Business Law & Tax for Startups

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Guest Speakers:

Roger Song

Managing Lawyer at Song & Howard Law Office

Roger is the managing lawyer of Song & Howard Law Office based in Calgary, Alberta. He focuses
his practice to help Chinese entrepreneurs and companies to develop and operate projects and
businesses in the province of Alberta and provide legal services to local Chinese community as
well as general public in the areas of corporate, wills and estates, and real estate law. He has
more than 20 years’ experiences of legal teaching and research, corporate in-house and private
practice legal counsel in mainland China, US, Hong Kong, and Canada. He was admitted to
practice law in the province of Alberta since 2014. He was also a lawyer admitted to practice in
the state of New York from 1996 to 2019. Roger obtained his Bachelor of Law and Master of Law
degrees from Beijing University, his LL.M degree from New York University and his Juris Doctor
(JD) degree from University of Calgary.

Business Law:

1. Minute Book for a Start-up Company
   • Why is it important?
2. Fund Raising by a Startup Company and Compliance with Securities Law in Canada
   • Case analysis
3. Is Your Startup Company a Canadian Controlled Private Corporation (CCPC)?
   • Shareholding structure
   • Case analysis: What is the “Control” ?

 

Caroline Pan

Assurance Partner at Accel Professional Corporation

Ms. Caroline Pan, CPA articled with one of the major Canadian CA training firms and has extensive experience in assurance services. She provided tax advisory services to professional clients including lawyers and dentists in one of the largest Canadian firms. As a National CPA final exam marker, module exam marker and exam arbitrator, she has also built a solid reputation with the CPA Professional Institution.

Tax：

1. Advantage and disadvantage for incorporation
2. Common new business owner tax traps – Debit shareholder loan, GST registration & collection, two separate legal entities
3. Tax obligation break-down: RP, RC, RT
4. High-level tax planning opportunity with incorporated business: LCGE, tax distribution, SR&ED, CDA, family trust, and various subsidies by the government.

The 2020 CCCA Roadshow is Powered by

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September 30, 2020 @ 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

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We recommend attending this session if you:

• Have an idea you are looking to explore and validate its business potential
• Want to gain a better understanding of the problem you are trying to solve
• Want to gain a better understanding of your customer
• Want to learn how to define your value proposition

Our Guest Speaker🎙

Programming Specialist at Startup Calgary
Ask me about: Startup Calgary Programs, Community Events, Business Model, Lean Canvas, Partnerships
 
Colton is a connector, facilitator, community-builder and entrepreneur. He has been involved in Alberta’s Entrepreneurship ecosystem as a student, post-secondary staff, and founder. In his current role, Colton collaborates with members of the Calgary ecosystem to build programming, facilitate workshops and provide support for early-stage tech entrepreneurs.

About Startup Calgary:

Have an idea and don't know where to start? Startup Calgary helps entrepreneurs turn their highly scalable ideas into reality by connecting them to what they need, when they need it. Through Startup Calgary's events and programs, you will tap into the tools, resources and connections needed to validate, build and launch your tech startup.

About Canada China Commercial Association:

Canada China Commercial Association (CCCA) has been hosting the innovation and entrepreneurship roadshow, a program where contestants attend training seminars and at the end, pitch their ideas at a pitching competition. The Roadshow program launched in 2017 and 2020 marks the fourth continuous year of the program.

About 2020 CCCA Innovation and Entrepreneurship Roadshow:

Showcase your innovative ideas and business models‼️
2020 is the fourth year of the CCCA Roadshow program. Building on the success from 2017 to 2019, CCCA will bring the Roadshow to a new stage in 2020. This year, CCCA partners with Innovate Calgary, Startup Calgary, Platform Calgary and other local leading organizations in the innovation and entrepreneurship industry. With the strong partnership, CCCA will offer more diversified professional business resources to all participating ventures.

How to participate:
The application process has started! Please download and fill the application form, and send it to roadshow@ccca88.ca.

Download the Application Form

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Have an innovative idea, but confused about where to start?🤔?

Join our Roadshow Session #001 - Startup 101🤓

September 23, 2020 @ 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

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and get to know the tools, terms, and resources that help you start!🥳

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We recommend attending this session if you:

• Are looking for an overview of Calgary's startup community 
• Want a better understanding of the support that is available to you
• Have an idea you are looking to expire and want to know your next steps
• Are overwhelmed by the terms, tools, and resources available

Our Guest Speaker🎙

Programming Specialist at Startup Calgary
Ask me about: Startup Calgary Programs, Community Events, Business Model, Lean Canvas, Partnerships
 
Colton is a connector, facilitator, community-builder and entrepreneur. He has been involved in Alberta’s Entrepreneurship ecosystem as a student, post-secondary staff, and founder. In his current role, Colton collaborates with members of the Calgary ecosystem to build programming, facilitate workshops and provide support for early-stage tech entrepreneurs.

