The multiple day business festival held each year during Small Business Week in October and features of events, presentations and social functions all focused to bring the business community together to grow and celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit.
If you’re in business, like business, work for a business, or even have a great idea for a business, you need to take part in Bizfest; it’s a game-changer.
Host of CBC's Dragons Den
Articulate, straightforward and funny, Dianne Buckner has almost two decades of experience in television as a writer, reporter and producer. She is best-known to Canadians as the host of CBC Television’s hit reality program “Dragons’ Den” where eager entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas to a group of self-made Canadian millionaire investors. Keynote info Seven Powerful…
Actor & Acting Coach
Tyler received his training from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. Since graduating, in the spring of 2002, he has been based in Toronto, performing professionally across North America since 1999. In Toronto, Tyler was featured prominently in the world premiere production of The Lord of the Rings: The Musical; the North American premiere of Dirty…
Network Chiropractor, coach & lecturer
Dr. Thorin Gault has used the wellness principles he teaches to help thousands of people achieve greater health, vitality and quality of life. Originally trained as a traditional chiropractor, Dr. Gault has been practicing the Network Spinal Analysis system of chiropractic for over 9 years. In 2006 he joined the dozen other Canadian chiropractors to…
Experience Architect with the City of Toronto
Denis has spent his career designing innovative solutions for a wide range of audiences. Combining his passion for experience design with an eagerness to learn new things, Denis assembles dynamic teams to direct positive change between diverse fields like genetic profiling, robotics, software design, knowledge brokering, social media, and behaviourial economics. A multi-published author and…
Business Advisor
20 years experience as a paralegal enforcing and executing court judgement across Canada and the US. He has extensive and significant experience in Small claims court , and asset determination. Having worked for Ottawa’s most prestigious law firms providing them with internal collection services, training of staff and those of their business clients, he increases…
Partner with Emond Handen LLP
Sébastien Huard is a Partner with Emond Harnden LLP, Eastern Ontario’s largest management-side labour, employment and human resources management law firm. Fully bilingual, Sébastien has considerable experience in the public and private sectors with particular focus on federal and municipal government, education, healthcare, transportation and technology. A graduate of both the common law and civil…
