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Dear Potential Sponsor,

The Startup Summit is an emerging global phenomenon that gathers innovative minds and provides them with the support to turn ideas into real businesses. Since its inception in 2007, there have been over 700 Startup events in more than 300 cities around the world. I am very proud to announce that Queen’s University will be hosting its very own Queen’s Startup Summit in March 2013. The Summit is a 54-hour event where participants pitch their ideas for a business, and the best ideas are selected and developed by delegates over the course of the weekend. Delegate groups consist of both business roles and technical roles, which encourages students from all faculties to participate. Industry professionals and Startup veterans will provide support and guidance to the delegates, as well as judge the teams at the end of the Summit.

At Queen’s University, we encourage students to apply their knowledge through innovation, and we hope to maintain a culture that fosters creativity and ambition. The Queen’s Startup Summit is an incredible opportunity for students to become immersed in a very realistic Startup environment, and develop both their skills and their professional network throughout the process.

The Queen’s Startup Summit Executive team is tasked with hosting the very first Startup Summit, and is devoting countless hours towards the successful preparation and execution of the event. However, the success of Q.S.S. relies on substantial support from organizations such as yours. As a sponsor of Q.S.S., your organization will be seen by top undergraduate students from Ontario and Quebec and a variety of faculties.

I am very excited for the first annual Queen’s Startup Summit, and it is my hope that you will consider supporting Q.S.S. 2013 with your spon-sorship. Thank you for your interest in the event, and we hope to see you in Kingston for the Summit in March.

Yours truly,

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Daniel R. Wolfe

Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Queen’s University

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Message from the Co-Chairs

Dear QSS 2013 Participants,

On behalf of the Queen’s Startup Summit executive committee, it is our pleasure to welcome you to Queen’s University’s very first annual Startup Summit. Since 2007, there have been over 700 startup events in more than 300 cities around the world and we are incredibly excited to bring this internationally renowned event to Queen’s University. A premier opportunity for young entrepreneurs to refine their ideas and transform them into reality, we are thrilled to provide delegates with the mentorship, resources, and networks to drive the success of their ventures.

Our executive team has been working around the clock to ensure the success of the Summit Weekend and to foster an energetic environment of innovation success. We have been fortunate to partner with organizations who share our goals of cultivating the next generation of entrepreneurs. We would like to sincerely thank ALL the mentors, judges and sponsors who have generously devoted their time and re-sources to enable the Summit to realize its full potential.

A fast-paced, 54-hour competition , this weekend provides the invaluable opportunity to experience first-hand the development of ideas to realities. We are thrilled to welcome the exceptional effort and collab-orative spirit devoted by our remarkable delegates. Without their drive, enthusiasm, ideas and work there would not be a weekend. Best of luck – get creative.

Sincerely,

Jordan Han & Richelle JiQueen’s Startup Summit 2013 Co-Chairs

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Dear Potential Sponsor,

The Startup Summit is an emerging global phenomenon that gathers innovative minds and provides them with the support to turn ideas into real businesses. Since its inception in 2007, there have been over 700 Startup events in more than 300 cities around the world. I am very proud to announce that Queen’s University will be hosting its very own Queen’s Startup Summit in March 2013. The Summit is a 54-hour event where participants pitch their ideas for a business, and the best ideas are selected and developed by delegates over the course of the weekend. Delegate groups consist of both business roles and technical roles, which encourages students from all faculties to participate. Industry professionals and Startup veterans will provide support and guidance to the delegates, as well as judge the teams at the end of the Summit.

At Queen’s University, we encourage students to apply their knowledge through innovation, and we hope to maintain a culture that fosters creativity and ambition. The Queen’s Startup Summit is an incredible opportunity for students to become immersed in a very realistic Startup environment, and develop both their skills and their professional network throughout the process.

The Queen’s Startup Summit Executive team is tasked with hosting the very first Startup Summit, and is devoting countless hours towards the successful preparation and execution of the event. However, the success of Q.S.S. relies on substantial support from organizations such as yours. As a sponsor of Q.S.S., your organization will be seen by top undergraduate students from Ontario and Quebec and a variety of faculties.

I am very excited for the first annual Queen’s Startup Summit, and it is my hope that you will consider supporting Q.S.S. 2013 with your sponsorship. Thank you for your interest in the event, and we hope to see you in Kingston for the Summit in March.

