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November 3, 2022 | 10:30 AM - 5:30 PM EST AccelerateOTT 2022

Welcome to AccelerateOTT Hybrid 2022

Ottawa’s Premier Entrepreneurship Event

It’s been a year(s) of grit and grind for entrepreneurs, but you’ve demonstrated incredible resilience. It’s time to recognize gains and get real about ongoing challenges – to learn and grow, together, while accelerating the success of diverse, visionary ventures!

At our hybrid conference, you can expect:

• Authentic and actionable insight from trenches
• Lessons learned and secrets to success during a pandemic
• Revenue gen, customer, funding and scaling-up strategies and tactics
• And, more!

The first-ever AccelerateOTT launched in 2013. For a decade now, we’ve fuelled the fire of founders, owners, investors and aspiring entrepreneurs. Join us in celebrations of our 10th annual AccelerateOTT. It’s going to be a stellar event!

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The Same Epic Event

Hybrid Delivery

We’ve gone hybrid. AccelerateOTT 2022 has women founders and funders leading from the stage and airwaves. Our speakers are groundbreakers and changemakers. Watch and learn from them live, in-person or online!

Join us from:

Bayview Yards, Ottawa’s one-stop business acceleration shop
• Wherever on planet earth with a wifi signal

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Come One, Come All

Tickets are Complimentary

Attending AccelerateOTT is an investment that comes with no cost. This top-tier event is completely free! Our goal: To make AccelerateOTT accessible and impactful for everyone!

Your ticket includes:

• Live networking, in-person or online
• 6 inspirational sessions
• 5+ hours of content
• 20+ speakers
• A pitch competition awarding $300k in investment
• $0 from your pocket
• And, a few exciting surprises…

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Join Us In-Person

Craving eye contact and elbow bumps? This Fall, you can join us onsite at Bayview Yards. However, there are a limited number of tickets for folks participating in person. It’s first-come, first-serve. So, if you’re ready to re-connect with peers, meet new people and build your network – secure your ticket quick!
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World Class Speakers – Check

Dr. Radhika Dirks

Dr. Radhika Dirks

CEO & Founder Ribo AI
Aquilas K. Dapaah

Aquilas K. Dapaah

Founder, Economic Empowerment Leader and Trial Lawyer
Audrey Bond

Audrey Bond

Founder & CEO of Vaultt
Caitlin MacGregor

Caitlin MacGregor

Founder and CEO of Plum
Carolyn Raab

Carolyn Raab

Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Corsa 

Christine Moon

Christine Moon

Co-founder & President, Bluespace.ai
Claudette McGowan

Claudette McGowan

Chief Executive Officer, Protexxa; Co-founder of The Firehood; General Partner, Phoenix Fire Fund
Erin Blaskie

Erin Blaskie

Fractional CMO
Erin Seegmiller

Erin Seegmiller

Manager of Early-Stage Programs, Invest Ottawa
Jacqueline Jennings

Jacqueline Jennings

Venture Partner, Raven Indigenous Capital Partners and Director, The Fireweed Fellowship Board Member; Advisor, Investor & Consultant

Janelle Desrosiers

Janelle Desrosiers

Founder & Creative Director of Bloom+Brilliance
Dr. Jean-Simon Diallo

Dr. Jean-Simon Diallo

CEO & Scientific Founder at Virica Biotech; Scientist, Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI)
Jennifer Francis

Jennifer Francis

Chair of the Capital Angel Network, high tech mentor, advisor, investor and Director of the Invest Ottawa and Bayview Yards Board
Julia Elvidge

Julia Elvidge

SheBoot Co-Founder, High Tech Advisor, Member of the Capital Angel Network Board, Co-Founder and Former President, Chipworks
Lise Birikundavyi

Lise Birikundavyi

Co-founder and Managing Partner of BKR Capital

Manjula Selvarajah

Manjula Selvarajah

Journalist, Producer and Syndicated National Tech Columnist
Megan Maltby

Megan Maltby

Manager, Accelerator Programs & Investor Relations at Invest Ottawa
Michael Tremblay

Michael Tremblay

President and CEO, Invest Ottawa and Bayview Yards
Michelle Younes

Michelle Younes

Director, Venture Programs at Invest Ottawa
Patricia Ip

Patricia Ip

ScaleUp Program Manager at Invest Ottawa

Sarah Sparks

Sarah Sparks

Co-founder and CEO of Alo Solutions
Shavonne Hasfal-McIntosh

Shavonne Hasfal-McIntosh

Director of DE&I at Wealthsimple, Director of the Board and Women Founders and Owners Sub-Committee Chair at Invest Ottawa
Sonya Shorey

Sonya Shorey

Vice President, Strategy, Marketing and Communications, Invest Ottawa, Bayview Yards and Area X.O
Sophie Forest

Sophie Forest

Managing Partner at Brightspark Ventures 
Sunshine Tenasco

Sunshine Tenasco

Founder & CEO of Pow Wow Pitch, Founder of Her Braids and Author of “Nibi’s Water Song”

Zahra Al-Harazi

Zahra Al-Harazi

Award-Winning Entrepreneur | Purpose-Driven Leadership Expert

SheBoot Kicks It Up a Notch

Don't miss the SheBoot pitch competition when amazing women founders from all over Canada compete for $150,000 in investment.
Alina Li Zhang

Alina Li Zhang

Founder, Skylinerunners
Chatnie Herne

Chatnie Herne

Co-founder & CTO of Poptronic
Eva Szabo, MSc, MBA, PhD, BCMAS

Eva Szabo, MSc, MBA, PhD, BCMAS

Founder and CEO, EMRO Doctors Inc.
Eve Staszczyszyn

Eve Staszczyszyn

Co-founder of Compass
Inara Lalani

Inara Lalani

Co-founder & COO - FemTherapeutics

Karen Chovan

Karen Chovan

Founder and CEO, Enviro Integration Strategies Inc.
Kelly Bergeron

Kelly Bergeron

Co-founder of Poptronic
Kelly Emery

Kelly Emery

Founder, Troop
Livia Han

Livia Han

Co-founder, Compass
Lianna Genovese

Lianna Genovese

Founder & CEO, ImaginAble Solutions

Macarena Cataldo-Hernandez, Ph.D.

Macarena Cataldo-Hernandez, Ph.D.

Co-Founder & CEO of Viridis Research Inc.
Mahsoo Salimi

Mahsoo Salimi

Co-Founder & CEO of Sentire
Natasha Kostenuk, P.Eng

Natasha Kostenuk, P.Eng

Founder, Ayrton Energy Inc.
Nastaran Saberi

Nastaran Saberi

Co-founder & CTO, GeoMate
Negin Ashouri

Negin Ashouri

Co-Founder & CEO, FemTherapeutics Inc.

Shruti Singh

Shruti Singh

Co-Founder, Otterby Inc
Tamey McIntosh

Tamey McIntosh

Co-founder & COO, Braiyt AI inc.
Varsha Chaugai

Varsha Chaugai

CEO & Co-founder, Evoke Health Inc.

Sponsors and Partners

Special thanks to the City of Ottawa, the Government of Ontario, and the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), Government of Canada for your generous support of the founders and firms we serve at Invest Ottawa, as well as the National Research Council Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP), the Capital Angel Network, and Mistral Ventures for visionary support of SheBoot.

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