AVE Network is hosting their second annual International Women’s Day Speaker Series; this year’s event is a moderated panel discussion on successful entrepreneurship and innovation.
The panel is made up of 3 outstanding leaders in the Oil and Gas industry with vastly different backgrounds and successes as multi-award-winning entrepreneurs.
Together with a dynamic moderator and questions submitted by attendees, the evening is guaranteed to generate meaningful discussion and promote innovative thought.
There will be light snacks and refreshments during a networking session before the panel as well as a “after-panel” party to continue the conversation with attendees, sponsors and panelists with Happy Hour Specials all night!
5:00 PM – Doors open and appetizers & networking session before Panel Discussion begins
5:50 PM – Panel Discussion Begins
7:30 PM – After Party and Networking Session
Meet the Panelists
Audrey
Mascarenhas
Audrey Mascarenhas, President and CEO of Questor, is a world leader in the movement towards clean energy through her innovative technology and practices. Audrey was the recipient of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2011 Prairies Award for Cleantech and Environmental Services and received a national citation for Values-Based Innovation.
Catherine
Bell
Catherine Bell is a serial entrepreneur and renowned author having Co-Founded BluEra, a leading executive search firm, and written her Amazon best seller The Awakened Company. Catherine has been published in Fortune, HBR, Profit, Conscious Company, Women of Influence and written for the UN, consulting on how to awaken engagement, passion, purpose, and playfulness in organizations
Iggy
Domagalski
Iggy Domagalski, CEO at Tundra Process Solutions, has been an entrepreneur since the age of 12, and attributes his success to three passions - growth, change and people. Over the last decade Iggy has helped transform Tundra into an innovative $140-million industrial equipment integrator, that has been named one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies. He regularly speaks about innovation, and has been recognized as one of Oilweek’s Rising Stars, Alberta Oil’s New Energy Leaders, and Calgary’s Top 40 Under 40.
Moderated by
Laleh
Behjat
Laleh Behjat, associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Calgary, uses her experience to not only educate but to create awareness and promote the status of women in STEM. In 2015 she received the APEGA Women in Engineering Champion Award further solidifying her impact on diversity in the industry.