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

Mike Abramsky

Former CEO, Argus Software

Blockchain, Prime

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

Barry Allen

President and CEO, PureWeb Inc.

Health, Prime

Susan Anderson

President and CEO, Cannonball Capital Inc.

Health, Prime

Christine Apold

Managing Director, Westhaver Partners

Prime

Jehangir Appoo

Scientist | Artificial Heart Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgeon

Health, Prime, Public Health

George Armoyan

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

Prime, Supply Chain

Rob Barbara

Managing Partner, Build Ventures

Prime

Douglas Beach

Chairman of the Board, Eavor Technologies Inc.

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

Nick Beim

Partner, Venrock

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Liran Belenzon

CEO, BenchSci

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Cathy Bennett

CEO, Bennett Group of Companies

Prime

Ivan Beschastnikh

Scientist | Cloud Computing, Distributed Systems

Prime

Christopher Bissonnette

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

Health, Prime

Mark Blackwell

Partner | Builders VC

Ag, Prime

Hannes Blum

Venture Partner, Acton Capital

Prime

Jeff Booth

Co-founder, BuildDirect

Climate, Prime

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

Mike Broadfoot

Principal, MGB Investments

Prime

Keith G. Brown

CEO, Lamont Brown Group

Ag, Prime

Sean Brownlee

Partner, BDC

Prime

David Byrd

Principal, Acequia Capital

Prime, Quantum

Elizabeth Caley

Director, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

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

Vincent Chahley

Chairman, Venturion Oil

Economic Recovery, Prime, Public Health

James Cham

Partner, Bloomberg Beta

Artificial Intelligence, Economic Recovery, Prime

Chère Chapman

CEO, DGI Clinical

Prime

Tyson Clark

Partner, GV

Artificial Intelligence, Prime, Quantum

Marcia Clark

Scientist | Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Medicine, Simulation in Healthcare

Health, Prime

Taylor Cooper

Investigator | Mechanical Engineering, Product Development, Robotics

Prime

Bart Copeland

CEO & President, ActiveState Software

Prime

Brian Craig

Principal, Adventure Capital

Energy, Prime

Mark Cunningham

Advisor, StudioMaC

Economic Recovery, Prime, Public Health

Darren Dahl

Scientist | Behavioural Science, Marketing, Product Development

Prime

Jeff Dahn

Professor, Dalhousie University

Prime

Sally Daub

Founder, ViXS Systems

Blockchain, Economic Recovery, Health, Prime, Public Health

Rhiannon Davies

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

Economic Recovery, Prime, Public Health, Supply Chain

Wade Dawe

CEO, Numus Financial Inc.

Prime

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

Julia Rivard Dexter

Co-Founder, Squiggle Park

Prime

Mark Dobbin

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

Economic Recovery, Prime

Andrea Drager

Principal, Azure Capital Partners

Prime

Mike Durland

CEO, Melancthon Capital

Prime

Lauren Epstein

Associate, OMERS Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Energy, Prime

Candice Faktor

Managing Partner, Faktory Ventures

Blockchain, Economic Recovery, Prime, Public Health

Beric Farmer

Co-Founder, XE.com

Prime

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

Scientist | Cardiologist, Clinical Trials, Implantable Electrical Device

Health, Prime

Chen Fong

O.C., Co-Founder, Pureweb Inc

Artificial Intelligence, Energy, Health, Prime

Malcom Fraser

President & CEO, Innovacorp

Oceans, Prime

Joseph Fung

Managing Partner, Saltagen Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Andrew Fursman

CEO and Co-Founder, 1QBit

Prime, Quantum

Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka

Principal, Canaan Partners

Prime, Space

Paul Geyer

CEO, Discovery Parks and Nimbus Synergies

Economic Recovery, Health, Prime

Frank Giannone

President and Associate Member, FRAM Building Group

Prime

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 of Wisdom LLP

Energy, Prime

Baris Guzel

Principal, BMW i Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Carl Haas

Scientist

Prime

Patrick Hankinson

Former CEO and Co-Founder, Compilr

Prime

Jim Hanlon

CEO, Institute for Ocean Research Enterprise

Oceans, Prime

Michael Harries

Technologist, Investor, Advisor

Economic Recovery, Prime, Quantum

Colin Harris

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

Economic Recovery, Prime

Chuck Hartlen

Former Executive Vice President, Customer Experience, Nova Scotia Power

Prime

Matt Heffernan

CEO, Outrider Technologies Inc.

