Meet the Speakers

Hear from industry leaders on scaling best practices.

Keynote Speakers

Charles Plant
Co-CEO of ExactBlue Technologies

Dr. Andreea D. Vanacker
CEO of One Million Years of Joy

Verne Harnish
Owner & CEO of Scaling Up: A Gazelles Company

Ross Prusakowski
Deputy Chief Economist of Export Development Canada

Brad Parry
President and CEO of Calgary Economic Development

Simon Raby
Founder of ScaleUP Week

Cathy Thorpe
CEO of Nurse Next Door

Leo Bottary
Founder of Peernovation LLC

Ray DePaul
Executive Director of the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at MRU

Shannon Pestun
Founder of Pestun Consulting

Brian Scudamore
Founder & CEO: 1-800-GOT-JUNK? & Dragons’ Den Investor

Tim Rahilly
President and Vice-Chancellor of Mount Royal University