About Startup Calgary:

Have an idea and don't know where to start? Startup Calgary helps entrepreneurs turn their highly scalable ideas into reality by connecting them to what they need, when they need it. Through Startup Calgary's events and programs, you will tap into the tools, resources and connections needed to validate, build and launch your tech startup.

About Canada China Commercial Association:

Canada China Commercial Association (CCCA) has been hosting the innovation and entrepreneurship roadshow, a program where contestants attend training seminars and at the end, pitch their ideas at a pitching competition. The Roadshow program launched in 2017 and 2020 marks the fourth continuous year of the program.

About 2020 CCCA Innovation and Entrepreneurship Roadshow:

Showcase your innovative ideas and business models‼️
2020 is the fourth year of the CCCA Roadshow program. Building on the success from 2017 to 2019, CCCA will bring the Roadshow to a new stage in 2020. This year, CCCA partners with Innovate Calgary, Startup Calgary, Platform Calgary and other local leading organizations in the innovation and entrepreneurship industry. With the strong partnership, CCCA will offer more diversified professional business resources to all participating ventures.

How to participate:
The application process has started! Please download and fill the application form, and send it to roadshow@ccca88.ca.

Download the Application Form

The 2020 CCCA Roadshow is Powered by

Presented to you by Canada China Commercial Association (CCCA)

2019 marks the third year of the CCCA Roadshow program. Our program aims to promote early stage entrepreneurs with innovative technology advancements and business models. Every year, our program offers a series of seminars focusing on various topics to get the entrepreneurs ready to showcase their business ideas and to connect with the investment community. We finish each year’s program with a pitching competition.

In 2019, CCCA partnered with Innovate Calgary, Startup Calgary, Seedups Canada, Haskayne School of Business and other local leading organizations in the innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) industry. From April to August, We organized 5 seminars with the topics of business plans, business valuation, the government funding program SR&ED, intellectual property, pitching skills, and equity structure.

Thanks to the support from the CCCA community partner, Denton’s Calgary Office and all the generous sponsors, 2019 Roadshow has continued to be a success in supporting local ventures. We will present the 2019 Western Canada Innovation & Entrepreneurship Roadshow Finale on October 18, 2019.

The final four teams to pitch at the finale are:

• Nimble Science Ltd – An innovated device for small intestine MicroBiome Aspiration
• Momentum Material Corporation – Nano-engineered membranes for advanced water treatment systems
• Western Heritage – Online platform for data processing based on remote sensing images, drones, and IoT sensors
• Elsius Biomedical – Extra corporeal membrane oxygenation device, a very complex technology that takes a patient’s blood from its body and in -real-time adds oxygen to it while pumping it back into the system

Date: October 18, 2019 5:30 pm-9:00 pm

Venue: Silver Springs Golf & Country Club, 1600 Varsity Estates Drive NW, Calgary, AB

Ticket

• Active CCCA business members: 1 free tickets, $20 for additional ticket. Please contact us at roadshow@ccca88.ca to confirm your membership status and acquire your ticket. Quantity limited, first come first serve.
• Active CCCA general members: $10 for first ticket, $20 for additional ticket. Please contact us at roadshow@ccca88.ca to confirm your membership status and acquire your ticket. Quantity limited, first come first serve. Welcome joining CCCA to receive member benefits.
• Non CCCA member: $20, ticket purchase link, or pay via e-Transfer^®
  • Recipient email: treasurer@ccca88.ca
  • Please email: treasurer@ccca88.ca to provide detail information (name and email) for ticket issuing.

Canada China Commercial Association presents to you the 2019 Innovation & Entrepreneurship Roadshow Semi Final Pitching Competition.

We invite George Tai, partner of Denton's Canada LLP to share his knowledge and insights on equity structure for early stage businesses.

About the Speaker:

George’s practice centers on Mergers and Acquisitions, Securities, Corporate Finance and Corporate/commercial transactions, primarily in the energy and technology sectors. George also has extensive experience advising technology companies having successfully negotiated complex licensing contracts, service agreements and software development agreements domestically and internationally with numerous multinational original equipment manufacturers, telecommunications companies and software companies.

George has experience in structuring and negotiating international commercial transactions, advising a number of Canadian-based clients on transactions in Asia, and with Asian-based clients pursuing investments and business opportunities in Canada. George is the co-lead of Dentons' Canada's China Services Desk.

George has served as a director and a corporate secretary on a number of TSX and TSXV listed oil and gas companies and technology companies.

