Mentors

Shawn Abbott

Partner, iNovia Capital

Prime

Barry Allen

President and CEO, PureWeb Inc.

Health, Prime

Susan Anderson

President and CEO, Cannonball Capital Inc.

Health, Prime

Jehangir Appoo

Scientist | Artificial Heart Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgeon

Health, Prime, Recovery

Jim Baker

President Agri-Food, Cultura Technologies (Volaris Group)

Ag

Douglas Beach

Chairman of the Board, Eavor Technologies Inc.

Ag, Artificial Intelligence, Energy, Prime

Mike Begin

Director and Former Chair, President and CEO - Spartan Controls

Energy, Prime

Laleh Behjat

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

Prime

Mark Blackwell

Partner, Builders VC

Ag

David Bressler

Associate Dean Research and Professor, University of Alberta

Ag, Energy

Ronald J. Bridges

Professor of Medicine, University of Calgary

Health, Prime, Recovery

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

Steven Bryant

Chief Scientist | Materials Engineering, Emissions Technologies, Nanomaterials

Climate, Energy

Jeroen De Buck

Founder and CTO, Creative Protein Solutions

Ag

Kevin Campbell

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

Prime

Elizabeth Cannon

President Emerita and Professor, Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary

Prime

Vincent Chahley

Chairman, Venturion Oil

Prime

Lingyun Chen

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

Ag

Heather Christie-Burns

Energy Entrepreneur and Director, Interface Fluidics Limited

Energy

Marcia Clark

Scientist | Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Medicine, Simulation in Healthcare

Health, Prime

Curtis Cook

Venture Capitalist

Energy, Recovery

Michael Culbert

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

Energy

Jim W. Davidson

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

Energy

Andrea Drager

Principal, Azure Capital Partners

Prime

Graham Drake

Former CEO, Cervus Equipment Corp

Ag

Keith Driver

Partner, Propel Ventures

Ag

Patrick Elliott

Executive Vice President and Co-Founder | Jupiter Resources

Energy

Lauren Epstein

Associate, OMERS Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Energy, Prime

Judy Fairburn

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

Ag, Energy

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

Scientist | Cardiologist, Clinical Trials, Implantable Electrical Device

Health, Prime

Chen Fong

C.M., Co-Founder, Pureweb Inc

Ag, Artificial Intelligence, Energy, Health, Matter, Prime

Michael Gaenzle

Professor and Canada Research Chair, University of Alberta

Ag

Randy Goebel

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

Energy, Prime

Douglas Gray

Owner, NOM Investments

Prime

Gary Griffiths

Co-founder and Managing Director, Wisdom LLP

Ag, Energy, Prime, Risk

Gary Haley

Chair, Haley Family Investment Trust

Ag

Noel Hall

Co-Director, Machall Investments

Ag

Christopher Hannam

President, C&M Management

Ag

Evan Hu

Co-CEO, OmniLogic

Prime

Patricia Hume

CEO, Canvas GFX

Prime, Risk

Derrick Hunter

President & CEO, Bluesky Equities Ltd.

Prime

Cory Janssen

Founder, Galt Capital & CEO, AltaML

Ag

Rob Jones

President, F3 Solutions LLC

Ag

Michael Kanovsky

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

Energy

Wilf Keller

Vice President of Outreach, Agri-Food Innovation Council

Ag

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

Mike Lake

Founder & CEO, Mosaic Integration & COO, Entero Corporation

Energy, Prime

Steve Larter

Associate Vice President, University of Calgary

Climate, Energy, Recovery

Paul Lee

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

Health, Prime, Quantum

Ian Lewis

Lab Scientist

Prime

Steve Liang

Founder and CTO, SensorUp Inc

Ag, Energy, Prime, Supply Chain

James Lochrie

Co-Founder, Wave | Founder, Exhibition Capital

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Patrick Lor

Managing Partner, Panache Ventures

Prime

Lindsay Machan

Co-founder, Angiotech Pharmaceuticals

Health, Prime

Paul Massara

Advisor, Electron

Artificial Intelligence, Climate, Energy

Mike McCauley

Co-Founder and General Partner, Garage Capital

Prime

Christopher Micetich

President and CEO, Fedora Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Prime

Lorraine Mitchelmore

Corporate Director | BMO

Energy

Martin Molyneaux

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

Energy, Prime

Ash Munshi

Founder, Pepperdata, Marianas Labs

Ag, Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Ray Muzyka

CEO & Founder, ThresholdImpact

Artificial Intelligence, Health, Prime

Deval Pandya

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

Energy

Christopher Paterson

Xarvio Lead, North America, BASF

Ag

Deborah A. Peacock

President, Peacock Law P.C.

Energy, Space

Nancy Peters

Owner & Operator, Half Brand Ranching

Ag

Yves Potvin

President, Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts

Ag

Ray Price

CEO, Sunterra Group

Ag

Tom Rand

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, ArcTern Ventures

Ag, Energy, Supply Chain

Marty Reed

CEO, Evok Innovations

Climate, Energy, Matter, Prime, Quantum

Kristina Rinker

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

Prime

John Rossall

Director, Pipestone Energy Corp

Energy

Barry Sanders

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

Ag, Energy, Prime, Quantum

Scott Saxberg

CEO, Icebook Investments Corp

Energy

Remi Schmaltz

CEO and Cofounder, Decisive Farming Corp

Ag

Craig Senyk

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

Prime

Blake Shaffer

Lab Economist

Energy

George Shimizu

Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Calgary

Prime

Nancy L. Smith

Director, ARC Financial Corp.

Energy

Alison Sunstrum

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

Ag, Prime, Recovery

Naweed Syed

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

Prime

Peter Tertzakian

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

Climate, Energy

Venkataraman Thangadurai

Professor and Associate Head (Graduate), University of Calgary

Energy

David Thompson

President, Northern Cross Energy Limited

Energy

Tom Urban

Founder, Agribusiness Advisors

Ag

Cameron Walker

VP of New Models and Partnerships, VF Corporation

Prime

Laurie Wallace

Co-founder & Past CEO, Datum Telegraphic

Prime

Alexander Whalley

Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Calgary

Prime

Dustin Wilkes

President, United Pacific Projects | President at Parkland Pipeline

Energy, Prime

Kristina Williams

President and CEO, Alberta Enterprise Corporation

Ag, Energy, Prime

Jennifer Wood

Chair of the Board, Agriculture Financial Services Corporation

Ag