Toward 2030: Universities & Entrepreneurial Culture
Posted on November 6, 2012 by Patchen Barss
The Ontario Council on Ontario University Research has announced the first event of nine in a pan-provincial, inter-university, multi-disciplinary series exploring how research is shaping the future for the next generation.
The launch event, a panel discussion organized in conjunction with the Economic Club of Canada, focuses on entrepreneurialism.
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Participants:
Mona Nemer, University of Ottawa
Pat Horgan, Vice President of operations at IBM Canada
Ilse Treurnicht, CEO of Mars Discovery District
Francis Lebouthilier, Researcher, Sculptor, OCAD U Professor
This panel explores how Ontario’s universities can help build the province’s entrepreneurial culture, and empower it to thrive in a shifting business landscape. Automation, manager, employee, and consumer expectations; technologies; workspaces; business models and markets; are all changing. From knowledge creation to application, from manufacturing to finance, from ICT to HQP, find out how Ontario university research contributes to this province’s continued entrepreneurial success and leadership.
November 14, 2012
11:45 am – 1:30 pm
MaRs Discovery District
101 College Street, Toronto
Ticket Pricing:
Premium-positioned Table Seating 10: $720.50 (+HST $93.67)
Regular Tables Seating 10: $632.00 (+HST $82.16)
Individual Seats: $79.00 (+HST $10.27)