International Startup Festival is where you can come to learn about the latest trends and thinking in technology and the startup world.

The conference is structured along two main tracks taking place on two stages:

Stage A: “Inspiration and Motivation”

Stage B: “Execution and Growth”

On both stages, participants will have the opportunity to listen and interact with experienced entrepreneurs, seed and later-stage investors, advisors and more.

A detailed list of speakers and their talks can be found on the Speakers page

The detailed agenda is below. At a high-level, this is what you can expect:

 A detailed list of speakers and their talks can be found on the Speakers page

The International Startup Festival will be held in Montreal’s historic Old Port. The site of the Festival is a boat dock for cruise ships.  Glassed in on three sides, this venue offers unique views of Montreal and the waterway, a perfect spot for a Festival.

Address:

Iberville Maritime Terminal, Alexandra Pier, Old Montreal (adjacent to Centre des Sciences / Corner De la Commune and St-François-Xavier)

Directions to the venue

ON FOOT

1. Exit metro Place-d’Armes
2. Walk to Boulevard St-Laurent
3. Turn right towards Old Montreal
4. Go to the Science Center located on the south side of De la Commune (southern-most street).
5. From the Science Center (located on the King Edwards Pier), walk right (west) towards the Alexandra Pier.
6. Gare Iberville is located at the end of the Alexandra Pier (Quai Alexandra)
7. Take the stairs to the right of the parking gate.
8. Once at the top, walk through the parking lot to get to Gare Iberville, a long building with large glass windows.

BY PUBLIC TRANSIT

1. From Berri-UQAM metro station.
2. Take bus 515
3. Come down at De la Commune / De Callière stop (8th stop)
4. Details : http://www.stm.info/bus/geomet/geo515.htm
5. The Alexandra Pier is located on the south side of de la Commune
6. Walk to it and take the stairs on the right of the parking gate.
7. Once at the top, walk through the parking lot to get to Gare Iberville, a long building with large glass windows.

BY CAR / TAXI

1. Come down McGill Street in Old Montreal.
2. Turn left on De La Commune West.
3. Turn right at the 2nd stop sign (corner De La Commune)
4. Cross the train tracks.
5. Go through the parking gate (cost is 16$ per day – free 15 min)
6. Go up the 2nd ramp up.
7. Park your car.
8. Gare Iberville is a long building with large glass windows

Meet our team of executives, technologists, and creative minds. We are entrepreneurs working together to create positive opportunities for other entrepreneurs and visionaries. We all have day jobs, but we are working together to bring an incredible group of people to one city, for yet another unforgettable, highly entertaining Festival experience.

Our aim is to offer a high quality Startup conference, bridging North America, Europe, and beyond. The focus of the International Startup Festival is to provide visibility for the international Startup community, by hosting an event that will attract not only some of the most innovative and promising Startups, but investors and customers from across the globe. If you would like to join our team, feel free to reach out!

	PHILIPPE TELIO @PTELIO Partner at Embrase. Loves startups, making connections and getting things done. But especially fond of wife, three kids and big family.		DAVE MCCLURE (CO-HOST) @DAVEMCCLURE Geeks, Founders, Startups. The Internet Revolution. Grand Poobah. http://500 startups.com
	REBECCA CROLL @REBECCACROLL Actor, self-starter, event manager and all around people person.		SYLVAIN CARLE @AFROGNTHEVALLEY CTO and co-founder of Praized Media, maker of needium.com. I define myself as an internet, opensource, media and geo/local geek.
	ALISTAIR CROLL @ACROLL Analyst, writer, startup accelerant. I like Big Data, clouds, web analytics. Involved in O’Reilly Strata, Cloudconnect, Interop, Year One Labs, Bitnorth, Human2.0 and bitcurrent.com		JS COURNOYER @JSCOURNOYER Entrepreneur, Co-founder and General Partner of Real Ventures and Montreal Startup, angel investor, aspiring triathlete, hockey player. And occasional blogger . I live in Montreal with my wife and 5 wonderful children and love startups and entrepreneurs.
	DANIEL ARSENAULT @DANIELARSENAULT Branding + Design at LePortfolio.com International Startup Festival’s Designer and YCombinator Preferred Designer		JOSH VICKERS @joshvickers Building with WordPress at Direction1media.com Founder, CEO of Hubkick.com.  San Francisco, CA.

Embrase is a business consulting firm that provides positioning, corporate development and go-to-market services to emerging communications and technology-based ventures facing challenging time-to-market issues, lengthy customer adoption cycles and demanding investor requirements.

Through recognized methodologies, Embrase identifies target market segments, optimizes resource alignment and accelerates revenue growth to increase its clients’ business value and attractiveness to both end-user customers and investors. Â With its proven international track record, technical expertise and extensive network of contacts, Embrase successfully partners with clients from strategy creation to execution.

Guidewire Group is a global market intelligence and advisory firm, passionate about technology entrepreneurship. Their exclusive focus on early-stage companies and emerging technology markets drives insight and opportunity to their clients and community.

