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Record number of investors at Discovery

Mar 25, 2015 – Record number of investors at Discovery
The promise shown by Ontario’s innovators and entrepreneurs is attracting a record number of foreign and domestic investors to the 2015 edition of Ontario Centres of Excellence’s (OCE) Discovery conference.

OCE’s Discovery celebrates 10 years of innovation

Mar 25, 2015 – OCE’s Discovery celebrates 10 years of innovation
Every year, Discovery features a showcase of the best Ontario’s and Canada’s innovators and entrepreneurs have to offer. Every year the show expands bringing new features and attractions to attendees and exhibitors. And 2015, Discovery’s tenth edition, is no different.

Discovery brings world-class keynote presenters to the main stage

Mar 25, 2015 – Discovery brings world-class keynote presenters to the main stage
In its first nine years, Ontario Centres of Excellence’s (OCE’s) Discovery has played host to some leading names, and minds, in the world of innovation and entrepreneurship. And the list grows this year with the most robust keynote program Discovery has ever presented.

Supporting technological innovation in aerospace

Mar 24, 2015 – Supporting technological innovation in aerospace
Ontario Centres of Excellence and the Ontario Aerospace Council have worked together in supporting collaborative R&D in the province’s aerospace industry, through a $2.5 million program supporting the development of technology of strategic importance to Ontario’s aerospace sector.

OCE supports industry-academic collaborations to promote manufacturing innovation

Mar 24, 2015 – OCE supports industry-academic collaborations to promote manufacturing innovation
Innovation in advanced manufacturing that will improve productivity and the quality of products in various industrial areas is now underway as a result of a commercialization initiative spearheaded by Ontario Centres of Excellence.

Clear Blue Technologies receives NRC-IRAP funding

Mar 23, 2015 – Clear Blue Technologies receives NRC-IRAP funding
OCE-supported cleantech company Clear Blue Technologies continues to build momentum as it recently celebrated a major government investment of up to $92,000 in funding through the National Research Council of Canada's Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP).

OCE-supported start-up Gymtrack closes major funding round

Mar 17, 2015 – OCE-supported start-up Gymtrack closes major funding round
Gymtrack co-founders Pablo Srugo and Lee Silverstone want to improve the experience of gym-goers everywhere with their workout tracking technology. And after recently closing a first major round of funding, their vision is one step closer to becoming reality.

An inspiring challenge for young Ottawa innovators

Mar 11, 2015 – An inspiring challenge for young Ottawa innovators
There is a good reason that a six-year-old will be picking the winner of an entrepreneurship contest at the University of Ottawa this month. The competition is all about designing him a new hand.

Kick starting a career in entrepreneurism

Mar 11, 2015 – Kick starting a career in entrepreneurism
The Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship Program, which targets youth from 18 to 29, provides up to 35 youth with two intensive training weekends, monthly seminars and events, plus mentoring and advisory services from BioLinc, Brock’s business incubator, and Innovate Niagara, Niagara’s regional innovation center.

New centre a seismic shift in support of campus entrepreneurism

Mar 11, 2015 – New centre a seismic shift in support of campus entrepreneurism
From in-class education, to extra-curricular activities to incubation space, The Entrepreneurship, Practice and Innovation Centre (EPICentre), is the place where students and recent graduates can learn about entrepreneurship and resources and turn their ideas into successful ventures.

Toying with failure, empathy and creativity

Mar 11, 2015 – Toying with failure, empathy and creativity
Twenty One Toys designs toys that teach empathy, failure and creative collaboration. In its second year of operation, the company‘s first product, the Empathy Toy, is already in hundreds of schools, homes and offices worldwide.

Fintech innovation presents new opportunities

Feb 26, 2015 – Fintech innovation presents new opportunities
Improvements to the customer experience, security and fraud protection, and data analytics all present opportunities for collaboration between the financial services sector and Ontario researchers and innovators, an OCE-sponsored forum heard.

Student entrepreneurs receiving top-grade support

Feb 26, 2015 – Student entrepreneurs receiving top-grade support
Student entrepreneurs in Mississauga, Niagara Region, Guelph and Ottawa now have new resources to help their fledgling companies succeed. In early February, four new campus-based entrepreneurship programs were launched to help students and community-based enterprises develop and grow.

Managing multiple-location energy conservation in the digital age

Feb 26, 2015 – Managing multiple-location energy conservation in the digital age
Released by the company in February, Screaming Energy is the first mobile application focused on the needs of energy and conservation specialists. It allows energy professionals to manage, analyze and share energy information securely with multiple people, both inside and outside their organization.

Ontario Centres of Excellence-supported company will be feeding Oscar fever

Feb 20, 2015 – Ontario Centres of Excellence-supported company will be feeding Oscar fever
Canadians will be treated to a heightened red carpet experience this weekend, thanks to an Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) supported start-up that will play a major role in bringing Hollywood’s biggest night of the year to audiences north of the border. Toronto-based Videogami will be working with Bell Media to take CTV’s etalk Oscar coverage to the next level on social media using its innovative Media Center platform.

Promoting innovation in Ontario’s financial services sector

Feb 09, 2015 – Promoting innovation in Ontario’s financial services sector
A Financial Innovation Collaboration Forum, to be held on Feb. 26 and hosted by OCE and TFSA, will bring financial institutions together with leading researchers and technology start-ups in areas related to data analytics, cybersecurity, fraud prevention and fintech.

OCE’s investment helped develop revolutionary eyewear

Feb 06, 2015 – OCE’s investment helped develop revolutionary eyewear
A remarkable technology that has received a recent explosion of international media coverage got off the ground with Ontario Centres of Excellence’s (OCE’s) help. eSight Eyewear, from Ottawa-based eSight Corp., has been featured on CNN, USA Today, ABC News, People.com, BuzzFeed, The Huffington Post, The Mirror Online and more after a video of a legally blind Guelph woman seeing her newborn son for the first time by using the high-tech glasses went viral.

Keiretsu’s international investors to play key role at this year’s Discovery

Feb 05, 2015 – Keiretsu’s international investors to play key role at this year’s Discovery
This year’s Discovery will welcome a large contingent of international investors scouting for promising technology breakthroughs and lending their support and expertise to entrepreneurs and start-ups.

Supporting and guiding Ontario’s campus entrepreneurs

Jan 28, 2015 – Supporting and guiding Ontario’s campus entrepreneurs
Exploring different models for delivering entrepreneurship training skills and examining market research strategies for start-ups at difference stages were among topics addressed at a recent meeting of campus advisors from across the province.

A pioneer and friend remembered

Jan 23, 2015 – A pioneer and friend remembered
A man considered a pioneer and ardent promoter of clean energy whose wisdom, sense of humour and extensive knowledge impressed all who knew him is being fondly remembered by his friends and colleagues at Ontario Centres of Excellence.