


2020 SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
What is
AccelerateOTT ?
This one-day entrepreneurship conference hosted by Invest Ottawa strives to equip, connect and create new opportunity for entrepreneurs and firms, helping to catalyze their growth and commercial success.
Are you seeking actionable information you can put to work in your business? Sage advice and funding to propel your growth? Tech and market insight for a competitive edge? Connections to prospective investors, customers, partners and mentors? Whether you are launching, ramping, or scaling, AccelerateOTT has you covered!
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PROGRAM
2019 AccelerateOTT Pitchfest Finalists
Masters of Ceremony
Aydin Mirzaee, Founder of Fellow.app
Karla Briones, Founder of Karla Briones Consulting
7:00AM
Registration
8:30AM
Opening remarks
Michael Tremblay, President & CEO, Invest Ottawa and Bayview Yards
8:45AM
Fireside chat
The Entrepreneurial Journey to Success
Debbie Weinstein, M&A Lawyer, Securities Lawyer, Partner at LaBarge Weinstein LLP
Mike Weider, CEO at Shoebox
9:30AM
Keynote
The Sales Acceleration Formula
Mark Roberge, Former CRO, HubSpot, Professor, Harvard Business School
10:15AM
Networking break
10:50AM
Panel
Scaled in Canada: Strategies from the Veterans
Moderator: Jess Joss, Executive Director, York Angels; Angel Investor
Alex Peh, VP, Innovation & Transformation at RBC
Jason Flick, Co-founder and CEO at You.i TV
Kim Kaplan, Former VP, Plenty of Fish
Matt Mickiewicz, Co-Founder at Hired, Inc, Forbes 30 Under 30
11:40AM
Keynote
The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies
Chris Yeh, Investor, Writer, Mentor, Entrepreneur
12:20PM
Networking lunch
1:25PM
Fireside chat
Big Data for Startups: Inside Shopify’s Data Mastermind
Parinaz Sobhani, Director of Machine Learning, Georgian Partners
Solmaz Shahalizadeh, VP, Data Science and Engineering, Shopify
2:10PM
Keynote
5 Lessons on Conquering Your Own Path
Isa Watson, Founder & CEO at Squad; Inc 30 under 30
2:50PM
Networking break
3:25PM
Panel
Pressing Forward: Female Founders and Funders 2.0
Moderator: Jill Earthy, Head of Female Funders, powered by Highline BETA
Melissa Kargiannakis, Founder & CEO at skritswap
Monique Woodard, Early stage investor
Vicki Iverson, CTO & Co-Founder, Iversoft
4:15PM
Pitchfest finale
Finalists
Blackbox
CybernetIQ
GenM
GoFor
Hoppier
RVezy
5:30PM
Closing remarks
Closing remarks and after-party
2019 SPEAKERS

Alexander Peh
Vice President, Innovation Tech + Ops, RBC
Aydin Mirzaee
Founder of Fellow.app
Chris Yeh
Investor, Writer, Mentor, Entrepreneur
Debbie Weinstein
M&A Lawyer, Securities Lawyer, Corporate & Financing Lawyer, Partner at LaBarge Weinstein LLP
Isa Watson
Founder & CEO at Squad; Inc 30 under 30
Jason Flick
Co-founder and CEO at You.i TV
Jess Joss
Executive Director, Board Member and Angel Investor; York Angel Investors
Jill Earthy
Head of Female Funders, powered by Highline BETA
Karla Briones
Founder of Karla Briones Consulting
Kim Kaplan
Former Vice President of Product Management, Revenue Optimization & Marketing with PlentyOfFish
Mark Roberge
MD @ Stage 2 Capital, Prof @HarvardHBS; Former CRO @HubSpot; Author of Best Seller ``The Sales Acceleration Formula``
Matt Mickiewicz
Co-Founder at Hired, Inc., Forbes 30 Under 30
Melissa Kargiannakis
Founder & CEO of skritswap
Michael Weider
CEO at SHOEBOX Inc.
Monique Woodard
Early Stage Investor
Parinaz Sobhani
Director of Machine Learning, Georgian Partners
Solmaz Shahalizadeh
VP, Data Science and Engineering @ Shopify
Vicky Iverson
CTO & Co-Founder, Iversoft
$150,000
WINNER TAKES IT ALL!


TICKETS
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LATEST NEWS

Invest Ottawa Hosts One of Canada’s Largest Pitch Competitions with $750,000 in Seed Investment Awarded at AccelerateOTT 2019
June 12, 2019
OTTAWA, ONTARIO – June 12, 2019 – Invest Ottawa, the lead economic development agency for knowledge-based industries in Canada’s Capital, today announced one of Canada’s largest pitch competitions with $750,000 in seed investment awarded to the winners of the AccelerateOTT Pitchfest…

Invest Ottawa Hosts the Largest Pitchfest Ever in Canada’s Capital
March 11, 2019
OTTAWA, ONTARIO – March 11, 2019 Invest Ottawa, lead economic development agency for Canada’s Capital, today announced that it will host AccelerateOTT Pitchfest, the largest pitch competition of its kind ever in Ottawa, at its flagship entrepreneurship conference on June 11, 2019 at the National Arts Centre…