CENGN Summit is Back! Mark your calendars for February 9, 2023. Stay tuned for more details!

Bioenterprise SmartGrowth Program

June 1 – July 5

12:00am – 12:00am

SmartGrowth invites food and agri-tech businesses with innovative technologies that are at or beyond Technology Readiness Level 7 (TRL-7+), to lead impactful projects that will accelerate business growth and profitability while strengthening the regional economy for southernOntario and Canada’s agri-technology industries.

The SmartGrowth Program offers eligible enterprises, headquartered in southern Ontario with:

• Up to $100,000 in project-based, matching funding to support scale-up and expansion projects
• Coaching and mentorship support services

Learn more about the SmartGrowth Program at: bioenterprise.ca/programs/smartgrowth-program/

AMO Conference and AGM

August 14 – 17

12:00pm – 11:00am

After two years of virtual meetings and conferences, AMO is excited to welcome back delegates to our in-person conference. Hosted by the beautiful City of Ottawa, the AMO conference will offer all of the familiar events and more that will make the 2022 Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting a remarkable gathering for the Ontario’s municipal sector.

AMO is putting together an amazing on-sight, in-person program of speakers, educational sessions, government-to-government engagement, and networking opportunities that you have been waiting for.

The conference registration is for in-person attendance.  For those who are unable to attend as conference delegates, AMO will organize a package of conference highlights that will be made available digitally after the conference.

CRRBC Central Conference 2022

September 7 – 9

5:00pm – 1:30pm

CRRBC focuses on the challenges and realities of creating a sustainable and ubiquitous digital economy for the rural and remote regions of our country.

This conference will present a wide range of related topics including Community Success Stories, Planning & Designing of Rural Networks, Supply Chain & Human Resource Impacts, Canada’s Role in Remote Optical Satellite Communications, Digital Agriculture, Indigenous Community Connectivity, and Canada’s Rural Connectivity Report Card.

Mining Transformed 2022

September 26 – 29

12:00pm – 12:00pm

Mining Transformed, the world’s first technology exhibition in an underground operating mine, will provide a unique hands-on opportunity for technology ventures and mining companies to engage underground amongst live demonstrations of emerging technologies poised to transform the global mining industry. Our vision is to leverage the NORCAT Underground Centre as a key platform to accelerate technology awareness, procurement, and adoption in the global mining industry. Mining Transformed will allow both the builders and buyers of innovation to connect and conduct business in our unique ecosystem like never before.

Ontario Innovation Expo 2022

October 13

12:00pm – 6:00pm

Gaining a reputation for its incredible connection-building opportunities and introductions, Innovation Guelph (IG)’s Innovation Expo celebrates and showcases innovative IG client companies and their products and services.

For 2022, we are back in person for our 4th event – live and ready to welcome you (and your ~700+ friends) to our tradeshow floor on October 13, 2022!

ORION Think Conference 2022

October 19 – 20

8:00am – 11:30am

ORION’s THINK Conference will take place October 19 and 20, 2022. It will be a hybrid event, taking place in-person at the Design Exchange in Toronto, and will be fully accessible online for those who attend virtually.  

The conference theme this year is Forging the Future. With 20 years of collaborative knowledge, experience and progress, the ORION community is well-positioned to build a stronger future together.  

They will have many great speakers and sessions in the works that will highlight expertise and drive forward the conversation about the following for research, education and innovation:   

• The future of collaboration – tools, trends and technologies   
• The evolution of cybersecurity, why it matters now more than ever   
• What it means to commit to equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility as a sector 
• Building healthy and resilience work cultures