Yours truly,

_____________

Daniel R. Wolfe

Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Queen’s University

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Message from the principal

Principal and Vice - ChancellorKingston, Ontario, Canad K7L3N6March 01, 2013

Welcome to Queen’s University’s first Startup Summit, hosted in partnership with the Queen’s Innova-tion Connector, the Queen’s School of Business and the Queen’s Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science. This event promises to engage student entrepreneurs from Queen’s and across Canada with each other in the spirit of collaboration, discovery, and experiential learning. I have no doubt that this opportunity to turn your ideas into startups while developing networks with industry professionals will prove an exciting venture for all participants; best wishes to all!

Sincerely,

Dr. Daniel R. Woolf, FRSCPrincipal and Vice-Chancellor

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Location AThe Harbour Restaurant53 Yonge StreetKingston, Ontario613.549.4440

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Key Locations Location CIntegrated Learning Centre300 Beamish-Munro HallKingston, Ontario613.533.6772

Location DResidence Inn Marriott7 Earl StKingston613.544.4888

Delegates Coordinators

Kane Cheng 613.770.5966

Heather Evans 613.876.6626

Conner Sura 514.796.8585

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AMey’s Taxi613.546.1111

PIZZA PIZZA613.542.1111

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JudgesHis passion is entrepreneurship: creating world-leading companies, with pur-pose and urgency. VentureLynx is his distillation of 15 years of experience as an entrepreneur, angel investor and student of microfinance and entrepreneurial ecosystems. It’s the tool he wished he had ... and a tool that he believes will help entrepreneurs and ecosystems worldwide.Specialties: Entrepreneurship, leadership, tech, cleantech, early-stage financing. Experience: Founder and CEO of VentureLynx, Advisory Board Mem-ber of INSEAD,Director of Skymeter Corporation,Founder Canacap,CEO of In Your Pocket Publishing,MBA, and Engineering Physicist.

Manager of the Entrepreneurship Centre at the Kingston Economic Development Corporation (KEDCO); Mark brings 30+ years of business experience to KEDCO, having owned ten successful businesses. He is also an angel investor in three local firms. He has coached hundreds of individuals interested in starting their own businesses. Experience: Teaching business at St. Lawrence College,Ontario Community Enterprise Broker Programme Administration and delivery of the HRSDC Self Employment Benefit Programme.Several years as a CASE councilor for the Business Development Bank, President of the Smithers (B.C.) Downtown Merchants Association,Vice-president of the Smithers and District Chamber of Commerce ,Chair of the Kingston Technology Council ,One of the founders of the First Capital Community Loan Fund ,Initiator of the Regional Enterprise Facilitation Project bringing Ernesto Sirolli’s methods of business consulting to Prince Edward / Hastings / L&A and Kingston.

Bruce Dean is a Director at Bell Canada leading the company’s enterprise net-work assurance and activation teams. Leading a team of 350 managers and technicians across Quebec, Ontario and Alberta his team is responsible for identifying and resolving problems on Bell’s national network which connect retail chains, branches, offices and data centres throughout the country. The team supports all networks ranging from the latest 10Gbps fibre connections to more traditional copper based networks. Many team members have Cisco and Juniper certifications and work with high-end network equipment from companies such as Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco and Juniper.Bruce graduated from Electrical Engineering at the University of Western Ontario and Honours Business Administration at the Richard Ivey School of Business.Prior to joining Bell Canada, Bruce worked at McKinsey & Company in Toronto supporting clients in the telecommunications, energy and financial services industries.

Kamal Hassan

Mark Hanley

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Malcolm Eylott leads the Global Operations and Technology division for TD Wealth Management in Toronto. He joined TD in January 2009 having worked previously for large global banks in Canada, Britain and Germany. He is married and has 3 sons aged 20, 17 and 16. In his spare time he enjoys watching and coaching rugby, hockey, boating, skiing and playing golf. Malcolm volunteers some of his time as a member of St Mike’s Hospital’s Research Ethics Board.

Paul Goddard holds a Bachelor of Science degree with Honours, Mechanical Engineer-ing, from Queen’s University, is a licensed Professional Engineer, and holds an MBA from London Business School, United Kingdom. Mr. Goddard joined the Company in 2009 as CIO and Vice President, Enterprise Development, before being appointed Chief Executive Officer in 2010 for Pizza Pizza. Prior to joining the Company, he was Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Energy Savings Income Fund (now known as Just Energy Group) from 2007 to 2008, and was Vice President of Wholesale Energy Group from 2006 to 2007. Paul previously worked in a variety of roles for other market leading organizations such as Imperial Oil and Morgan Stanley. Paul sits on the Board of Governors of Excellence Canada (formerly known as the National Quality Institute), of which Pizza Pizza is a Founding Partner. Paul is also an active member of The Young President´s Organization (YPO). Born and raised in Alberta, Paul now re-sides with his wife and two children in Toronto. He is an avid skier and enjoys travel-ling with his family.Paul´s favourite pizza: “BBQ chicken and hot peppers on whole wheat.”