Founded in 2005, Guidewire Group is a global startup analyst firm providing measurement, monitoring, mentoring, and connections to improve the performance and sustainability of startup businesses. With over 25 years of experience working one-on-one with technology companies of many sizes, Guidewire Group provides startups, their supporters, and those who do business with them, with the tools, data, networks and programs they need to discover, monitor, benchmark, compare, and promote early-stage companies.

Led by industry visionary Chris Shipley, Guidewire Group meets with hundreds of innovative companies each year – from startups in stealth mode to established technology leaders – to assess their market potential and understand their unique requirements. This broad and deep view of emerging technologies and markets allows them to develop a rich and unique perspective on key trends in global technology innovation.

We put entrepreneurs first. We’ve had our successes and failures, so we often know what you’re going through. We look to add value, especially in the early and defining stages of a business. We like to think that our insight, expertise, experience and connections are often more valuable than the capital we provide and we look for entrepreneurs who are open to working together in a collaborative approach. We look for inspiring entrepreneurs who exhibit unique insight and appreciation of their target market and industry. You can be first time or seasoned. If you have passion, vision and a big opportunity we want to work with you.

500 Startups provides early-stage companies with funding ranging from $10K to $250K via seed investments, our startup accelerator program, and new micro-fund models like the Twilio Fund. With over 160 experienced startup mentors around the world, creative work space in the heart of Silicon Valley, and a vibrant community of startup founders, we help our companies succeed in ways other venture firms do not. We are 500. Watch our video.

A Startup Patron is a person who is doing their part to support the startup community. While we have made the registration fee as inexpensive as possible, not all startups are in a position to be able to afford this fee. And because this event is about startups, we want to give each one as much chance as possible to attend. We have therefore created a ticket for the event we are calling “Startup Patron” tickets. For every Patron ticket sold we will give two passes, one for the Patron and one for a “Starving Startup”. You’ve all been there, you know what its like to need a mentor/patron. Patrons will be matched with the Startups they sponsor, they will be recognized on the website as a Patron, and they will be mentioned at the event.

Thank you to our current list of Startup Patrons:

Curtis Phillips, iWeb

Elias Geha, iWeb

Etienne Carrier, iWeb

Roberto Montessi, iWeb

Robert Pépin, iWeb

Jonathan Belisle, iWeb

Senia Rapisardia, BDC Venture Capital

Charles Morand, BDC Venture Capital

Steven Abrams, BDC IT Venture Fund

Christian Perron, SDEVM

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Josh Vickers, direction1media

Larry Lisser, Embrase

Thomas Howe, Embrase

Alistair Croll, Solve for Interesting

JS Cournoyer, Real Ventures

Gary Greisman, Embvue

Guy Namer, GBN

Jordy Sacks, Zaro

Vincent Siveton, CRIM

Nathalie Gosselin, CRIM

Gerard Buckley, Jaguar Capital Inc.

Massimo Iamello, Deloitte

Francois Sauvageau, Deloitte

Roger Chabra, Rho Canada Ventures

Ian Wooden, IJW Management Inc.

Daniel Arsenault, LePortfolio

Chris Arsenault, iNovia

Rory Olson, WallStreetSurvivor

Anna Goodson, $50K Judge

Danny Knafo, $50K Judge

Mohan Plakot, $50K Judge

Ludovic Dumas, Claridge

Christophe Bourque, Tandem Expansion Fund

Stephan Buu, CTI Capital

Nicolas Renaud, Novacap

Ludovic Dumas, Claridge

Jean-Philippe Mikus, Fasken, Martineau, DuMoulin LLP

Thomas Rankin, innovacorp

Mark MacLeod, Real Ventures

Brian Kobus, Summerhill Venture Partners

Fred Destin, Atlas Venture

Noah Heller, Atlas Venture

Jean-Nicolas, Fasken Martineau LLP

Jonathan Poulin, Luxury Retreats

Shahir Guindi, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt

Shahir Guindi, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt

Margaret Guest, Office of Marc Garneau, MP, House of Commons

Sevrine Labelle, Chambre de Commerce du Montréal Métropolitain

Josianne Isabel, Chambre de Commerce du Montréal Métropolitain

Danie Pratt, RBC Royal Bank

Manon P. Desmarais, RBC Royal Bank

Daniel Baer, Ernst & Young LLP

Caroline Pelletier, Anges Québec

Sean Fahey, VidCRuiter

Dominique Bélanger, BDC Venture Capital

Erika Kurczyn, BDC Venture Capital

Michael Mahon, BDC Venture Capital

Catherine Dupéré, BDC Venture Capital

Zoé Denom, BDC Venture Capital

Matt Roberts, BDC IT Venture Fund

Ron Warburton, BDC IT Venture Fund

Robert Simon, BDC IT Venture Fund

Amine Benmoussa, BDC Health Venture Fund

Bram Sugarman, OMERS Ventures

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