Research Money Inc – New bets and old favourites: Creating a recipe for success in the innovation economy
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Register by March 13, 2019
16-17 April, 2019 | National Arts Centre | Ottawa, ON
Does Canada have the right policy ingredients to build a prosperous future based on innovation in the knowledge economy? Smart and generous investments in research have built a strong talent base that is attracting international attention from multinational firms. Yet efforts to diversify our economy to include more globally competitive firms in knowledge-based and R&D-intensive industry sectors have yielded disappointing results for decades. Our challenge is to figure out how to maintain our research and talent strength while adding new policies and programs to accelerate firm growth and increase the number of large Canadian-owned multinationals.
The federal government has recently implemented a number of major initiatives to try to kickstart this process and galvanize Canada’s innovation ecosystem. including the six Economic Strategy Tables, Innovation Canada and Impact Canada, the Innovation Supercusters Initiative, the Accelerated Growth Service and the Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative. A new skills strategy is in the works to address the critical need for talent. Policies around equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) throughout the innovation ecosystem promise to expand Canada’s talent pipeline.
By engaging business leaders more effectively and focusing on industry sectors where Canada has strengths, the policy community is aiming to ramp up the country’s innovation economy. At the same time, investments in basic and applied research, with added incentives for EDI, multidisciplinary research, industry-academic collaboration and international linkages are designed to maintain Canada’s talent strength.
With an election less than a year away, people are assessing the government’s record and the innovation community is no exception. The 18th annual conference will bring together business, finance, government and academic leaders involved in these initiatives and related ones to assess their potential for building a strong economy and continuing prosperity and high quality of life for Canadians.
What to Expect
Livestream the Conference
Want to attend the conference, but can’t make it in person? We have a number of live-streaming options. Our Livestream option is fully interactive – discuss your feelings with other participants and send questions to speakers in real time.
We will be offering optional workshops on the afternoon of Wed April 17th. These workshops are a chance for conference attendees to delve further into a topic with a small group of interested participants. More information will be coming soon.
Special Hotel Rates
Get great conference rates at the Lord Elgin Hotel, located across the street from the National Arts Centre. Rates are available until March 16, 2019.
Please book rooms via e-mail [email protected], or call 1-800-267-4298. Make sure to mention Research Money Conference when calling or e-mailing.
Special Rate for Subscribers
We love our subscribers and are happy, as always, to offer them a discount to attend the conference. This year’s discount is $100! Email [email protected] for your code.
The RE$EARCH MONEY Conference is an excellent opportunity for students interested in entrepreneurship, business and innovation to hear from and network with prominent members of Canada’s innovation community. We are offering a special conference rate for students of only $250+tax, which includes our three-course dinner on the evening of April 16th, 2019.
*Only applies to a single full conference registration. Cannot be combined with other discount codes or special offers.