Innovation Showcase 2025

Innovation Showcase:
Humanizing AI for Good: Empowering Humanity with Intelligent, Ethical Systems 

Presented by Tech@RBC in partnership with University of Toronto entrepreneurship

Join us for the second year of a one-of-a-kind innovation exchange!  We’re inviting the next generation innovators to come together for a reciprocal day of learning with RBC and U of T senior leaders, technologists, and domain experts.

Take part in a marketplace of knowledge sharing, featuring entrepreneurial creators from UTE and interpreneural innovations from RBC – showcasing ideas, projects and capabilities that are changing the way we think about building technology.

Learn from leading technology and venture experts as they dig into perspectives and observations on ethical tech design and development.

With a focus on humanizing artificial intelligence, the event will kick off with a keynote address from Monique Crichlow on the use of ethical and empathetic AI development that aligns with human values and promotes inclusive solutions. New this year, attendees will have the opportunity to work through professional or business challenges through intimate mentor circles, obtaining advice and support from experts who have been there before.

Mentor Circles 

1. Funding – securing investment for your startup
2. Talent – how to attract the best people to your company hire as it grows
3. Careers – finding the right co-op role or job after graduation and making myself marketable
4. Product – how to build an MVP (minimum viable product) and talking to customers
5. Trends in tech – what are the trends / skills I need to build my product? 
6. Marketing – how to build a strong brand and grow with limited resources

Participants are encouraged to network, mingle, and have one-on-one discussions with RBC Hiring Managers, Recruiters, and Subject Matter Experts.

Who is invited?

• Current U of T students from any campus, across any program/faculty with a passion for innovation and technology.
• U of T students and recent alumni (i.e. graduated no earlier than June 2023), with a project or startup they’d like to showcase to RBC senior leaders, technologists, and the UTE accelerator community. 

Why attend? 

• To learn about the latest trends in emerging technology and take part in important discussions about the intersection of AI and human values.
• To meet and network with senior business leaders, domain experts and like-minded students.
• To showcase a venture idea or passion project in the works and receive candid feedback from potential customers and advice from subject matter experts.
• To hear talks from successful entrepreneurs, technologists, venture capitalists and business leaders across the AI landscape.
• To explore skills and opportunities related to your career development and professional goals.
• To learn and have fun!

Keynote Speaker

Executive Director, Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society

Monique Crichlow 

Monique Crichlow is the Executive Director of the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society (SRI) at the University of Toronto, Canada’s largest and most prestigious university, and one of…

Panel Discussion

Senior Director & Head of Generative AI Innovation Labs, RBC

Patricia Arocena 

Patricia Arocena is a Senior Director and Head of Generative AI Innovation Labs at Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), where she leads efforts to integrate emerging AI technologies and advance…

Co-Founder & COO, SilicoLabs

Kyla Alsbury-Nealy 

Kyla Alsbury-Nealy is a Co-Founder and the Chief Operating Officer of SilicoLabs. Kyla is a physical therapist with 10 years of clinical experience and obtained her PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences…

Director, Digital Money Management, RBC

Maryam Khoshyomn 

Maryam is Director of Digital Money Management, where she has lead the creation of the NOMI products that have differentiated RBC’s digital offering, and made it a leader in AI…

Registration Details

Working on a startup company or idea?  When you apply as an individual, you can apply to be considered for a place in the Startup Spotlight. Spotlight ventures will be able to pitch on stage and demo and network with senior business leaders in attendance.  Please ensure that one member of your team completes this portion of the application form with your venture details and note that given capacity, not all ventures will be selected. Successful teams will be contacted shortly after applications close.

Please note: We are no longer accepting applications for startups. The registration deadline for students has been extended to January 5, 2025.

Agenda

Register using the link above and check back frequently as speakers will be announced!