GUY *KAWASAKI*

Chief evangelist, Canva. Author of globally recognized books and Host of the Remarkable People podcast.

Canva

JOEL ABRAMSON

Partner

Top Down Ventures

CLAVIA ALLEYNE

VP

Black Business Association of BC

BRIDGITTE ANDERSON

President & CEO

Greater Vancouver Board of Trade

HAMED ARBABI

CEO & Founder

VoPay

HON. BRENDA BAILEY

Minister of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation

Government of British Columbia

MANUELA BÁRCENAS

Head of Marketing

Fellow.app

MATTHEW BERTULLI

CEO

Lomi & Pela Case

MICHELLE BEYO

CEO & Founder

FINAVATOR Inc.

MELODY BIRINGER

Founder

Women in Tech Regatta

DEAN BITTNER

Founder

RUNWITHIT Synthetics

CICELY BLAIN

CEO & Principal Consultant

Bakau Consulting Inc.

JEREMY BORNSTEIN

CRO

People’s Group

MAI BUI

Manager, Data & Analytics

UBC Development and Alumni Engagement

DAN BURGAR

CEO

Frontier Collective

ALAN CACIC

CRO

VoPay

NATHAN CADDELL

Editor-In-Chief/ BCBusiness

Canada Wide Media

STEFAN CHIASSON

Principal, Intellectual Property Investments

BDC

JAMES CLIFT

Founder & CEO

Durable

ALEX CONDELLO

Senior Director of Algorithms, Performance and Tools

D-Wave

CHRIS COVELL

Principal Consultant

SideChannel

PETER COWAN

President & CEO

Innovate BC

ROB DAVIDSON

Chief Information Security Officer, CISO

Pacific Blue Cross & PBC Solutions

EDOARDO DE MARTIN

CEO & Co-Founder

Industrio AI

TOMICA DIVIC

VP Operations

Innovate BC

ANNA DOCHERTY

Head of 3D & CGI

Article

MIRIAM DONG

Partner

ID3 Ventures

DEREK DORRESTEYN

CTO

Damon Motors

IRENE DORSMAN

CEO Angel Forum, Co-Founder WEL Vancouver

Angel Forum | WEL Vancouver

JILL EARTHY

CEO

InBC

DANIEL EBERHARD

Founder & CEO

Koho

BETHANY EDMUNDS

Assistant Dean of Computing Programs

Northeastern University

DERRICK EMSLEY

Co-Founder & CEO

tentree & veritree

BATYA FELLMAN

Senior Staff Technical Program Manager

Rivian

YAOFEI FENG

Co-Founder

Fantuan

DAN FERGUSSON

Head of International Business

Glean

DR. ROB FRASER

President and CSO

Molecular You

MARKUS FRIND

Former CEO/Founder & Proprietor

Plenty of Fish / Frind Estate Winery

AARTI GADHIA

Principal Security Specialist

Microsoft

ERIC GALES

Country Manager

AWS Canada Inc.

MAX GASPRANOV

Director, SmartHome & Energy

TELUS

JUSTINE GAUTHIER

Director, Corporate & Legal Affairs

Mila- Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute

TARAN GHATRORA

Co-Founder and CEO

Blume

BUNNY GHATRORA

Co-Founder and COO

Blume

SONNY GILL

VP Finance

Boast

CHRIS GILLILAND

Director, Innovation and Product Development

Vancouver Airport Authority

DANIELLE GRAHAM

Co-Founder

The Firehood

JOSH GRAY

Co-Founder & CEO

Artemis

DR. ALEXANDRA GREENHILL

Founder, CEO & Chief Medical Officer

Careteam Technologies Inc.

