Thirty speakers. Thirty ideas. Thirty minutes.
On Tuesday, BIV presents a rapid-fire event that reflects on the disruption caused by COVID-19, and how leaders, businesses and communities will emerge from this unprecedented pandemic.
Thirty of B.C.'s brightest leaders will each have one minute to share one idea – be it an observation, a lesson learned or a path forward – in a live, virtual and thoughtful discussion August 25 at 12 p.m.
Speakers at the event – which is free and open to the public – include (in alphabetical order):
- Andrew Reid, founder and CEO, Rival Technologies
- Ali Tehrani, president and CEO, Zymeworks
- Anita Huberman, president and CEO, Surrey Board of Trade
- Arvind Gupta, computer science professor, University of Toronto; former president, UBC
- Barry Rivelis, senior vice-president and chief strategy and information officer, Pacific Blue Cross
- Charles Gauthier, president and CEO, Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association
- Cybele Negris, president, CEO and co-founder, Webnames.ca
- David Gens, founder, president and CEO, Merchant Growth
- Denise Williams, CEO, First Nations Technology Council
- Elizabeth Model, CEO, Downtown Surrey Business Improvement Association
- Fay Arjomandi, founder and CEO, Mimik Technology
- Gordon McCauley, president and CEO, adMare Bioinnovations
- Greg d'Avignon, president and CEO, Business Council of British Columbia
- Greg Malpass, founder and CEO, Traction on Demand
- Hamed Shahbazi, founder and CEO, Well Health Technologies
- Janet Austin, the Honourable Lieutenant Governor of B.C.
- Jeremy Shaki, co-founder and CEO, Lighthouse Labs
- Jody Wilson-Raybould, Member of Parliament, Vancouver-Granville
- Kathryn Hayashi, president and CEO, TRIUMF Innovations
- Lori Mathison, president and CEO, Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia
- Mark Masonsong, co-founder and CEO, UrbanLogiq
- Mike Schilling, president and CEO, Community Savings Credit Union
- Nikolas Badminton, lead futurist and CEO, Exponential Minds
- Paul Larocque, president and CEO, Arts Umbrella
- Prem Gill, CEO, Creative BC
- Ray Walia, co-founder and CEO, Launch Academy
- Rocky Ozaki, founder and CEO, NowOfWork
- Sav Dhaliwal, chair, Metro Vancouver; councillor, City of Burnaby
- Shakeela Begum, founder, Boundless Potential
The event will be introduced by Kirk LaPointe, editor-in-chief and publisher of BIV, and vice-president, editorial, of Glacier Media. Reporters Hayley Woodin and Tyler Orton will moderate the discussion.
Those interested in watching the live event must register to attend and must have Zoom installed on their device.
More information on BIV presents: 30 Ideas in 30 Minutes is available here.
