What is Discovery?
Discovery is Canada's leading innovation-to-commercialization conference. Hosted by Ontario Centres of Excellence, Discovery brings together key players from industry, academia, government, the investment community as well as entrepreneurs and students to collaborate.
Garnering over 3,600 attendees and more than 550 exhibitors in 2018, Discovery is a showcase of leading-edge technologies, best practices and research from sectors such as health, manufacturing, digital media and cleantech. Renowned keynote speakers and panels ignite discussion, knowledge-sharing and new perspectives. Networking opportunities feature key influencers from government, academia, industry and leading sectors.
As the former Head of Innovation & Creativity at Disney, Duncan Wardle and his team created magical experiences for consumers around the globe. Now, as the founder of iD8 & Innov8, Wardle is sharing his experiences with audiences around the world and providing the tools that will tap into your creativity to help your business grow and scale.
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What People Say About Discovery
“It was incredible to get to walk around the [Discovery] show floor today and see amazing innovations in every sector. If we think of 7 billion plus people as our colleagues, and we just help each other, I really believe if we include everyone we can probably fix nearly everything, especially here in Ontario and that’s what this whole event is all about.”
—Megan Smith, CEO, shift7, Third Chief Technology Officer of the United States
“We need to find ways for the government and the private sector to innovate together. I think what you have all done here with OCE is a great testament to this...It's incredibly inspiring — I don't know why it's not happening in every province and every country in the world.”
—Jared Cohen, Founder, Google Ideas, CEO, Jigsaw