CHARLIE GRINNELL

Co-CEO

RightMetric

NEIL GRUNBERG

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Storytime Capital

RAJIV GUPTA

Associate Head

Canadian Centre for Cyber Security

EDITA HADRAVSKA

Head of Product Design

KITS.COM

FRASER HALL

Partner

Rhino Ventures / Article

SHAMIL HARGOVAN

Managing Director

STS Capital Partners

DAVID HARIRI

Co-Founder and Chief Architect

Ada

DR. HARVEY HAWES

Founder and Chief Medical Officer

LHS Labs

APRIL HICKE

Co-Founder & Chief Growth Officer

Toast

CHRIS HOBBS

Co-Founder & President

TTT Studios

ANNE HUNGER

CPO & Co-Founder

Glüxkind Technologies

KEITH IPPEL

Co-CEO

Spring Impact Capital

RAMESH JAYAKRISHNAN

Vice President – New Payment Platforms

Mastercard

WILLIAM JOHNSON

Journalist / BC Lead

Startup TNT

RICHARD JOHNSON

Partner

Dentons

SOROUSH KARIMZADEH

CEO & Co-Founder

Novarc Technologies

MICHAEL KATCHEN

Co-Founder & CEO

Wealthsimple

HANDOL KIM

Co-Founder & CEO

Variational AI

SHIVAM KISHORE

Sr. Advisor, Digital Transformation | Sustainability

UN Environment Program

KATE KLASSEN

Training and Regulation Specialist

InDro Robotics

SABRINA KON

Head of Community & Impact

ChopValue

DARIAN KOVACS

Founder

Jelly Digital Marketing & PR

TREVOR KRAY

Managing Partner & Board Chair

avantage

KRIS KRUG

CEO

MØTLEYKRÜG Media

LISA LAMBERT

CEO

Quantum Industry Canada

KARI LAMOTTE

CEO

Kite Company Creator

ARIEL LAVER

Partner, Technology Group

Fasken

KA-HAY LAW

Partner & Investment Director

TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good

THEALZEL LEE

Founder, Director & President | General Partner

eFund | Archangel Phoenix Fire Fund

NADINE LETSON

Head of Corporate External and Legal Affairs

Microsoft

MARVIN LIAO

Partner

Diaspora Ventures

STEVE LOWRY

Founding Executive Director

AInBC

PATRICIA LUCY

Director Brand, Marketing & Ridership Development

TransLink

TIM LYNN

Co-Founder

Startup TNT

BRETT MACFARLANE

Organizational Psychologist | Head of Leadership Development

The Innovation Leadership Map

SHEILA MACKENZIE

Partner + Director of UX

Spatial Research & Design

LEENA MANRO

Co-Founder & Director

All Purpose

OWEN MATTHEWS

Chairman

Alacrity Canada

KENNDAL MCARDLE

Principal

Pender Ventures

MATT MCLARTY

Chief Technology Officer & VP, Product

Boomi

ANDREW MCLEOD

CEO

Certn

MAYA MEDEIROS

Partner

Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

HARSH MODI

Lead Security Architect | Penetration Tester

Bell

RYAN MONSURATE

Co-Founder & CTO

Farpoint Technologies

RYAN NADEL

Principal Product Manager

Microsoft

CYBELE NEGRIS

President, CEO & Co-Founder

Webnames.ca

CHRIS NEUMANN

General Partner

Panache Ventures

JACK NEWTON

CEO and Founder

Clio

LEAH NGUYEN

Chief Investment Officer

InBC Investment Corp

CHRISTIAN NIELSEN

Founder & President

MustBeHuman

NICHOLAS NING

Founder & CEO

Farpoint Technologies

KARLY NYGAARD-PETERSEN

Senior Manager, Corporate Purpose

British Columbia Automobile Association (BCAA) and Evo Car Share

SEAN O’CONNOR

CEO

4AG Robotics

HEATHER ODENDAAL

Founder & CEO

WNORTH

NICK OOSTVEEN

CTO

VoPay

SUE PAISH

CEO

DIGITAL

SID PAQUETTE

