Event Program

IT Stream

Alberta Room

Energy Technology Stream

New Brunswick Room

Life Sciences Stream

Ivor Petrak Room

Joint Sessions & Conference Keynote Dinner

Cascade Ballroom

08:00-10:00

Exhibition Display Setup

08:00-09:40

Registration

09:40-10:00

Opening Remarks

10:00-11:00

Joint Panel Session

 “Meet the Investors”

11:00-11:15

Delegates Move to Presentation Theatres

11:15-12:15

Company Presentations

Information Technology

x4

Energy Technology

x4

Life Sciences

x4

12:15-12:30

 Delegates Move to Dining Hall

12:30-13:30

Networking Lunch

13:30-14:15

Lunch Keynote Speaker

Thomas Jenkins

Executive Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer

Open Text Corporation

14:15-14:30

Delegates Move from Dining Hall to Presentation Theatres

14:30-15:30

Company Presentations

Information Technology

x4

Energy Technology

x4

Life Sciences

x4

15:30-16:00

Coffee & Networking Break

16:00-16:45

Stream Specific Panel Sessions

Information Technology

“Business Model Innovation: How Ultra Low Capital Intensity Internet Based Start-ups are Disrupting the Conventional VC Investment Model”

Energy Technology

“CEO Panel: Lessons from the Trenches”

Life Sciences

“Bio Fuels to Agricultural Biotech: The Road to Liquidity“

16:45-18:00

Catered Reception in Exhibition Area (Cash Bar)

07:30-08:30

Networking Breakfast in Dining Hall

08:30-09:15

Stream Specific Keynote Speakers

Information Technology
Don Listwin

Chairman

Canary Foundation

Energy Technology
David Demers

Founder and CEO

Westport Innovations

Life Sciences
Donald McCaffrey

President and CEO

Resverlogix Corp.

09:15-09:45

Coffee & Networking Break

09:45-09:50

 Sponsor Introduction

09:50-10:50

Joint Panel  Session

“The New International Capital Market – Towards an Increasingly

Borderless Venture Ecosystem”

10:50-11:00

 Delegates Move to Dining Hall

11:00-11:45

PricewaterhouseCoopers Title Sponsor Address

Tracy Lefteroff

11:45-12:45

Networking Lunch

12:45-13:30

Lunch Keynote Speaker

Sir Terence Matthews

Chairman - Wesley Clover

13:30-13:45

Delegates Move from Dining Hall to Presentation Theatres

13:45-14:45

Company Presentations

Information Technology

x4

Energy Technology

x4

Life Sciences

x4

14:45-15:15

Coffee & Networking Break

15:15-16:00

Stream Specific Panel Sessions

Information Technology

“Milestones, Due Diligence and Valuation: Securing a Successful Exit”

Energy Technology
“California Dreaming: Perspectives from Silicon Valley Cleantech Funds on Investing in Canada”

Life Sciences
“Reshaping the Industry: Change Forces in Emerging

Life Sciences”

17:00-18:30

Reception

18:30-19:45

Dinner Served

19:45-20:45

Conference Keynote Address
Charles Sirois

Chairman &  CEO – Telesystem Ltd.

20:45-21:00

Presenting Company Awards & Closing Remarks