Program
(Preliminary program, subject to change. Please check back
frequently for updates to content).
DAY 1 – October 5, 2010:
| 10:30 am - 5:00 pm |
Ogilvy Renault Venture Golf Tournament
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Hautes Plaines Golf Club |
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6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
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Opening Reception |
Canadian Room
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DAY 2 – October 6, 2010 - Agenda:
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7:30 am – 8:30 am
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Registration and Networking Breakfast |
French Corridor & Laurier Room
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8:30 am – 9:00 am
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Opening Address and Keynote Presentation
Opening remarks - Mayor Larry O'Brien
Keynote Speaker: Mark
Ruddock, Serial Entrepreneur, Former CEO, Viigo
(sold to Research in Motion); Former CEO & Founder,
INEA (sold to Cartesis Group)
Abstract: Building Value - A Startups
Journey
The quest to build value lies at the heart of every
startup's mission ... value for customers, value for
investors ... even value for employees. It's what startup
CEOs must focus on every day, and it can hardly be called
a trivial exercise.
In this "view from the trenches", Mark Ruddock
will reveal the lessons learned from over 10 years at
the helm of of two VC backed startups ... Journeys that
he led from seed investment to successful exit.
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Ballroom
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9:00 am – 10:00 am
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Panel Session: Government
Financing Strategies for Entrepreneurs
Moderator: David Little, Partner, Fraser Milner
Casgrain LLP
Panellists:
- Kevin Carroll,
Director of Commercialization, Ontario Centres of
Excellence
- Pierre Meloche,
Business Advisor, Industrial Research Assistance Program
(IRAP, National Research Council Canada
- John Marshall,
Chief Executive Officer, Ontario Capital Growth Corporation
- Terry Lavineway,
Senior Manager, Ernst & Young LLP
- Barry Gekiere,
Managing Director of the Investment Accelerator Fund
(IAF)
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Ballroom
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10:00 am – 10:30 am
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Networking Break |
Laurier Room
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10:30 am – 11:30am
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Company Presentations
Cine Flow
Client Outlook
eSight
Segasist
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Ballroom
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11:30 am – 12:15 pm
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Panel Session: Angels
and Entrepreneurs
Moderator: Michelle
Scarborough, VP Investment and Commercialization,
OCRI
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Ballroom
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12:15 pm – 1:45 pm
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Lunch – Keynote Presentation –
Keynote speaker: Matthew
Strauss, VP, RBC Capital Markets
Abstract:The Way Forward: Silver Linings and Dark
Clouds
Optimism during the first half of 2010 made way for
intense debates about double-dip recessions, the threat
of deflation, slower emerging market growth, consumer
deleveraging and even the possibility of quantitative
easing, round II. Although Canada is seldom mentioned
in these debates, the ultimate outcome of these scenarios
will have a profound impact on Canada's recovery, the
Canadian dollar, domestic companies and the timing of
rate hikes by the Bank of Canada. Join OCRI/RBC for
an up-to-date discussion of these issues, likely outcomes
and the significance of these developments for markets
in Canada and the US as 2011 approaches.
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Canadian Room
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1:45 pm – 2:45 pm
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Company Presentations
Gazaro
Karos Health
PatientWay
Zeebu Mobile
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Ballroom
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2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
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Panel Session: The
Right Investor: VC or Strategic?
Moderators: Stephen Hurwitz and Brian Lenihan,
Choate
Panellists:
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Ballroom
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3:45 pm – 4:45 pm
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Company Presentations
Chinook
MHD
Energent
Miovision
SPARQ Systems
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Ballroom
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4:45 pm – 5:30 pm
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Panel Session: Realistic
Exits
Moderator: Glenn Egan,
Business Development Bank of Canada
Panellists:
- Lori O'Neill,
Partner, Deloitte
- Luc Filiatreault,
Serial Entrepreneur in Transition
- Yong Kwon, Director,
Communications, Media and Technology Investment Banking,
RBC Capital Markets
- Avedis Menechian,
Chief Technology Officer, Chief Marketing Officer,
and Strategy Vice President, Services Business Group,
Alcatel-Lucent
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Ballroom
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5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
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OVS CEO Reception |
Laurier Room
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DAY 3 – October 7, 2010:
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7:30 am – 8:30 am
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Networking Breakfast |
Laurier Room
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8:30 am – 9:30 am
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Panel Session: Technology
Trends
Moderator: Mahesh
Mani, KPMG
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Ballroom
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9:30 am – 10:30 am
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Company Presentations
Dejero
DossierView
Protecode
YouiLabs
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Ballroom
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10:30 am – 11:00 am
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Networking Break |
Laurier Room
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11:00 am – 12:00 pm
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Panel Session: New
Financing Models in Canada and the U.S.
Moderator: Bryan
Haralovich, Partner, Ernst & Young
Panellists:
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Ballroom
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12:00 pm – 1:45 pm
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Ogilvy Renault Keynote Luncheon
Keynote speaker: Robert
Finkel, Managing Partner, Prism Capital
Abstract: Lessons from the Pioneers of Private Investing
Private equity and venture capital are now an industry.
Capturing assets and fees under management conflict
with the very mission of those who originally got into
the profession. What are the lessons of those most successful
in the business; how have they added value, and what
can we learn from their successes and failures. What
can be gained by looking back to the roots of this “industry”
in assessing how best to allocate capital and risk in
private companies going forward? What lessons can the
Canadian venture ecosystem take away to best support
its entrepreneurial community?
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Drawing Room
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