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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