The Business - Academia Collaboration Imperative.

2012 Workshops Announced

In 2010, the Ontario Economic Summit (OES) launched a series of “Connect to Innovate” workshops, aiming to address the challenges and opportunities linked to the relationship (or in some cases, lack thereof) between the business community and institution-based research capacity. The first series, a result of a partnership between the OES, local Chambers of Commerce and the Council of Ontario Universities, took us to London, Sudbury, Windsor and York Region.

Back by popular demand, OES is now organizing a second set of workshops, for which we are delighted to welcome Colleges Ontario as another valued partner to the initiative. The first session took place in Hamilton on Friday June 24, 2011 and a second was held in Kingston on December 15, 2011.  Our next workshop in Guelph will take place on February 2, 2012.

Click on the links below to access the agendas from our previous and upcoming workshops:

Date	Location	Agenda	Resources & Notes
May 26, 2010	Sudbury	Final Agenda
June 2, 2010	London	Final Agenda
June 8, 2010	York Region	Final Agenda
September 22, 2010	Windsor	Final Agenda
June 24, 2011	Hamilton	Final Agenda
December 15, 2011	Kingston	Final Agenda	- NSERC presentation - Ontario Centres of Excellence presentation
February 2, 2012	Guelph	Final Agenda	- Presented in partnership with Chamber Executives of Ontario, Guelph Chamber of Commerce, Innovation Guelph, University of Guelph and Council of Ontario Universities.  Refer to Day 2 (a.m.) of the linked conference agenda. Media Release

Download our 2010 Connect to Innovate Report of initial findings and recommendations from our first few sessions.