Spotlights

Spotlight on Health Innovation Leveraging our Competitive Advantages in Health Featuring Andrew Casey President & CEO - BIOTECanada Norma Biln CEO - Augurex Life Sciences Peter van der Velden Managing General Partner - Lumira Ventures John Ruffolo Co-Founder & Vice-Chair - The Council of Canadian Innovators

Spotlight on the Ocean Economy Balancing Economic Growth and Environmental Sustainability Featuring Minister Jonathan Wilkinson Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard - Fisheries and Oceans Canada Ian Smith CEO - Clearwater Seafoods Beth Mason CEO - Verschuren Centre for Sustainability in Energy and the Environment Jim Hanlon CEO - Centre for Ocean Ventures & Entrepreneurship (COVE)

Spotlight on the Future of Work Preparing our Workforce and our Youth Featuring Dominic Barton Managing Partner Emeritus - McKinsey & Company John Stackhouse Senior Vice President, Office of the CEO - RBC Valerie Walker Executive Director - Business/Higher Education Roundtable Chandran Fernando Managing Partner - Matrix360

Spotlight on Quebec’s Digital Transformation Democratizing Digital Innovations to Benefit the Entire Economy Featuring Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon Minister of Economy and Innovation - Government of Québec Alexandre Sieber Executive Vice-President, Business Financing and Client Strategies - Investissement Québec Jean-Louis Lalonde President & CEO - AZUR Group Guy Parent General Manager - Opimian

Spotlight on Bitcoin & Blockchain Integrating Bitcoin and Blockchain into our Future Economy Featuring Saifedean Ammous Associate Professor of Economics - Lebanese American University Francis Pouliot Co-Founder & CEO - Bull Bitcoin Janine Moir Blockchain Assurance Leader - Deloitte Koleya Karringten President & CEO - Bitcoin Rodeo

Spotlight on Scaling Canada’s SMEs Bridging Canada's SME Growth Capital and Skills Gaps Featuring Minister Bill Morneau Minister of Finance - Department of Finance Canada Dale Ponder Chair of the Board - Canadian Business Growth Fund Lorna Wright Executive Director - Centre for Global Enterprise Mark Falbo President & CEO - Mircom

Spotlight on Indigenous Economic Development Growing a $100 Billion Aboriginal Economy Featuring JP Gladu President & CEO - Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business Shannin Metatawabin CEO - National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association Niilo Edwards Executive Director - First Nations Major Projects Coalition Mark Sevestre President - National Aboriginal Trust Officers Association

Spotlight on Alberta’s Economic Future Alberta's Economic Evolution Featuring Minister Deron Bilous Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Alberta - Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Alberta Curtis Stange President & CEO - ATB Financial Sandip Lalli President & CEO - Calgary Chamber of Commerce

Spotlight on Energy Tech Exporting Canada's Energy Innovations Featuring Carl Burlock Senior Vice-President and Global Head Financing & International Growth Capital - Export Development Canada Todd Parker CEO - Blue Spark Energy Wayne Sim CEO - Aucerna Harrie Vredenburg Professor & Suncor Chair in Strategy & Sustainability - Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary

Spotlight on Mining The Future of Canada's Mining Industry Featuring Brent Bergeron Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Sustainability - Goldcorp George Salamis President & CEO - Integra Resources Fraser Buchan Co-Founder - Tradewind Markets Amber Mac Speaker, Author, Host, Entrepreneur - AmberMac Media