Schedule
Event Schedule
Agenda
VIP Agenda | September 10, 2025
Venue: Miller Lash, 130 Old Kingston Road, Scarborough
September 11, 2025
Venue: Cherry Downs Golf Club 2110 Concession #7, Pickering, ON L1Y 1A2
September 12, 2025
Venue: University of Toronto Scarborough, The Academic Resource Centre - 1265 Military Trail Scarborough
Breakout Session | September 12, 2025
Venue: University of Toronto Scarborough, The Academic Resource Centre - 1265 Military Trail Scarborough
Hosted By Master-T
5:00 - 6:10
Doors Open / Registration / VIP Cocktail Reception
6:15 PM
Dinner to Commence
6:25 PM
Welcome Remarks
Donovan Dill - Operations Lead, Innovation & Entrepreneurship (SICIEEIL) UTSC
6:30 PM
Opening Remarks & Land Acknowledgement
6:40 PM
Scarborough Business Association
Ryan Sommer - President
6:45 PM
Brad Bradford
City of Toronto Councilor for ward 19, The Beaches - East York
6:50 PM
Dwayne DeRosario
Toronto FC & FIFA World Cup 2026 Ambassador
6:55 PM
Alex Borodakdas
Project Manager & Economic Development Officer at the city of Toronto
7:00 PM
Sabrina Gollow
Vice President of Financing At BDC
7:10 PM
Melissa Heckbert
Co-Founder Canadian Afro-Caricom Business Trade Association
7:15 PM
Shawn Allen
Founder - Matrix Mortgage Global
Former President of the Scarborough Business Association
Vice President Scarborough Boys & Girls Club
Member of the community Police Liaison Committee
Former President of the Scarborough Business Association
Vice President Scarborough Boys & Girls Club
Member of the community Police Liaison Committee
7:20 PM
BOOK SIGNING WITH SHAWN ALLEN & DAVID TSUBOUCHI
THE RIPPLE EFFECT
OBA Golf Tournament
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Venue: Academic Research Building
1265 Military Trail, Toronto, ON Canada
M1C 1A4
Venue: Academic Research Building
1265 Military Trail, Toronto, ON Canada
M1C 1A4
8:00 AM
Registration & Breakfast
9:00 AM
Tee-Off (Shotgun start)
3:00 - 5:50 PM
Dinner & Awards
08:00 AM
Vendor Setup
09:30 AM
Attendee Registration
10:50 AM
Welcome Remarks
Donovan Dill, Operations Lead, Innovation & Entrepreneurship (SICIEEIL) UTSC
10:55 AM
Land Acknowledgement
11:00 AM
Welcome to the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus
Andrew Arifuzzman CEO
11:25 AM
Keynote Speech: Trade Resilience
Hart Massie, Client Partner at BDC Advisory Services
12:00 PM
Government of Canada Business Programs & Service for Ontario Entrepreneurs
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FEDDEV Ontario)
Procurement Assistance Canada of Public Services and Procurement Canada
Competition Bureau and Canadian Intellectual Property Office of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
ONTARIO Regional Office
Procurement Assistance Canada of Public Services and Procurement Canada
Competition Bureau and Canadian Intellectual Property Office of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
ONTARIO Regional Office
1:00 PM
City of Toronto
Alexander Bordokas Community Celebration Fund FIFA World Cup 2026
Vikas Jain - Grant Opportunities for Businesses
Vikas Jain - Grant Opportunities for Businesses
2:15 PM
Breakout Session with TAIBU Community Health Center Documentary Pre-view "WORKING WHILE BLACK" Room 332
Liben Gebremikael - Executive Director
Room 1 - Starting at 1 PM
Government of Canada Business Programs & Service for Ontario Entrepreneurs:
Full Presentation
Room 2 - 1:00 - 1:30 PM
BDC
Room 3 - 1:00 - 1:30 PM
Taibu, ESBGC, TCBN, Tropicana
Room 3 - 1:30 - 2:30 PM
City of Toronto