The Ontario Network of Entrepreneurs (ONE)

Keynote/Workshop Presentations

Year in Review	Bill Mantel, Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of Research and Innovation / Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure
Measuring Performance Across the ONE	Brent Perkins, Senior Data Manager, MaRS Data Catalyst
ONE Town Hall Meeting	Bill Mantel, Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of Research and Innovation / Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure
Financing Growing Businesses	Brian J. MacDonald Senior Business Advisor Business Advisory Services MEDEI/MRI
Scale up Services Opportunities and Approaches	James Doran, CEO Innovation Guelph
Civic Entrepreneurship	Joeri van den Steenhoven, MaRS Solutions Lab Heather Crosbie - Entrepreneur-in-Residence, ventureLAB
Entrepreneurship and Education	Ryan Burwell - Facilitator & Instructional Designer, MaRS Discovery District Karen Dubeau - Director of Partner Engagement, Venturelab Allison Mitchell - Program Director, Business and Education Partnership of Waterloo Region
Small Business Enterprise Centres	Belleville Durham Thunder Bay Vaughan Waterloo
Disruptive Technologies Disruptive Technologies (Workshop)	Michael Eales, Business Models Inc.
Cross-Faculty/Multi-Disciplinary Campus Engagement	Steve Farlow – Executive Director of the Schlegel Centre for Entrepreneurship, Laurier LaunchPad, Wilfrid Laurier University Karen Sievewright – Managing Director, Banting and Best Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Toronto Abdullah Snobar – Director , DMZ, Ryerson University Greg Bavington – Executive Director, Queen’s Innovation Connector, Queen’s University

Speakers

SORIN COHN - Leader of Innovation Metrics, Centre for Business Innovation, Conference Board of Canada

Sorin Cohn is the Leader of Innovation Metrics for the Centre for Business Innovation with The Conference Board of Canada. Sorin is the Chair of the Board of Startup Canada as well as several technology companies. He is President of BD COHNsulting and the Chief Program Officer of i-CANADA, driving Innovation Nation programs to help Canadian communities enhance their competitiveness.

STEVE FARLOW - Executive Director of the Schlegel Centre for Entrepreneurship, Laurier LaunchPad, Wilfrid Laurier University

Steve Farlow is the founding Executive Director of The Schlegel Centre for Entrepreneurship at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo Ontario. He brings his own entrepreneurial background to support student’s education in entrepreneurship.

About ONE

The Ontario Network of Entrepreneurs (ONE) is a network of key stakeholders that work together to develop entrepreneurial ecosystems in the province of Ontario. The ONE annual event provides an opportunity for ONE member organizations to foster new collaboration, share best practices, and promote entrepreneurship throughout the province of Ontario.

ONE Workshop Producers

Cindy Hick

HPB Association Management Services Inc.
Ph: 613-599-6671 x 2
Email: hick@bellnet.ca

Samantha Reynolds-Tubman

Next Wave Events Inc.
Ph: 613-290-7807
Email: samantha@nextwaveevents.com