Canada – A Global Review

A Voice from the Future

The opening keynote by Mark Ruddock will set the stage for the day. Mark has over 20 years experience building mobile-first, customer focused businesses. Mark was…

B2B Acquisition Strategies

Mini Keynote by Microsoft on innovative strategies to reduce Customer Acquisition Cost and then sit down to discuss strategies, learnings and successes with Linkedin, Progressa, Lendified and…

The Lending Blockchain: Case Studies & Insights

Going beyond blockchain 101, Plaza Corp, CORL, MortageBlox, SVBS and SwiftSale deep dive into lending use cases. The panel is moderated by Soumak Chatterjee, Blockchain…

KEYNOTE & PANEL: The ROI in Lending AI

Mini Keynote by Google on the "ROI in AI" Panel: Frank Currie, Head of Customer Engineering for Financial Services joins Norm Cappell from Savvyy, Nick Seelert…

ROUNDTABLE 1: New Lending Tools & Capital Strategies

Choose between one of the following topics: ROUNDTABLE A: Tips on Mid-Market Lenders Seeking Capital ROUNDTABLE B: Leveraging Machine Learning and Data to Drive Results

ROUNDTABLE 2: Legal Deep-Dive

Choose between one of the following sessions with Ana Badour from McCarthy and Elizabeth Sales from Blakes. Both explore regulation, the changing landscape of…

AWARDS: Innovation Announcements & Award Presentation

Amar Ahluwalia, VP Partnerships & Capital Markets, OnDeck Capital sets the stage with a mini-keynote on the role of innovation in lending. Sue Britton, head…

KEYNOTE & PANEL: Capturing the Consumer

Mini Keynote by Snap Chat on innovative strategies to drive engagement via social media. Joe Strolz sits down with principals from PayBright, Paays, Refresh and Borrowell to discuss…

The Great Data Debate

Incumbent data verses new data: how do we work toward an open data economy? Kirsten Thompson, who was recently appointed by Minister of Finance Bill…

PANEL: Seeking Capital on the Global Stage

A discussion involving actual war stories on arranging capital for Canadian alternative lenders. Romit Malhotra, board member of the Canadian Lenders Association, moderates a…

Vice-Chair Insights & Conclusion