL Health Technologies

Health

Jacki Jenuth

Partner, Lumira Ventures

Health

Richard Jhang

Founder & CEO | StratMinds

Artificial Intelligence

Mark Jollymore

President & CEO, InnovaSea Systems Inc

Oceans

Zach Jonasson

Managing Partner, Phoenix Venture Partners

Health

Declan Jones

VP & Head of External Innovation, Ferring Pharmaceuticals

Health

Rob Jones

President, F3 Solutions LLC

Ag

Stéphanie Jumel

SR Program Director- Electric Transportation, EDF Energy Ltd

Climate

Nicole Junkermann

Founder, NJF Holdings

Artificial Intelligence

Christophe Jurczak

Partner, Quantonation

Quantum

Igor Jurisica

Chief Scientist - Computational Biology

Artificial Intelligence, Health

Lynn Kaack

Lab Scientist | Post-Doc Researcher

Climate

Gabe Kalmar

Investigator | Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Commercialization

Health

Dina Kamal

Partner, Deloitte LLP

Artificial Intelligence, Recovery

Sutha Kamal

CTO, VMware

Health, Prime

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

Christina Karapataki

Investor, Breakthrough Energy Ventures

Climate

Rangesh Kasturi

President, L3Harris Maritime International (L3 MAPPS Inc.)

Oceans

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

Jane Kearns

Vice President, Growth Services and Senior Cleantech Advisor, MaRS Discovery District

Climate

Andra Keay

Managing Director, Silicon Valley Robotics

Space

Patrick Keefe

General Partner, Build Ventures

Prime

Wilf Keller

Vice President of Outreach, Agri-Food Innovation Council

Ag

Shana Kelley

University Professor, University of Toronto

Health

Jonathan Kelly

Assistant Professor, University of Toronto

Space

David Kelly

CEO, InnovaSea Systems Inc

Oceans

Pinar Keskinocak

William W. George Chair and Professor, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Tech

Recovery

Rabia Khan

Founder, StealthMode Startup

Health

Oliver Kharraz

CEO and Co-Founder, ZocDoc Inc

Health

Armen Kherlopian

Founding Partner, BAJ Accelerator

Artificial Intelligence, Health

Reza Salimi Khorshidi

Chief Scientist, AIG

Artificial Intelligence, Health

Damian Kimmelman

Co-Founder & CEO, DueDil, Founders Pledge and Rho

Artificial Intelligence

Jim King

President, CFN Consultants (Atlantic) Inc.

Oceans

Karin Klein

Founding Partner, Bloomberg Beta

Prime,

Anton Kleywegt

Associate Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Commerce

Susan Koch

COO & VP Accounting, Carbon Engineering Ltd

Climate

Anna Koop

Senior Scientific Advisor at Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii)

Energy, Prime

Lawrence Korngut

Neurologist and Director of Innovation and Commercialization, Hotchkiss Brain Institute

Prime

Ray Kruck

Founder, Nexgate | Founder, Pointgrey Partners

Prime

Paul Kruszewski

CEO, Wrnch

Artificial Intelligence

David Ku

Lawrence P. Huang Chair of Engineering Entrepreneurship, Georgia Institute of Technology

Recovery

Michael Kuhlmann

CEO, Colony Networks

Blockchain

Eugenia Kumacheva

Professor, University of Toronto

Matter

Elaine Kunda

Founder and Managing Partner at Disruption Ventures

Artificial Intelligence

Nathan Kundtz

CEO, Rendered.AI | Physicist in Residence, Tectonic

Space

Anthony Lacavera

Founding Partner, CDL-Toronto | Founder, Globalive Capital

Prime

Mike Lake

Founder & CEO, Mosaic Integration & COO, Entero Corporation

Energy, Prime

Joan Lamm-Tennant

CEO & Founder, Blue Marble Microinsurance

Risk

Hugo Larochelle

Lab Scientist - Deep Learning

Artificial Intelligence

Steve Larter

Associate Vice President, University of Calgary

Climate, Energy, Recovery

Frédéric Latreille

Partner, Diagram

Artificial Intelligence

Eva Lau

Founding and General Partner, Two Small Fish Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Health, Prime, Supply Chain