Ticket

• Active CCCA business members: 1 free tickets, $20 for additional ticket. Please contact us at roadshow@ccca88.ca to confirm your membership status and acquire your ticket. Quantity limited, first come first serve.
• Active CCCA general members: $10 for first ticket, $20 for additional ticket. Please contact us at roadshow@ccca88.ca to confirm your membership status and acquire your ticket. Quantity limited, first come first serve. Welcome joining CCCA to receive member benefits.
• Non CCCA member: $20, ticket purchase link, or pay via e-Transfer®
  • Recipient email: treasurer@ccca88.ca
  • Please email: treasurer@ccca88.ca to provide detail information (name and email) for ticket issuing.

Keynote Speakers:

Intellectual Property Overview & Strategy

Dr. Morgan Guo

Morgan is an Innovation Manager, Medical & Life Sciences, at Innovate Calgary. She works with University of Calgary researchers to manage intellectual property and commercialization of new discoveries in agricultural and life sciences.

Expertise and background:

• PhD., Physiological and Molecular Biology, University of Illinois
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
• Industry Liaison Manager, University of Lethbridge
• Breeding and Logistic Specialist, Monsanto

Pitching Skill Training for Entrepreneurs

Dr. Oleksiy Osiyevskyy

Dr. Oleksiy Osiyevskyy is an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary. In his scholarship, Oleksiy concentrates on the problem of achieving and sustaining firm growth through successfully engaging in entrepreneurial strategies. Particular areas of expertise include analyzing and designing innovative business models, improving the efficiency and effectiveness of corporate innovation practices, and evidence-based strategies for developing high-growth new ventures.

Dr. Osiyevskyy’s scholarly achievements were recognized with the prestigious Canadian Izaak Killam Memorial Scholarship (during his Ph.D. studies), and numerous awards from the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Moreover, his research was included in the list of ‘research projects taking place at Canadian universities that teach important lessons for today's business leaders' by the Canadian Business Magazine. Before joining Haskayne School of Business, he was an Assistant Professor in the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Group of the D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University (Boston), from 2014 till 2017.

Ticket

• Active CCCA business members: 2 free tickets, $20 for additional ticket. Please contact us at roadshow@ccca88.ca to confirm your membership status and acquire your ticket. Quantity limited, first come first serve.
• Active CCCA general members: $10 for first ticket, $20 for additional ticket. Please contact us at roadshow@ccca88.ca to confirm your membership status and acquire your ticket. Quantity limited, first come first serve. Welcome joining CCCA to receive member benefits.
• Non CCCA member: $20, ticket purchase link, or pay via e-Transfer®
  • Recipient email: treasurer@ccca88.ca
  • Please email: treasurer@ccca88.ca to provide detail information (name and email) for ticket issuing.

Keynote Speakers:

Sylvain Defoy

SRED (or SR&ED) refers to the Canadian Government's "Scientific Research and Experimental Development" program. This is a generous incentive program that rewards companies of any size for conducting Research and Development activities in Canada.

Sylvain has been involved in many consulting special assignments as an in-house specialist in different government incentives and successfully helped corporations accessing different grants to support their investment in specific areas such as advanced technology project, export market business expansion, job creations etc.
 

Jordan Martel, CBV

Partner of Sequeira Partners

Jordan has over 15 years of advisory experience providing business and asset valuations to support transactions, financial opinions, tax and financial reporting, corporate planning, and other advisory services for private and public companies primarily in the energy, chemical, and other heavy industries.

Prior to joining Sequeira Partners, Jordan was a senior manager in Deloitte’s valuations group holding a number of leadership roles in the Alberta and Prairie markets. Jordan also held a management role in the valuation practice of an international middle market investment bank in Dallas, Texas. He holds an MBA from the University of Texas, is a Chartered Business Valuator and a Senior Accredited Member of the American Society of Appraisers in business valuation.

Ticket

• Active CCCA business members: 2 free tickets, $20 for additional ticket. Please contact us at roadshow@ccca88.ca to confirm your membership status and acquire your ticket. Quantity limited, first come first serve.
• Active CCCA general members: $10 for first ticket, $20 for additional ticket. Please contact us at roadshow@ccca88.ca to confirm your membership status and acquire your ticket. Quantity limited, first come first serve. Welcome joining CCCA to receive member benefits.
• Non CCCA member: $20, ticket purchase link, or pay via e-Transfer®
  • Recipient email: treasurer@ccca88.ca
  • Please email: treasurer@ccca88.ca to provide detail information (name and email) for ticket issuing.

2019 CCCA Roadshow Training Session # 1

Speaker: Andrew Browne - Startup Support Specialist at Startup Calgary

CCCA Roadshow trainings are free to all roadshow participants.

Have a winning business idea? Come and join in the 2019 CCCA Roadshow pitch competition! The grand prize is $2,019 CASH for the final winner.

