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| REPEAT/Media Advisory: Ontario Technologies Triumph at Discovery '08
| | TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - May 13, 2008) - On Tuesday, May 13th the Ontario Centres of Excellence will host 1,500 of Ontario's top scientists, investors, business leaders and entrepreneurs to exchange ideas and showcase their inventions at Discovery '08, Canada's premier innovation and commercialization conference.
Discovery will give participants a first-hand chance to see cutting-edge Ontario technologies from the province's sharpest minds. The conference dares participants to shed traditional formulas for commercial success in favour of embracing randomness, risk and uncertainty - a theme mirrored through the event's world-renowned speakers.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Amazon.com's 2007 best-selling author of The Black Swan told Forbes magazine last year, "Random tinkering is the path to success. And fortunately, we are increasingly learning to practice it without knowing it - thanks to overconfident entrepreneurs, naive investors, greedy investment bankers, confused scientists and aggressive venture capitalists."
Joining Taleb will be Dr. Michael Raynor, author of The Strategy Paradox and Hon. John Wilkinson, Minister of Research and Innovation who will share his Innovation Agenda for Ontario and announce the first recipients of a new investment fund designed to help Ontario technology companies bring their products and services to market.
Agenda Highlights:
Tuesday, May 13th 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, South Building, 800 level,
222 Bremner Blvd.
8:30 a.m. Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of the Black Swan
All Day Exhibitors will demonstrate their cutting-edge inventions - from
compact wind turbines, the latest in laser therapy treatments,
a solar-powered car and a new way of looking at your desktop
12:15 p.m. Hon. John Wilkinson, Minister of Research and Innovation
All Day Experts from clean tech, life sciences and digital media
will debate sector trends, challenges and opportunities
1:40 p.m. The Elevator Pitch - Aspiring entrepreneurs will make their best
business pitch to Canada's leading venture capitalists and angel investors
2:45 p.m. Michael Raynor, author of the Strategy Paradox
Visit www.ocediscovery.com to view the full agenda
About Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) Inc. - www.oce-ontario.org
The Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) Inc. drives the commercialization of cutting-edge research across key market sectors to build the economy of tomorrow and secure Ontario's global competitiveness. In doing this, OCE also fosters the training and development of the next generation of innovators, business leaders and entrepreneurs, and is a key partner with Ontario's industry, universities, colleges, research hospitals, investors and governments. OCE's five Centres work in communications and information technology, earth and environmental technologies, energy, materials and manufacturing, and photonics. | | |
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