The 1st  OES Connect to Innovate workshop launched today in Sudbury, Ontario. Inspired debate sparked up in the session about how to bridge gaps between universities and business.

The OES team will compile a summary of findings of the Sudbury Connect to Innovate workshop in the coming days. Until then, check out: http://twitter.com/oes to view updates from Sudbury as they happen.

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OES welcomes three new speakers to our agenda!

Thought leaders (listed below) from each of these organizations will be joining us at the 6th Annual Summit.

Big Impact Infrastructure

Fausto Natarelli – Director, Ministry of Transportation
Bringing knowledge from the Windsor Border Initiatives Implementation Group

A Knowledge Driven, Creative Economy: Our Pathway to Prosperity

Dr. Diana Pliura – President, ALBRY Inc. & Entrepreneur In Residence, The Health Technology Exchange (HSX)
HSX supports the growth of a dynamic, prosperous Ontario medical and assistive technologies industry sector.

Sara Diamond – President, Ontario College of Art and Design
OCAD is Canada’s “University of the Imagination”

Check out the preliminary agenda to find out more!

OES welcomes three new speakers to our agenda!

Thought leaders (listed below) from each of these organizations will be joining us at the 6th Annual Summit.

• Llyod McCoomb – President, Greater Toronto Airports Authority
• Ken Field – Chairman & Founder, Greenfield Ethanol
• Paul Rak – President, VeriGreen Inc.

Check out the preliminary agenda to find out more!

What does Cirque du Soliel, The Stratford Institute and the Ontario Culinary Tourism Alliance all have in common?

Thought leaders (listed below) from each of these organizations will be joining us at the 6th Annual Summit.

• Lyn Heward – Former President and COO of Cirque du Soleil’s Creative Division
• Rebecca LeHeup-Bucknell – Exectuive Director, Ontario Culinary Tourism Alliance
• Ian Wilson – Executive Director, The Stratford Institute for Digital Media & Culture

Check out the preliminary agenda to find out more!

Register before July 31st to receive this year’s special 20% off Early Bird discount.

Are there hopeful opportunities on the global economic horizon? Will the recovery look more like a “U” or “W”? What are the implications for Ontario businesses? These are a few of the questions Greg Ip will address to kick off this fall’s Ontario Economic Summit November 2-4, 2009 in Niagara-on-the-Lake.

Mr. Ip is the U.S. Economics Editor for The Economist, based in Washington D.C.. Widely regarded as one of the world’s top economic journalists, the Pulitzer Prize winning Mr. Ip is often seen on CNBC, CNN, BBC, NPR and Newshour with Jim Lehrer.

Mr. Ip has also been at the forefront of social media having created Real Time Economics, the Wall Street Jounal’s online blog of Fed and economic news. He is a frequent contributer to The Economist’s blog, Free Exchange. Check out Greg’s bio and be sure to reserve your seat at this year’s Summit. Early bird registration ends July 31st.