Senior Director of Strategy and Enterprise Initiatives, MaRS Discovery District René Azeez is the Senior Director of Strategy and Enterprise Initiatives at the MaRS Discovery District. Throughout his career, he…
Oh, Canada! Discover the Innovation Ecosystem in Toronto and Beyond

Speakers
Director, National Angel Capital Organization (NACO) Amanda Filipe is a Director at the National Angel Capital Organization (NACO), Canada’s professional association for angel investors and the only national platform for…
Ketaki Desai, Ph.D. is the Vice President, Business Development at OCI. She recently served as the Director of Strategy for a $1 billion life sciences fund as part of the…
Jon is the Director, University of Toronto Entrepreneurship (UTE). He is responsible for supporting and championing all entrepreneurship initiatives across U of T’s three campuses.
CEO, National Angel Capital Organization (NACO) Claudio Rojas has held the roles of managing director, board member, advisor, mentor, and founder of several prominent organizations, focused on transforming Canada into…
Chair, Toronto Business Development Centre Vikram (Vik) Khurana is the CEO of Brampton BHive, incubator for international early-stage startups, in partnership with the City of Brampton and its budding Innovation…
Business Development Director, Mitacs Wil de Vega is a Business Development Director with Mitacs. He provides support to prospective applicants at the University of Toronto, connects companies to appropriate academic…
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About the Indo-Canadian Entrepreneurship Exchange
The Indo-Canadian Entrepreneurship Exchange (ICEE) is a cohort-based exchange program, which aims to support budding entrepreneurs, improve research collaboration, and establish a strong, two-way innovation talent pipeline. The program is offered by the University of Toronto in partnership with the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) and the Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE).