“What you see is what you get…and more”
Program Guide: June 27th
12:05pm: CENTRE STAGE
Is generative AI killing SaaS? By Mike Murchison, Co-founder & CEO Ada | Arvind Jain, CEO Glean | Leo Schwartz Reporter Fortune
12:10pm: CREATIFF
What’s in your product survival kit? Jona Moore, CTO MetaLab
12:10pm: FUTURE SOCIETIES
The human side of cybersecurity by Bipul Sinha, Co-founder & CEO Rubrik | Wendi Whitmore, Senior VP of Unit 42 Palo Alto Networks | Michael Isikoff, Chief Investigative Correspondent Yahoo News
12:10pm Q&A
Q&A with Canada’s minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship by Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees & Citizenship Government of Canada
12:15pm: CORPORATE INNOVATION SUMMIT
The impact of AI on today’s climate by Kareem Yusuf, Senior VP of Product Management & Growth IBM | Marisa Gil, Executive Editor Época Negócios
12:15pm: MONEYCONF
Is our money safe with AI? By Laura Spiekerman Co-founder & President Alloy | Trisha Kothari Co-founder & CEO Unit21 | Martina Fuchs Business Correspondent Xinhua News Agency
12:25pm: CENTRE STAGE
Autumn Peltier: Leading the next generation of activists by Autumn Peltier, Indigenous Rights & Water Activist
12:25pm: CREATIFF
Brand DNA: The building blocks of a modern brand Identity by Daniel Dörnemann, Executive Creative Director loyalkaspar
12:25pm: VENTURE
Money talks: What’s happening in fintech? By Sheel Mohnot, Co-founder & General Partner Better Tomorrow Ventures | Jillian Williams, Partner Cowboy Ventures | Rex Salisbury, Founder & General Partner Cambrian Ventures
12:30pm: MASTERCLASS 2
Evolve your business with generative AI [Hosted by Capgemini] by Steven Karan, VP, Head of I&D Canada Capgemini | Louis Lo National Director Microsoft
12:30pm: MASTERCLASS 4
Chaos to clarity: Value stream management practices [Hosted by HCLTech] by Pierre Viljoen, Global Head of Enterprise Technology & Governance, CTO HCLTech | Ravi Sawant, Global Head of ValueOps HCLTech | Lynn Reling, Strategic Advisor, Regional Leader Broadcom.
12:30pm: PRESS CONFERENCE AREA
Press conference with Gusto CEO Josh Reeves by Josh Reeves, Co-founder & CEO Gusto.
12:35pm: CORPORATE INNOVATION SUMMIT
Embracing innovation to fuel your organization’s purpose by Kelly Burton CEO Black Innovation Alliance | Luiz Gustavo Pacete de Lima, Editor of Tech & Innovation Forbes Brasil.
12:35pm: FUTURE SOCIETIES
Supporting Indigenous digital sovereignty by Alika Lafontaine, President Canadian Medical Association | Sheila North Former MKO Grand Chief Bunibonibee Cree Nation | Jeff Ward, Founder & CEO Animikii Indigenous Technology.
12:35pm: Q&A
Q&A with Sarah Wayne Callies – actor, writer, director and IRC Ambassador by Sarah Wayne Callies, Actor, Director & IRC Ambassador International Rescue Committee
12:40pm: CENTRE STAGE
Collision exclusive: The economic impact of generative AI by Thomas Dohmke, CEO GitHub
12:40pm: CREATIFF
Lunch
12:50pm: VENTURE
The great reset: The VC market in 2023 by Kevin Colleran, Co-founder & Managing Director Slow Ventures | Eurie Kim, Managing Partner Forerunner | Krystal Hu, VC & Startups Reporter Reuters
13:00: AWS STARTUP LOFT
Flipping the script on the energy transition: The business case for change [Hosted by AWS] by Derek Lim Soo, CEO Peak Power zinc
13:00: DMZ | E281
Pitching competition
13:00: FUTURE SOCIETIES
Lunch
13:00: INTERAC CORP | E211
How Interac e-Transfer is unlocking efficiencies by industry by Richard Mills Go to Market Director Interac
13:00: MASTERCLASS 1
Culture and belonging: What actually works? [Hosted by Velocity Global] by Linda Lee, Chief People and Culture Officer Velocity Global | Nzinga Shaw, Global DEI Expert 20+ Years in Corporate America
13:00: MASTERCLASS 3
Defending your business from cybercrime [Hosted by At-Bay] by Adam Tyra, GM of Security Services At-Bay | Larry Crocker, Head of DFIR At-Bay
13:00: Q&A