Allen Lau

CEO and Co-founder, Wattpad

Artificial Intelligence

John Lazar

Artificial Intelligence

Nicole LeBlanc

Advisor, Sandpiper Ventures

Prime

Paul LeBlanc

Founder & CEO, 7th Wave Capital

Prime

Chris Lee

Chairman, Woodbridge Foundation

Recovery

Paul Lee

Founding Partner, CDL-Vancouver | Managing Partner, Vanedge Capital Partners Ltd

Health, Prime, Quantum

Yen Lee

Entrepreneur / Chair, C100 Growth & Startup Committees

Prime

John Lefebvre

CEO & Founder, MySOL Energy

Climate

Stephen Leonard

Head of IP, Qvella/Hill and Schumacher

Health

Julia Levy

Founder and Director Emerita, QLT Inc.

Health

Marlon Lewis

Scientific Director, OFI, Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University

Oceans

Ian Lewis

Lab Scientist

Prime

Julia Fan Li

Investigator | Biotechnology, Commercialization, Finance

Health

Steve Liang

Founder & CTO, SensorUp

Ag, Energy, Prime, Supply Chain

Marvin Liao

Managing Partner, Game Groove Capital

Artificial Intelligence

John Lindsay

Chairman, Eastport Properties

Oceans, Prime, Recovery

David Liu

Interventional Radiology, Biomedical Engineering, Interventional Oncology

Health

Millie Liu

Managing Partner, First Star Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Health, Space

Ted Livingston

Founder, Kik

Prime

Kirsty Lloyd-Jukes

Principal - Corporate Development, Waymo

Artificial Intelligence

James Lochrie

Co-Founder, Wave | Founder, Exhibition Capital

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Andrea Lodi

Chief Scientist - Data Science

Artificial Intelligence

Atle Lohrmann

Chairman, Nortek AS Hefring Engineering LLC

Oceans

Catalina Lopez-Correa

Investigator | Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, Genomics

Health

Patrick Lor

Managing Partner, Panache Ventures

Prime

Matt Lucas

Investigator | Data Analytics, Industrial Systems, Mechanical Engineering

Climate

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

President and CEO, Lyon Capital, Inc.

Space

Jiong Ma

Partner, Braemar Energy Ventures

Blockchain

Shannon MacDonald

Senior Managing Director, Accenture Canada

Prime, Recovery

Jevon MacDonald

CEO and Co-Founder, Manifold

Prime

Lindsay Machan

Co-founder, Angiotech Pharmaceuticals

Health, Prime

Alan Mackworth

Scientist | Artificial Intelligence, Robotics

Prime

Matthew MacLellan

President, Atlantic Region, Rogers Communications

Prime

Hector MacQuarrie

Senior Associate, Shell Ventures

Oceans

Srin Madipalli

Product Manager, Airbnb

Artificial Intelligence

Elicia Maine

Scientist | Advanced Materials, Cleantech

Climate

Geoff Mair

CEO, SensorUp

Prime

Jeff Mallett

Founding COO, Yahoo!

Health, Prime

Josh Manchester

General Partner, Champion Hill Ventures

Commerce, Recovery

Mylle Mangum

CEO, IBT Holdings

Commerce

Justin Manley

Managing Director, Just Innovation

Oceans

Sacha Mann

Director, Prescryptive Health

Health

Steve Mann

Professor, Silicon Valley Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum

Prime

Alan Marco

Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology

Commerce

Margarita Marinova

Senior Engineer and Planetary Scientist, Independent Consultant

Space

Tony van Marken

Managing Partner and Co-founder, First Ascent Ventures

Artificial Intelligence

Alexei Marko

Co-founder & Current Director, Neovasc

Health

Joel Martin

Senior Director, R&D at National Research Council Canada

Artificial Intelligence, Prime, Quantum

Edoardo De Martin

General Manager, Microsoft Vancouver

Climate

Nick Martire

President, Oak House Inc

Artificial Intelligence

Andre Marziali

Scientist | Biophysics, Genomics Technologies

Health

Michael Mashkautsan

Partner, LocalGlobe

Artificial Intelligence

Ross Mason

Founder, HINRI (High Impact Network of Responsible Innovators)

