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SiG@Waterloo "Innovators in Action" Speaker Series featuring Ilse Treurnicht

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (ET)

Waterloo, Ontario

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SiG@Waterloo Ideas In Action Lecture Series

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

Venue: Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery, 25 Caroline Street North, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Time: 7pm - 9pm

Canadians already understand that innovation of all kinds is critical to our country’s future prosperity. The competition is fierce, social, political and economic issues are urgent, and the challenges ahead are formidable. Our response will require much more than the contributions of individual innovators and companies, and must include communities, institutions and government.  

Ilse Treurnicht will explore models for collaboration - between silos of specialization, and the cultures of academe, business, and the public sector - as we embark on a shared journey towards a resilient innovation nation. 

 

Ilse Treurnicht
CEO,
MaRS Discovery District

Ilse Treurnicht is the CEO of MaRS Discovery District, a leading innovation centre located in Toronto. She oversees both the development and operations of the MaRS Centre and its broad suite of entrepreneurship and innovation programs.

MaRS offers advisory services, market intelligence and entrepreneurship education to emerging companies in health care/life sciences, digital media/ICT, cleantech and social purpose businesses across Ontario. Ilse has worked closely with the leadership of Toronto's academic institutions and teaching hospitals to create MaRS Innovation, an integrated commercialization platform for 14 Toronto Institutions and served as the interim Managing Director for a year following its formal launch in early 2008.

Ilse joined MaRS in early 2005 from her role as President & CEO of Primaxis Technology Ventures, a start-up stage venture capital fund focused on the advanced technologies sector. Prior to Primaxis, Ilse was an entrepreneur with senior management roles in a number of emerging technology companies.

She is an active member of Canada's innovation community, and has served on the boards of private companies, industry associations and research organizations, and has been a member of several government advisory panels.

Ilse holds a DPhil in chemistry from Oxford University, which she attended as a Rhodes scholar.

SiG@Waterloo "Innovators in Action" Speaker Series

Please join us in welcoming five of Canada’s leaders in the field of social innovation. Each lecture will also feature a local panel and will be an opportunity to learn new ideas and systemic approaches to some of our most pressing social problems.

May 5 - Ric Young

May 19 - Cindy Blackstock

June 2 - Penny Milton

June 16 - Ilse Treurnicht

June 23 - Bruce MacDonald

 

 

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Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery
25 Caroline Street North
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 2Y5
Canada

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (ET)


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