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.

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.

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.

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.