Media Advisory - Conference Board of Canada Innovation Summit 2015: Connect, Collaborate and Innovate Together
TORONTO, April 22, 2015 /CNW/ - Canada lags many other countries when it comes to business innovation, ranking 15th on the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) and 24th on its innovation and business sophistication sub-index. Canadian businesses must improve their innovation performance if they want to be more competitive on the global stage.
The Conference Board of Canada's Business Innovation Summit 2015 will bring together some of Canada's top innovators business and government leaders to share their insights on how to commercialize ideas faster, seize market share, and drive sustainable and continuous innovation over time.
New research form The Conference Board of Canada's Centre for Business Innovation will made public for the first time at the summit, including:
- Developing and Leveraging Innovation Talent within Firms: Strategies to Improve Innovation Performance
- Bridging the Valley: Public Investment in University and Canada's Business Innovation Performance
- Innovation Measurement Metrics and Practices: The Life Sciences and Clean Tech Sectors
- Innovation Measurement Metrics and Practices: The Manufacturing Sector
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April 28 - 29, 2015 |
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Metro Toronto Convention Centre |
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For the full schedule and times visit:
http://www.conferenceboard.ca/conf/innovation/agenda.aspx
Media Accreditation is required.
Follow the Business Innovation Summit on Twitter with the hashtag: #CBoCInnovate
SOURCE Conference Board of Canada
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or media accreditation: Juline Ranger, Associate Director of Communications, The Conference Board of Canada, Tel.: 613- 526-3090 ext. 431, E-mail: [email protected] or Yvonne Squires, Media Relations, The Conference Board of Canada, Tel.: 613- 526-3090 ext. 221, E-mail: [email protected]
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