Agenda

1:00 pm

• Welcome and Introduction to Irek Kusmierczyk by Lee McGrath
• Greetings from Irek Kusmierczyk Member of Parliament for Windsor—Tecumseh, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion
• Welcome by: Shelley Fellows, Chair of Automate Canada
• Introduction: Vladimir Franjo, Industrial Research Advisor, National Research Council Canada, Industrial Research Assistance Program
• Speaker: Paul Zikopoulos, Vice President IBM Technology Group Skills Vitality & Enablement, IBM

1:40 pm

• Introduction: Anne Toner Fung, CEO Innovation Guelph
• Speaker: Karen Lai, CEO, KPM Power Inc

2:00 pm

• Introduction: Wendy Stark, Manager of Business Retention and Expansion WindsorEssex Economic Development Corporation
• Speaker: Andrea Descargar, Business Development and Sales, Green City Plastics

2:20 pm

• Introduction: Linda Horowitz, Program Manager Scale-Up/SME Programs,  Innovation Guelph
• Speaker: Madison Guy, Founder and CEO, GrantMe Education Consulting Inc

2:40 pm

• Introduction: Katherine Laycock, Program Manager Rhyze Ventures Program, Innovation Guelph
• Speaker: Pooja Viswanathan, CEO, Braze Mobility Inc

3:00 pm

• Introduction: Lee McGrath, Director, Business Retention and Expansion, WindsorEssex Economic Development Corporation
• Speaker: Nancy Campana, Owner, Nouveau Event Planning

3:20 pm

• Introduction: Vladimir Franjo, Industrial Research Advisor, National Research Council Canada, Industrial Research Assistance Program
• Speaker: Bruce Croxon, Growth Stage Digital Investor, Round 13 Capital; Former Dragon, CBC’s Dragon’s Den

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