2025 Speakers

Adrian Salamunovic

Co-Founder

The EXIT Group

Ally Bharmal

Partner

Fasken

Anush Sachdeva

General Manager, Emerging Ventures

RBCx

Ben Slager

CEO & Co-Founder

Morgan Daniels Slager LLP

Bill Hunter

Founding Member & CEO

Canary Medical

Brendan Smith

Vice President of Growth

GetFresh Ventures

Brent Holliday

Founder & CEO

Garibaldi Capital Advisors

Bruce Townson

Director, Growth & Transition Capital

BDC

Chelsea Bohonis-Schiemann

Director

PwC

Daniel Gardiner

Senior Vice President

KPMG Corporate Finance

Devon Thompson

Managing Director

RBCx

Geordie Rose

Founder & CEO

Snowdrop Quantum Applications Corporation

Greg Malpass

Founder & Former CEO

Traction on Demand (Acquired by Salesforce)

Jack Newton

Chief Executive Officer & Founder

Clio (Acquired Lexicata 2018, Calendar Rules 2021, and Lawyaw 2021)

Jason Leeson

President

Squirrel Systems (Acquired by Volaris Group)

Jon Conlin

Partner

Fasken

Jordan Huang

Director, Investment Banking

Scotiabank

Judi Hess

Former CEO

Copperleaf (Acquired by Industrial and Financial Systems)

Julie Bogle

Partner, Corporate Capital Market

BLG

Karl Sigerist

Managing Director

Shaughnessy Group

Kirsten Koppang Telford

CEO

The Forum

Kris Hartvigsen

CEO

Dooly (Acquired by Mediafly)

Krista Morgan

Founding Partner & CEO

Edited Capital

Maggie Puhacz

Partner

Smythe LLP

Maria Pacella

Managing Partner

Pender Ventures

Mark Longo

Vancouver Managing Partner

Osler

Maryam Zargar

Partner & Leader Corporate Group Vancouver

Miller Thomson

Max Kaplan

Director

PwC

Narbe Alexandrian

Founder & CEO

Define Capital

Nathan Yeung

Founder

Find Your Audience

Petar Zelic

Managing Director & Head of Tech Investment Banking

Stifel Canada

Sarah Miller-Wright

Board Director

REALTOR.ca

Sean Silcoff

Business Writer & Technology Reporter

The Globe and Mail