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OTTAWA, CANADA, NOV 4-5 2026 • ROGERS CENTRE

Meet The Speakers

Founders and operators sharing what’s working — plus, on Day 2, the commanders, officials and funders deciding what Canada buys and who builds it.

New names every week through October.

Narbe Alexandrian

Founder & CEO

Define Capital

Investor

Jahanzaib Ansari

Co-founder & CEO

Knockri

Founder

Hamid Arabzadeh

Co-Founder & CEO

Ranovus Inc.

Operator

Ryan Arian

Chief Digital Product Officer

OmniGTM.ai

Operator

Ali Asaria

Founder

Transformer Lab

Founder

Jodi Baxter

Vice-President of AI, Cybersecurity & IoT

Telus

Operator

Zach Beecher

Director of Investment Strategy

Booz Allen Hamilton

Operator

Pat Belliveau

CEO

Gambit

Founder

Michael Buhr

Board Member, Executive Director

C100

Founder & CEO

Bridge Strategy

Operator

Manuela Bárcenas

Head of Marketing

Fellow.ai

Operator

Albert Chen

Partner

Two Small Fish Ventures

Operator

Gina Chung

Founder

Free Reign Media

Founder

Rachel Clark

CEO & Founder

Skadi Cyber Defense

Founder

Matt Cohen

Founder & Managing Partner

Ripple Ventures

Host

Tank Talks Podcast

Founder

Glen Crockford

Director, Business Development

TELUS Sovereign AI Factory & AI Data Centre Enablement

Operator

Rhiannon Davies

Managing Partner

Sandpiper Ventures

Investor

Peter Dawe

Senior Vice President, Defence Strategy

BDC

Operator

Shahir Daya

Chief Technology Officer & Head of AIOS

Zafin

Operator

Sean Del Giallo

Lead

Dentons Ottawa Corporate Group

Operator

Vitalii Dodonov

Co-Founder & CTO

Stan

Founder

Katheleen Eva

Investor

StandUp Ventures

Investor

Vanessa Galarneau

Co-Founder, COO & CFO

Pluvo

Founder

Moien Giashi

Principal

GreenSky Ventures

Rachael Glassman

Product Counsel

Solink

Operator

Diraj Goel

Founder & CEO

GetFresh Ventures

Founder

Naomi Goldapple

Senior Vice President Data & Intelligence

AlayaCare

Operator

Kate Grant

Business Advisor

Fasken

Operator

Neil Grunberg

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Storytime Capital

Investor

Shamil Hargovan

Managing Director

STS Capital Partners

Operator

Chris Harvey

Chief Research Officer

HR Technology Advice

Venture

Storytime Capital

Investor

Riley Hennessey

Chief of Staff (CoS)

Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC)

Operator

Theresa Henning-Robarge

Director, Sales Strategy & GTM Excellence

NetSuite

Operator

General Rick Hillier

Strategic Defence Advisor

National Bank

Operator

Katheron Intson

Co-Founder & CEO

Sentinel R&D

Founder

The Masked Investor

Investor

Jeffrey Johnson

Partner

Ernst & Young LLP

Operator

Erin Kelly

CEO & Co-Founder

askpolly.ai

Founder

Rob Kenedi

Founder & Host

Decelerator

Founder

Eugenia Kondratova

Senior Technical Manager, AI

Solink

Operator

Tina Kung

Founder & CTO

Nue.io

Founder

Alex Labreche

Co-Founder & CEO

Pluvo

Founder

Megan Leslie

CEO & Co-Founder

NanoTess

Founder

Michael Litt

Co-Founder

Vidyard/Garage Capital

Founder Investor

Alexis MacDonald

VP of People

Klue

Operator

Stuart MacDonald

Venture Capital

Narrative.Fund

Investor

Major-General Stéphane Masson

Chief of Staff Army Strategy

Canadian Armed Forces

Operator

Paul McKinlay

Executive MD & Head of Innovation Banking

CIBC

Operator

Shane McLean

Managing Partner

LaBarge Weinstein

Operator

Duncan McSporran

Managing Director

Vimy Forge

Operator

Aydin Mirzaee

CEO & Co-Founder

Fellow.ai

Founder

Shambhavi Mishra

Associate Partner

Antler

Investor

Lieutenant-General Darcy Molstad

Commander

Canadian Joint Forces Command (CJFC)

Operator

Mia Morisset

Partner

Inovia Capital

Investor

Angie Ng

Global Director, People Business Partner & Employee Relations

Zapier

Operator

Kris Nicolaou

Founder & CEO, Strategist

Brain Box Labs

Founder

Alex Norman

Partner

N49P Ventures

Co-Founder & Managing Director

TechTO

Operator

Elana Ostrega

Founder & CEO

Supercurve.ai

Founder

Mike Peasgood

CEO

ENVGO

Operator

Eliot Pence

Founder & CEO

Dominion Dynamics

Founder

Avery Pennarun

Co-Founder & CEO

Tailscale

Founder

Pierre Pignault

CEO & Founder

MailSoar

Founder

Nazar Ponochevnyi

Founder & CEO

Harmix Proactive AI Manager

Founder

Shanna Porporino

Director AI Commercialization

TELUS Business Solutions

Operator

Mike Potter

Co-Founder & CEO

Rewind

Founder

Kyle Poyar

Founder

Growth Unhinged

Analyst-in-Residence

ChartMogul

Founder

Nick Quain

Vice President, Venture & Entrepreneurship

Invest Ottawa

Operator

Cambridge Aerospace Representative

Representative

Cambridge Aerospace

Operator

Wil Reynolds

Founder & CEO

Seer Interactive

Founder

Matt Roberts

Managing Director, VC Coverage

RBCx

Investor

Claudio Rojas

CEO

National Angel Capital Organization

Operator

Eric Saumure

Principal

Zenbooks

Operator

Sean Silcoff

Technology Reporter

Globe & Mail

Operator

Ravi Singh

Director General, Defence Industrial Strategy

Department of National Defence

Operator

Eric Sleeth

Sr. Growth Manager, Software & SaaS

Sage

Operator

Danielle Smith

Director, Tech & Innovation Banking

National Bank

Operator

Douglas Soltys

Founder & Editor-in-Chief

BetaKit

Operator

Isaac Souweine

Strategic Advisor

Mila

Investor

Sarah Stockdale

Founder & CEO

Growclass

Founder

Pierce Ujjainwalla

Co-Founder & CEO

Knak

Founder

Mark van Ryswyk

CEO & Co-Founder

Catchouse

Founder

Andrew Waitman

Founder & CEO

ContxtMatters AI

Co-Founder & Executive Chairman

Assent

Founder

Mike Weider

Co-Founder & CEO

Frugal AI

Founder

Patrick  White

CEO

1984 Pictures

Operator

Dr. Daniel Wigdor

CEO and Co-Founder

AXL

Founder

Samuel Witherspoon

CEO

Anvil

Founder

Lieutenant-General Michael C. Wright

Commander

Canadian Army

Operator

Margaret Wu

Lead Investor

Georgian

Investor

Ding Yuan

Co-Founder & CEO

YScope

Founder

Paul Ziadé

Co-Founder & CEO

North Vector Dynamics

Founder
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