IEEE N3XT Toronto 2016
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1 October 2016 | MaRS | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The name N3XT™ embodies the spirit of future technological development by using the root of the word “next,” and the numeral “3” to represent the three event pillars of ideas, innovation, and inspiration. By bringing together the technical entrepreneur community, this event will foster collaboration and innovation, as well as provide encouragement and skills building to entrepreneurs looking to make their mark.
Volunteers and Staff posing at IEEE N3XT Toronto 2016
MaRS Collaboration Centre wall
Brian Meece speakingSpeakers
Michael Hyatt
Dragon on CBC's Next Gen Den
Kamal Hassan
Founder and CEO of IncMind; Director of Founder Institute Toronto
Ken Stauffer
CEO & Co-Founder of Technology Assurance Labs
Allan Tear
Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Betaspring
Rakesh Kumar
President and CEO, TCX Technology Connexions and Active IEEE Volunteer
Randi Sumner
Senior Director, Strategy & Entrepreneurship, IEEE
Sara Rehman
Co-Founder, Agora
Aneshia Y. Smith
Executive Director of the Aneshia Y. Smith Institute for Women and Girls
Jessica F. Winchester
Associate at Bookoff McAndrews PLLC
Stefan Palios
Founder of Ziversity
Rachel Zimmer & Bram Warshafsky
Co-Founders at 5Crowd
Helge Seetzen
CEO of TandemLaunch
Rani Yadav-Ranjan
Founder and Chief Executive of 4PIA, Inc. (People In Action)
Adnan Raza
Senior Business Strategy Consultant with Mackenzie Investments
Terry Wong
Principal / Committee Member EPIC
Melissa Marshall
Keynote Speaker
Scott Stirrett
Executive Director and Founder of Venture for Canada
Mohammad Asad Rehman Chaudhry
Executive Director, Soptimizer
Amy Balliett
Co-Founder & CEO of Killer Infographics
Akhil Sivanandan
Co-Founder of Green Story
Caitlin MacGregor
CEO & Co-founder of Plum
Samantha Snabes
Catalyst for re:3D
Ashar Baig
Director, Technology Planning and Strategy at Huawei Technologies
Brian Meece
Co-Founder of RocketHub
Derek Newton
Assistant VP, Innovation, Partnerships & Entrepreneurship The University of Toronto
Avery Francis
Senior Talent Manger, Rangle.io
Gerry Roston
CEO, Civionics, Inc., and Executive-in-Residence, TechTown Detroit
Silu Modi
Director of Innovation at Royal Bank of Canada
Sessions
Choose From Three Tracks
Track: The Founder Institute Workshop & Fundamentals of Startup
Track: Startup Inspiration
Track: The Bigger Picture
Opening Keynote with Melissa Marshall – Toronto 2016
Melissa Marshall
Deeper Dive Workshop with Melissa Marshall
Do you want to learn strategies to sell your next big technical idea to an investor? This workshop equips scientists, engineers, researchers, and technical professionals to sell their science to... Read More
Melissa Marshall
2016-10-01
10:40 am - 11:00 am
Lower Concourse, MaRS Centre
2016-10-01
12:10 pm - 1:00 pm
Lower Concourse, MaRS Centre
Post-Lunch Keynote: Crowd Funding Fuels Big Change
Designed for startups looking to raise funding, feedback, and awareness; this session examines how to leverage the power of crowdfunding to launch or grow new endeavors.
Brian Meece
Founder Institute Pitch Bootcamp: Elevator Pitch Workshop
If you have a strong idea that could be pitched more clearly, then join us for the Founder Institute Startup Pitch Bootcamp. In just two hours, this intensive workshop will... Read More
Rani Yadav-Ranjan
Rakesh Kumar
Kamal Hassan
2016-10-01
2:10 pm - 2:40 pm
Founder Institute Speed Pitching & Judging
If you have a strong idea that could be pitched more clearly, then join us for the Founder Institute Startup Pitch Bootcamp. In just two hours, this intensive workshop will... Read More
Brian Meece
Sara Rehman
Michael Hyatt
Capstone Keynote with Michael Hyatt – Toronto 2016
Michael Hyatt became a self-made millionaire when he was just 25 and built two highly successful tech firm valued in the hundreds of millions. Today, he ranks as one of... Read More
Michael Hyatt
2016-10-01
5:20 pm - 5:30 pm
Auditorium, MaRS Centre
2016-10-01
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Opening Keynote with Melissa Marshall – Toronto 2016
Melissa Marshall
From Invention to Mass Market: Tips for Technology Entrepreneurs
Helge Seetzen has founded, funded and nurtured technology startups that have resulted in over 200M consumer electronics devices built around his technologies. This retelling charts his journey from student inventor,... Read More
Helge Seetzen
How Do You Acquire Customers when You Have No Money?
Rani Yadav-Ranjan
2016-10-01
10:40 am - 11:00 am
Lower Concourse, MaRS Centre
The 7 Essentials to Successful Solo-Preneurship (Toronto 2016)
The participants will learn the seven essential practices to being a successful solo-preneur, an entrepreneur who works primarily without employees. The presenter developed these seven essentials based on her twelve years... Read More
Aneshia Y. Smith
5Crowd Unplugged – The Inside Scoop Behind Our Journey
We’re a revenue-funded startup working with F500 companies, with freelance professionals in over 150 cities around the world – and we’d like to share a series of short stories and... Read More
Rachel Zimmer & Bram Warshafsky
2016-10-01
12:10 pm - 1:00 pm
Lower Concourse, MaRS Centre
Post-Lunch Keynote: Crowd Funding Fuels Big Change
Designed for startups looking to raise funding, feedback, and awareness; this session examines how to leverage the power of crowdfunding to launch or grow new endeavors.
