Speakers

Hamid Arabzadeh

CEO, Ranovus

Ali Abou Daya

CEO, Transactix Financial

Alan Arcand

Chief Economist, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME)

Jim Balsillie

Entrepreneur, Investors, and Policy Advocate

Ryan Benitez

Chief Commercial Officer, NATO DIANA

Benjamin Bergen

Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (CVCA)

Lissa Bjerkelund

Vice President & Head of Investments, Export Development Canada (EDC)

Hon. Kody Blois

Member of Parliament and Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister

The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne

Minister of Finance and National Revenue

Brian Clow

Canadian Political and Executive Advisor, Former Deputy Chief of Staff to Former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Danielle Daigle

Partner, McInnes Cooper

Stephen Denton

Partner, SeaFort Capital Inc. & Invest Canada ’26 Co-Chair

Rebecca Giffen

VP Investments, Alberta Enterprise Corporation (AEC)

Caitlin Gubbels

Managing Director, Head of PE Funds, CPP Investments

Shahir Guindi

Partner, Chair Emeritus, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Lauren Harris

Managing Director, Private Equity, Northleaf Capital Partners

Brett House

Professor of Professional Practice, Economics Division, Columbia Business School

Isabelle Hudon

President and CEO, BDC

Kory Jeffrey

Partner, Inovia Capital

Brian Kobus

Managing Partner, OMERS Ventures

Allen Lau

Operating Partner & Co-Founder, Two Small Fish Ventures

Christopher Legg

Senior Managing Director, Progress Partners

Craig McLellan

CEO, ThinkOn

Etienne-Rene Massie

Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Sciences and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

Eric de Montgolfier

CEO, Invest Europe

Laura Moss

SVP Finance, Cohere

Chris Moyer

Founding Partner & President, Pelorus

Melanie Nadeau

Chief Executive Officer, COVE

Hon. Seamus O'Regan

Journalist, Broadcaster, and Former Cabinet Minister

Ashley Orser

VP of Market Development, COVE

Cato Pastoll

CEO, Loop

Mathieu Provost

Managing Director, Venture Capital & Technology, La Caisse (formerly CDPQ)

Ross Prusakowski

Deputy Chief Economist, Director of Export Development Canada’s Economic and Political Intelligence Center (EPIC)

Senia Rapisarda

Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners (Canada)

Mackenzie Regent

Managing Partner, Kalos LLP

Zain Rizvi

Partner, Davies

Adam Smalley

Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, Board Director, Farm Credit Canada (FCC)

Louis Taylor

CEO, British Business Bank

Laurence Vigeant-Langlois

Partner, AE Industrial Partners

Jeff White

President and CEO, New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF) & Invest Canada ’26 Co-Chair

Kristina Williams

President and Chief Executive Officer, Alberta Enterprise Corporation (AEC)

Dr. Peter Balafas

Managing Partner, MaxWave Capital

Marie-Claude Boisvert

Partner, Head of Sagard Private Equity Canada

Clément Bourgogne

Managing Partner, Jolt

Geneviève Bouthillier

Executive Vice President @ BDC Capital

Mark Brodkin

Managing Director and Head, Roynat Equity Partners

Paula Cruickshank

Senior Vice President, Fund Investments,
BDC

Mark Dobbin

Founder and President, Killick Capital

Rodrigue Hajjar

Co-Founder and CTO, Silmo

Dylan Johnson

Founding BD, Wokelo.AI

David Kornacki

Director, Data & Product, CVCA

Guillaume Marion

Partner, Sagard

John Markell

Managing Partner, Armentum Partners

Prashant Matta

Managing Partner, Panache Ventures

Lisa Melchior

Founder and Managing Partner, Vertu Capital

Amy Olah

Managing Director and Head of Canadian and U.S. West Coast Venture Banking, CIBC Innovation Banking

Vanessa Pilotte

Chief Executive Officer, Gestion Choquette-Legault (GCL)

Joseph Regan

Senior Managing Partner – Venture Capital, BDC Capital

John Rikhtegar

Vice President, Private Equity, Northleaf Capital

Sunil Sharma

National Leader, Transaction Services and Private Equity, BDO Canada

Lara Skwarek

Investment Principal, Invest Nova Scotia

Mohit Talwar

Partner, Investments, Maverix Private Equity

Andrew Waitman

Executive Chairman, Assent

Paul Walker

Head of Insights, Carta

David Wilson

President, Wilsons Security