Upcoming Training Sessions:

• May 25 - Business Valuation, SR&ED
• June 16 - Pitching Skill Training & Intellectual Property Strategy
• June 20 - Mentoring Session

Upcoming Pitch Competitions:

• Aug 31 - Semi-final Pitch Competition
• Sept 14 - Final Pitch Competition with Award Ceremony & Collaboration with Investors

Welcome to the 2019 Western Canada Innovation & Entrepreneurship Roadshow Opening Ceremony presented by Canada China Commercial Association

CCCA is going to launch the Roadshow program in 2019, which is the third year of this well received program.

Date: April 5, 2019
Time: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Venue: Central Library Performance Hall

Building up on the success of 2017 and 2018, the CCCA Roadshow program will be further enhanced through our partnership with Innovate Calgary, Startup Calgary, Seedups Canada, Haskayne School of Business and other local leading organizations in the innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) industry. With such a strong partnership, CCCA will offer more diversified business resources to the participating ventures. For the Roadshow opening ceremony, CCCA has invited guests from local and international innovation and entrepreneurship industry, with strong business, investment, industrial background.

Keynote:

Dr. Liming Liu

Dr. Liming Liu is the VP Surface Technology at Value Creation Inc. (VCI) since 2013. He has over 20 years of research and development experience in the oil industry. Since 2000, he plays a leading role in the development of VCI’s proprietary technologies. He served Sinopec, China in the 90s. Dr. Liu obtained his B.Sc. and M.Sc. from East China University of Science and Technology. He received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Alberta in 2000.

James Szarko

James Szarko serves as the Chief Executive Officer and President at Botaneco. His primary focus over the past 15 years has been that of leadership roles with companies which have a proprietary technology focusing on commercialization and growth. Involved as an investor, advisor, executive and board member, James has run the gamut of entrepreneurialism. James served as Chief Executive Officer, President and Director at SemBioSys Genetics Inc. He received his initial training with PricewaterhouseCoopers wherein he obtained his Chartered Accountant designation. This training also included an extended management posting in a developing market. James also possesses a business degree from the University of Lethbridge.

Ticket

• Active CCCA business members: 2 free tickets, $10 for additional ticket. Please contact us at info@ccca88.ca to confirm your membership status and acquire your ticket. Quantity limited, first come first serve.
• Active CCCA general members: 1 free ticket, $10 for additional ticket. Please contact us at info@ccca88.ca to confirm your membership status and acquire your ticket. Quantity limited, first come first serve.
  Welcome joining CCCA to receive member benefits.
• Non CCCA member: $10, ticket purchase link, or pay via e-Transfer^®
  • Recipient email: treasurer@ccca88.ca
  • Please email: treasurer@ccca88.ca to provide detail information (name and email) for ticket issuing.

Western Canada Innovation & Entrepreneurship Roadshow hosted by Canada China Commercial Association (CCCA) is a well received program in the Calgary Chinese community since its debut in 2017. It is a platform for ventures across Western Canada to showcase their business ideas and to connect with the investment community.

2018 marked the second year of the CCCA Roadshow program. Since its opening ceremony in April, 2018, CCCA Roadshow has organized a series events of workshops, seminars, mentoring sessions, focusing on business plan writing, business valuation. CCCA also hosted a special mini roadshow together with TusStar in June. The event was a great opportunity for ventures to interact with world class incubating specialists and venture capitalists.

After qualifying pitching competition and semi-final pitching competition, CCCA roadshow is ready to present to you the final pitching competition.  We invite you to join us for celebrating the Entrepreneurship and cheer for ventures’ achievements.

On September 15, the final 4 ventures are to pitch at the finale. The award ceremony will be held at the same day.

Time: Sept 15 2018, 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Venue: THE GLENCOE CLUB, 636 29 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2S 0P1

Agenda:

• 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Check in
• 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Opening remarks
• 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm Competition
• 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Keynote speech: Charity Callahan, Director of Partnership for SeedsCanada, President of ZenEarth Corp.
• 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Award Ceremony
• 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Business Mingling & closing remarks

Bio of the Keynote Speaker:

Charity Callahan

Director of Partnership for SeedsCanada
President of ZenEarth Corp.

Charity brings 20 years’ experience in leading global organizations and projects that commercialize and promote new products and new markets and helps customers incorporate bio-based cleaners and lubricants into their workplace. Zen Earth’s BioBlend products provide a sustainable replacement to toxic chemicals and lubricants used in industry. Charity grows the business in international markets, developing the relationships to ensure the quality of the products and service needed to manage risks and increase adoption of these new materials.

The final 4 ventures are:

• Innovated Greenhouse by Freshpal
• Ultra-wide Broadband seismic/Vibration Hardware by Symroc
• New Bio-degradable Plastic by Canada Alzer
• MWD/LWD Battery Management System by AvanTech

Each venture has 9 minutes to pitch and 6 minutes for Q&A. A judge panel made of venture capitalists, financial professionals, incubating training specialists, successful businessman is here to evaluate and provide feedback.

