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

Meet The Speakers

Founders & operators sharing what’s actually working right now.

First wave of 2026 speakers. New names dropping every week through October.

Ali Asaria

Founder

Transformer Lab

Founder

Michael Buhr

Board Member, Executive Director

C100

Founder & CEO

Bridge Strategy

Operator

Manuela Bárcenas

Head of Marketing

Fellow.ai

Operator

Gina Chung

Founder

Free Reign Media

Founder

Matt Cohen

Founder & Managing Partner

Ripple Ventures

Host

Tank Talks Podcast

Founder

Aiman El-Ramly

Founder & CEO

OmniGTM.ai

Founder

Vanessa Galarneau

Co-Founder, COO & CFO

Pluvo

Founder

Diraj Goel

Founder & CEO

GetFresh Ventures

Founder

Kate Grant

Business Advisor

Fasken

Operator

Shamil Hargovan

Managing Director

STS Capital Partners

Operator

Theresa Henning-Robarge

Director, Sales Strategy & GTM Excellence

NetSuite

Operator

Jeffrey Johnson

Partner

Ernst & Young LLP

Operator

Alex Labreche

Co-Founder & CEO

Pluvo

Founder

Alexis MacDonald

VP of People

Klue

Operator

Aydin Mirzaee

CEO & Co-Founder

Fellow.ai

Founder

Shambhavi Mishra

Associate Partner

Antler

Investor

Mia Morisset

Partner

Inovia Capital

Operator

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

Avery Pennarun

Co-Founder & CEO

Tailscale

Founder

Pierre Pignault

CEO & Founder

MailSoar

Founder

Kyle Poyar

Founder

Growth Unhinged

Analyst-in-Residence

ChartMogul

Founder

Wil Reynolds

Founder & CEO

Seer Interactive

Founder

Isaac Souweine

Strategic Advisor

Mila

Investor

Pierce Ujjainwalla

Co-Founder & CEO

Knak

Founder

Andrew Waitman

Founder & CEO

ContxtMatters AI

Co-Founder & Executive Chairman

Assent

Founder

Patrick  White

Director Corporate Programs

Solink

Operator

Dr. Daniel Wigdor

CEO and Co-Founder

AXL

Founder
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  • Investor Zone and Matchmaking for every team member.
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  • The hallway conversations that don't happen at 10,000-person conferences.
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