Innovator Idol is a hybrid of Dragon’s Den and American Idol, where local entrepreneurs pitch their idea to a panel of industry experts for a chance to win prizes worth over $30,000. Register today to be part of the live audience on June 5th and help choose the winner! In this video, Innovator Idol finalist, [...]
Innovator Idol is a hybrid of Dragon’s Den and American Idol, where local entrepreneurs pitch their idea to a panel of industry experts for a chance to win prizes worth over $30,000. Register today to be part of the live audience on June 5th and help choose the winner! In this video, Innovator Idol finalist, Valdis Martinsons, Co-founder [...]
Innovator Idol is a hybrid of Dragon’s Den and American Idol, where local entrepreneurs pitch their idea to a panel of industry experts for a chance to win prizes worth over $30,000. Register today to be part of the live audience on June 5th and help choose the winner! In this video, Innovator Idol finalist, [...]
Ontario Government Boosting Support for Entrepreneurs, Creating Jobs May 15, 2013 3:10 p.m. | Ministry of Research and Innovation Ontario is making it easier for people to start and grow successful businesses by streamlining and improving its business support services. The new Ontario Network of Entrepreneurs is a one-stop shop for anyone involved in [...]
By: Shanza Anwaar The Public Health Agency of Canada reported that an estimated 22,400 women were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004. Fast-forward 8 years, the number steadily increased to 22,700 in 2012. Still the most common cancer affecting Canadian women, breast cancer is a disease that kills nearly 5,200 women annually. Breast cancer is [...]
The Atlantic Venture Forum is comprised of two full days of panel sessions, emerging company presentations, and a Launch Party. This is an event not to be missed as there will be plenty of opportunities to socialize and build connective tissue with world clad innovators from across Canada and the United States. 5 outstanding Keynotes [...]
The Agri Investment Forum is a much anticipated annual partnering conference focused on building connective tissue and facilitating meaningful introductions between agri-entrepreneurs and investors from across North America. Program content explores cross border syndication, pollination, and bio-economy leadership in what is proving to be an era of unprecedented change. The Forum will host leading venture [...]
Mississauga, Ontario – May 1, 2013 – The finalists for Innovator Idol were announced today by the RIC (Research Innovation Commercialization) Centre. The start-up companies will pitch their new business ideas to an expert business panel on Wednesday, June 5, 2013, at the annual “Innovator Idol” competition. At stake is a prize package worth over [...]
By: Dr. Raphael (Rafi) Hofstein In my previous blog post during BIO2012, I talked about how MaRS Innovation and CQDM had jointly collaborated to form Encycle Therapeutics, a startup that was created around disruptive technology, developed by Professor Andrei Yudin of the University of Toronto, involving the cyclization of biologically active peptides. A year later, I’m pleased to report that Encycle [...]
By: Dr. Tom Corr, CEO of Ontario Centres of Excellence This week, Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) is joining companies, researchers and agencies from Ontario’s vibrant life sciences sector at the annual BIO conference taking place in Chicago. For those working in this busy space, BIO is the ‘must-attend’ event of the year. More than [...]
TORONTO, ON (April 22, 2013) — Dr. Tom Hudson, President and Scientific Director of the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) today announced a collaboration with Janssen Inc. to find and test new biomarkers to identify patients with hormone resistant prostate cancer at high risk for disease progression and biomarkers of response to therapy. These biomarkers [...]
By: Shanza Anwaar The TechNext 2013 Conference ignited discussions, introductions, and a growing awareness of the need for innovation in healthcare. In partnership with NSERC CRSNG, YourMississaugaBiz.com and Rogers TV, the RIC Centre organized the event to bring together professionals from the healthcare and tech industries to discuss how to incorporate ICT in health, discover [...]
By: Shanza Anwaar CNBC News reports how “3D printing has been successfully used in the health care sector to make prosthetic limbs, custom hearing aids and dental fixtures”. The innovative technology is now being used for creating more intricate structures such as human tissue. 3D printing is an affordable way of “making three-dimensional solid objects [...]
Upcoming Event: June 5, 2013
