Tobias Lutke is the founder and CEO of Shopify, a commerce company based in Ottawa, Canada. He has served on the core team of the Ruby on Rails framework and has created open source libraries such as Active Merchant. Read More

Director of Business Development at Kingston Economic Development Corporation. Read More

Investment Manager, Sustainable Manufacturing at Kingston Economic Development Corporation. Read More

Investment Manager, Health Innovation at Kingston Economic Development Corporation. Read More

Business Development Manager at Kingston Economic Development Corporation. Read More

Dave Wessinger is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of PointClickCare. For more than 20 years, Dave has worked to transform the senior care technology industry and tackle complex challenges across the healthcare continuum. Read More

Massi Basiri is co-founder and COO of online education platform ApplyBoard. His personal goal is to continue to drive their business forward in order to educate the world and ensure a brighter future for everyone. Read More

Michele Romanow is committed to helping entrepreneurs around the world. She is co-founded and led Clearco to become the world’s largest e-commerce investor. Her team were Softbank’s first Canadian investment at a near $2B valuation launching Clearco into unicorn status.  Read More

Bonnie-Lyn has worked across more than 59 countries as a subject expert in social development. She has advised NGOs, Governments, major Financial Institutions and the Mining and Oil&Gas sector on human rights issues and strategies. Read More

Arati Sharma is an entrepreneur, angel investor, and technology leader based in Toronto, Canada. She is the Founding Partner of Backbone Angels, an investor collective led by women executives from Shopify. Read More

Jamie is owner and principal consultant of an award-winning HR Consulting Firm. Award-winning Host of Top 50 Self Improvement podcast -The Big Idea Big Moves Podcast - featuring guests like Tia-Clair Toomey and Heather Monahan.  Read More

Abdullatif is a mechanical engineer with Management Sciences graduate from the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He is a founder & president of Canadian Middle Eastern Council.  Read More

Ozan is a serial entrepreneur and investor with over 25 years of international experience within the angel investment, venture capital and private equity sectors. Read More

Director at L-SPARK Accelerator which is built for SaaS companies by software veterans. Read More

Project Manager at Women's Entrepreneurship Strategy Read More

Director, Innovation and Business Engagement, St Lawrence College Read More

Executive Director of Dunin-Deshpande Queen's Innovation Centre Read More

Director, Master of Management Innovation & Entrepreneurship Read More

CEO, of the Kingston Economic Development Read More

Director, Business Development at GreenCentre Canada Read More

Director, Office of Strategy, Innovation & Partnerships Read More

Executive Director at Southeastern Ontario Angel Network Read More

President & CEO of Transformix Engineering Inc., IBM Top Tech Titans of 2019 Read More

President & CEO of Kinarm which creates essential products and devices for the management of neurological diseases. Read More

Queen's University Assistant Vice-Principal (Partnerships and Innovation) Read More

Janice has worked in industry, as well as the not-for-profit and university sectors. Currently, as Director of Research & Innovation Partnerships with the Office of Partnerships and Innovation at Queen’s University, Janice sets the strategic direction for and leads the Research Partnerships, Research Contracts, and Regional Innovation Units. Read More

Andrew works with a creative and industrious team developing novel ways to enrich the economic fabric in Kingston, Canada, especially by connecting entrepreneurs, multi-level investment, and facilitating disruptive conversations framed in collaborative strategy. Read More