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

Bill Adams

President, JCove Holdings Limited

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Alice Aiken

Vice-President, Research, Dalhousie University

Prime

Barry Allen

President and CEO, PureWeb Inc.

Health, Prime

Susan Anderson

President and CEO, Cannonball Capital Inc.

Health, Prime

Christine Apold

Managing Partner, Westhaver Partners

Prime

Jehangir Appoo

Scientist | Artificial Heart Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgeon

Health, Prime, Recovery

George Armoyan

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

Prime, Supply Chain

Rob Barbara

Managing Partner, Build Ventures

Prime

Bill Barrett

CEO, Barrett Corporation

Prime

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

Marc Bellemare

Staff Research Scientist, Google Research

Health, Prime

Cathy Bennett

CEO, Bennett Group of Companies

Oceans, Prime

Andy Bergmann

Partner, Wessex Capital

Prime

Ivan Beschastnikh

Scientist | Cloud Computing, Distributed Systems

Prime

Christopher Bissonnette

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

Health, Prime

Hannes Blum

Venture Partner, Acton Capital

Prime

Manon Boisclair

Founder & CEO, InnovID B2

Prime

Jeff Booth

Entrepreneur and Author of The Price of Tomorrow

Climate, Prime

James Brander

Scientist | Economics, International Trade, Finance

Prime

Ronald Bridges

Professor of Medicine, University of Calgary

Health, Prime, Recovery

Scott Brison

Vice-Chair Investment and Corporate Banking, BMO Capital Markets

Prime

Mike Broadfoot

Principal, MGB Investments

Ag, Prime

Keith G. Brown

CEO, Lamont Brown Group

Ag, Prime

Elizabeth Caley

Co-CEO, Poppy

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, University of Calgary

Prime

Vincent Chahley

Chairman, Venturion Oil

Prime

James Cham

Partner, Bloomberg Beta

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Chère Chapman

CEO, Ardea Outcomes

Prime

Kelly Chen

Partner, Data Collective VC

Prime, Supply Chain

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

Mark Cunningham

Advisor, StudioMaC

Prime, Space

Darren Dahl

Scientist | Behavioural Science, Marketing, Product Development

Prime

Jeff Dahn

Professor, Dalhousie University

Prime

Sally Daub

Founder, Pool Global Partners

Blockchain, Health, Oceans, Prime, Quantum

Rhiannon Davies

Managing Partner, Sandpiper Ventures

Prime, Recovery, Supply Chain

Wade Dawe

Chair & CEO, Numus Financial Inc.

Prime

Rolf Dekleer

Investigator | Business Development, Electrical Engineering, Finance

Prime

Henry Demone

President, Demone Capital Inc.

Oceans, Prime

Jim Derbyshire

Entrepreneur In Residence

Climate, Prime

Julia Rivard Dexter

Co-Founder, Squiggle Park

Prime

Mark Dobbin

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

Prime

Andrea Drager

Partner, Azure Capital Partners

Prime

Lauren Epstein

Associate, OMERS Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Energy, Prime

Candice Faktor

Managing Partner, Faktory Ventures

Prime

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

Scientist | Cardiologist, Clinical Trials, Implantable Electrical Device

Health, Prime

Geoff Flood

Tech Advisory Leader (Atlantic Canada), MNP Corp

Prime

Chen Fong

C.M., Co-Founder, Pureweb Inc

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

April Franco

Professor, University of Toronto

Health, Prime, Space

Joseph Fung

Managing Partner, Saltagen Ventures

Prime, Quantum

Andrew Fursman

CEO and Co-Founder, 1QBit

Prime, Quantum

Joshua Gans

Chief Economist | Professor, Rotman School of Management

Blockchain, Prime

Paul Geyer

CEO, Discovery Parks and Nimbus Synergies

Health, 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, Wisdom LLP

Ag, Energy, Prime, Risk

Baris Guzel

Principal, BMW i Ventures

Prime

Carl Haas

Scientist

Prime

Michael Harries

Partner, The Robotics Hub

Prime, Quantum

Colin Harris

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

Climate, Prime

Michael G. Helander

President & CEO, OTI Lumionics

Matter, Prime, Quantum

Trevor Hennigar

COO, Rimot.io Inc.

Prime

Duncan Hill

Cofounder and General Partner, Mantella Venture Partners

Prime

Jeremy Hilton

Investigator | Quantum Computing, Chip Design, Machine Learning

Prime

Jim Horowitz

Senior Manager, Beresford Ventures

Commerce, Health, Prime, Quantum

Evan Hu

Co-CEO, OmniLogic

Prime

Patricia Hume

CEO, Canvas GFX

Prime, Risk

Derrick Hunter

President & CEO, Bluesky Equities Ltd.

