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Preliminary Program

Day 1 31st October, 2013

Day 2 1st November, 2013

Brookstreet Hotel
525 Legget Drive, Ottawa, ON – K2K 2W2

7:45 – 8:45

Registration & Breakfast

8:45 – 9:00

Opening Remarks

9:00 – 9:45

Opening Keynote Speaker: Ashok Rao
Serial Entrepreneur, Chairman – TiE Global

9:45 – 10:45

Keynote Speakers
Michael Hyatt, Executive Chairman, Bluecat Networks
Brad Loiselle, Author of Keep Moving 4ward, Serial Entrepreneur

10:45 – 11:15

Networking Break

Track A: Social Connections

11:15 – 12:20

Session I: Building First Products, Customers and Revenues with Government

Moderator:
Helen Braiter, Director, Build in Canada Innovation Program (BCIP)

Speakers:
Helen Braiter, Director, Build in Canada Innovation Program (BCIP)
Coreen Bouchard, CEO of PureLogic IT
Éric Dagenais, Director General, Small Business Branch, Industry Canada
Dr. Nishith Goel, CEO, Cistel Technology

Track B: Starting Startups

11:15 – 12:20

Session I: Building a Micro-Multinational Startup

Moderator:
Jaswinder Kaur, Head, Canada India Centre of Excellence & Chair, Clean Tech Committee of Canada India Business Council

Speakers:
Dipak Roy, Executive Chairman & Owner, D-TA Systems Inc.
Chris Courneya, Vice-President & General Manager, Contact Centres, Mitel
Kalai Kalaichelvan, CEO & President, EION Inc.
Dragan Veljovic, Founder, Maple Soft & Ex-CEO, Welsh Consulting

Track C: Future Of Technology

11:15 – 12:20

Session I: The Future of Mobile

Moderator:
Helene Joncas, Vice President, Wavefront

Speakers:
Helene Joncas, Vice President, Wavefront
Duncan Stewart, Director of Research, Deloitte Canada
Rob Woodbridge, untether.tv
Jeff Bacon, Mobile Director, Fuel Industries

12:20 – 13:40

Networking/Lunch/Pitch Fest for Start-ups

Track A: Social Connections

13:40 – 14:50

Session II: The New Paradigm: Social Media Tools to Drive Business Results

Moderator:
Jennifer MacKinnon, COO of Fenix Solutions Inc.

Speakers:
Jennifer MacKinnon, COO of Fenix Solutions Inc.
Ayah Norris, Indiegogo’s Marketing & Community Management
Christopher Johnson, Senior Advisor, Sapient Capital Partners & Entrepreneur in Residence, Invest Ottawa
Albert Qian, Assistant Director, New Media & Career Networking at Santa Clara University and Author of “The Social Media Ecosystem”

Track B: Starting Startups

13:40 – 14:50

Session II: Evolution of Early Stage Teams

Moderator:
Margo Crawford, President & CEO, Executive HR Leader, Business Sherpa Group

Speakers:
Margo Crawford, President & CEO, Executive HR Leader, Business Sherpa Group
Alison Johnston Rue, CEO & Co-Founder of InstaEDU
Katie Irwin, Team Lead, Sales Development Specialist, Talent Solutions, LinkedIn
Adam Dufresne, Breakthrough Coach

Track C: Future Of Technology

13:40 – 14:50

Session II: The Future of Gaming

Moderator:
Jasvinder Obhi, COO & Co-Founder, RocketOwl

Speakers:
Sana Choudray, CEO & Co-founder, YetiZen
Joshua Ostrowalker, CTO Magmic
Jeremy Friedberg, Partner- Spongelab Interactive
Alexandre Pelletier-Normand, Co-founder, Execution Labs

Track A: Social Connections

14:50 – 16:00

Session III: Social Innovation’s Impact on Customer Loyalty

Moderator:
Joyce Sou, Manager, Benefit Corporations (B Corps) & Social Impact Metrics, MaRS

Speakers:
Joyce Sou, Manager, Benefit Corporations (B Corps) & Social Impact Metrics, MaRS
Vinod Rajasekaran, HUB Ottawa
James Watson, Global Program Director, Village Capital
Nishith Acharya, Executive Director, The Deshpande Foundation

Track B: Starting Startups

14:50 – 16:00

Session III: Build, Measure, Learn: The Lean Start-up Methodology

Moderator:
Rob Woodbridge, untether.tv

Speakers:
Theresa Laurico, CVO, SociaLIGHT Inc.
Stephen Daze, Visiting Professor and Entrepreneur in Residence, University of Ottawa
Telfer School of Management & Founder at Agawa Entrepreneurship Development Corporation
Nazim Ahmed, Co-Founder, DNA 11 & CanvasPop
John Maden, Product & Research Analyst, BNOTIONS
Rob Woodbridge, untether.tv

Track C: Future Of Technology

14:50 – 16:00

Session III: Cloud Computing & Big Data: Myth vs. Reality

Moderator:
Rainer Paduch, CEO, Granite Networks

Speakers:
Bob Zurek, SVP – Products, Epsilon
Raul F. Chong, Big Data & Cloud Program Manager, IBM Canada Laboratory
Alex Berlin, President & CEO, AFORE Solutions Inc
Marc Gagné, Senior Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Canada
Rainer Paduch, CEO, Granite Networks

16:00 – 16:30

Networking Break

16:30 – 17:30

Keynote Investor Panel
Moderator: Teri Kirk, President & CEO, The Funding Portal Inc.
Harry Singh (Intel Capital), John Stokes (Real Ventures), Paul Singh (500 Startups), Ron Warburton (BDC Venture Capital)

17:30 – 18:45

Cocktails & Networking Break

18:45 – 21:30

Gala Dinner
Julian Smith, NY Times & Amazon Best Seller Author, CEO – Breather.com
Suneet Tulli, Co-Founder & CEO, Datawind Ltd.

21:30 – 23:00

Open Networking