Ag, Energy, Prime

Michael G. Helander

President & CEO, OTI Lumionics

Matter, Prime, Quantum

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

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

Mohammad Islam

Principal, DFJ Venture Capital

Prime, Quantum

Cory Janssen

Founder, Galt Capital & CEO, AltaML

Economic Recovery, Prime, Public Health

Amir Javidan

Chief Operating Officer, WELL Health Technologies

Prime

Kimberly Kaplan

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

Prime

Patrick Keefe

General Partner, Build Ventures

Economic Recovery, Prime, Public Health

Anna Koop

Senior Scientific Advisor at Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii)

Energy, Prime

Ray Kruck

Founder, Nexgate | Founder, Pointgrey Partners

Prime

Anthony Lacavera

Founding Partner, CDL-Toronto | Founder, Globalive Capital

Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Prime

Mike Lake

Founder & CEO, Mosaic Integration & COO, Entero Corporation

Energy, Prime

Eva Lau

Managing Director and Co-founder, Two Small Fish Ventures

Blockchain, Prime

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

Ian Lewis

Lab Scientist

Prime

Steve Liang

Founder and CTO, SensorUp Inc

Energy, Prime

John Lindsay

Chairman, Eastport Properties

Economic Recovery, Prime

Ted Livingston

Founder, Kik

Prime

James Lochrie

Co-Founder, Wave | Founder, Exhibition Capital

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Patrick Lor

Managing Partner, Panache Ventures

Prime

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

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

Steve Mann

Chief Scientist - Wearable Computing

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Tony van Marken

Managing Partner and Co-Founder, First Ascent Ventures

Blockchain, Prime

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

Kory Mathewson

Lab Scientist, Machine Learning | Research Scientist

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Ashif Mawji

Venture Partner, Rising Tide

Prime

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

Adam McNamara

Founding Partner, Ramen Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Climate, Prime

Christopher Micetich

President and CEO, Fedora Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Prime, Public Health

Amit Mital

Founder & CEO, Kernel Labs

Economic Recovery, Prime

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

Chris Moyer

Director, Pelorus Venture Capital Ltd.

Prime

Grant Munro

CEO & Founder, Flashstock Technology

Prime

Ash Munshi

Founder, Marianas Labs

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Ray Muzyka

CEO & Founder, ThresholdImpact

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

Chris Neumann

Founder & CEO, Commonwealth Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Ken Nickerson

CEO, iBinary LLC

Blockchain, Prime

Karamdeep Nijjar

Partner | iNovia Capital

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Robert Normandeau

President, SeaFort Capital

Prime

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

Michael Pangia

President and Chief Executive Officer, Aviat Networks

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Manish Patel

Partner, Highland Capital Partners

Blockchain, Prime

Ali Pejman

Partner, Fort Capital Partners

Prime

Barney Pell

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

Artificial Intelligence, Health, Prime

Shivam Rajdev

Co-Founder, Analyze Re

Prime

Mahdi Ramezani

Investigator | Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Medical Image Analysis

Prime

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

Lally Rementilla

President, Quantius

Prime

Jay Rhind

Partner, Rhino Ventures

Prime

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

Robert Rohling

Scientist | Robotics, Biomedical Engineering, Medical Imaging

Prime

Lewis Rose

CEO and Corporate Director

Blockchain, Prime

Gili Rosenberg

Investigator | Optimization, Machine Learning, Quantum Computing

Prime

Kirk Rowe

President and Chief Executive Officer, IMP Group International

Prime

Ken Rowe

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

Prime

Maryanna Saenko

Principal, Khosla Ventures

Prime, Quantum

Tim Salcudean

Scientist | Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Medical Imaging

Prime

Barry Sanders

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

Prime, Quantum

Brice Scheschuk

CEO, Globalive Capital Inc

Economic Recovery, Prime

George Shimizu

Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Calgary

Prime

Ashmeet Sidana

Founder, Engineering Capital

Blockchain, Prime

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

Mike Smit

Associate Professor of Information Management, Dalhousie University

Prime

Frank Sobey

Chairman, Crombie REIT

Prime

Rob Sobey

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

Prime

Vivek Sood

Executive Vice President, Related Businesses, Sobeys Inc.

Prime

Jim Spatz

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

Prime, Public Health

Steven Stein

Director, Black Diamond Group

Energy, Prime

Matt Stevens

Cofounder and CEO, FleetCarma

Prime

Ted Sum

Partner, Smart & Biggar

Economic Recovery, Prime, Public Health

Alison Sunstrum

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

Ag, 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

David Tedman

Entrepreneur & Angel Investor

Prime

Mark Torrance

Engineering Manager, Facebook

Prime

Mark Trevitt

Investigator | Sustainability, Product Development, Chemical Engineering

Prime

Vladimir Tucakov

Founder, Point Grey Research

Prime

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

Annette Verschuren

CEO & Chair, NRStor Inc

Prime

Neil Wainwright

Board Member, Peerscale

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

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

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

Kristina Williams

President and CEO, Alberta Enterprise Corporation

Ag, Energy, Prime

Vincent Win

Partner, Venture Advisory

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Pamela Winsor

Healthcare Consultant and Creative Strategist

Economic Recovery, Prime, Public Health

Ralph Winter

Scientist | Economics, Finance, Policy

Prime

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

Sarah Young

Managing Partner, NATIONAL

Prime