Malcolm Eylott

Paul Goddard

“There is no better investment than in our future leaders,” says Greg Bavington. He should know. Greg was appointed Executive Director of the Queen’s Innovation Con-nector in November 2012. His latest innovation challenge follows five years as Presi-dent and CEO of KN Rubber LLC and roles helping to design smelters in South Africa and GM’s modernized assembly plant in Oshawa. Greg was also exposed to several high-profile engineering projects, including the English Channel Tunnel and the Sky-Dome roof. He is an elected member of Queen’s University Council and an alumnus serving on the Queen’s Engineering Society Board of Directors. Greg also serves on the board of several private companies, income trusts, trade associations and not-for-profit organizations.

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Leader in sales and marketing with over a decade experience in sales cycles strategic direction has brought Anshuman to work with Fortune 500 companies. His success is in developing and sustaining accounts by offering educated advice and tips on an-ticipating market trends. Strong problem-solving capabilities, a tireless work ethic, commitment to service excellence and well-rounded knowledge of marketing have led him to plan on writing a book to help marketers and entrepreneurs connect with their target market. His advice for students is to pursue an MBA in order to build on entre-preneurial skills such as innovation, global strategy, marketing, brand management, managing financial resources, organizational behaviour, supply chain management and project management.

A former Startup Weekend winner (see if you can spot her in the promo video) and a co-founder of vizualize.me, Hannah is a startup’s crafty swiss army knife with a knack for interface design and turning pixels into product. As a wise designer once said: ‘Ed-ucation is not something you’re given, it’s something you take. Something you steal’, Hannah has been stealing her education from the interwebs since she first published her pokemon website on Geocities at age 11. She’s a strong believer in hack culture and creating things that are delightful and push boundaries. When not glued to a monitor, she can be found working out and crashing tech events.

Founder and President of marketing services firm Corner Office Leads; Steve has helped clients like IBM, SAP, Microsoft, CGI, and Oracle and was profiled as a de-mand generation ‘Thought Leader’. He recently acted as VP Sales & Marketing for Ryerson Start-up, Speechbobble, and for Microsoft ISV Secure Vantage Technologies. He has recently spoken about entrepreneurship, innovation and sales & marketing at UofT’s YEC and AdVentures, and at UW’s Entrepreneurship Society, DECA, Velocity, and MBET. He also recently judged the Queen’s Entrepreneurs’ Competition, NTBC, DECA and UW E Co-op. Steve gets hands on as a mentor. He advises start-ups like Sweet Tooth, Chatroll, Top Hat Monocle, Planboard, Pumpup, Concussion Toolbox, Ecoplace Organics, GOVision and Wash.ly. He also mentors many aspiring young entrepreneurs.

MENTORSAnshuman Mistry

Hannah Wei

Steve Lightstone

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Stephen Goodman is a Queen’s 88 Alumni from Mechanical Engineering who went on to complete a Master’s and PhD in the then Metallurgical Engineering depart-ment. Early career focus was at COM DEV International as a business development specialist for the space industry targeting both commercial communications and civil science programs. In 1997 Dr Goodman was the co-founder of SpaceBridge an Ottawa based startup focused on broadband satellite communications. Subsequently Stephen held the posi-tion of Vice President Business Development in a semiconductor startup called Seaway Networks, a venture backed company dedicated to high speed content switching. In 2003 Stephen joined Control Microsystems as the Vice President of Marketing. Dedi-cated to upstream oil and gas automation products this company was subsequently ac-quired by Schneider Electric in 2010, a global leader in energy management solutions. Today Stephen leads the product management efforts at Schneider’s telemetry division focused on a recently acquired wireless automation technology.

