The University of Toronto, Department of Computer Science Innovation Lab (DCSIL) presents the Funding Innovation Conference

May 12, 2017
University of Toronto, Department of Computer Science

The Funding Innovation Conference will bring together innovators, startups, venture capitalists, and funding professionals to Toronto. To explore how innovations in artificial intelligence, AR/VR, cybersecurity, blockchain, and data science being funded in the early stages of development.

Program Director: Helen Kontozopoulos, Co-founder, DCSIL

Media: https://medium.com/women-who-code-toronto/dcsil-fic-2017-23a9a582298d

FIC 2017 DETAILS
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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
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FIC AGENDA

9:00am - 9:15am
Opening remarks
Derek Newton, Assistant Vice-President, Innovation, Partnerships and Entrepreneurship, University of Toronto​

9:15am - 9:45am
Keynote 
John Ruffolo, CEO, OMERS Ventures
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9:45 - 10:45am
Artificial Intelligence Panel
Moderator: Philip Poulidis, CEO, Wyzelink
Richard Zemel, Research Director, Vector Institute
Giri Amarakone, Co-Founder, DeepPixel
Steve Reid, CTO, Veerum
Madalin Mihailescu, Director of Technology, Georgian Partners

11:00am - 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

1:30pm - 1:50pm
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

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, CEO, Wyzelink
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, 
Helen Kontozopoulos, Co-Founder/Director, DCSIL