Recovery

Paul Massara

Advisor, Electron

Artificial Intelligence, Climate, Energy

Kory Mathewson

Research Scientist, DeepMind

Artificial Intelligence, Health

Prashant Matta

Partner, Panache Ventures

Prime

Chris Matys

Founder, Ignite AI

Artificial Intelligence, Recovery, Supply Chain

Michael May

President & CEO, Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine

Health

Kevin McBride

Partner and CSO, AmorChem Ventures

Health

Murray McCaig

Managing Partner, ArcTern Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Climate, Matter, Prime, Quantum

Andrew McCann

Investigator | Systems Infrastructure, Web Backend Services

Prime

Mike McCauley

Co-Founder and General Partner, Garage Capital

Prime

Kelly McCutchen

Executive Director, HINRI (High Impact Network of Responsible Innovators)

Recovery

Bruce McDonald

Co-CEO, Black & McDonald

Prime

Kristina McElheran

Assistant Professor of Strategy, University of Toronto Scarborough | Digital Fellow, Rotman School of Management

Artificial Intelligence

Andy McElwee

President and COO, Homesite Insurance

Risk

Duke McKenzie

CEO, re6l

Prime

Adam McNamara

Founding Partner, Ramen Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Climate, Prime

Ricky Mehra

Founder, General Partner, Continuum Ventures

Health

Roger Melko

Scientific Lead, CDL Quantum; Professor, University of Waterloo & Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

Quantum

Bryce Meredig

Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer, Citrine Informatics

Matter

Art Mesher

Chancellor, CLEANSL8.DNA

Supply Chain

Geraldine Le Meur

Entrepreneur and Angel Investor

Climate

Christopher Micetich

President and CEO, Fedora Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Prime

Tytus Michalski

Managing Partner, Fresco Capital

Recovery

Freda Miller

Scientist | Developmental Neurobiology, Tissue repair, Cell and molecular biology

Health

Rob Milstead

SVP for Strategy and Digital, Genuine Parts

Commerce

Amit Mital

Founder & CEO, Kernel Labs

Prime

Lorraine Mitchelmore

Corporate Director | BMO

Energy

Jeff Mitelman

Angel Investor

Artificial Intelligence

Mina Mitry

Co-founder & CEO, Kepler Communications

Prime, Space

Neal Mody

Managing Director, Zoic Capital

Health, Recovery

Chris Moehle

Managing Director, Coal Hill Ventures

Health, Supply Chain

Sheel Mohnot

Co-founder & General Partner, Better Tomorrow Ventures

Risk

Rick Moignard

Former CEO, GEOVIA

Prime

Martin Molyneaux

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

Energy, Prime

Erika Montague

Chief Technologist, Schmidt Marine Technology Partners

Oceans

Sid Mookerji

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

Commerce

Michelle Moon

Senior Investment Associate, LG Technology Ventures

Matter

Jodie Morgan

CEO, Greenmantra Technologies

Matter

Michele Mosca

Professor in Department of Combinatorics and Optimization at the Faculty of Math, University of Waterloo

Quantum

Edwin Moses

Chairman and CEO, Ablynx NV

Health

Brian Mosoff

CEO, Ether Capital

Blockchain

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

Climate, Matter

Jan-Maarten Mulder

Founder, Summer Capital

Quantum

Ash Munshi

Founder, Pepperdata, Marianas Labs

Ag, Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Mike Murchison

CEO, Ada

Artificial Intelligence

Gail Tomblin Murphy

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

Ray Muzyka

CEO & Founder, ThresholdImpact

Artificial Intelligence, Health, Prime

Melanie Nadeau

CEO, Centre for Oceans Ventures & Entrepreneurship (COVE)

Oceans

Firouz Naderi

Chief Investigator - Spacecraft, Rover and Satellite Design

Space

Barry Nalebuff

Milton Steinbach Professor, Yale University

Prime

Ramana Nanda

Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

Artificial Intelligence

Bernard Naughton

Research Fellow, Said Business School

Health

John Neis

Managing Director, Venture Investors LLC

Risk

Chris Neumann

Founder & CEO, Commonwealth Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Ken Nickerson

