FUNDING INNOVATION CONFERENCE 2017

FIC 2017 
May 12, 2017
University of Toronto

THE FUNDING INNOVATION CONFERENCE WILL BRING TOGETHER INNOVATORS,
DCSIL'S COHORT STARTUPS, VENTURE CAPITALISTS & FUNDING PROFESSIONALS TO TORONTO.
TO EXPLORE HOW INNOVATIONS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AR/VR, CYBERSECURITY, MACHINE LEARNING, BLOCKCHAIN, AND DATA SCIENCE ARE BEING FUNDED IN THE EARLY STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT.

Event director and contact: Helen Kontozopoulos​, Co-Founder, Department of Computer Science Innovation Lab.
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Date: May 12, 2017
Time: 8:30 - 6:00pm
Location: MacLeod Auditorium (MSB), 1 King's College Cir, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, UofT
Presented by: Department of Computer Science Innovation Lab (DCSIL), University of Toronto
​FIC AGENDA​
Registration Begins: 8:30am
9:00am - 9:15am Opening remarks
Mario Grech, Co-Founder/Director, DCSIL
Derek Newton, Assistant Vice-President, Innovation, Partnerships and Entrepreneurship, University of Toronto
​9:15am - 9:45am Keynote 
John Ruffolo, CEO, OMERS Ventures​

9:45 - 10:45am
Artificial Intelligence Panel
Moderator: Philip Poulidis, GM, Marvell
Richard Zemel, Research Director, Vector Institute
Giri Amarakone, Co-Founder, DeepPixel
Steve Reid, CTO, Veerum
Madalin Mihailescu, Director of Technology, Georgian Partners
Break 10:45am - 11:00am

1:00am - 11:30am Cybersecurity Panel
Moderator: Martin Croteau, Director, Academic Entrepreneurship, Ontario Centres of Excellence
Kumar Murty, Chair of the Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto
Nitin Chopra, Principal, Shasta Ventures​

11:35am - 12:20pm Blockchain Panel
Moderator: Matthew Spoke, CEO, Nuco.io
Sujan Menezes, Industry Manager, Financial Services, Microsoft Canada
Peggy Van de Plassche, VP Innovation, CIBC
Michael Horowitz, CEO, Chaintech Capital
Lunch 12:20pm - 1:30pm
1:30pm - 1:50pm
Welcome back & Introducer: Paul Gries, Professor, Department of  Computer Science, University of Toronto, Co-Founder, DCSIL
Data Visualization Mike Branch, Vice President Business Intelligence, GEOTAB
1:55pm - 2:45pm Data Science Panel
Moderator: Nathan Taback, PhD, Statistical Sciences, University of Toronto
Vera Nenadovic, Founder, Brainsview 
Carolina Simões Gomes, Co-Founder, Chopin
Nitin Chopra, Principal, Shasta Ventures
Christina Cai, Co-Founder, Knowtions Research
Break 2:45pm - 3:00pm
3:00pm - 3:40pm
AR & VR Presentations & Panel
Moderator: Nigel Newton 
Karan Singh, Co-Founder, JanusVR 
Matt McPherson, Quantum Capture
Prashant Matta, Senior Associate, OMERS Ventures
Ken Yang, Co-Founder, Eyetap Technologies
3:40pm - 4:30pm Machine Learning Panel
Moderator: Ramy Nassar
Frances Schwiep, Principal, Comcast Ventures
Philip Poulidis, GM, Marvell
Ali Punjani, Co-Founder, Structura
Wayne Pau, Development Architect at SAP
4:35pm - 5:00pm
Presenter & Introducer: Maya Medeiros, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright

Keynote
Dr. Ron Dembo, CEO & Founder, Zerofootprint
​​5:00pm - 5:15pm Closing remarks and the Future of Emerging Technology.
​Helen Kontozopoulos, Co-Founder/Director, DCSIL
Networking Reception 5:15pm
ABOUT DCSILThe Department of Computer Science Innovation Lab (DCSIL) is where founders are made. It is a recognized early stage campus linked accelerator that is founded and run by serial entrepreneurs for the University of Toronto’s Department of Computer Science; one of the most highly rated and respected CS departments in the world. DCSIL accommodates a variety of 
innovation sources and commercialization channels and accelerates multiple sources of innovation from class, research,f aculty, outside ventures and industry.