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Theresa Laurico is an award-winning entrepreneur, media producer, speaker and founder of SociaLIGHT. Her work has impacted thousands globally. Her annual SociaLIGHT Conference is called "A Mecca for Emerging Entrepreneurs” and brings together over 1,500 innovators. Past speakers and contributors include Sir Richard Branson, Seth Godin, Tony Hsieh, Tonya Surman, Bob Proctor and more. SociaLIGHT focuses on business as a force of good and the embodiment of the triple bottom line "People. Planet. Profit." Laurico is also a seasoned television producer and personality with several national series, commercials, and international broadcast experience for clients like CTV, Muchmusic, HGTV, Rogers and Citytv. She holds a Broadcast Journalism degree from Ryerson University where she graduated as President, and holds an Executive Media Leadership MPP from Schulich School of Business. She is trained in systemic leadership from Josselyn Herman Saccio & Dr. Monica Sharma, former Director of Leadership Capacity for the United Nations. Laurico is the first female Toronto Lean Startup Machine winner, nominated by the Toronto Board of Trade for Business Excellence as "Startup of the Year" and a recipient of a leadership award from the former Lieutenant Governor of Canada, the Honourable Hilary Weston. She is an international speaker and has been on stages for conferences like the S.H.E. Summit in New York, Junior Achievers National Leadership Conference, and Sheryl Sandberg’s LeanIN. Seen as an expert in the startup/ innovations space, Laurico has consulted to major brands and clients like IBM Canada and PwC. Her “Love in Action” projects include national campaigns that have resulted in supplying medical supplies in the Philippines, housing and education resources in Kenya, local support in Peru, and 208 eye restoration surgeries in Tibet. Today, “Love in Action” is an accredited leadership program taught in high schools across New York City. Laurico is also currently producing The Miracle Morning Movie scheduled for 2017 release, featuring celebrity thought leaders from The Secret, millionaire entrepreneurs and personalities. Laurico and her startup have been featured in media outlets including Forbes, Huffington Post, TechVIBES, PROFIT, and YOU Inc. The SociaLIGHT conference will be the largest event celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week in Canada. Her greatest passion is to source others greatness and combine media, systemic leadership, and entrepreneurship for positive global impact. www.socialightconference.com @SLTConference @Theresalaurico

Software Engineer | Director & Co-Founder, Women Who Code Vancouver

Holly studied material and visual culture at Princeton University and learned to code at Flatiron School. She works as a software engineer at Eventsage. In her spare time, Holly enjoys playing techno music and programming synthesizers. She co-founded Women Who Code Vancouver.

Director of Engineering at Mobify Specialities: Web frameworks, software engineering practices, distributed systems, scalable services, communication and management.

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Information Visualization & Visual Analytics Design and Research at Molecular You