CEO, iBinary LLC

Artificial Intelligence

Pavan Nigam

Founding Partner, Inspovation Ventures

Risk

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, Recovery, Space

Alex Norman

TechToronto Co-Founder and Canadian Partner, AngelList

Artificial Intelligence, Health

Brent Norton

Venture Partner, Lumira Capital | Director, AFMC & Ortho RTI

Health

Claire Novorol

Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder, Ada Health

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

Chris O’Neill

General Partner, Portag3 Ventures

Artificial Intelligence

Mike Olson

Co-founder, Cloudera

Risk

Marc St. Onge

Founder & CEO, Bend Beauty

Prime

Robert Orr

CEO & Managing Director, Cuna del Mar

Oceans

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

Jack Pacey

Medical Devices, General Surgery, Anesthesiology

Health

Loren Padelford

VP & GM, Shopify

Commerce, Space

Christopher Pal

Lab Scientist - Deep Learning and AI

Supply Chain

Deval Pandya

Future Energy Leader, World Energy Council | Data Science Team Lead, Assets and New Energies, Shell

Energy

Kaustubh Pandya

Principal, Brick & Mortar Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Space

Michael Pangia

Former President and CEO, Aviat Networks

Prime

Keith Pardee

Assistant Professor, University of Toronto

Health

Jean-François Pariseau

Co-Founder and Partner, Amplitude Ventures

Artificial Intelligence

Andreas Park

Associate Professor of Finance, University of Toronto

Blockchain

Nicholas Parker

Chairman, Parker Venture Management

Climate

Rupen Patel

Chief Strategy Officer, Healthgrades Operating Co.

Commerce

Manish Patel

General Partner, Highland Capital Partners

Artificial Intelligence

Christopher Paterson

Xarvio Lead, North America, BASF

Ag

Blake Patton

Founder & Managing Partner, Tech Square Ventures

Commerce

Rodney Payne

Co-founder & CEO, Destination Think

Climate

Deborah A. Peacock

President, Peacock Law P.C.

Energy, Space

Jian Pei

Scientist | Data Mining, Big Data, Machine Learning

Prime

Ali Pejman

Partner, Fort Capital Partners

Prime

Barney Pell

Angel Investor, Independent

Artificial Intelligence, Health, Prime

Andrew Pelling

Co-Founder and CTO (Spiderwort) | Canada Research Chair (University of Ottawa)

Health

Nancy Peters

Owner & Operator, Half Brand Ranching

Ag

Scott Phillips

Investigator | Medical Devices, Product Development, Commercialization

Health

Martin Picard

Co-Founder and Global Head of Real Estate, Sonder

Supply Chain

Patrick Pichette

Former CFO, Google | General Partner, iNovia Capital

Artificial Intelligence

Millicent Pitts

Executive Director, Ocean Exchange

Oceans

Donald Plewes

Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto

Health

Michael Pley

President, Pley Consulting Inc.

Space

Joyce Poon

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto

Matter, Quantum

Ingmar Posner

Chief Scientist - Machine Learning & Robotics

Artificial Intelligence

Yves Potvin

President, Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts

Ag

Richard Pournelle

Senior Vice-President of Business Development, Nanoracks

Space

Tomi Poutanen

Chief AI Officer, TD | Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Layer 6 AI

Artificial Intelligence

Joanna Prasher

Acting Associate Director of Policy and the Senior Advisor for Medical Care and Countermeasures, Center for Preparedness and Response

Recovery

Ray Price

CEO, Sunterra Group

Ag

Victor Prisacariu

Chief Scientist - Machine Learning & AR/VR

Artificial Intelligence

Mathias Qian

Research Fellow in Finance and AI, Said Business School

Artificial Intelligence

John Raguin

Co-founder, Guidewire Software

Risk

Karthik Ramachandran

Associate Professor & Operations Management, Georgia Institute of Technology

Recovery

Mahdi Ramezani

Investigator | Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Medical Image Analysis

Prime

Tom Rand

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, ArcTern Ventures

Ag, Energy, Supply Chain

Gopi Rangan

Founder & General Partner, Sure Ventures

Risk

Michael Rapps

President and CEO, Clarke Inc.

