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Upcoming Events

Location:
Seneca HELIX - Newnham campus

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We don’t have any events coming up, but
check back later in the school year for updates.

If you’re curious to understand what participants
in our conferences experience, take a look at the
agenda from the 2023 conference below!

Y2X Conference Schedule - 2023

Saturday, February 25

Time
Activity

9:30 am

Welcome

9:30 am

Speaker: Jessica Yin
(U of Western Ontario, Y2 alum)

10:10 am

Tips for ideation and introducing the pitch process

10:20 am

Free time to percolate

10:40 am

Open-mic pitches

11:30 am

Vote, short-list ideas and form teams

12:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 pm

Workshop: Persona and Prototyping

1:10 pm

Work time

2:00 pm

Workshop: Getting Feedback

2:10 pm

Work time

3:00 pm

Workshop: Costs and Revenue

3:15 pm

Work time

4:00 pm

Building Your Investor Pitch workshop: Kevin Smith (The Story Architect)

6:00 pm

Dinner

6:30 pm

Work time: Plan the Week

8:00 pm

Go home

Saturday, March 4

Time
Activity

9:30 am

Framing the day

9:45 am

Introduction to Summer Company : Alan Luk (Richmond Hill Small Bussiness Enterprise Center - RHSBEC)

10:10 am

Effective Public Speaking workshop: Ron Tsang (From Presentation to Standing Ovation)

10:20 am

Work time

10:40 am

Teams submit presentations

11:30 am

Lunch

12:00 pm

Welcome, opening remarks and introduction of judges

1:00 pm

Speaker: Lyn Chen (Webapp.io, Y2 alum)

1:10 pm

Final presentations

2:00 pm

Networking while judges deliberate

2:10 pm

Awards to top-2 teams, and wrap

3:00 pm

Dinner

3:15 pm

Go home

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