networking

Event Highlights

Let’s take a step back – to 8 months ago. During a time where large gatherings were cancelled, it was crucial for us to find new ways to still connect our members to valuable networking opportunities. After all, creating and maintaining virtual relationships is now fundamental to maintaining mental health as well as business success. So, we quickly went on a search for an interactive and engaging way to produce virtual events. Fast forward to the Fall, and we launched a full (and fully virtual) schedule of events for the first time ever! We’ve had a few busy months of networking events, webinars, and fullscale conferences to provide our members with the resources that they need to survive and thrive during this time.

Some of our highlights, include:

• The 2020 Manufacturing Summit in June, where we had 10 industry experts join us on the topic of “Remaining Competitive in Times of Global

Uncertainty” (the theme was chosen back in

October of 2019, making it more timely then we could have imagined!)

• Having Bill Fox (FoxNet Solutions) and Eldon

Sprickerhoff (eSentire) inform SMB’s how they can secure their remote workforces during the Cyber

Security Summit

• Hosting nearly 400 guests from along the Toronto-

Waterloo Region Corridor (and beyond) for the 3rd

Annual Canada’s Innovation Corridor Summit

• Enjoying some KW Oktoberfest festivities (including a virtual keg tapping and a schnitzel dinner from

Concordia Club) during the Jay Fencing Business

Around 5: Chamberfest Edition.

It’s hard to believe, but we’re already busy planning for the new calendar year, including the 2021 Business Excellence Awards Gala! It may look different this year, but now more than ever, it’s important to recognize and celebrate the amazing accomplishments of businesses in our Region. From stepping up to fulfill PPE shortages, using this time to be innovative in their business operations, and ensuring their remote teams are taking care of their mental health - this year’s nominees have so much to be proud of during an exceptionally difficult year. We can’t wait to celebrate this night with the community at a time when we need it most.

As we go into the next few months, we are also thinking of our incredible event industry partners and members who were some of the first impacted by the pandemic, including: event production, décor, venue rentals, catering, event photography, live entertainment - and the list goes on! We’re all looking forward to a safe return to live events and creating memorable experiences again soon.

We miss the handshakes and high fives, but appreciate your continued support, willingness to embrace the change, and seeing so many familiar faces (and new ones too) at our virtual events. We appreciate all the feedback and can’t wait to host you on Hopin again soon!

Carolyn Marsh & Hannah Kelly Chamber Events Team events@greaterkwchamber.com

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O2 Industries

Medical Equipment & Supplies Sarah Amos, Chief Happiness Officer/ Facilities Director 5 Michael St, Suite 002 Kitchener, ON N2G 1L7 sarah@o2Canada.com o2canada.com Phone: (226) 476-3232

Office Central Inc.

Office Supplies Rob Tanner, Account Manager 60 Leek Cr Richmond Hill, ON L4B 1H1 robT@officecentral.com shop.officecentral.com Phone: (226) 791-2810

Optimize Wealth Management

Financial Planning Consultants Leigh Hogg, Senior Financial Planner 729 Belmont Ave W Kitchener, ON N2M 1P3 leigh.hogg@optimize.ca optimize.ca Phone: (519) 744-3020

Postmedia Network

Marketing Consultants Dalia Mazhur, Marketing 365 Bloor St E Toronto, ON M4W 3L4 damazhar@postmediasolutions.com postmediasolutions.com Phone: (416) 383-2300

PROACT Sales Management

Business Consultants Steven Bate, Managing Director/SMB Sales Architect 298 Waterbend Cr Kitchener, ON N2A 4L3 sbate@proact.ca proact.ca Phone: (519) 503-0919

Property Guys Inc.

Real Estate Michael Macartney, Sales and Ops Associate mmacartney@propertyguys.com propertyguys.com Phone: (519) 778-7405

Queen Bees Landscaping

Landscape Contractors & Designers Hamza Toofani, CEO 350 Conestoga Blvd, Unit B-1A Cambridge, ON N1R 8P4 hamza@queenbeeslandscaping.ca queenbeeslandscaping.ca Phone: (866) 519-2260

Shaver Industries Inc

Manufacturers Mark Shaver, President 500 Trillium Dr, Unit 28 Kitchener, ON N2R 1A7 matt@shaverinc.com shaverinc.com Phone: (519) 894-4800

Shellflow

Information Technology Tim Grieve, Owner 600 Bonavista Dr Waterloo, ON N2K 4B3 tim.grieve@shellflow.com shellflow.com Phone: (647) 884-5095

Speedpro Imaging The Golden Triangle

Digital Imaging, Printing & Photography Rolando Ancheta, Co-Owner 650 Woodlawn Rd W, Unit 3A Guelph, ON N1K 1B8 Rolando@speedpro.com speedprotgt.com Phone: (519) 829-2100 Fax: (519) 829-3220

Stallion Movers

Moving & Storage Brett Ford, President brett@stallionmovers.com stallionmovers.com Phone: (519) 502-7832

State & Main Waterloo

Restaurants Kyle Squazzin, General Manager 578 Weber St N, Waterloo, ON N2L 0C7 gm.waterloo@stateandmain.ca stateandmain.ca Phone: (226) 806-0728

Steridose

Manufacturers Heather Jacklin, Executive Assistant 613 Colby Dr Waterloo, ON N2V 1A1 info@steridose.com steridose.com Phone: (519) 884-9660 Fax: (519) 884-0253

Stonerise Construction Inc.

Construction Wade Gayowsky, Executive Vice President 18 Barrel Yards Blvd, Unit 5, Waterloo, ON N2L 1G0 info@stoneriseconstruction.com stoneriseconstruction.com Phone: (226) 647-2551

Stratus Building Solutions

Cleaning Service-Residential/ Commercial/Industrial Shafiq Mohamed, President 290 King St E, Suite 100, Kitchener, ON N2G 2L3 kitchener@stratusclean.com stratusbuildingsolutions.com Phone: (519) 404-7417

The Jennic Group

Computer Consultants Kevin Jenks, Owner 193 Mary St, Unit B Waterloo, ON N2J 1S1 kevin@jennicgroup.com jennicgroup.com Phone: (519) 651-6332

Twine and Wrap

Gifts Chandeep Dhillon, Owner 545 Laurelwood Dr, Unit 14 Waterloo, ON N2V 2R4 twineandwrap@gmail.com twineandwrap.myshopify.com Phone: (647) 631-1541

uBreakiFix

Computer Repairs, Cleaning & Service Kashish Budhiraja, Store Manager 385 Fairway Rd S, Unit 8, Kitchener, ON N2C 2N9 kitchener@ubreakifix.com ubreakifix.com/ca/feedback/kitchener Phone: (226) 646-1118

Voltera

Manufacturers Katarina Ilic, International Sales 113 Breithaupt St, Unit 100 Kitchener, ON N2H 5G9 accounting@voltera.io voltera.io Phone: (888) 381-3332

Wake Up Coffee Solutions

Coffee Shops Daniel Buitrago, Owner/Operator 2969 Kingsway Dr, Unit 105 Kitchener, ON N2C 2H7 info@wakeupcoffee.ca wakeupcoffee.ca Phone: (226) 606-0237

Woodard Administration

Office Support Anita Woodard, Owner/CEO 62 Driftwood Place Kitchener, ON N2N 1W3 info@wadmin.ca wadmin.ca Phone: (519) 502-4736