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Presents

Small Business Summit 2025

AI-Driven Innovation:
Empowering Canadian SMEs

24th October, 2025

Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building, Level 100

Spark your ambition this October at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, where vision meets action at the CanadianSME Small Business Summit 2025. Under the theme "AI-Driven Innovation: Empowering Canadian SMEs," this summit is your arena to revolutionize business strategies through the transformative power of AI. Explore an exhibition space teeming with cutting-edge solutions and seize unparalleled networking opportunities.

2025 Speakers

Small Business Summit 2025

Hon. Evan Solomon

Canada’s Minister of AI and Digital Innovation and Minister of Federal Economic Development for Southern Ontario. MP for Toronto Centre

Mohamed Basma

General Manager, Small Business Services at ADP Canada

Paul Gaspar

Director, Small Business, UPS® Canada

Andrew Turner

Head of Sales, Small and Medium Business (SMB) for North America at Amazon Business

Karen Svendsen

Senior Director, Small Business Client and Partnerships at RBC

Melissa Morison

Vice President of Bell

Robert Gauvreau

Founder and CEO of Gauvreau Accounting Tax Law Advisory

Pierre Cléroux

Vice President, Research and Chief Economist at BDC

Yegor Sak

Co-Founder and CEO, Control D

Christine Crandell

Board Director, Vice-Chair, and Consultant at Innovation Cluster

DAN SCEPANOVIC

Executive Financial Consultant at SCEPANOVIC & ASSOCIATES IG PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT

James Arndt

Head of Enterprise Business Division – Samsung Canada

Justin Cook

President of Internet Marketing & Development at 9thCO

Sal Rezai

Founder of Accounting By Sal Corp.

Monifa Brooks

Co-Founder of Garabyte Consulting

Nishant Raina

Vice President, Product Management for Small & Medium Enterprise Solutions at Mastercard Canada

Jake Karam

CEO and president – Liquid Rubber Canada Inc.

Kinda Hejeili

Senior Marketing Manager, Amazon Ads

Justin Osborne

VP of Sales, Blume Supply Inc.

Rebecca Prime

Founder & CEO, Beck’s Broth

Ilyas Zakiat

CEO & Co-Founder at BIASafe AI

Sohaib Syed

Founder of Solarisk Consulting

Serge Richard Petit Frère

Board National Director of Entrepreneurship Programs at Futurpreneur

Anton Tchernikovsky

Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Customerization

Nujhat Bashir

Policy Analyst, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) – Procurement Assistance Canada – Ontario Region

Imanzi Kayitare

Policy Analyst, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) – Procurement Assistance Canada – Ontario Region

Michael Sirota

Chief Executive Officer, Rational Business Solutions

Stefanie Ricchio

Founder of SRBC Inc.

Phil Vokins

Channels Leader for Intel

Vikas (Vik) Jain

Small Business Advisor with, City of Toronto, Economic Development Division

Richard Hall

Chief Operating Officer, Bevelworkforce

Jamie McNicol

VP, SMB Growth at TELUS Business

Greg Frank

Director of Payments Products at Plooto

Peter Garthside

Co-operators Financial Advisor with a Chartered Investment Manager (CIM)

Cinzia Bazzo

Managing Director of Canada at Sage

Myles Harrison

Founder & Head of PRAKTIKAI

Luis Santos

Sr. Solutions Engineer, Auth0 by Okta

Yves Millette

Chief Executive Officer of, Harvest and its subsidiary Farm Business Consultants (FBC),

Ritu Java

Founder of PPC Ninja

Joanne Snow

Solution Engineer at Net at Work

Suhaneil Uzcategui

Founder and Accountant at Su Consulting

Sarah Topjian

VP, Sales – Canada at Employment Hero

Herman Wong

Manager of Channel & Retail Marketing at Asus

Bradley Sutherland

Senior Manager of Business Development at Air Canada

Carolyn Mullin

Director, Strategic Partnerships at Niagara College Research & Innovation

Michelle Biase

President and Managing Director, HP Canada

Edward Johnson

AI Strategy Consultant with PRAKTIKAI

Kyle Peacock

Managing Director of Peacock Tariff Consulting

Melisa Nepravishta

Financial Advisor at Co-operators

Dhiren Patel

Client Solutions Specialist at Dell

Mohannad El-Barachi

Co-Founder and CEO at Wrk.com

Dr. Georgette Zinaty

Founder and CEO of Women Helping Empower Women and the Chief of Staff at Myant Corporation

Wade Kuiken-Rogers

Seasoned Media Strategist and Business Leader

Brian Matthews

Head of Services Strategy and Development for Modern Workspace and Cloud at CDW Canada

Andreina Delgado

Director of Small Business Canada for Visa

Kyle Sutton

VP of Sales at Page Pros

Sabrina Gollnow

Vice President, Financing at BDC

Greg Maloney

Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of Stratosfy

Sanjay Chadha

Partner at SAV Associates

Kristin Wozniak

Chief Data + Growth Officer at Cosmo5 (formerly Labelium)

Kree Govender

SMB Area Lead at Microsoft Canada

Anthony Chiotis

Director of Implementation, Small Business, ADP Canada

Alex Campbell

Senior Director of Ad Tech and Programmatic for theScore

Latif Rahimi

Founder of Biztomate

Abdul Animasaun

Co-Founder of Legal Drop

Cory York

Co-Founder & CEO of Webware.ai

Dihan Chandra

Social Enterprise Coach at Sheridan College

Tehmina A Chaudhry

Founder and President of Canada Startup Association (CSA)

Lorne Shantz

Founder of Web Geeks Marketing

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