OUR NETWORK

NEXT entrepreneurs are given access to internationally acclaimed faculty, entrepreneurs, C-suite executives, investors and domain experts who provide them with education, feedback and actionable insights that can be applied as they build their ventures.

NEXT Canada Faculty | Next AI – Montreal Faculty | SiRs | Mentors

Next AI – Montreal Mentors | Advisors | Next AI – Montreal Experts | Academic Partners

NEXT Canada Faculty

Our world-class faculty, supported by the Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation, is a roster of internationally acclaimed faculty members from the world’s top universities, prominent business leaders, and technical experts who deliver tailored content for all NEXT Canada programs.

AJAY AGRAWAL
Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Vector Institute, NBER

AJUNG MOON
McGill University, Open Roboethics Institute, Government of Canada Advisory Council on AI

AVI GOLDFARB
Rotman School of Management

BETH PORTER
Riff Analytics, MIT Media Lab

CHRISTIAN CATALINI
Sloan School of Management, Libra, Calibra, Facebook

DAVID SHRIER

University of Oxford

FLORIAN SHKURTI
University of Toronto

GRAHAM NEUBIG
Language Technologies Institute of Carnegie Mellon University

GRAHAM TAYLOR
University of Guelph, Canada CIFAR AI Chair, Google Brain Montreal

HONG LUO
Harvard Business School

HOSSEIN RAHNAMA
Flybits, Ryerson University, MIT Media Lab

JOSHUA GANS
Rotman School of Management

KOSTA DERPANIS
Ryerson University, York University, Vector Institute, Vision: Science to Applications

MARA LEDERMAN
Rotman School of Management

MARC BUSCH
Georgetown University

MARCUS BRUBAKER
York University, University of Toronto

RAMANA NANDA
Imperial College London

RAQUEL URTASUN
Uber ATG, Vector Institute, University of Toronto

REZA SATCHU
Alignvest Management Corp

SANDY PENTLAND
MIT

SANJA FIDLER
University of Toronto, Canada CIFAR AI Chair, NVIDIA

WEIGUANG GUAN
McMaster University

Next AI - Montréal Faculty

Next AI – Montréal Faculty are collection of internationally acclaimed faculty members from the world’s top universities who deliver tailored content for Next AI – Montréal.

AJAY AGRAWAL
Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Vector Institute, NBER

BRIAN KING
HEC Montréal

CAMILLE GRANGE
HEC Montréal

DEVINDER KUMAR
Layer 6

GABRIEL PARENT
GPSE Consulting

GOLNOOSH FARNADI
HEC – Dept. de sciences de la décision

JACKIE CHEUNG
McGill University, Canada CIFAR AI Chair

JEAN-FRANÇOIS OUELLET
HEC Montréal

JEAN-FRANÇOIS PLANTE
HEC Montréal

JOELLE PINEAU
McGill University, Canada CIFAR AI Chair

KEVIN REGAN
Google

YOSHUA BENGIO
Université de Montréal, Mila, Canada CIFAR AI Chair, IVADO, UdM – Dept. d’informatique et de recherche opérationnelle (DIRO)

NADINE VAILLANT
HEC Montréal

SARATH CHANDAR
École Polytechnique of Montreal

VALÉRIE PISANO
MILA

KOSTA DERPANIS
York University, Vector Institute

ANN-FRANCES CAMERON
HEC Montréal

MARCUS BRUBAKER
York University, Vector Institute

KEVIN HILL
HEC Montréal

NEGAR ROSTAMZADEH
Research scientist, Element AI

Scientists-in-Residence

SiRs are PhD candidates and professionals specializing in various areas of artificial intelligence. They provide dedicated 1:1 support and guidance to entrepreneurs in the Next AI program.

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ERIK PETERSON (TO)

SPANDANA CHEREDDY (TO)
University of Guelph

ADITYA JAIN (TO)
Mila & Vector Institute

NEXT Canada Mentors

Mentors are seasoned entrepreneurs and accomplished industry professionals who provide dedicated ongoing assistance to select NEXT 36, NEXT AI – Toronto and NEXT Founders ventures.

Next AI - Montréal Mentors

Mentors are seasoned entrepreneurs and accomplished industry professionals who provide dedicated ongoing assistance to select NEXT AI – Montréal ventures.

Advisors

Advisors are a volunteer network of seasoned entrepreneurs and accomplished industry professionals who provide à-la-carte assistance to ventures across all three programs.