Mike is a recent graduate of the Engineering Chemistry program at Queen’s Univer-sity, holding a degree in Chemical Engineering and Honours Chemistry. He is also a Next 36 scholar, graduating from the first cohort in 2011. Mike has started a new mobile venture called getlistn.com, raised funding with Real Ventures and gradu-ated from the FounderFuel accelerator program in Montreal. Mike is also a passionate engineer that has spent time working in business development, biotechnology, energy, and academic research. He has been involved in projects such as the world’s first hy-brid fuel cell power station at Enbridge Inc., the world’s first hybrid fuel cell powered snowmobile, designed BioBricks for the International Genetically Engineered Machine Team at MIT, and proton exchange membrane fuel cell testing at Canada’s leading university-based research and development organization, the Queen’s-RMC Fuel Cell Research Centre.

Matt Rabinovitch is a Business student at Queen’s University. Over the past two years he has helped develop and build the Kingston Bouldering Co-op(KBC), and was one of the founding board members. The KBC is a not for profit, member run climbing gym in Kingston Ontario. In February 2012 he had one of his interactive art pieces displayed at the international conference on Tangible Embedded and Embodied Interaction(T.E.I 2012) . He recently returned from a semester abroad where he studied at Reykjavik University, Iceland. Matt spends his summers selling ice cream from his ice cream boat, tinkering and programming. In his spare time, Matt rock climbs and learns new things.

MENTORSStephen Goodman

Mike Schmidt

Matt Rabinovitch

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Konrad is one of the co-founders of Kira Talent, a platform that brings the real-life interview online. Having grown up in the suburbs of Toronto, Konrad discovered his entrepreneurial spirit through Shad Valley Lakehead, where he led his team to develop an electrocardiograph-watch hybrid. Since then, he’s been fortunate to have worked with incredible teams, from building a better housing search with two co-founders, to leading teams of dozens of students across Canada in national organizations focused on student leadership and entrepreneurship. Konrad is shaped by his diverse work ex-perience from data science at Nuance in Montreal, to software engineering at Minted, a venture-backed startup in San Francisco and possesses a hunger for building things that people want.

Specialties: Python, R, MySQL, Emacs, Linux, Ubuntu, SVN, Git, entrepreneurship, project management, business development

Emilie Cushman is currently one of the co-founders of Kira Talent which is changing the way companies and universities spot talented people. As president of Students in Free Enterprise Windsor, Emilie Cushman has led her team of more than 100 students to three regional victories. She has been a driving force in a number of Windsor, Ont.-based projects, including a microfinance venture program for high-school students, a business consulting program for Canadian newcomers on social assistance and a social enterprise clinic for refugees providing legal, medical and social-work services. A recent graduate of the University of Windsor’s Odette School of Business, Cushman has been nationally recognized as an entrepreneur and leader, notably being named the HSBC Woman Leader of Tomorrow for Canada. Cushman and a partner are now running the start-up they co-founded, Kira Talent, which won best overall venture at the 2012 Demo Day from the Next 36 Entrepreneurial Institute.

Mo Al-Borno is the principal of ALBORNO Consulting, a CMA firm focused on incor-porating rigorous Financial Modelling into common sense Strategic Planning. Clients include companies across Canada in Clean Tech, Manufacturing, Energy, and various Services. Previously, Mo spent over a decade in the Investment Industry including Manulife Investments, CIBC Wood Gundy and RedTail Capital. He holds a B.Comm from University of Toronto and a Queen’s MBA. A Capitalist, Tree hugger and Prag-matist, he is focused on making a difference while seeking a fortune. He enjoys dis-tance running, skiing, fast cars and cheeseburgers.

MENTORSKonrad Listwan-Ciesielski

Emilie Cushman

Mo Al-Borno

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Matthew Gardner is a Mechatronics and Management Student at McMaster Univer-sity, also completing a Masters of Software Engineering and Masters of Engineering Entrepreneurship and Innovation concurrently. He previously worked in process automation, writing code for large-scale consumer-goods factories in the USA as well as on the Hardware Development team at Research in Motion completing processor integration for the BB10 platform. Matt has won two local Startup Weekends including North America’s largest event, going on to win Global Startup Battle with his 54-hour company, Groupnotes. He now works full time growing and developing Groupnotes out of the Communitech HYPERDRIVE accelerator in Waterloo, ON.