Prime

Mohammad Islam

Principal, DFJ Venture Capital

Prime, Quantum

Sutha Kamal

CTO, VMware

Health, Prime

Kimberly Kaplan

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

Prime

Patrick Keefe

General Partner, Build Ventures

Prime

Karin Klein

Founding Partner, Bloomberg Beta

Prime,

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

Anthony Lacavera

Founding Partner, CDL-Toronto | Founder, Globalive Capital

Prime

Mike Lake

Founder & CEO, Mosaic Integration & COO, Entero Corporation

Energy, Prime

Eva Lau

Founding and General Partner, Two Small Fish Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Health, Prime, Supply Chain

Nicole LeBlanc

Advisor, Sandpiper Ventures

Prime

Paul LeBlanc

Founder & CEO, 7th Wave Capital

Prime

Paul Lee

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

Health, Prime, Quantum

Yen Lee

Entrepreneur / Chair, C100 Growth & Startup Committees

Prime

Ian Lewis

Lab Scientist

Prime

Steve Liang

Founder & CTO, SensorUp

Ag, Energy, Prime, Supply Chain

John Lindsay

Chairman, Eastport Properties

Oceans, Prime, Recovery

Ted Livingston

Founder, Kik

Prime

James Lochrie

Co-Founder, Wave | Founder, Exhibition Capital

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Patrick Lor

Managing Partner, Panache Ventures

Prime

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

Geoff Mair

CEO, SensorUp

Prime

Jeff Mallett

Founding COO, Yahoo!

Health, Prime

Steve Mann

Professor, Silicon Valley Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum

Prime

Joel Martin

Senior Director, R&D at National Research Council Canada

Artificial Intelligence, Prime, Quantum

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

Bruce McDonald

Co-CEO, Black & McDonald

Prime

Duke McKenzie

Founder & CEO, re6l

Prime

Adam McNamara

Founding Partner, Ramen Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Climate, Prime

Christopher Micetich

President and CEO, Fedora Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Prime

Amit Mital

Founder & CEO, Kernel Labs

Prime

Mina Mitry

Co-founder & CEO, Kepler Communications

Prime, Space

Rick Moignard

Former CEO, GEOVIA

Prime

Martin Molyneaux

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

Energy, Prime

Chris Moyer

Director, Pelorus Venture Capital Ltd.

Prime

Ash Munshi

Founder, Pepperdata, Marianas Labs

Ag, Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Ray Muzyka

CEO & Founder, ThresholdImpact

Artificial Intelligence, Health, Prime

Barry Nalebuff

Milton Steinbach Professor, Yale University

Prime

Chris Neumann

Founder & CEO, Commonwealth Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Karamdeep Nijjar

Partner | iNovia Capital

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Haig Farris, O.C.

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

Artificial Intelligence, Health, Prime, Quantum

Carolyn O’Keefe

Owner, Bennic Holdings Inc.

Prime

Marc St. Onge

Founder & CEO, Bend Beauty

Prime

Rich Osborn

Managing Partner, TELUS Ventures

Health, Prime

David Ossip

Founder, DayForce and Workbrain

Prime

Kaustubh Pandya

Principal, Brick & Mortar Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Prime, Space

Michael Pangia

Former President and CEO, Aviat Networks

Prime

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

Mahdi Ramezani

Investigator | Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Medical Image Analysis

Prime

Irfhan Rawji

Venture Partner, Relay Ventures

Prime

Marty Reed

CEO, Evok Innovations

Climate, Energy, Matter, Prime, Quantum

Kelsey Regan

Investigator | Mobile Application, Software Engineering

Prime

Ian Rhind

Advisor & Investor

Artificial Intelligence, 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

Dale Robertson

President, Enerscan Engineering Inc.

Prime

Robert Rohling

Scientist | Robotics, Biomedical Engineering, Medical Imaging

Prime

Gili Rosenberg

Investigator | Optimization, Machine Learning, Quantum Computing

Prime

Ken Rowe

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

Prime

Tim Salcudean

Scientist | Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Medical Imaging

Prime

Barry Sanders

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

Ag, Energy, Prime, Quantum

Brice Scheschuk

Managing Partner, Globalive Capital Inc

Prime

Craig Senyk

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

Prime

George Shimizu

Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Calgary

Prime

Ashmeet Sidana

Chief Engineer, Engineering Capital

Blockchain, Prime, Quantum

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

Mike Smit

Associate Professor of Information Management, Dalhousie University

Prime

Nancy L. Smith

Director, ARC Financial Corp.

Energy, Prime

Jeff Smith

President & CEO, DCBank

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Frank Sobey

Chairman, Crombie REIT

Prime

Vivek Sood

Executive Vice President, Related Businesses, Sobeys Inc.

Commerce, Prime

Jim Spatz

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

Prime

Matt Stevens

Cofounder and CEO, FleetCarma

Prime

Ted Sum

Partner, Smart & Biggar

Prime, Recovery

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

Bill Tam

Former President & CEO, BC Tech

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, Climate, Health, Prime

Neil Wainwright

CEO, UpHabit

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

Cameron Walker

VP of New Models and Partnerships, VF Corporation

Prime

Laurie Wallace

Co-founder & Past CEO, Datum Telegraphic

Prime

Lamar Warren

Associate Investment Manager, LM Ventures

Prime, Quantum

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

Vincent Win

Partner, Venture Advisory

Health, Prime

Pamela Winsor

Healthcare Consultant and Creative Strategist

Prime, Recovery

Ralph Winter

Scientist | Economics, Finance, Policy

Prime

Lyon Wong

Co-Founder, Blameless

Prime

Chunhua Wu

Scientist | Behavioural Science, Marketing

Prime

Jenny Yang

Investigator | Artificial Intelligence, Electrical Engineering, Product Management

Prime

Elizabeth Yin

General Partner, Hustle Fund

Prime, Quantum

Sarah Young

Managing Partner, NATIONAL

Prime