Please note: This is a private, invitation-only event for members of the Inovia operator community.
Schedule
Monday, November 10th • TIFF Lightbox
| Networking Lunch – Luma restaurant | 12:00 PM to 1:15 PM | |
| Welcome Remarks | 1:15 PM to 1:20 PM | |
| Fireside Chat with WestCap Managing Partner, Laurence Tosi, and Inovia Partner, Chris Arsenault | 1:20 PM to 2:00 PM | |
| 2025 Global Human Capital Trends with Deloitte Director, Human Capital, Benoît Hardy-Vallée and Hollie Castro, Founder, Advisor, Board Member, ex-Chief People Officer (Miro, Yeti, Kony) | 2:05 PM to 2:35 PM | |
| Break | 2:35 PM to 2:45 PM | |
| Breakout sessions Marketing & Sales Track 2-hour workshop on Sales & Marketing collaboration in the new Era of AI with Wealthsimple for Business Director, Gren Austin, Wealthsimple Director of Business Development, Diana Huynh, and Spare Fractional CMO, Maria Osipova. Talent Track Fireside chats on High-Impact, High-Signal Interviewing, and Augmenting HR with AI. Insights shared by Julien-Pier Boisvert, Senior Director of Global Talent Acquisition at AppDirect, Scott Parish, CEO & Founder at Hireguide, Nora Beatty, SVP People Operations at Cohere and Autumn Moulder, VP Engineering at Cohere. And, great discussion and knowledge sharing with 30 portfolio HR & Talent Leaders. Finance & Corp Dev Track A 45-minute session on “AI for CFOs” with Coveo CFO Brandon Nussey and Inovia Growth Partner Hugues Lalancette, followed by a 45 mins panel on “Software M&A Today” with Andrew McGee, Director of Investment Banking at National Bank, Klenton Perry, Director of Technology Investment Banking at Scotiabank, and Scott Munro, Head of Corporate Development at Inovia. This stream will also feature a block of peer-led knowledge sharing to share practical tips and build your network of CFO/finance professionals. Tech Track Tactical workshop on putting AI to work in your organization with Bardia Khosravi, Principal Software Engineer at Intuit, and Qaiser Habib, Director of Engineering, Workload Experiences & Toronto Site Lead at Snowflake. Topics will include how to drive employee adoption, measure ROI beyond pilots, set up the right tools and guardrails, and rethink engineering roles and talent strategies in the era of AI. | 2:45 PM to 4:45 PM | |
| Break | 4:45 PM to 5:00 PM | |
| Scaling World-Class Operations with Melissa Marcelissen, Chief Operations and People Officer, Certn, Larry Indovina, Chief Operations and People Officer, Top Hat, and Olivier Grinda, Chief Operating Officer at Clearco. Panel moderated by Josh Goodfield, Executive Director at VC Platform. | 5:00 PM to 5:25 PM | |
| Closing Remarks | 5:25 PM to 5:30 PM | |
| Networking Cocktail | 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM |
Thank you to our Sponsors
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