Connecting Canada-Pakistan Startup Ecosystems
Join us for an amazing fireside chat on "Connecting Canada-Pakistan Startup Ecosystems" with Victoria Lennox, Co-Founder Startup Canada. Victoria Lennox is a social entrepreneur and executive leader with a track record of designing, building, and operationalizing values-based ecosystems, clusters, networks, and organizations.
About the Speaker:
Victoria Lennox is a social entrepreneur and executive leader with a track record of designing, building, and operationalizing values-based ecosystems, clusters, networks, and organizations. Victoria has propelled Canada onto the global stage as an ‘Innovation Nation.’ As one of Canada’s leading proponents of entrepreneurship and innovation with deep relationships and ties across academia, industry, government and media, Victoria is a commensurate diplomat with the ability to lead, communicate and forge consensus in any environment.
Passionate about education, entrepreneurship, innovation, technology, inclusivity and sustainability to foster peace, hope, equality, and sustainability, Victoria possesses principal diplomacy and political acuity, creates and communicates a compelling vision, and inspires higher levels of achievement and impact of individuals and organizations alike. As a digital powerhouse, Victoria leverages technology to unite, grow and reinforce communities, ecosystems and organizations, launching robust digital programs and omnichannel campaigns.
About the Host:
Arzish Azam is the CEO of Ejad Labs. He is an award-winning community builder who specializes in entrepreneurship and innovation travel. He’s the youngest global graduate from Founder Institute, the Country Director for Startup Grind Pakistan and the founder of Pakistan's leading tech conferences - Pak Tech Summit & Startup Grind Pakistan Conference. He runs the largest private tech exchange programs from Pakistan to Silicon Valley, North America and Europe helping 150+ SMEs & startups with global exposure. He has received various awards and recognition at many international conferences for his work.
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Ejad Labs is a digital accelerator leading the movement to promote Pakistani technology by organizing the country’s largest tech exchange programs to Silicon Valley, Europe and curating the flagship Pakistan Tech Summit and Startup Grind Pakistan Conference along with many other activities. We have an alumni network of 100+ entrepreneurs, digital leaders and change-makers.
Startup Canada
Co-Founder
Victoria Lennox is a social entrepreneur and executive leader with a track record of designing, building, and operationalizing values-based ecosystems, clusters, networks, and organizations. Victoria has propelled Canada onto the global stage as an ‘Innovation Nation.’ As one of Canada’s leading proponents of entrepreneurship and innovation with deep relationships and ties across academia, ind…
Victoria Lennox is a social entrepreneur and executive leader with a track record of designing, building, and operationalizing values-based ecosystems, clusters, networks, and organizations. Victoria has propelled Canada onto the global stage as an ‘Innovation Nation.’ As one of Canada’s leading proponents of entrepreneurship and innovation with deep relationships and ties across academia, industry, government and media, Victoria is a commensurate diplomat with the ability to lead, communicate and forge consensus in any environment.
Passionate about education, entrepreneurship, innovation, technology, inclusivity and sustainability to foster peace, hope, equality, and sustainability, Victoria possesses principal diplomacy and political acuity, creates and communicates a compelling vision, and inspires higher levels of achievement and impact of individuals and organizations alike. As a digital powerhouse, Victoria leverages technology to unite, grow and reinforce communities, ecosystems and organizations, launching robust digital programs and omnichannel campaigns.
Startup Grind / Ejad Labs
Director / CEO
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Arzish specialises in community building, entrepreneurship, youth advocacy and innovation travel. The youngest global graduate from Founder Institute, a highly celebrated Silicon Valley accelerator, has hosted 35+ leading entrepreneurs, technology experts and investors including Haseeb Awan, Idris Kothari, Ali Mukhtar and others in his talk shows and has directly helped 100+ startups and SMEs in global exposure.
He is the brain behind PAK-US Tech Exchange, the largest private tech exchange program connecting Pakistan and Silicon Valley. His exposure from being Pakistan's youth representative at Obama's Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2016 in Stanford, Organization of Islamic Corporation's Youth Entrepreneurship Forum 2017 and 2018 in Kazan, Russia, Startup Grind Global Conference 2018 in Silicon Valley, Web Summit 2018, Startup Grind Barcelona Conference and SXSW2019 etc. brings the gamut of relevant experiences and rich understanding of the field. He uses this to empower the youth of his nation with similar worthy global exposures, network and experiences.
He further leverages his leadership at the local chapters of international technology communities like Startup Grind and Google Business Group to create a robust and well knitted entrepreneurial ecosystem. He is also an alumnus of Plan9 – Punjab Information Technology Board’s Technology Incubator and the National Incubation Center in Islamabad.
Ejad Labs
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