Pro tips for pitching with Sarah Guo by Sarah Guo, Founder Conviction
13:15: DEVELOPER LOUNGE, BROUGHT TO YOU BY AT&T
Security innovation and evolution by Rita Marty Vice President AT&T Senthil Ramakrishnan AVP – Technology (Security) AT&T
13:15: PANDACONF
Opening remarks by Noel Toolan, Founder Katalest
13:15: VENTURE
Lunch
13:21: CENTRE STAGE
Afternoon Breakout Startups with Lionel Mora, Co-founder & CEO Neoplants | Keith McIntosh, Founder & CEO PLATO Testing | Sandi Fatić, Co-founder & CEO Calimero Network
13:25: CREATIFF
Opening remarks with Cat How, Founder, CEO & Executive Creative Director How&How
13:30: MASTERCLASS 2
Future forward: How digitalization can decarb buildings [Hosted by Siemens] with Geoff Newman, General Manager Siemens | Igor Starkov, VP Digital Twin Siemens
13:30: MASTERCLASS 4
How to disrupt your industry using generative AI [Hosted by Watspeed at the University of Waterloo] with Joel Blit, Professor of Economics University of Waterloo | Jimmy Lin Professor University of Waterloo | Aaron pereira, Managing Director, Client Partnerships WatSPEED
13:30: MONEYCONF
Opening remarks by Daniel Resnick, Partner KPMG
13:30: PANDACONF:
Digital marketing: How to win the omnichannel race with Neil Patel, Founder NP Digital
13:30: WOMEN IN TECH LOUNGE, BROUGHT TO YOU BY RBC
The future of data collaboration: Data clean rooms with Mathuri Mayarishnan, Associate, Leadership Development Program RBC | Justin Šimonėlis, Director, Arxis Technology RBC | Katherine (Kate) Maw, Director, Product Innovation & Commercialization Royal Bank of Canada
13:40: CORPORATE INNOVATION SUMMIT
Opening remarks by Karen McCormick, Chief Investment Officer Beringea
13:40: CREATIFF
AI as a creative co-pilot: Where the machine ends and the human begins with Hovhannes Avoyan Founder & CEO Picsart | Jennifer Strong, Editorial Director MIT Technology Review
13:45: CENTRE STAGE
Opening remarks with Casey Lau, Co-Host Web Summit
13:45: MONEYCONF
Money, talent and a borderless economy with Tony Jamous Co-founder & CEO Oyster HR | Yasmin Moaven COO & CMO Pipe | Igor Senra, Co-founder & CEO Cora
13:50: PANDACONF
Global brands in the context of 2023 with Robert Brunner, Founder Ammunition | Melissa Rosenthal, Chief Creative Officer ClickUp | David Savage, Group Technology Evangelist Nash Squared
13:55: CORPORATE INNOVATION SUMMIT
How to use AI to make things better for humans with Wesley Eugene, Chief Information Officer IDEO
13:55: FUTURE SOCIETIES
Opening remarks by Sorcha Scully, Head of Organizing NationBuilder
14:00: AWS STARTUP LOFT
How and why Canadian ISVs can take advantage of the AWS partner ecosystem [Hosted by AWS]
14:00: CENTRE STAGE
Avatar Theory: The next level of online existence with Ba Blackstock, Co-founder Bitmoji
14:00: CREATIFF
How to transform for a better future with Brian Collins, Co-founder & Chief Creative Officer COLLINS
14:00: MASTERCLASS 1
Meet North America’s fastest-growing tech talent market [Hosted by Calgary Economic Development] with Brad Parry CEO, Calgary Economic Development | Zachary Novak, Founder Careers In Technology and Innovation | April Hicke, Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer Toast
14:00: MASTERCLASS 3
Harnessing the power of DEI to drive business value [Hosted by EY] with Antoine Mindjimba, Partner EY | Muriam De Angelis DEI EY| Farah Qasemi, Partner EY
14:00: PITCH 1
PITCH: Group 7 with Harry McCracken, Global Technology Editor Fast Company | Neil Peet, Partner Green Sky | Rafiq Ahmed, Managing Director Dipalo Ventures
14:10: CORPORATE INNOVATION SUMMIT
The power of customer centricity: Transforming experiences with Manu Steijaert, Chief Customer Officer McDonald | Daniela Braun, Senior Technology Journalist Valor Econômico
14:10: FUTURE SOCIETIES:
A new social contract for AI and the digital age with Don Tapscott, Co-founder & Executive Chairman Blockchain Research Institute
14:10: MONEYCONF:
