Agenda

SUMMIT 2024 Agenda

Monday, April 29^th

9:00 – 10:00am	Welcome Addresses
10:00 – 10:45am	Opening Keynote Naina Kansal, Founder, Tapri Chai
11:00 – 11:45am	Business Model Canvas (BMC) 101 Stephen Abraham, Professor – Business Management and Entrepreneurship
12:00 – 1:00pm	Lunch Break
1:00 – 1:45pm	Design Thinking for Entrepreneurs Rebecca Palmer, Rise & Causeway Work Centre
2:00 – 2:45pm	Finding Your Audience Stephen Gagné, Entrepreneurship Officer, Algonquin College
3:00 – 4:00	Coaching & Mentorship

 

Tuesday, April 30^th

9:00 – 10:00am	Partnering With Algonquin College
10:00 – 10:45am	Selling 101 Patrick Charlton, Professor, Algonquin College School of Business, Hospitality & Tourism
11:00 – 11:45am	Building a Brand Erin Blaskie, Fractional CMO
12:00 – 1:00pm	Lunch Break
1:00 – 1:45pm	The One Page Marketing Plan Stephen Abraham, Professor, Algonquin College
2:00 – 2:45pm	How To Create Value Mike Wood, Professor, Algonquin College
3:00 – 4:00	Coaching & Mentorship

 

Wednesday, May 1^st

9:00 – 10:00am	Taking Care of the Businessperson Hailey Hechtman,Unsinkable & Mona Abow, Chnge Mker Hub
10:00 – 10:45am	What to Charge Your Customers Stephen Gagné, Professor, Algonquin College
11:00 – 11:45am	Accounting For Startups Rob Harvey, Professor, Algonquin College
12:00 – 1:00pm	Lunch Break
1:00 – 1:45pm	Using Open Source & Creative Commons Materials Howard Rosenblum, Professor, Algonquin College
2:00 – 2:45pm	Scaling Up Your Business Ben Morris, Wesley Clover
3:00 – 4:00	Coaching & Mentorship

 

Thursday, May 2^nd

9:30 – 11:00am	Perfecting The Pitch Stephen Gagné & Matthew Jerabek, Algonquin College
11:00 – 12:00pm	Pitch Preparation Time
12:00 – 1:00pm	Lunch Break
1:00 – 3:00pm	Pitch Semi Finals
3:00 – 3:45pm	Pitch Feedback Stephen Gagné
3:45pm	Results Announced

 

Friday, May 3^rd

8:30 – 9:00am	Arrive
9:00 – 11:00am	Final Pitch Session
11:00 – 11:30am	Closing Fireside
11:30 – 12:00pm	Prizes & Closing Remarks