5th Annual Women in Entrepreneurship Panel

Since 2020, the McGill Engine has co-hosted an annual Women in Entrepreneurship Panel with Promoting Opportunities for Women in Engineering (POWE) to highlight local female entrepreneurs in Tech. Ever wondered what it would be like to start and manage your own company? This panel is designed to answer these questions! The panelists will share their experiences and answer your questions about becoming an entrepreneur. There will also be an opportunity to network with the panelists following the discussion.

Date: Thursday, March 14, 2024 from 5:30-7:00pm ET
Location: McGill Engine Centre (FDA5) 3450 University Street, Montreal, QC H3A 0E8

Register here!

About our panelists

Maria Calderbank, CEO & Co-Founder @ Fulcra 

• Fulcra provides an innovative and better way of managing chronic lower back pain.
• McGill BEng, Mechanical Engineering

Cynthia Hitti, Co-Founder & Team Lead @ CRCTS 

• CRCTS (Cricket Rearing, Collection, and Transformation System) is a novel semi-automated device designed to rear and harvest crickets to produce a nutritious powder for human consumption. 
• Bioengineering Master's student at McGill University
• McGill BEng, Bioengineering

Yun Yao, Co-Founder & CEO @ Soralink 

• Soralink offers a complete solution for industrial machine condition monitoring, failure prediction, predictive maintenance, as well as productivity tracking.
• McGill PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• McGill MEng, Electrical Engineering
• McGill BEng, Electrical Engineering