At the intersection of AI and Web3 with Illia Polosukhin, Co-founder Near Protocol | Elad Gil, Investor | Lucinda Shen Fintech Reporter Axios
14:10: PANDACONF
The state of social media, and how to harness its power with Irina Novoselsky, CEO Hootsuite | Evan Hansen, Co-founder & Editor-in-chief Meteor
14:15: CREATIFF
Tech-powered brand magic: Creating immersive experiences that stand out with Christian Lachel, Chief Creative Officer BRC Imagination Arts | Amy Peck, Founder & CEO EndeavorXR | Mark Russell, European Content Operations Director Vogue
14:10: VENTURE
The changing playbook of early-stage fundraising with Brett Gibson, Managing Partner Initialized Capital | Pegah Ebrahimi, Co-founder & Managing Partner FPV Ventures | Villi Iltchev, Partner Two Sigma Ventures
14:20: CENTRE STAGE
Securing against emerging fraud trends, Anna Sainsbury, Co-founder & CEO GeoComply | Jeff Shiner, CEO 1Password | Sam Sabin, Cybersecurity Reporter Axios
14:25 FUTURE SOCIETIES
Talking politics in 2023 with Brian Tyler Cohen, Creator | Sabrina Maddeaux, Political Commentator National Post | Mick Mulvaney. Co-chair Actum
14:30: CORPORATE INNOVATION SUMMIT
Innovating at the speed of change with Maria Black, CEO & President ADP | Leo Schwartz Reporter Fortune
14:30: MASTERCLASS 2
Reimagining applications: The generative AI revolution [Hosted by Toptal] with Peter Goldstein, Sr. Technology Strategist Toptal
14:30: MASTERCLASS 4
Responsible AI for SMBs: Insights from AI leaders [Hosted by Vector Institute] with Deval Pandya, Vice President and Head of AI Engineering Vector Institute | Sheila Mcilraith, Professor, Dept Computer Science University of Toronto | Mardi Witzel, Vice-president AI Governance Programs NuEnergy.ai
14:30: PANDACONF
Harnessing the power of storytelling with James Vincent, Founder & CEO Fndr
14:30: Q&A
Pro tips for pitching with Bear’s Lair judge Geena Jackson with Geena Jackson, Executive Producer, Creator & Core Judge Bears’ Lair
14:30: WOMEN IN TECH LOUNGE
Brought to you by RBC Talk and networking session: Amplify innovation through an early talent accelerator
14:35: CREATIFF
UX and UI design meets Web3 with Chadd Weston, Chief Design Officer Calaxy | Madison Convey, Creator & TikToker Madiconvey | Eric Struk, Content Creator YouTube & TikTok & Instagram
14:35: MONEYCONF
How to take your business from startup to scaleup to global with Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, CEO Xero
14:40: CENTRE STAGE
Twitter 2.0? with Gabor Cselle Co-founder & CEO T2 | Steven Levy, Editor-at-large Wired
14:40: VENTURE
Founder real talk: Navigating peaks and valleys in company-building with Matt Biilmann, Co-founder & CEO Netlify | Edith Harbaugh, Co-founder & Executive Chair LaunchDarkly | Oisin O’Connor, Co-founder & CEO Recharge
14:45: FUTURE SOCIETIES
Empowering refugees in the digital age with Kat Graham, Actress & Goodwill Ambassador UN Refugee Agency | Dana Hughes, Deputy Head of Communications UNHCR | Ginella Massa, News Anchor CBC News Network
14:50: CORPORATE INNOVATION SUMMIT
How a 130-year-old publisher built the ‘TikTok for studying’ with Raphael Ouzan, Co-founder & CEO A Team | Justin Singh, Chief Transformation & Strategy Officer McGraw Hill | William Johnson, Founder Vancouver Tech Journal
14:50: PANDACONF
Dunks, double teams and diversity with Tony Khan, CEO, General Manager & Head of Creative AEW | Julian Maha, Founder & CEO KultureCity | Renee Paquette, Producer AEW
14:55: CENTRE STAGE
Navigating fintech amid economic volatility with Liza Landsman, CEO Stash | Laura Spiekerman, Co-founder & President | Alloy Felice Maranz, Editor of Markets Live, Bloomberg
14:55: MONEYCONF
How to win in a recession with Chen Amit, Co-founder & CEO Tipalti | Roger Lee, Co-founder Human Interest & Comprehensive | Anne Gaviola, Senior Digital Broadcast Journalist Global News
15:00: AWS STARTUP LOFT
Proving that you can build a Series B company in a small mountain town [Hosted by AWS] with Chris Noble Co-Founder – CTO Penny AI
