To fully unlock our innovation potential, collaboration is essential.
Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) hosts and supports a
variety of events throughout the year that promote the
exchange of knowledge, insight and ideas between academic
researchers, investors, business leaders and entrepreneurs.
What is Knowledge Exchange?
The Knowledge Exchange program encompasses a wide range of
events and activities that provide a focal point for gathering expert
opinion and insight from across the province. By enabling academia
and industry to regularly connect, OCE's Knowledge Exchange
events help bridge the innovation gap and generate an arena of
understanding of what's needed in order for innovation to succeed
commercially.
OCE's annual Discovery conference, various sector-specific workshops
and the Mind to Market Innovation Series provide a unique
forum where industry can shape future research directions and where
academia can learn more about how their research can be transformed
into tomorrow's market-changing businesses. Speakers,
presenters and attendees are also given the opportunity to network
and share their experiences, strategies and vision for Ontario's
innovation economy.
To download or print a PDF backgrounder on Knowledge Exchange, click here.
How to Apply?
For more information about upcoming OCE Knowledge Exchange events contact:
Bradley Fox
Director, Business Development
Email: bradley.fox@oce-ontario.org
Tel: 1 (905) 823-2020 x 3243
1 (866) 759-6014 x 3243
Past Knowledge Exchange
Past Knowledge Exchange events have helped
thousands of students, researchers, investors,
entrepreneurs and business leaders gain
valuable insight into the innovation economy.
Conferences
Discovery 2010 Highlights:
Keynote speaker: Steve Wozniak,
Apple co-founder, philanthropist,
author, television personality
More than 2,000 attendees, 325 exhibitors
Host to Premier's Innovation Awards
Sector zones – Manufacturing,
Cleantech, Digital, Health
Workshops
Food-borne Pathogen Workshop
Energy, Technology and Behaviour
Summit
Atikokan Bio Energy Research Centre
facility tour
Mind to Market Innovation Series
Past events were held across the
province including Thunder Bay,
Ottawa, Hamilton, Waterloo,
Guelph and Toronto. Past events
included:
The Smart Grid - Building a Global
Advantage for Ontario
Change By Design - How Innovation Is
Reshaping Manufacturing
Mind Matters: Turning Students On To
Science
A New Ontario: Making Sustainable
Communities Work
ROI: Return On Innovation - How Does
Recent Market Turmoil Impact The
Valuation Game?
Opportunities in a Bio Economy: A
Look At Sustainable Models for The
North
Opening Global Lines for Communication
- Is Ontario On Hold?
Fueling A Renewable Energy Start-Up
- The Stormfisher Biogas Success
Story
New Directions: Driving Ontario's Auto
Industry
Breaking Through Barriers: Advancing
Ontario's Biomed Technology
WEB 3.0 - Opportunity.com
R The Next Five In Five
Navigating The Waters To Commercial
Success In Clean Technology: The
Zenon Environmental Story
Bottling Innovation: Increasing The
Profile And Profitability Of Viticulture In
Ontario
Innovation: Powering The Future of
Electricity
Industry + Academia: An Equation For
Driving Innovation
Health Research: The 21st Century's
Prosperity Engine
DISCOVERY (OCE'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE)
Canada's foremost innovation and
commercialization event
Attracts Ontario's top researchers, students,
business leaders, investors, entrepreneurs and
government officials
Ideal event for networking, collaborating and
connecting with the thinkers and doers shaping
Ontario's innovation culture
Provides a "sneak peek" to the cutting-edge
ideas and technologies driving Ontario's
innovation economy
COLLABORATIVE WORKSHOPS AND SHOWCASES
Often organized in collaboration with research
institutions, companies, industry associations,
government ministries or other groups
Showcases how researchers are actively
working with business, government and other
researchers to find solutions to relevant industry
problems
Unique opportunities for knowledge exchange,
idea sharing and relationship building
Hosted several times a year throughout Ontario,
inviting key players in sectors an industries in
which Ontario has interests
Showcases how Ontario business leaders are
increasing their company's ability to compete
globally through innovative research and
development
Provides an ideal forum for participants to
network and exchange insight
"Coming from the university environment,
this (food-borne pathogen workshop) was an
excellent opportunity to come in contact with
the needs of industry and inspection agencies.
This meeting gave me the opportunity to
consider working on some solutions for the
problem of detection of food pathogens."
Dr. M.G. AbouHaidar, Department of Cell and Systems Biology,
University of Toronto
"The relationship building component that
OCE provides through its Discovery trade
show and various industry events have been a
tremendous benefit to our company."
Scott Monteith, President and CEO,
Monteco Ltd.
"OCE's solar event was very worthwhile. I
was able to connect with six potential new
customers, make new contacts with government
people, as well as meet with some
existing contacts in the industry. Being able
to make all of these contacts in a single event
and location made this event efficient and
very enjoyable."
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