North Star
North Star aims to inspire ambitious technology entrepreneurs. It is a grassroots initiative that is entirely community-driven in partnership with Montreal’s leading business academic institutions at La base entrepreneuriale HEC Montreal and McGill Ventures.
Schedule:
1:30pm: Doors open
Pre-Show: Live Tech Poutine podcast with Eleonore Jarry (Brightspark, Ian Jeffrey (Zinnia), Gabriel Sundaram (Attain) & Nectarios Economakis (Amiral Ventures)
2pm: Event Start
MC welcome: Ashley Werhun (Mentorly) & Julie Lacasse (TrackTik, Amiral Ventures)
Partners Welcome: Théo Corboliou (La base entrepreneuriale HEC Montréal) & Naureen Ahmed (McGill Ventures)
2:15pm: Young Founder Panel
Moderator: Aaron Anandji, OpenSesame
Noah Dinning, Arvo AI
Simon Wang, Stealth
Xenia Sozonoff, Space for Impact
Athiya Rastogi, SnapWrite
3pm: Vignette #1
Julien Coupez, Google for Startups
3:15pm: Unicorn Panel
Moderator: Sophie Boulanger, BonLook
Adrian Schauer, AlayaCare
Henri Machalani, Mistplay
LP Maurice, BusBud
4pm: Break
4:30pm: Vignette #2 | 555 MTL Showcase
Chris Levan
Vilakshan Khanna
Raqib Muktadir
5-6pm: Fireside Keynote
1-1 Conversation from Dax DaSilva and Fred Lalonde
6pm: After Party
Huge thanks to our sponsors who are making this event possible
👑 Champions
🚀 Startup Ambassadors
North Star is a 100% volunteer-led initiative; all proceeds from ticket sales go toward event costs.
Ticket price includes 1 drink & poutine!
See you there!