Leading experts on innovation, growth and managing disruption will come together next week at the Waterloo Innovation Summit to explore what governments, universities and business can do to ignite higher growth in a low-growth world.
Communitech and the University of Waterloo will host some of the world’s top business leaders, policy-makers and academics sharing their ideas and insights on inclusive innovation, scaling up companies and managing disruption, as well as people strategies in this environment.
Speakers include:
- The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development
- Walter Isaacson, president and CEO of the Aspen Institute
- Chamath Palihapitiya, founder and CEO of Social Capital, and Waterloo alumnus
- Emma Sinclair, co-founder of EnterpriseJungle and the youngest person to have a company on the London Stock Exchange
Date: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 through Friday, September 16, 2016.
Time: The event begins with a tour of Waterloo region's innovation ecosystem at 10:30 a.m. on September 14. Additional schedule information is available on the event agenda.
Location: All events take place in Kitchener or Waterloo at Communitech, the University of Waterloo and the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI).
Media are required to register for the event. Journalists looking for more information or to book interviews with participants, please contact one of the representatives listed below.
The 2016 Waterloo Innovation Summit is sponsored by: Lazaridis Institute, BlackBerry, BDC, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, Power Financial Corporation, FairVentures, D+H Financial Technologies, SAP, WREDC, GM, IBM, Thomson Reuters and the Business Council of Canada.
