3RD ANNUAL

CANADA'S PREMIER HARDWARE SUMMIT

November 8-9, 2023

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What is HardTech?

HardTech Summit, in partnership with York Region, is Canada’s premiere technology and innovation-focused summit supporting Hardware, Semiconductor, MedTech, AI, and Automobility. The summit brings together global industry leaders, Canadian founders, investors, and innovators as we explore the necessary ingredients to build a strong, connected hardware and semiconductor ecosystem in Canada: access to capital, talent, commercialization, IP, and customers. We’ll look at how hardware technology is helping us push the boundaries of what’s possible, why inclusivity is crucial to innovation in this sector, and what we need to do to elevate Canada’s semiconductor leadership on a global scale.

In its 3rd year, HardTech has grown to reach a global audience that discusses ideas, opportunities, and challenges surrounding hardware and semiconductors. Attendees include new and established tech Founders and CEOs, investors and advisors, enterprise, government and media.

Hosted by ventureLAB™, our mission is to emphasize the importance of hardware technology and the impact it has around the world.

Join ventureLAB™ on November 8 & 9 at this year's HardTech Summit and first-ever Gala dinner with our highly anticipated Pitch Competition!

Past Speakers

Gordon Chiu

Sr. Director, Software Engineering

Intel

Nizar Rida

Canada Country Manager

Marvell

Erin Bury

CEO

Willful

Phil Vokins

Director Channels, Alliances & Cloud

Intel

Anita Balakrishnan

Reporter

The Logic

Alison Drader

Head of Corporate Canada

Google Cloud

Kirk Ouellette

VP of Corporate Strategy

STMicroelectronics

Chris Smith

Corporate VP, Platform Software

AMD

Colin Hung

Editor

Healthcare IT Today

Peter Suma

Co-CEO

Applied Brain Research

Warren Ali

Senior Vice President of Innovation

Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association

Niraj Mathur

CEO

Blumind

David van Slingerland

CEO

Sterling Industries

Robin Orford

Lead, Venture Capital Partnerships

Google

Matthew Burns

Global Director, Technical Marketing

Samtec

Yuri Navarro

Managing Partner

Kanata Ventures

Shelley Kuipers

Co-Founder and Co-CEO

The51

Erik Saarenvirta

Data & AI Specialist

Google Cloud

Sagar Satish

Director of Engineering

Astera Labs Canada

Brent Roberts

VP of Life Sciences Strategy

Siemens Digital Industries

Gem Shoute

CEO

Zinite

Chris Cory

Sr Advisor, Capital Investment Program

ventureLAB

John George

Sector Manager, Automotive & Mobility

Ontario Centre of Innovation

Gregory Ogorek

Partner

iGan Partners

Steve Hikida

VP of Compiler Engineering

Intel

Kazem Zandi

CEO

One Silicon Chip Photonics

Dr. Karolina Papera Valente

CEO & CSO

VoxCell BioInnovation

Bolis Ibrahim

CEO

Argentum Electronics

Nic Boileau

CEO

Ekidna

Colin Webster

Co-Founder

RiSC Capital

Huayi (Edward) Gao

Co-founder and CTO

VCycene

Julia Elvidge

Co-Founder

Chipworks

Alexandra Kutilin

Director of Operations

Daanaa

Robert Dennison

Director, Growth & Transition Capital

BDC

Mustafa Jaffer

Industrial Technology Advisor

National Research Council of Canada

Ashkan Beigi

CEO

Qoherent

Amirreza Amighi

CEO

Mazlite

Reece Hiland

Partner, Technology & Media

MNP

Paul Rivett

Advisor

ventureLAB

Nick Kepler

COO

Silicon Catalyst

Melissa Chee

CEO

ventureLAB

Past Sponsors

Contact

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Events Teams through the following email:
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