Irfhan Rawji

Venture Partner, Relay Ventures

Prime

Olivier Raybaud

Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Blue Oceans Partners

Oceans

Marty Reed

CEO, Evok Innovations

Climate, Energy, Matter, Prime, Quantum

Dan Reed

Managing Director, American Family Ventures

Risk

Kelsey Regan

Investigator | Mobile Application, Software Engineering

Prime

Dan Reich

Co-founder and CEO, Troops Inc

Risk

Torsten Reil

Co-Founder and CEO, NaturalMotion

Artificial Intelligence

Jay Reinemann

General Partner, Propel Venture Partners

Risk

Lally Rementilla

Managing Partner, IP Investments, BDC Capital

Health

Jay Rhind

Advisor & Investor

Artificial Intelligence

Jonathan Rhone

CEO, Axine Water

Climate

Blake Richards

Assistant Professor, McGill

Artificial Intelligence

Konstantin Richter

CEO, Blockdaemon

Blockchain

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

Dale Robertson

President, Enerscan Engineering Inc.

Prime

Andre Rocha

VP of Operations, Chaossearch Inc

Artificial Intelligence

Robert Rohling

Scientist | Robotics, Biomedical Engineering, Medical Imaging

Prime

Arndt Roller

Managing Director and Partner, BCG Digital Ventures

Artificial Intelligence

Arndt Roller

Partners and Managing Director, Bcg Digital Ventures GmbH

Artificial Intelligence

David Rolnick

Assistant Professor of Computer Science, McGill University

Climate

Lewis Rose

Strategic Advisor, Board Director and Investor; Former CEO

Blockchain

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

Health, Recovery

Gili Rosenberg

Investigator | Optimization, Machine Learning, Quantum Computing

Prime

Tom Ross

Professor of Regulation and Competition Policy, UBC Sauder School of Business

Recovery

John Rossall

Director, Pipestone Energy Corp

Energy

Fabio Rossi

Scientist | Biomedical Engineering, Regenerative Medicine

Health

Jean-Marc Rousseau

Lead Scientist

Artificial Intelligence

Anne-Marie Roussel

Investor, Board Member, Former Corporate VC, Microsoft & Sharp, and Co-Founder, SeeSpace

Climate

Ken Rowe

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

Prime

Louis Roy

CEO, Optel Group LLC

Supply Chain

Barry Rubin

Professor (Vascular Surgery), University of Toronto

Health

Val Rubinchik

Investigator | Medical Devices, Product Development, Commercialization

Health, Recovery

Les Russell

Chair & CEO, Organox Ltd

Health

Maryanna Saenko

Co-founder, Future Ventures

Matter, Quantum

Frantz Saintellemy

President & COO, Leddartech

Recovery, Supply Chain

Ruslan Salakhutdinov

Director of AI Research, Apple

Artificial Intelligence

Tim Salcudean

Scientist | Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Medical Imaging

Prime

Tekin Salimi

General Partner, Polychain Capital

Blockchain

Dipender Saluja

Partner, Capricorn Investment Group LLC

Oceans

Kausar Samli

Investigator | Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Advanced Computing

Health

Barry Sanders

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

Ag, Energy, Prime, Quantum

Robert Sansom

Founder, Cambridge Angels

Artificial Intelligence

J. Paul Santerre

Scientist | Professor, Ted Rogers Heart Res. Centre and Dir. of the Health Innovation Hub

Health

Ehsan Sarafraz-Yazdi

Founder and CEO, NomoCan

Health

Scott Saxberg

CEO, Icebook Investments Corp

Energy

Brice Scheschuk

Managing Partner, Globalive Capital Inc

Prime

Robbie Schingler

Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Planet Labs

Space

Jessy Kate Schingler

Director Policy and Governance, Open Lunar Foundation

Space

Remi Schmaltz

CEO and Cofounder, Decisive Farming Corp

Ag

William (Bill) Schnoor

Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP

Artificial Intelligence, Health

Vreni Schoenenberger

Global Head of Public Affairs, Neuroscience, Novartis

Health

Joshua Schrier

Professor, Fordham University

Matter

Mark Schrope

Director, Schmidt Marine Technology Partners

Oceans

Helge Seetzen

General Partner, TandemLaunch

Artificial Intelligence

Michael Sefton

Scientist

Health

Craig Senyk

Founding Partner, CDL-Rockies | President & Vice Chairman, Mawer Investment Management