Thanks for the event venue sponsor: LEEF Living and gift sponsor: L'apres MIDI Pastry & Bakery. And many thanks to all the sponsors for 2018 CCCA roadshow. Your generosity and support help the community to thrive.

Ticketing: https://roadshow18finale.eventbrite.ca 

• Active CCCA business members: $28 (limit: 2). Please contact us at info@ccca88.ca to confirm your membership status and acquire payment method/discount code. Quantity limited, first come first serve.
• Active CCCA general members: $38 (limit: 2). Please contact us at info@ccca88.ca to confirm your membership status and acquire payment method/discount code. Quantity limited, first come first serve.
• Welcome joining CCCA to receive member benefits.
• Non CCCA member:  $48, ticket purchase link, or pay via e-Transfer®
  • Recipient email: treasurer@ccca88.ca
  • Please email: treasurer@ccca88.ca to provide detail information (name and email) for ticket issuing.

2018 marked the second year of Western Canada Innovation & Entrepreneurship Roadshow organizes by Canada China Commercial Association.(CCCA). We have seen more community involvement and a stronger candidate profile. After a series training and info. sessions for the past few months, now we are at the final phase of the Roadshow program, pitching competition.

During the competition, 8 wining teams from last qualifying competition will pitch. Each team has 8 minutes pitching time and 4 minutes feedback & question time. Mark will be released right after event. 4 teams would win the ticket to the final competition scheduled on September 15, 2018.

Agenda:

August 17, 2018 (Friday)

• 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm: Opening remarks
• 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Pitching
• 5:00 pm - 5:15 pm: Intermission
• 5:15 pm - 6:15 pm: Pitching
• 6:15 pm - 7:00 pm: Dinner

Address:

Suite 2700, 707 5 Street SW, Calgary, AB T2P 1V8
PetroChina Canada Head Office

Ticketing:

• Non-CCCA members: $98
• CCCA General Members: $58 (limit:1)
• CCCA Business Members: $38 (limit:1)

CCCA members, please email: info@ccca88.ca to get your discount code.

About the Event:

The business valuation workshop is one of the series events of 2018 CCCA Innovation & Entrepreneurship Roadshow.

Business valuation is one of the most important concepts in finance. Every business owner should know something about valuation.  This event will cover the topic of pre-revenue valuation and post-revenue valuation. It offers perspective to early stage ventures as well as established business owners/

About the Speaker:

Jordan Martel is the senior vice president of Sequeira Partners Inc. Jordan has over 12 years of client advisory experience in corporate valuations, financial opinions, fair value for IFRS and US GAAP, tax valuations, estate planning, buy/sell arrangements, corporate value disputes, and financial/corporate strategy and technology consulting.

Jordan’s experience in Canada and the United States, coupled with his broad knowledge across many industries, provides a trusted, credible, and independent opinion on complex valuation issues.

Prior to joining Sequeira Partners, Jordan sourced, managed, and executed valuation assignments for a Big Four accounting firm in Calgary, Alberta. He also delivered financial opinions and valuations with a publicly-traded boutique investment bank in Dallas, Texas.

Qualifications

• Chartered Business Valuator
• Senior Accredited Member of the American Society of Appraisers in Business Valuation
• Masters of Business Administration, McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin
• Bachelors of Business Administration, McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin

Ticketing:

• Active CCCA members: $15 (limit: 1). Please contact us at info@ccca88.ca to confirm your membership status and acquire your ticket. Quantity limited, first come first serve. Welcome joining CCCA to receive member benefits.
• Non CCCA member:  $25, ticket purchase via Eventbrite, or pay via e-Transfer^®
  • Recipient email: treasurer@ccca88.ca
  • Please email: treasurer@ccca88.ca to provide detail information (name and email) for ticket issuing.

CCCA Innovation & Entrepreneurship Roadshow (CCCA Roadshow) is a well received project in the Calgary Chinese community since its debut in 2017. It is a platform for ventures across Western Canada.

2018 marked the second year of the Roadshow program. CCCA is collaborating with local business school to achieve the goal of merging the university resource with the demand from the Chinese community and beyond. We encourage and welcome all ventures to participate in the Roadshow. Roadshow is a series of events offering training workshops (April 28, 2018 & June 23, 2018) , preliminary competition (August 18, 2018) and finale (September 15, 2018) . The program has attracted outstanding sponsors from various industry sectors. Finale winner will have the chance to win the cash prize of $2,018.

On April 28, 2018, CCCA Bring to you the business plan workshop. Our keynote speaker is Matt Jones, CFA.