Vijender helps entrepreneurs build and grow their companies by project managing and marketing the Entrepreneur’s Toolkit. He is the Manager of Online Content in the Business Acceleration Program at MaRS. Vijender is an Schulich MBA grad and has past experience working with Accenture. His interests include entrepreneurship, marketing, innovation, politics, reading and traveling

Dr. Peter Gallant was the founding President of Pathogen Detection Systems, a univer-sity spin-off company that developed an automated microbiological testing system. In 2009, the company was acquired by Paris-based Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies and became ENDETEC - the global water quality sensor platform for Veolia Water, where Peter is presently Vice-President, Business Development & Regulatory Affairs. Peter has served in advisory positions for several government and private agencies and start-up companies, and as an adjunct instructor in the areas of entrepreneurship, strategy, and new venture finance in the internationally-ranked School of Business at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He was also an invited speaker at the First Canasian Conference on Ethical Leadership. Most recently, Peter was ap-pointed by the Ontario government to the Board of Directors of the Water Technology Acceleration Project (WaterTAP) - an agency created under the new Water Opportuni-ties Act to advance economic development and innovation in Ontario’s water sector. He is a frequent presenter at international conferences in areas of advanced water qual-ity monitoring technologies, regulatory policy development, and the development of regulatory frameworks that foster innovation.Peter holds B.Sc, M.Sc, and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Queen’s University. He resides with his wife and two children in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

MENTORSMatthew Gardner

Vijender Trivedi

Dr. Peter Gallant

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Queen’s StartUp Summit PartnersBCE Inc. is Canada’s largest communications company, providing a comprehensive and innovative suite of broadband communication services to residential and business customers in Canada.Powered by industry-leading investments in media content and broad-band networks, Bell services include high-speed Fibe Internet, Fibe TV, Satellite TV, Bell Mobility and Virgin Mobile, Home Phone local and long distance services as well as IP-broadband services and infor-mation and communications technology (ICT) services. Bell Media, the newest division of Bell, is Canada’s premier multimedia company

with leading assets in television, radio and digital media. They include CTV, Canada’s #1 televi-sion network, and the country’s most-watched specialty channels. BCE shares are listed in Canada and the United States. The Bell Mental Health Initiative is a multi-year charitable program that promotes mental health across Canada through the Bell Let’s Talk anti-stigma campaign and sup-port for community care, research and workplace best practices.

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Executive Team

Richelle JiCo-ChairCommerce ‘14

Stephanie YiLogisticsCommerce ‘16

Klaudia LitwiniuSpecial EventsArts and Science ‘15

Rosey LiMarketingCommerce ‘16

Jordan HanCo-ChairCommerce ‘14

Heather EvansDelegatesCommerce ‘16

Kane ChengDelegatesCommerce ‘15

Sarah MasottiSponsorshipCommerce ‘15

Conner SuraDelegatesApplied Science ‘15

Stefan EylottSponsorshipComputer Science ‘14

Corey GoldbergSponsorshipCommerce ‘16

Alex MorrisIndustry LiasonApplied Science ‘15

Conner SuraDelegatesCommerce ‘15

Yuting PanSponsorshipCommerce ‘16

Ali ZahidMarketingComputer Science ‘15

Sean MacGillisIndustry LiasonApplied Science ‘14

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Dear Potential Sponsor,

The Startup Summit is an emerging global phenomenon that gathers innovative minds and provides them with the support to turn ideas into real businesses. Since its inception in 2007, there have been over 700 Startup events in more than 300 cities around the world. I am very proud to announce that Queen’s University will be hosting its very own Queen’s Startup Summit in March 2013. The Summit is a 54-hour event where participants pitch their ideas for a business, and the best ideas are selected and developed by delegates over the course of the weekend. Delegate groups consist of both business roles and technical roles, which encourages students from all faculties to participate. Industry professionals and Startup veterans will provide support and guidance to the delegates, as well as judge the teams at the end of the Summit.

At Queen’s University, we encourage students to apply their knowledge through innovation, and we hope to maintain a culture that fosters creativity and ambition. The Queen’s Startup Summit is an incredible opportunity for students to become immersed in a very realistic Startup environment, and develop both their skills and their professional network throughout the process.

The Queen’s Startup Summit Executive team is tasked with hosting the very first Startup Summit, and is devoting countless hours towards the successful preparation and execution of the event. However, the success of Q.S.S. relies on substantial support from organizations such as yours. As a sponsor of Q.S.S., your organization will be seen by top undergraduate students from Ontario and Quebec and a variety of faculties.

I am very excited for the first annual Queen’s Startup Summit, and it is my hope that you will consider supporting Q.S.S. 2013 with your sponsorship. Thank you for your interest in the event, and we hope to see you in Kingston for the Summit in March.

Yours truly,

_____________

Daniel R. Wolfe

Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Queen’s University

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