2021 - 2022
Blockchain: The Technology Most Likely to Change the World
Moderator: William Johnson, Founder, Vancouver Tech Journal
Panelists:
Nico Christofi, Co-Founder & CEO, Signalytic
Wilkins Chung, Founder, Manifold
Victoria Lemieux, Associate Professor, Blockchain@UBC Founder & Cluster Lead
Catalyzing Impact: Strengthening Our Climate Solutions Ecosystem
MC: Jay Crone, Partner & Investment Director, TELUS Ventures
Moderator: Michelle Sklar, EiR, Head of Venture Growth Strategy, entrepreneurship@UBC
Panelists:
Miranda Alldritt, Chief Business Officer, Bioform
Shannon Bard, Lead, Climate Venture Studio, entrepreneurship@UBC
Juvarya Veltkamp, Chief of Strategy and Operations, InBC
Mike Winterfield, Managing Partner, Active Impact Investments
The Next Generation of Company Building and Financing: What Does it Look Like and Who is Leading the Change?
MC: Kookai Chaimahawong | Co-Chair | VEF and Venture Partner | The51 Food & Agtech Fund
Moderator: William Johnson | Founder | Vancouver Tech Journal
Panelists:
Jill Earthy | CEO | InBC Investment Corp.
Shelley Kuipers | Co-Founder & Co-CEO | The51
Leah Nguyen | Investment Director | TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good
Marlon Thompson | Founder | Future Capital
Navigating an Era of Unprecedented Liquidity
MC: Angie Schick | Executive Director | New Ventures BC
Moderator: Caterina Papadakos | Director, Technology Banking Western Canada | Silicon Valley Bank
Panelists:
Eric Bukovinsky | Partner | Yaletown Partners
Judi Hess | CEO | Copperleaf
Hugues Lalancette | Principal | Inovia Capital
Chris Neumann | Partner | Panache Ventures
Jay Rhind | Partner | Rhino Ventures
Clean Growth Stories: Lessons from Leaders Capturing the Climate Opportunity
MC: Sean Elbe | Regional Director | Invest in Canada
Moderator: Juvarya Veltkamp | Director | Canada Climate Law Initiative
Panelists:
Colin Armstrong | President & CEO | HTEC Hydrogen Technology and Energy Corp.
Lori Aizer Bryenton | Vice President Marketing & Communications | CarbonCure Technologies
Cameron Burke | Partner - Technology | Fort Capital Partners
Sue Ozdemir | Chief Executive Officer | Exro Technologies
Gregor Robertson | Executive Vice President | Nexii
The Future of Retail | September 21st 2021
MC: Scott Ellis | Account Executive, Commerce Cloud | Salesforce
Moderator: James Basnett | CEO | Shape Immersive
Panelists:
Igor Faletski | VP Product, Salesforce (formerly CEO, Mobify, acquired by Salesforce) | Mobify/Salesforce
Ian MacKinnon | Founder & CTO | Later
Riz Somji | CEO | Cymax Group Technologies
2020 - 2021
Cyber Security | June 22nd 2021
MC: Erica Pretorius | Partner | Deloitte
Moderator: Alex Dow | Co-founder, Mirai Security
Panelists:
Rob Labbe, Director of Information Security, Teck Resources and former Security Leader, Microsoft
Robert Masse, Entrepreneur, Partner & National Leader for Cloud Security, Deloitte
Jennifer Strutt, Cyber Security Advisor, Mirai Security and former CIO, Canfor
Trends in Digital Health| May 18th 2021
MC: Joe Timlin | Managing Director, CIBC Innovation Banking
Moderator: Jonathan Conlin | Partner, Fasken
Panelists:
Rich Osborn | Managing Partner, TELUS Ventures
Laurent Pelissier | CEO, Clarius Mobile Health
Maryam Sadeghi | CEO, MetaOptima
Bryan Statham | Co-Founder & CEO, LifeBooster
The Future of Food| April 20th 2021
MC: Kookai Chaimahawong | Associate, Pangaea Ventures Ltd.
Moderator: Heali Thirlwell | Commercial Real Estate Broker, CBRE Limited
Panelists:
Matt Anderson-Baron | Co-founder, Future Fields
Cole Orobetz | Co-founder, CEO & CFO, Alpha Foods
Mitchell Scott | CEO, The Very Good Butchers
Dhruv Sood | Co-founder & Co-CEO, Fresh Prep
M&A in Uncertain Times| January 19th 2021
Moderator: Maria Pacella, Managing Partner, Pender Ventures
MC: William Johnson, Founder, Vancouver Tech Journal
Panelists:
Graham Manders, CTO, DarkVision Technologies
Keith Marett, President, Generac
Tea Nicola, Co-Founder, CI Direct Investing
AI in 2021: How does Covid-19 Impact Machine Learning? | November 17th 2020
Moderator: Handol Kim, CEO and Co- Founder, Variational AI
MC: Amy Rae, Principal, Vanedge Capital
Panelists:
Elliot Holtham, Founder, Xtract ai
Jessica Yip, COO, A&K Robotics
Mohsen Khalkahli, CEO, Collisure
Rogayeh Tabrizi, CEO, Theory+Practice
The Future of the Workplace| October 20th 2020
Moderator: Matt Carlson | Senior Vice President, Colliers
MC: Scott Ellis | Enterprise Client Executive, IBM Canada
Panelists:
Anuj Anand | Vice President, Technology Services and Solution, Ausenco
Mikael Brunet-Frappier | Workday Planning & Analytics Product Lead, IBM
Jean McClellan | National People and Organization Leader, PWC
Investing in the Age of Covid-19| September 29th 2020
Moderator: Nick Findler, CEO and Founder, Purple Fin Ventures
MC: Shahab Samimi, Investment Associate, 7 Gate Ventures
Panelists:
Alex Norman | Canadian Partner, AngeList
Meredith Powell | Venture Partner, Voyager Capital
Kathleen Kaulins | Director, Vistara Capital
Terell Sterling | Founding CEO, Go Paladin, past partner Andreessen Horowitz