ORBiT 2019 Conference

ORBiT 3rd Annual Entrepreneurship Conference presented by Karafarin Canada in collaboration with the World Trade Center-Toronto, LatAm Startups and some other well known community organizations will take place on Sat Sep 14th at the Ontario Science Centre. ORBiT is a day-long celebration of entrepreneurship in the community and a place for learning, exhibiting, sharing and networking with other entrepreneurs and investors. The conference brings together young entrepreneurs, immigrant entrepreneurs, female entrepreneurs and business leaders from across the province. ORBiT’s previous 2 expo/conferences of this kind, in 2017 and 2018, had more than 2000 registrants, 40+ Exhibitors/ Startup Pitch Presentations, and 40+ diverse Speakers/ Panelists.

Program Timing:

10:00 am – 11:00 am
Registration/ Networking

10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Startups/ Business Showcase

11:00 am – 11:15 am
Welcoming Remarks:

Mahboob Bolandi
Founder/ President of Karafarin Canada
Maurice Bitran
CEO of Ontario Science Center

11:15 am – 11:45 am
AM Keynotes: Cash Flow is King!

Colin Sprake
#1 Business Success System in the World, Heart-centered Business Sherpa, Author, Speaker, and Trainer

11:45 am – 12:30 pm
Panel Discussion: What Makes Women Entrepreneurs Successful?

Azita Farkoush (Moderator)
Senior Financial Educator, Established Investment/ Insurance Broker
Mimi Boyer
Founder of HappyonMondays
Fatima Zaidi
CEO & Co-founder of Quill
Kerri Brock
Possibility Farmer at CareerCycle

12:30 pm – 1:15 pm
Lunch Break/ Networking

1:15 pm – 1:30 pm
Big News By Karafarin Canada

1:30 pm – 2:15 pm
Startup Pitch Competition

Judging Panel:

Shahram Sean Yousefi
Associate Dean, Corporate Relations at Queen’s University / Co-founder, President, and CEO (MESH Scheduling Inc.)
Ozan Isinak
President of Kieretsu Forum (Canada): World’s Largest Angel Investors Group

[For application, please go to orbitconf.com/pitch.]

2:15 pm – 2:45 pm
Coffee Break/ Networking

2:45 pm – 3:30 pm
Panel Discussion: Building High-Performing Teams Throughout Your Entrepreneurial Journey

Farimah HakemZadeh (Moderator)
Assistant Professor at School of Human Resource Management at York University
Amin Bashi
Director of Product Management at CareGuide
Chris Renton
Chief Growth Officer at SnapPay (Alipay & WeChat)
Adam Jardine
Head of Customer Growth and Director of Digital Marketing at Loblaw Digital

3:30 pm – 4:15 pm
Panel Discussion: Strategies for a Successful Investment In Startups

Michael Cascone (Moderator)
Director of Business Scale-Up at Toronto Region Board of Trade
Ozan Isinak
President of Kieretsu Forum (Canada), Angel Investor, Venture Capital, Private Equity and Banking expertise
Saeid Babaei
Chairman & CEO at Orpheus Medica
Shahram Sean Yousefi
Associate Dean, Corporate Relations at Queen’s University / Co-founder, President, and CEO (MESH Scheduling Inc.)
Amanda de Freitas
Director at Redfund Capital Corp.

4:15 pm – 4:30 pm
Closing Remarks/ Prize Presentation

4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Networking

Community Supporters/ Partners:

iBRIDGES
SUTA: Sharif University of Tech Association- Toronto
IAUT: Iranian Association at University of Toronto
LatAm Startups
TRIEC: Toronto Region Immigrants Employment Council