Prime

Michael Serbinis

Founder & CEO, League Inc

Health

Rudina Seseri

Founder and Managing Partner, Glasswing Ventures

Artificial Intelligence

Blake Shaffer

Lab Economist

Energy

Nick Shah

Scientist | Drug Discovery, Commercialization

Health

Riam Shammaa

Founder, Canadian Centres for Regenerative Therapy | Managing Director, Regen Capital

Health

Shally Shanker

Founder & Managing Partner, AiiM Partners

Oceans

Nandan Sheth

Global Head & General Manager Digital Commerce, Fiserv

Commerce

George Shimizu

Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Calgary

Prime

Molly Shoichet

Scientist, Regenerative Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering

Health

Shreya Shukla

Investigator | Commercialization, Regenerative Medicine

Health

Ashmeet Sidana

Chief Engineer, Engineering Capital

Blockchain, Prime, Quantum

Micah Siegel

Partner, Vanedge Capital

Matter

Leonid Sigal

Scientist | Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Computer Graphics

Prime

Kirk Simpson

CEO and Co-founder, Wave

Prime

Gerri Sinclair

Managing Director, Kensington Capital Partners | B.C. Innovation Commissioner

Prime

Doug Sinclair

Engineering Fellow, Rocket Lab

Space

David Sinton

Professor, University of Toronto

Energy

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

Nancy L. Smith

Director, ARC Financial Corp.

Energy, Prime

Andrew Smith

Investigator

Health

Ian Smith

CEO, Clearwater Seafoods Ltd

Oceans

Jeff Smith

President & CEO, DCBank

Artificial Intelligence, Health, Prime

Frank Sobey

Chairman, Crombie REIT

Prime

Alex van Someren

Managing Partner, Early Stage Funds, Amadeus Capital Partners

Artificial Intelligence

Svenja Sommer

Associate Professor, HEC Paris

Climate

Vivek Sood

Executive Vice President, Related Businesses, Sobeys Inc.

Commerce, Prime

Kazbi Soonawalla

Senior Research Fellow in Accounting, Said Business School

Health

Isaac Souweine

Partner, Real Ventures

Supply Chain

Joel Spark

Co-founder and CTO, Spire Global

Space

Jim Spatz

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

Prime

John Spindler

CEO, Capital Enterprise

Artificial Intelligence

Warren Spitz

President & CEO, UCS Forest Group of Companies

Climate

Bharat Srinivasa

Co-founder and Principal, Amplitude Ventures

Health

William Stanford

Scientist

Matt Stanley

Director (Cleantech), BDC Venture Capital

Oceans

Jim Stannard

Managing Director, Rundle Consulting

Energy

Matt Stevens

Cofounder and CEO, FleetCarma

Prime

Duncan Stewart

Lab Scientist, BDC

Matter, Quantum, Recovery

Jamie Stiff

Managing Director, Genesys Capital

Health

Scott Stornetta

Chief Scientist and Partner, Yugen Partners LLC

Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain

Will Strange

Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy, Rotman School of Management

Artificial Intelligence

Susanne Stuffers

CEO, P53 Invest AS

Health

Sriram Subramaniam

Scientist |Cryo Electron Microscopy, Structural biology, Drug-Design

Health

Benji Sucher

Co-Founder and General Partner, Radical Ventures

Blockchain

Ted Sum

Partner, Smart & Biggar

Prime, Recovery

Alison Sunstrum

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

Ag, Prime, Recovery

Justin Sydnor

Leslie P. Schultz Professor in Risk Management and Insurance, University of Wisconsin Madison

Risk

Naweed Syed

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

Prime

Bill Tam

Former President & CEO, BC Tech

Prime

Isaac Tamblyn

Scientist

Artificial Intelligence, Matter

Vincent Tang

Investor, Samsung Q Fund

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

James Taylor

Professor of Decision Science, Said Business School

Artificial Intelligence

Patrick Taylor

Vice President, TechOperators Venture Capital

Commerce

Raffi Tchakmakjian

CEO & Co-Founder | LIFT Session

Supply Chain

Ali Tehrani

President and CEO, Zymeworks Inc.