Matt is the Director (on leave) of Whitehorn Merchant Capital Incorporation. He is an investment banker with a strong finance and business background. He holds the CFA designation (Chartered Financial Analyst). Matt has spent the last 8 years helping Alberta based businesses with complex multi-million-dollar transactions. He has extensive experience in a variety of industries including manufacturing, professional services, oil and gas services and construction. Topics to cover: Raising Capital, Merger & Acquisition, Divestitures and Management Buyouts & ESOPs.

Matt is currently seeking the United Conservative Party nomination candidate for Calgary-SE (Mahogany, Cranston and Auburn Bay). Increasingly concerned with the direction Alberta is heading both economically and socially, Matt has put his career on hold to use his skills and experience to build a better future for all Albertans. He believes we need more qualified MLAs to return Alberta to prosperity.

Refreshment will be provided at the event. Free admission to CCCA business members. General member can buy ticket at member price of $5. Regular ticket $15.

Ticketing

• Active CCCA business members: Free (limit: 1), $5 for additional tickets (limit: 1). Please contact us at info@ccca88.ca to confirm your membership status and acquire your ticket. Quantity limited, first come first serve.
• Active CCCA general members: $5 (limit: 2). Please contact us at info@ccca88.ca to confirm your membership status and acquire payment method/discount code. Quantity limited, first come first serve.
• Welcome joining CCCA to receive member benefits.
• Non CCCA member:  $15, ticket purchase link, or pay via e-Transfer®
  • Recipient email: treasurer@ccca88.ca
  • Please email: treasurer@ccca88.ca to provide detail information (name and email) for ticket issuing.

加中商会隆重推出的2017加西创新创业路演系列活动，5月正式启动，经过7月的商业计划书写作培训，9 月的企业估值讲座，经过10月的选拔赛评选，我们的路演总决赛即将与大家见面。 12月3 日，我们邀请你一起来，共同评出我们的创业英雄榜。

总决赛地址：Turret Room, Silver Springs Golf & Country Club, 1600 Varsity Estates Drive NW, Calgary

总决赛时间：2017年12月3日下午1点到5点

加中商会的路演总决赛得到卡尔加里总领馆的支持， 陆旭总领事将致开幕词， 表达祖国对华侨、华人在海外创新的支持。我们也邀请了中石油加拿大的CEO 傅吉林先生。 中国海洋石油工程有限公司加拿大分公司的主要负责人也在我们的嘉宾行列。 石油业进入科技更新， 提高效能的时代。 感谢各位石油界资深人士对我们这次创新创业路演的关注和支持。嘉宾里面的重量级人物还有前省议员栾晋生（Jason Luan）。

也感谢本城各华人社团的支持，包括东北同乡会、西北同乡会、卡城专家企业家协会、卡城移民教育中心，欢迎各位。

与10月的选拔赛评选形式基本相同，这次大奖赛分为专家评委组和观众评委组。专家评分占80%，观众评分占20%。所有参加活动的观众都有机会做评委。

我们邀请的专家评委包括前任大学商学院MBA项目的总监，Claire Dixon。Claire 有着学霸级别的教育背景。她是剑桥大学的工程硕士，之后获得了哈佛商学院MBA。她在EMBA program执教的策略管理课程一直是最受欢迎的科目。Claire 现在是卡尔加里大学商学院的CDL Rockies的主要负责人。 CDL Rockies是大学商学院近年来最大的一个战略层面的举措，目标就是帮助创新创业者从科研阶段成长为高速发展的企业。我们期待她对我们路演总决赛项目的点评。

我们同时邀请的重量级专家也包括加拿大联邦研究院的Dr. Jeff Zidichouski。 他有着丰富的行业咨询经验。这次路演总决赛，也特别邀请了来自中国方面的投资基金合伙人还有高层管理人员。 清华启迪（亚省）孵化器投资有限公司的主要负责人也特别从Edmonton 赶来加入了我们的专家评委团队。

篇幅有限，不一一介绍了。我们的专家评委团全名单如下：

• Claire Dixon - Associate Director of CDL Rockies and Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation，Haskayne Business School
• Dr. Jeff Zidichouski - Director of Research, National Research Council
• Dr. Max Wang - Managing Director and CEO, Atrum Coal Ltd.
• Andy Wu - President, Canada China Commercial Association
• Peter Liu - COO, Tustar (Alberta) Incubator Investment Inc.
• Wen Zhang - Partner, Steed Capital
• Dr. David Sun - Manager, Taiyou Investment Funds

这次活动的主持人由高艳女士担任，高艳女士是蒙特利尔银行资本市场油气部门的总监。也是我们10月份选拔赛的专家评委之一。

我们特别感谢10月选拔赛的专家评委， David Bai、Dr. Morgan Guo、Cherry Ma、Andy Wu和Yan Gao。感谢各位的支持。

总决赛议程：

• 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm 嘉宾注册
• 1:30 pm - 1:35 pm 中国驻卡尔加里总领事陆旭致辞
• 1:35 pm - 1:45 pm 加中商会会长武航（Andy Wu）致辞
• 1:45 pm - 3:45 pm 路演决赛
• 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm 中场茶点休息/评分
• 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm 企业家分享创业心得 – Eleanor Chiu, CFO, Trico Homes
• 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm 颁奖仪式

