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

ABDULLAH SNOBAR - Executive Director, DMZ

Abdullah Snobar is the Executive Director of the DMZ at Ryerson University. Abdullah joined the DMZ in 2014 as the Director of Community and Business Development. In that role, he established and led the team responsible for increasing and strengthening connections with industry and corporate leaders.

JEREMY LAURIN – President and CEO, ventureLAB

Jeremy Laurin is the President and CEO of ventureLAB — York Region’s Innovation Centre and member of the Ontario Network of Entrepreneurs (ONE). Previously, Jeremy was a technology entrepreneur having founded his first of three technology firms in Kingston, ON in 1995. Jeremy has worked internationally opening offices throughout the European Union, China, Korea, Japan and the United States of America.

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