Brian Meece
Growing Your Brand Using the Power of Visual Communication
From Facebook to Instagram, SnapChat to Buzzfeed and more, today’s consumers already speak a visual language as part of their daily lives and brands need to catch up. The best... Read More
Amy Balliett
2016-10-01
2:10 pm - 2:40 pm
2016-10-01
2:40 pm - 3:35 pm
C2 MaRS Centre
Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
This session will focus on the entrepreneurship ecosystem as a whole. The session will address the roadblocks, as well some reasons of the limbo from the perspective of a new... Read More
Ashar Baig
Akhil Sivanandan
Mohammad Asad Rehman Chaudhry
Adnan Raza
Founder Institute Speed Pitching & Judging
If you have a strong idea that could be pitched more clearly, then join us for the Founder Institute Startup Pitch Bootcamp. In just two hours, this intensive workshop will... Read More
Brian Meece
Sara Rehman
Michael Hyatt
Capstone Keynote with Michael Hyatt – Toronto 2016
Michael Hyatt became a self-made millionaire when he was just 25 and built two highly successful tech firm valued in the hundreds of millions. Today, he ranks as one of... Read More
Michael Hyatt
2016-10-01
5:20 pm - 5:30 pm
Auditorium, MaRS Centre
2016-10-01
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Opening Keynote with Melissa Marshall – Toronto 2016
Melissa Marshall
2016-10-01
9:30 am - 10:40 am
C3, MaRS Centre
Scaling Your Culture With People
When you’re growing quickly, you need to hire a lot of high quality people in a short period of time; they also have to gel with your corporate culture and... Read More
Avery Francis
Caitlin MacGregor
Scott Stirrett
Stefan Palios
2016-10-01
10:40 am - 11:00 am
Lower Concourse, MaRS Centre
Making Your Company Attractive for an Acquisition/Investment From an IP Perspective
Often companies, especially startups, seek investment capital through mergers, acquisitions, and/or equity investments. Companies may increase their attractiveness to potential investors by developing and implementing a strategic patent filing plan... Read More
Jessica F. Winchester
Starting a Company – What Does Policy Have to Do with That
Special thanks to the IEEE-USA for your leadership in the field of robotics and support for IEEE Entrepreneurship Activity within your organization! You may have the most innovative idea that... Read More
Terry Wong
2016-10-01
12:10 pm - 1:00 pm
Lower Concourse, MaRS Centre
Post-Lunch Keynote: Crowd Funding Fuels Big Change
Designed for startups looking to raise funding, feedback, and awareness; this session examines how to leverage the power of crowdfunding to launch or grow new endeavors.
Brian Meece
Innovation: The Key to Entrepreneurial Success
Creativity serves as the backbone for most startup companies. It all begins with an idea but, bringing a cutting-edge solution to the table can help give your product or company... Read More
Silu Modi
Derek Newton
Rani Yadav-Ranjan
2016-10-01
2:10 pm - 2:40 pm
Panel: What Can Every Entrepreneur Learn from Robots?
Special thanks to the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society for your leadership in the field of robotics and support for IEEE Entrepreneurship Activity within your organization as well as IEEE... Read More
Gerry Roston
Samantha Snabes
Founder Institute Speed Pitching & Judging
If you have a strong idea that could be pitched more clearly, then join us for the Founder Institute Startup Pitch Bootcamp. In just two hours, this intensive workshop will... Read More
Brian Meece
Sara Rehman
Michael Hyatt
Capstone Keynote with Michael Hyatt – Toronto 2016
Michael Hyatt became a self-made millionaire when he was just 25 and built two highly successful tech firm valued in the hundreds of millions. Today, he ranks as one of... Read More
Michael Hyatt
2016-10-01
5:20 pm - 5:30 pm
Auditorium, MaRS Centre
2016-10-01
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Location
MaRS Discovery Centre - 101 College Street, Toronto, Ontario.
MaRS Discovery District (@MaRSDD) in Toronto is the one of the world’s largest urban innovation hubs supporting a new generation of innovators who aim to make the world a better place by creating solutions that address key societal challenges. It is a community that encourages entrepreneurial thinking through education programs and events, and helps startups launch, grow and scale. In the last three years, MaRS ventures have raised $1.3 billion in capital and earned $640 million in revenue.
MaRS works with an extensive network of partners to help entrepreneurs launch and grow the innovative companies that are building our future. Our vision is bold; our mission is more important than ever before.
Accommodations
Holiday Inn Toronto Downtown Centre
30 Carlton Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B 2E9 Canada
Telephone:
416-977-6655
OR
1-800-367-9601
Request: (IEEE N3XT)
ONLINE RESERVATIONS
For questions about booking a room, please contact Shana Pepin (s.pepin
Not a Canadian citizen? Please check the following link to be sure you apply for the proper documentation to enter the country: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/
Rosh Hashanah Observance
IEEE N3XT is the day prior to Rosh Hashanah. For attendees who wish to celebrate and observe on 2 October, we provide the following information:
The nearest Synagogue is Congregation Rodfei Sholom Anshei Kiev (“The Kiever”) Synagogue, an 11 minute drive from the MaRS Discovery District. Tickets are required to attend services. Details will be available on the Synagogue website a month or more prior to the holidays.
Congregation Rodfei Sholom Anshei Kiev (“The Kiever”)
25 Bellevue Avenue
Toronto ON M5T 2N5
www.kievershul.com
416 593 9702
thekiever@kievershul.com