15:00: CREATIFF
Distributed museums and the intersection of art and technology with Thomas McLeod, Founder & Executive Director | Arkive | Sunserae Smith, Managing Director & Art Advisor AXIOM Fine Art
15:00: MASTERCLASS 1
Mastering the art of hyper-personalization at scale [Hosted by Brevo] with Steffen Schebesta, Chairman of the Board and VP Corporate Development Brevo (formerly Sendinblue)
15:00: MASTERCLASS 3
Being responsibly dangerous with your data [Hosted by Domo]
15:00: PITCH 1
PITCH: Group 9 with Laurent Grill, General Partner JLL Spark Global Ventures | Sheel Mohnot, Co-founder & General Partner Better Tomorrow Ventures | Tamara Steffens, Managing Director Thomson Reuters Ventures
15:00: PITCH 2
PITCH: Group 10 with Alexander Barclay, Principal Graphite Ventures | Alex Golod, Investor Chicago ArchAngels | Daniel Armali, Partner Amplify Capital
15:00: Q&A
Q&A with GGV Capital managing partner Hans Tung with Hans Tung, Managing Partner GGV Capital
15:00: ROUNDTABLES
The latest in product-led growth: Building better, stickier products that drive customer love and retention [Hosted by Loom] with Joe Thomas, Co-founder & CEO Loom
15:00: ROUNDTABLES
URL to IRL: Thoughtful technology to reconnect neighbourhoods [Hosted by Somewhere Good] with Naj Austin, Founder & CEO Somewhere Good
15:00: STARTUP MASTERCLASSES
From analyst to GP: What I learned about venture capital in Canada with David Charbonneau Managing Partner Boreal Ventures
15:00: CITY OF TORONTO STAND | E158
Toronto Happy Hour, hosted by Aird & Berlis and Marani Law
15:05: FUTURE SOCIETIES
The city of tomorrow with Matt Fraser, CTO City of New York | Amit Haller, Co-founder & CEO Veev | Brenda Bailey, Minister of Jobs, Economic Development & Innovation British Columbia
15:05: VENTURE
Let’s talk about SaaS with David Thacker, General Partner Greylock | Stephanie Palmeri, Partner NextView Ventures | Kobie Fuller, General Partner Upfront Ventures
15:10: CORPORATE INNOVATION SUMMIT
The importance of finding your purpose with Steve Hasker, CEO & President Thomson Reuters | Amy Lewin, Editor Sifted
15:10: PANDACONF: E-commerce and experience
Reshaping retail’s future with Jordan Fisher, Co-founder & CEO Standard AI | Jen Jones, CMO commercetools | Paul Briggs, Principal Analyst for Canada Insider Intelligence
15:15: CENTRE STAGE
How will quantum computing affect our everyday lives in the future? with Christian Weedbrook, Founder & CEO Xanadu | Callum Williams, Senior Economics Writer The Economist
15:15: DEVELOPER LOUNGE, BROUGHT TO YOU BY AT&T
New product development at AT&T
15:15: MONEYCONF
When banks strike back with Guy Cormier, CEO & President Desjardins | Tim Welsh, Vice Chair of Consumer & Business Banking US Bank | Anne Gaviola Senior Digital Broadcast Journalist Global News
15:20: CREATIFF
NYT Games: Time well spent with Jonathan Knight, Head of Games The New York Times
15:25: FUTURE SOCIETIES
The impact of boards on the future of society with Alan Rusbridger, Board Member Oversight Board | Helle Bank Jørgensen, Founder & CEO Competent Boards | Zachary Karabell, Founder The Progress Network
15:30: CORPORATE INNOVATION SUMMIT
Sustainability: Burden or opportunity? with Oren Zaslansky, Founder & CEO Flock Freight | Sita Chantramonklasri, Founder & General Partner Siam Capital | Michelle Jobin, Weather Anchor / Host, Producer & Spokesperson CTV Toronto / Freelance
15:30: MASTERCLASS 2
Strategies to preserve and grow capital in a downmarket [Hosted by EY] with Manos Xenos, Associate Partner EY-Parthenon | Devon MacMurray, Vice President | Mergers & Acquisitions EY
15:30: MASTERCLASS 4
Embracing cloud-native and portable architectures [Hosted by Akamai]
15:30: PANDACONF
Loyalty and retention are the new growth hack with Cynthia Johnson, Co-founder & CEO / Contributor Bell + Ivy / Entrepreneur Magazine | Christian Lachel, Chief Creative Officer BRC Imagination Arts | Jade Scipioni, Senior Business Reporter Freelance Journalist
