The Cambridge Chamber of Commerce will host its first business summit Nov. 22 at Tapestry Hall to provide local entrepreneurs the opportunity to learn from experts about a variety of topics relevant to operating in today’s business world.
The summit, called Evolve and Thrive, will feature eight presenters who are leaders in both the business and post-secondary sectors and will explore a variety of topics.
They include the following John Stix, co-founder of the telecom firm Fibernetics; Jay Krishnan, CEO of The Accelerator Centre in Waterloo; Iman Grewal, described as a serial entrepreneur, educator, and mental health advocate; four business educators from Conestoga College, including Kathryn Brillinger, executive director ot teaching and learning, teaching and learning consultant Nasreen Sutlana, Erin Caldwell, associate director of community, government relations and partnership, and Margaret Strawbridge, faculty member at the college's school of business.
Certified human resources professional Brianna Fuentes, a senior consultant at BDO Canada, will also present.
The summit was created by the chamber to provide local entrepreneurs with potential ideas that can assist them as they take their business to the next level.
“Business changes every single day, and we need to always stay focused ensuring we are working on our business and not just working in our business,” says Chamber President and CEO Greg Durocher in a press release. “We hope by hosting this summit we can provide entrepreneurs of SMEs with the tools they need to help them better navigate what may be some very choppy waters in our economy over the next few months.”
The Small Business Summit: Evolve and Thrive takes place from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 22 at Tapestry Hall.
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