Head

RBCx

CHARLA PEREIRA

Principal Design Manager

Microsoft

TOM PETRYSHEN

VP, Growth & Analytics

Rubberdesk

ALLEN PIKE

CEO and Co-founder

Steamclock Software

DENNIS PILARINOS

Founder & CEO

Unblocked

SAM PILLAR

CEO & Co-Founder

Jobber

MANDY POTTER

CEO

Joey & Firehood Angel

WADE PRESTON

Director of Tech & Innovation Banking

National Bank of Canada

HEATHER REDMAN

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Flying Fish Partners

ANDREW REID

Founder & CEO

Rival Technologies | Vision Critical/Alida

JAY RHIND

Partner

Rhino Ventures

YASMINE ROULLEAU

Partner

Deloitte

SHERRY RUMBOLT

Director- Cyber Security Program

Shared Services Canada

MEENA SANDHU

Chief Revenue Officer

SaaS Revenue Consulting

ILANA SANTONE

Senior Vice President, Digital & Connected Retail

Canadian Tire Corporation

TODD SAYERS

Chief Operating Officer

BC Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy

ELIZABETH SCALLON

Director of Incubation Enablement

HP

LAURIE SCHULTZ

Board Director, Investor, Technology CEO

Constellation Software Inc.

SAM SEBASTIAN

VP and Country Manager

Google Cloud Canada

ENDER SEVERIN

Principal

Blacksquare

LISA SHIELDS

Founder & CEO

FISPAN

DAVID SHIPLEY

CEO

Beauceron Security

NOAH SHIPMAN

Partner

Vistara Growth

GURMESH SIDHU

Co-founder & Chief Product Officer

Moment Energy

SEAN SILCOFF

Technology Reporter

Globe & Mail

MICHELLE SINCLAIR

Investor

Newtons Cradle

MICHELLE SKLAR

Head of Venture Growth, entrepreneurship@UBC & Board Member

Vancouver Entrepreneurs Forum

ADA SLIVINSKI

Vice President

Talk Shop Media

JASON SMITH

CEO & Co-Founder

Klue

NICOLE SMITH

CEO & Founder

Flytographer

LINDSAY SMYLIE

Director of Alberta

Plug and Play Tech Center

DOUGLAS SOLTYS

Founder & Editor-in-Chief

BetaKit

PAYAL SONDHI

Cyber Security Analyst

AMTRA Solutions

KRISTINE STEUART

Executive in Residence

Inovia Capital

BRADLEY SUTHERLAND

Senior Manager, Business Development

Air Canada

ROGAYEH TABRIZI

Founder & CEO

Theory+Practice

ALEX TAPSCOTT

Author

Web3: Charting the Internet’s Next Economic and Cultural Frontier

DR. PAUL TERRY

CEO

Photonic

NAOUFEL TESTAOUNI

CEO & Co-Founder

QueerTech

VIREN THAKER

Lead, Vendor Management, T&I

Teck Resources Limited

DEVON THOMPSON

Managing Director, Banking

RBCx

LYNSEY THORNTON

Founding Partner

Backbone Angels

REECE TOMLINSON

Founder & CEO | Founder

RWT Growth

KELSI TSATOUHAS

Senior Director, Client Services

Talk Shop Media

CAMERON UGANEC

General Manager/SVP of The Leap

Thinkific / LEAP

ISMAEL VALENZUELA

Vice President, Threat Research and Intelligence

BlackBerry

OMI VELASCO

Principal

Graphite Ventures

FARHAN VIRJI

CEO

Keyhole

DOMINIC VOGEL

President

Vogel Leadership Coaching

BORIS WERTZ

Founder and General Partner

Version One Ventures

PATRICK WHITE

Co-Founder & Managing Director

L-SPARK

JASON WILLIAMS

Director, Software Development, Innovation & Technology Group

Vancouver Airport Authority

ADAM WILSON

Co-Founder & CEO

Polyform Studio

ALTHEA WISHLOFF

General Partner

Raven Capital

KATY YAM

Partner

Real Ventures

JESSICA YIP

COO & Founder

A&K Robotics