15:30: PRESS CONFERENCE AREA
Press conference with T2 co-founder and CEO Gabor Cselle: Gabor Cselle, Co-founder & CEO T2
15:30: Q&A
How to get my money with VC Sheel Mohnot with Sheel Mohnot, Co-founder & General Partner Better Tomorrow Ventures
15:30: SIEMENS| E229
Create a better #TomorrowWithUs
15:30: VENTURE
The next generation of consumer fintech with Lauren Kolodny, Co-founder & Managing Partner Acrew Capital | Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, CEO Xero
15:35: CENTRE STAGE
The future of creative game development with Marija Radulovic-Nastic, CTO Electronic Arts | Harry McCracken, Global Technology Editor Fast Company
15:35: MONEYCONF
From immigrant to innovator: Building a global economy with Magnus Larsson, Co-founder & CEO Majority | Rina Hahn, CMO Remitly | Misha Esipov, Co-founder & CEO Nova Credit
15:50: PANDACONF
How to build the future of dating with Amanda Bradford, Founder & CEO The League | Marcus Lofthouse, CPO Archer | Olivia Morley Agencies Reporter Adweek
15:50: VENTURE
Beyond the hype: Generative AI in 2023 with Lonne Jaffe, Managing Director Insight Partners | Kanu Gulati, Partner Khosla Ventures | Jordan Jacobs, Co-founder & Managing Partner Radical Ventures
15:55: CENTRE STAGE
After the fire: How technology can drive successful restoration with Megan Leslie, President & CEO of World Wildlife Fund Canada (WWF-Canada)
15:55: MONEYCONF
Better together: Web 2.0, Web3, and the future of finance with Avery Ching, Co-founder & CTO Aptos Labs | Jennifer Sanasie, News Anchor & Producer CoinDesk
16:00: AWS STARTUP LOFT
Seeds of opportunity: Exploring the Canadian seed VC landscape [Hosted by AWS] with Angela Tran, General Partner Version One Ventures | Dominic Lau, Partner Ripple Ventures | Dinar Ahmed, Partner BDC Capital – Seed Fund
16:00: MASTERCLASS 1
Implementing DEI best-practice at your fund [Hosted by Diversity VC] with Sarah Millar, COO Diversity VC
16:00: MASTERCLASS 3
Growth drivers: sustainability plus digital continuity [Hosted by Capgemini] with Jasmine Amel Aouameur Director, Digital Continuity & Convergence Capgemini | Nicolas Croue | Raj Sadhukha Sr. Director, Customer Value Engineering Dassault Systemes
16:00: Q&A
Q&A with HuffPost editor-in-chief Danielle Belton: How to get your company in the news with Danielle Belton, Editor-in-chief HuffPost
16:05: FUTURE SOCIETIES
Citizenship ceremony with Canada’s Minister Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees & Citizenship Government of Canada
16:10: CENTRE STAGE
AI’s iPhone moment with Hans Tung, Managing Partner GGV Capital | Katie Roof, Reporter Bloomberg
16:10: CORPORATE INNOVATION SUMMIT
Boundaryless work and the battle to retain your top talent with Jonathan Siddharth, Co-founder & CEO Turing | Favour Ori, Founder & CEO Payday | Michelle Jobin Weather Anchor / Host, Producer & Spokesperson CTV Toronto / Freelance
16:30: CENTRE STAGE
Connecting changes everything with Marques Brownlee, YouTuber & Podcaster | Jeremy Legg, CTO AT&T | Martine Paris, Tech Contributor Forbes
16:30: MASTERCLASS 2
Ukrainian Tech Ecosystem: the Power of Digital Partnerships [Hosted by Ukraine]
16:30: MASTERCLASS 4
Lead the change: Choose Europe [Hosted by Choose Europe] with Johanna Huurre, Director, Strategic Initiatives Helsinki Partners | Colleen Geske, Head of Marketing &Communications amsterdam inbusiness/ City of Amsterdam | Julius Bosak, Vice President FrankfurtRheinMain
16:45: PITCH 1
PITCH group round results with Ricardo Lima Head of Startups & Investors Web Summit
20:00: DISTILLERY DISTRICT (4HR)
Tuesday After Hours | Distillery District
23:30: INTERAC CORP | E211
Building better digital experiences through verification with Giles Sutherland, VP of Business Development Interac
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