For our inaugural MaRS Innovation Summit, we’ll examine successful start-ups and the support needed — financial and otherwise — for such enterprises to take flight. Network with industry innovators, dynamic entrepreneurs and thought leaders.
Who should attend? Those interested in growing the knowledge economy in our region. Our audience will include leaders and entrepreneurs on the front-lines and those behind the scenes as investors, innovators, deal-makers, deal-brokers and agents of change.
CREATING JOBS IN THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
For our inaugural MaRS Innovation Summit, we’ll examine successful start-ups and the support needed — financial and otherwise — for such enterprises to take flight. Network with industry innovators, dynamic entrepreneurs and thought leaders.
Gordon Nixon
President,
Royal Bank of Canada
John Kunschner
Senior Partner & Managing Director
Landmark Ventures (US)
Dr. Michael Perry
Venture Partner, Bay City Capital; President & Chief Medical Officer, Poniard Pharmaceuticals (US)
The Hon.
Glenn Murray
Minister of Research & Innovation, Ministry of Research & Innovation, Province of Ontario
The Hon. Jerry Grafstein, QC
Counsel
Minden Gross LLP
Loudon Owen
Managing Partner
McLean Watson Capital
Jane Harvey
President,
Jane Harvey Lawyers
Dr. Raphael Hofstein
President & CEO,
MaRS Innovation
Peter van der Grinten
General Manager US/Canada, dbMotion
Ram Liebenthal
VP Marketing & Sales, Early Sense: Innovation Patient Technology
John Varghese
Managing Partner,
VentureLink Group of Funds (Toronto)
Yigal Erlich
CEO, Yozma Ventures
Nissim Darvish
CEO, Orbimed (Israel)
Yaacov Michlin
President and CEO
Yissum, Hebrew University
Dr. Ted Sargent
Xagenic
Chairman & CEO,
Lingo Media
Sunil Sharma
Director of
International Relations
Canada’s Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA)
Raymond King
Senior Manager,
Listings Business Development
Toronto Stock Exchange
Morry Blumenfeld
Chief Investment Officer
MediTechPartners (Israel/US)
Nimrod Elmish
CEO & General Partner
RFB Investment House (Israel)
Mark Usher
Partner,
Wellington Financial LP (Toronto)
Amar Varma
President, Co-Founder, Xtreme Labs, Xtreme Venture Partners
Dr. Ilse Treurnicht
CEO, MaRS Discovery District
Jonathan Levy
Consul for Economic Affairs & Trade Commissioner
Government of Israel, Economic Mission to Canada
Paul Chipperton
CEO,
Profound Medical Inc
Founder & CEO, Tripharbour Ltd; Founder, Expedia.ca
Who should attend? Those interested in growing the knowledge economy in our region. Our audience will include leaders and entrepreneurs on the front-lines and those behind the scenes as investors, innovators, deal-makers, deal-brokers and agents of change.