Health

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

Supply Chain

Venkataraman Thangadurai

Professor and Associate Head (Graduate), University of Calgary

Energy

Chris Theriault

Early Stage Investor & Deep Tech Startup Advisor,

Energy

Roy Thiele-Sardiña

Co-Founder and Partner, HighBAR Partners

Risk

Jason Thompson

CTO, Oceankind

Health, Oceans

David Thompson

President, Northern Cross Energy Limited

Energy

Andrew Thompson

CEO, Proteus Digital Health

Health

Allyson Tighe

Investigator | Co-Founder and Associate, Amplitude Ventures

Health

Richard D. Titus

Fellow | Strategic Advisor, Brand & Recruitment

Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, 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

Consultant, CATx Technology

Blockchain, Climate, Space

Greg Tracy

Co-Founder and CTO, Propeller Health

Risk

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

Investor & Advisor

Artificial Intelligence

Don Turnbull

Investigator | Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Information Systems

Prime

Stephan Uhrenbacher

Founder, Density Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Climate, Health, Prime

Michael Underhill

Biomedical Engineering, Regenerative Therapies

Health

Tom Urban

Founder, Agribusiness Advisors

Ag

Claude Vachet

Managing Partner, Cycle Capital

Supply Chain

Iliana Oris Valiente

Managing Director & Canada Innovation Lead, Accenture

Blockchain

Julien Venturini

Cofounder, Anthisma Partners

Climate

Paul Veradittakit

Partner, Pantera Capital

Blockchain

Renaud Visage

Co-Founder, Eventbrite

Climate

Neil Wainwright

CEO, UpHabit

Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Matter, Prime, Quantum, Recovery

Chris Wake

Founder & Investor, Atypical Ventures

Matter, Space

Jane Walerud

Partner, Walerud Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Recovery

Caroline Walerud

Partner, Walerud Ventures

Climate

Cameron Walker

VP of New Models and Partnerships, VF Corporation

Prime

Laurie Wallace

Co-founder & Past CEO, Datum Telegraphic

Prime

Lucy Wang

Venture Partner, Story Ventures

Blockchain, Recovery, Space

Lamar Warren

Associate Investment Manager, LM Ventures

Prime, Quantum

Boris Wertz

Founder, Version One Ventures

Blockchain

Alexander Whalley

Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Calgary

Prime

Ed Whittingham

Principal Consultant, Whit & Ham

Energy

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

Health, Prime

David Winickoff

Senior Policy Analyst, OCDE

Climate

Pamela Winsor

Healthcare Consultant and Creative Strategist

Prime, Recovery

Ralph Winter

Scientist | Economics, Finance, Policy

Prime

Mike Winterfield

Founder and Managing Partner, Active Impact Investments

Climate

Peter Wittek

Founding Academic Director, CDL Quantum Stream

Quantum

Lyon Wong

Co-Founder, Blameless

Prime

Jennifer Wood

Chair of the Board, Agriculture Financial Services Corporation

Ag

Monique Woodard

Founder and Managing Director, Cake Ventures

Commerce

Samuel Wu

Managing Director and Founding Partner, Acuris

Health

Chunhua Wu

Scientist | Behavioural Science, Marketing

Prime

Nozomu Yachie

Scientist | Synthetic Biology, Cell engineering, Computational biology

Health

Vikramaditya Yadav

Scientist | Biocatalysis, Bioremediation, Bioprocess engineering

Health

Telisa Yancy

Chief Operating Officer, American Family Insurance

Risk

Michael Yang

Managing Partner, OMERS Ventures

Risk

Jenny Yang

Investigator | Artificial Intelligence, Electrical Engineering, Product Management

Prime

Ozge Yeloglu

VP Advanced Analytics, CIBC

Artificial Intelligence, Quantum

John Yianni

Partner, Earlybird Venture Capital

Health

Ibrahim Yimer

Director General, Aerospace, National Research Council Canada

Space

Xiaoming Yin

Investment Manager, Lockheed Martin Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Space

Elizabeth Yin

General Partner, Hustle Fund

Prime, Quantum

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

Ren Zhang

Chief Data Scientist (Head of AICOE), BMO

Artificial Intelligence

Shelley Zhuang

Founder, Eleven Two Capital

Health, Quantum

Shivon Zilis

Project Director, Office of the CEO, Neuralink, Tesla

Artificial Intelligence, Health

Lynne Zucker

Executive Vice President, ACCESS Health

Recovery