票务信息

• 商会会员：$10，请与我们联系取得购票信息 info@ccca88.ca https://roadshowfinale-cccamember.eventbrite.ca
• 非会员票价：$20，访问 https://roadshowfinale.eventbrite.ca

2017年12月3日下午，在卡尔加里西北的一个高尔夫会所，加中商会（CCCA）成功举办了2017加西创新创业路演总决赛。 自5月正式启动活动，经过7月的商业计划书写作培训，9月的企业估值讲座，和10月的选拔赛评选，12月3日，四个入围总决赛的企业进行了激烈的角逐。 经过评委们的审慎评断，共同评出了我们的创业英雄榜。

本次活动得到了中国驻卡尔加里总领事馆的支持，新任总领事陆旭、经济商务领事何东阳、商务副领事冯晓宇以及科技领事柏杰四位重要官员到场参加本次活动。陆旭总领事致开幕词，向生活在加国的华侨、华人表达了祖国对于他们在海外创新创业的支持。商会也邀请了重量级的嘉宾，其中包括中石油加拿大的CEO 付吉林先生，前省议员栾晋生（Jason Luan），以及中国海油工程有限公司加拿大分公司的主要负责人等等。

中国驻卡尔加里总领事陆旭致词

中国驻卡尔加里总领事馆官员与部分商会理事合影

这次活动的主持人高艳女士也是一位重量级的商界“大佬”，她是蒙特利尔银行资本市场油气部门的总监，高艳女士在10月份的选拔赛当中也扮演了重要的专家评委角色。加中商会在此特别感谢各位政商界资深人士对商会这次创新创业路演的关注和支持。

主持人高艳女士

除了政商界人士，加中商会还要特别鸣谢此次路演活动的赞助商，冠名赞助Calvista LLP，现金奖赞助SMPL Robotics Co., Ltd.，银赞助OSLER Law Firm，龚彦，詹长龙，铜赞助RBC，王茜，PetroSun Resources Inc，Canadian Travel Services Inc.，政府支持Alberta Government，Alberta Climate Change Office。有了你们的支持，我们才能顺利举办此次活动。

此次路演活动也受到了卡尔加里各华人社团的强力支持，包括东北同乡会、西北同乡会、卡城移民教育中心，感谢各位的光临。

经过10月的预赛，最终有四位选手进入了总决赛。在12月3日，四位选手分别进行了精彩的演讲，并回答了现场观众和评委的问题。

首先上场的是Mobile Exchange Payment Inc.的张黎明。Mobile Exchange Payment Inc.致力于发展电子支付系统，以方便加中之间的个人和贸易支付。

第二位是Sciridge Technology Inc.的Caroline Feng。Sciridge将作为科研和商业的桥梁，关注于科研成果的商业化。他们现在的项目主要运用于石油行业。

第三位上场的是WeMI Media Inc.的Fred Liu。相对于另外几位技术背景的选手，艺术背景的Fred一上场就以他的风趣引来现场阵阵笑声。他对推动中加文化交流的热情也感染着大家。

最后一位也是唯一一组两人同时演讲的选手。RentalPedia的Peng Zhou和Mike King给大家展现了一个非常完整而全面的商业计划。

经过两个多小时的展示、比赛、问答，活动进入了评分阶段。本次总决赛的评分部分分为专家评委组和观众评委组。专家评分占80%，观众评分占20%。参加活动的观众都积极且认真地参与了评分工作，而专家团的评委们更是针对参赛选手的介绍和项目提出了专业的问题和非常具有建设性的意见。专家团的评委有：

• 克莱尔·迪克森（Claire Dixon），卡尔加里大学商学院的CDL Rockies项目副主任。
• 杰夫·兹迪克斯基博士（Dr. Jeff Zidichouski），加拿大联邦研究院 研究主任
• 汪长青博士（Dr. Max Wang），加拿大Atrum Coal能源公司CEO
• 武航（Andy Wu) ，加中商会会长
• 刘立新(Peter Liu)，清华启迪（阿尔伯塔省）孵化器投资有限公司COO
• 张文 （Wen Zhang），中国Steed Capital合伙人
• 孙磊 博士（Dr. David Sun），泰有基金 副总裁

经过专家和观众评委谨慎地评判和打分，最终由Caroline Feng带领的Sciridge Technology Inc 团队获得了本次创新创业路演比赛的冠军，不仅获得了由SMPL Robotics Co., Ltd. 赞助的$1688加币的奖金，更得到了众多成功企业家的精妙指点和瞩目。中石油加拿大的CEO付吉林先生为这个团队颁奖， 代表大家表达了对这个创业团队的良好祝愿。

