Small & Mighty Summit 2025 – Ask an Expert
Join 200+ business owners, operators, and innovators at this Small and Mighty Summit signature event where expertise meets action.
Summit Objectives
🔹 Expert Panels featuring industry leaders tackling the biggest challenges in SMB growth—from navigating economic shifts to leveraging new technologies and talent
🔹 Live Ask-an-Expert Roundtables where YOU drive the discussion. Bring your questions. Get direct answers. No fluff. No jargon.
🔹 Curated Networking with business owners and leaders who understand what it means to build from the ground up
🔹 Real Business Solutions on sales strategy, workforce planning, operational efficiency, digital transformation, funding, marketing, and more
This is not a one-size-fits-all event. The content is built around what you need—your industry, your challenges, your opportunities.
This summit is tailor-made for:
✔️ Business Owners & Founders in the manufacturing, distribution, or tech innovation space
✔️ Operations & Sales Leaders looking to streamline and scale
✔️ Emerging Managers & Decision-Makers driving change inside growing companies
✔️ Anyone ready to stop surviving and start thriving
Whether you’re preparing for your next phase of growth or simply looking to fix what’s not working—this is your room.
Location
The Great Hall, Angus Glen Golf Club
10080 Kennedy Rd, Markham, ON L6C 1N9
Date
Thursday, October, 9 2025
Time
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. EST
Target Audience
Partners & Sponsors & Community Partners



Team Members
Meet Awesome People
Agenda Rundown
Time
Details
1:00 PM – Registration 1:30 PM – Welcome Remarks 1:45 PM – Economic Outlook 2026: Where the Market is Headed and What SMBs Need to Know 2:20 PM – Ask An Expert Roundtable: Rotate through key tables including Finance, Sales Strategy, HR, Funding, Tech, and more 4:20 PM – Networking Happy Hour
Time
Details
1:00 PM – Registration 1:30 PM – Welcome Remarks 1:45 PM – Economic Outlook 2026: Where the Market is Headed and What SMBs Need to Know 2:20 PM – Ask An Expert Roundtable: Rotate through key tables including Finance, Sales Strategy, HR, Funding, Tech, and more 4:20 PM – Networking Happy Hour
Partners & Sponsers
Sponsors & Community Partners
Name
Contact
BDC
Jeff Muton
jeff.muton@bdc.ca
BDC
Amy Siu
amy.siu@bdc.ca
Change Connect
Katherine Tsang
Katherine.tsang@changeconnect.ca
Prospekt Digital
Anish Shinh
anish@prospektdigital.com
Key West Video
Stuart Steinberg
stuart@keywestvideo.com
Convera
Amelia Zheng
amelzhe@convera.com
American Express
Chris Gibson
christopher.j.gibson@aexp.com
Sunbook
Allan Sum
asum@sunbook.ca
Centennial College
Paul Jackson
paulj@centennialcollege.ca
World Trade Centre
Vinicius Morandi
vmorandi@bot.com
Time
Details
1:00 PM – Registration 1:30 PM – Welcome Remarks 1:45 PM – Economic Outlook 2026: Where the Market is Headed and What SMBs Need to Know 2:20 PM – Ask An Expert Roundtable: Rotate through key tables including Finance, Sales Strategy, HR, Funding, Tech, and more 4:20 PM – Networking Happy Hour
Keynote & Speakers
Name
Speaker
Keynote from BDC
Pierre Cleroux, VP Research and Chief
Ecoomist at BDC
pierre.cleroux@bdc.ca
514-443-2135
Moderator from Change Connect
Agnes Lan
VP Sales at Change Connect
agnes.lan@changeconnect.ca
Panelist: Leadership
Alex Christopoulos
CEO at ICON Digital
alex@icondigital.com
416-720-8764
Panelist: Leadership
Anthony Attard
VP Sales at Sportsnet
anthony.attard@rci.rogers.com
416-919-3619
Panelist: 2025 Trends
Sam Aldridge
Senior Consultant at Change Connect
Sam.aldridge@changeconnect.uk
Time
Details
1:00 PM – Registration 1:30 PM – Welcome Remarks 1:45 PM – Economic Outlook 2026: Where the Market is Headed and What SMBs Need to Know 2:20 PM – Ask An Expert Roundtable: Rotate through key tables including Finance, Sales Strategy, HR, Funding, Tech, and more 4:20 PM – Networking Happy Hour
Tickets
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Starts in:
- The Great Hall, Angus Glen Golf Club
- Thursday, October, 9 2025
- 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. EST