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2026 Preliminary Judges

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Sanjay Gupta

Eric Mok

Jesse Primerano

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Greg Libitz

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John Paul Shearer

CEO @ Sanjay Gupta Coaching | Business Management Expert

Principal, Private Markets Group at OPTrust

Executive Director at StandWithUs Canada

Professor, Smith School of Business

Associate Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship at Smith School of Business

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Endrit Kromidha

Julien Sellgren

Dirk Rodenburg

Revital Gadish

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Sarah Burrows

Professor, Birmingham Business School

Founder and Principal at Breakout Analytics

Professor, Queen's University

CEO of Qira

Introduction To Entrepreneurship Professor at Queen's University

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Susan Bartholomew

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Donna Gillespie

Brad Barbeau

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Sophie Galper

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Andrew Guilfoyle

International Business Professor at Queen's University

Chief Executive Officer at Kingston Economic Development Corporation

Business Technology Professor at Queen's University

C-level Executive and Independent Director

Partner at Chronicle Wealth

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Michael Carter

Professor at St. Lawrence College

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Dave Belbeck

Dimo Dimov

Erik Mok

Peter Gallant

Advisor at Staircase Ventures

Professor of Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Bath University

President at GRQ Capital Corporation

Professor of Innovation, Strategy and Entrepreneurship at Smith School of Business

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Max Tremaine

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Peter Hwang

Robbie Marks

Sarah Dey Burton

Dudley Cosford

CEO at sherpa°

Founder and CEO at Tre'dish

Director of Investments at MaRS

Partner and Founder of Innovation & Design at Bain & Company

Director of Partnerships at Maple

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Jeff Moore

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Mike Titkov

Ryan Donovan

Sidney Sommer

Brent Richards

CEO at ReMendIt

Principal at TELUS Global Ventures

Co-Founder & CEO of RetireMint

Founder & Managing Director at Stealth Monitoring

Professor at McGill University

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Christopher Holt

Conner Galway

Dominic Lim

Elspeth Murray

Jeffrey Fenton

Associate Professor, Conrad School of Entrepreneurship & Business

President at Junction Consulting

Entrepreneurship Scholar at Ivey Business School

Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship at Smith School of Business

Founder of De Mello Coffee

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John Carter

Ryan Frankel

Faye Pang

Mark Merchand

Founder at Vonigo

President at ROI Research On Investment

CRO at FreshBooks

Principal, Sustainable Investing and Innovation at OPTrust

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