Building Canada's Femtech Advantage
Date: Thursday, November 13th, 2025
Location: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Waterfront Centre, 200 Burrard St #1200, Vancouver, BC V7X 1T2
About Femtech Canada Forum
Join us for the second annual Femtech Canada Forum, an intimate event designed to energize and unite stakeholders across the Canadian femtech sector. This exclusive event brings together key opinion leaders, industry experts, innovators and advocates to discuss the opportunities within the $1 trillion global industry.
With the right support, Canada can achieve better health outcomes, drive economic growth, and demonstrate global leadership in a large and growing industry. Whether you are with a large corporation or small business, an investor or researcher, your support will play a critical role in shaping the future of femtech and ensuring Canada remains at the forefront of this growing industry.
This exclusive event features important discussions and valuable networking opportunities.
Why should you attend?
- Network with opinion leaders, industry experts, and innovators in the femtech space.
- Learn about the current state and future opportunities of femtech as well as how Femtech Canada and other key organizations are supporting innovation.
- Understand the government’s femtech priorities and how finance experts and VC’s are viewing the sector and growth opportunities.
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Agenda
Join us for networking and light refreshments to start the afternoon.
Don’t miss the opening remarks to kickstart the afternoon and lead us into our featured speaker segments.
Rachel Bartholomew, Founder and Lead Advisor of Femtech Canada will address attendees and talk more about the initiative of Femtech Canada.
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Enjoy a brief networking break before we move into our final speaker segment of the afternoon.
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Close out the formal speaking arrangements before we move into networking.
We invite you to continue the great conversations and growing network with light refreshments.
Thank you for joining us at the 2025 Femtech Forum!
Speakers
Learn more about the 2025 Femtech Forum speakers below.
Dr. Lori Brotto
Executive Director, Women's Health Research Institute
Dr. Lori Brotto is internationally recognized as a leader in sexual health research. She has mentored 149 trainees and evaluated psychological interventions for sexual dysfunction and genital pain, which collectively impact 1/3 of women. Her work influences practice internationally, with mindfulness now implemented in sexual medicine centres and recommended as front line care in international guidelines. In recognition of her contributions, she holds a Canada Research Chair in women’s sexual health, has received recent awards in mentoring junior faculty, excellent public education through media, book awards, and is listed among the top 2% cited scientists by Stanford/Elsevier (SCOPUS citations).
Hilde Færevik
Special Advisor, Health Technology and Life Sciences, Innovation Norway
Hilde Færevik, Ph.D., is a renowned Norwegian researcher and physiologist with 25 years of experience at SINTEF Digital, Health Department. She has led several major research and innovation projects, with a particular focus on understanding female physiology and contributing to the development of guidelines and products tailored to women’s health. Her work includes 34 peer-reviewed publications and has been recognized with several awards for excellence in research and collaboration with industry.
Currently, she serves as Special Advisor for Health and Life Sciences at Innovation Norway, where she is responsible for biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, digital health, and medical technology. In this role, she supports strategic competence development and helps Norwegian health companies scale and expand internationally. Hilde is also part of the secretariat for the national Health Export Initiative and represents Innovation Norway in the Research Council of Norway’s reference group for Horizon Europe in the health domain.
Rachel Bartholomew
Founder, Femtech Canada
Rachel Bartholomew is a 2 time entrepreneur who is now working on her second company, Hyivy Health, created after her recent fight with cervical cancer. Hyivy Health is creating a medical device for the 1 in 3 women worldwide who will experience a gynecological complication in their lifetime. Rachel is a graduate of the University of Waterloo and has been working in various roles in the entrepreneurship ecosystem for over 15 years, including the Founder of Femtech Canada and Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University in Biotech Innovation.
Sponsors
Title Sponsor & Women’s Health Ally
Accommodations
Femtech Canada has secured a special rate with the Hôtel Alt Montréal which is approximately a 10-minute walk to the event venue.
- Simply enter your stay dates, and click “Check Availability”.
- Then click, “Add a code” and enter the corporate code.
- Please note, these rates are for individual travellers only and do not apply to group travel.
Exclusive corporate rates include:
- Last room available;
- Cancellation until 4:00pm on the same day;
- Free Nespresso coffee and Camellias Sinensis tea in the room;
- Free high-speed Wi-Fi connection;
- Unlimited access to the gym.
Corporate Code: 63725432
Accessibility
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP is committed to providing a barrier-free environment for all visitors. Barrier-free access is available to the building and parkade. Washrooms on the majority of floors are designed to accommodate special accessibility requirements.
For access to the Waterfront Centre Office Tower, assisted entrance is available via the Main Lobby. You can also access the office tower from the Waterfront Centre parkade on the P2 and P4 levels.
If you have any specific accessibility needs or require additional assistance, please contact us in advance at [email protected]. We will do our best to ensure a comfortable and enjoyable experience for everyone within the availability made to us from our venue host.
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