中石油加拿大的CEO付吉林先生为Sciridge Technology Inc. 颁奖

这次路演总决赛， 我们也特别邀请了本地成功华人企业家，Trico Homes 的CFO Eleanor Chiu给各位创业者分享她的创业故事和心得。她平实睿智的分享， 值得创业者思考借鉴。

Trico Homes 的CFOEleanor Chiu作的主题演讲

部分参赛选手、评委、嘉宾以及加中商会理事和义工合影

加中商会致力于增强加中两国企业间的经贸、商务、科技、人才等方面的交流与合作，加强企业间和个人间的相互往来与联系，维护会员企业和个人的合法权益。“资源共享、优势互补、互惠互利、共同发展”是本会运作的方针。本次创新创业路演比赛就是加中商会宗旨的重要体现，相信这次活动能够为有识有胆的“创客”们提供了一个展示自我寻求发展的良好机会。 加中商会2018年的创业创新路演报名工作已经启动，欢迎与我们的理事们联系。 我们为你的梦想搭建平台。也请大家关注我们正在进行的华商风云榜提名评比活动，还有2018年加中商会的年会，盛典不断，欢迎你参加。

如果您有任何事宜可以与我们联系：info@ccca88.ca

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Canada China Commercial Association (CCCA) proudly presents The 2017 Western Canada Innovation and Entrepreneurship Roadshow (“The Roadshow”), a series of events to walk the venture entrepreneurs through all training sessions. We will held our Grand Finale in November 2017 and the winner will get $1,688 prize as a reward.

Please join us on Tuesday September 12, 2017 for a night with experienced entrepreneurs, venture capital investors, and senior consultants. The event covers topics, such as how to value your business, how to make initial market analysis and attract investor, what are the essentials for starting an innovative business, and how to apply various grants and funding, etc.

Time： Tuesday, September 12, 2017 6pm-9pm. Registration starts at 5:30pm.

Location: Science Theatre 143, University of Calgary, Calgary AB

• Lot 21 and 25 are public parking lots nearby, costs $7- $8 per entry after 3:30pm.

Part 1: Keynote Speakers:

1. Customer Discovery: Don’t fall in love with your idea until your customers do By David Bocking, Technology Development Advisor, Alberta Innovates

David Bocking has over 30 years’ experience in the technology, energy and health sectors. He has held executive roles in sales, product management and marketing across many sectors. He is an accomplished growth leader and consultant skilled at creating enterprise value from new market entry, product development, technology adoption and business model innovation. He is an exceptional communicator, who quickly develops empathy for customer problems, creates solutions, and distills complex scenarios into a strategic vision coupled with a corresponding business model to create, deliver and capture value. In his current role at Alberta Innovates, he has provided coaching to hundreds of startups and delivers workshops on Lean Startup Thinking, Business Models and Customer Development.

2. How to value your business and attract investors wisely By Jeremy Gilman, Principal, McRock Capital

Jeremy Gilman is the Principal of McRock Capital, a venture capital firm based in Toronto and Calgary. Jeremy is focused on the origination, structuring, and execution of new investment opportunities in the Industrial IT sector. His responsibilities also include working closely with McRock’s portfolio companies on corporate strategy, risk management, business plan execution, and financial planning. Jeremy is also a Director of CFA Society Calgary.

Part 2 Panel Discussion:

Steven Mcilvenna, Director, Entrepreneur Development, Innovate Calgary

As An award winning entrepreneur coach, Steven is responsible for ensuring early stage entrepreneurs receive timely coaching and mentoring as well as effective programs to support both their professional and business development.

Eileen Ashmore, President & Owner, Strategic Timelines Inc.

Eileen Ashmore, MBA, CMC is a technology funding specialist who works with technology driven businesses to assist them prepare provincial and federal funding submissions along with preparing the supporting business tools - business and marketing strategies/plans, financial projections, market assessment and competitor analysis for these submissions. Eileen has 30+ years management consulting experience and has worked with hundreds of B2B companies.

Bruce Gilkes, Owner, Technology Pathfinders

Bruce Gilkes is a senior executive with Technology Pathfinders, a company that mentors small and medium enterprises. Before that, he has founded a computer training and simulation company, C4i Consultants Inc. and grown it into a multinational organization. He has several patents to his name and was awarded the Alberta Centennial Medal and the Canadian Forces Decoration and the NATO Special Service Medal. Earlier in his career, Mr. Gilkes served full time and part time in the Canadian Army for 29 years, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel.

As with our previous event, we also invite professionals and successful entrepreneurs as our special guests. Participants of the events will also have opportunities to mingle with these experts.

Program: Download HERE.

Ticketing:

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