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#NGBi26 Itinerary

A full day of keynotes, investor pitches, panels, and networking on September 28 – 29, 2026. All times are EST.

Disclaimer: Please note the agenda and speakers are subject to change without notice.

TIME

TYPE

SESSION

9:00 AM

Networking

Doors Open

9:30 AM

Remarks

Welcome Remarks

10:00 AM

Fireside

Transacting in Life Sciences

  • Catharine Miner — Shadow Lake Group

10:30 AM

Networking

Coffee

11:00 AM

Fireside

Winnipeg Life Sciences

  • Andrea Ladouceur — Biosciences Association of Manitoba

12:00 PM

Networking

Lunch

1:00 PM

Panel

Startup Wins & Lessons

  • Soror Sharifpoor — H2i / UofT
  • John Dick — Velocity

2:00 PM

Fireside

Fireside Chat — Stay Tuned

2:30 PM

networking

Coffee

3:00 PM

Fireside

MedTech

  • Dylan Horvath — MedTech

4:00 PM

Panel

Lab Infrastructure for Startups

  • Allison Brown — BioLabs UofT
  • Doris Qamar — SpecLabs
  • Hugues Harvey — Harvey Corp.

5:00 PM

Networking

Reception

Disclaimer: Please note the agenda and speakers are subject to change without notice.

TIME

TYPE

SESSION

7:30 AM

Networking

Doors Open

8:00 AM

Remarks

Opening Remarks

  • Mayor Marianne Meed Ward, City of Burlington

8:15 AM

Panel

Genesys University Seed Fund

  • Damien Lamb — Managing Partner, Genesys Capital
  • Leah Cowen — VP Research & Innovation, UofT

8:45 AM

Speaker

MITACS

  • Joanne Tejeda — National Life Sciences Lead

9:05 AM

Speaker

Synapse Life Sciences Consortium

  • Alex Muggah — Executive Director

9:25 AM

Speaker

Ontario Brain Institute

  • Christa Studzinski — Director of Business Development

9:45 AM

Speaker

Ontario Genomics

  • John Rafferty — President & CEO

10:05 AM

Networking

Coffee

10:45 AM

Speaker

Bloom Burton

  • Brian Bloom — Chairman & CEO

11:15 AM

Panel

Building Canada's Healthcare Defence

  • Featured Guest to Be Announced
  • Moderator — Leona Alleslev — Former MP, DND
  • Dr. Marc Jeshke — Hamilton Health Sciences
  • Dr. Mehran Anvari — McMaster University
  • Dr. Steini Brown — Dean, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, UofT

12:00 PM

Networking

Lunch

1:00 PM

Speaker

BDC

  • Parimal Nathwani — Managing Partner — Life Sciences Venture Fund

1:20 PM

Speaker

OBIO

  • Maura Campbell — President & CEO

1:40 PM

Speaker

FACIT

  • Peter Goodhand — Interim President

2:00 PM

Speaker

Ontario Centre of Innovation

  • Claudia Krywiak — President & CEO

2:20 PM

networking

Coffee

3:00 PM

Speaker

TIAP

  • Angus Grant — Chair, Board of Directors

3:40 PM

Speaker

Guest Speaker — Stay Tuned!

4:00 PM

Speaker

Wittington Ventures

  • Zeeshan Ali — Partner

4:20 PM

Panel

The State of Investment in Canadian Life Sciences

  • Jeff Smirle — Capital BioVentures — Executive Director & Co-Founder
  • Cynthia Lavoie — CCRM Enterprises — President & Chief Investment Officer
  • Chris Barrow — JP Morgan — Market Executive, Life Sciences
  • Rebecca Allan — BoxOne Ventures — Investor

5:00 PM

Networking

Reception