- Toronto Marriott City Centre Hotel for 209.00 CAD per night
- 1 Blue Jays Way, Toronto, ON, M5V 1J4
- GO Transit: www.gotransit.com
- Toronto Transit Commission: www.toronto.ca/ttc
- Follow the QEW East; it will become the Gardiner Expressway in Toronto
- For the South Building, exit at York St.
- Proceed north two lights to Bremner Blvd.
- Turn left on Bremner Blvd.
- Turn left on Lower Simcoe St. then turn right into the garage
- Take Highway 401 West to the Don Valley Parkway South
- Follow the Don Valley Parkway South to the Gardiner Expressway West
- For the South Building, exit at the Yonge/York exit
- As you exit the ramp continue west along Lakeshore Blvd. to Lower Simcoe St.
- Turn right at Lower Simcoe St. then turn left into the garage
- Take Highway 400 South to Highway 401 West
- Follow Highway 401 West to Highway 427 South
- Follow Highway 427 South to the Gardiner Expressway East
- For the South Building, exit at York St.
- Proceed north two lights to Bremner Blvd.
- Turn left on Bremner Blvd.
- Turn left on Lower Simcoe St. then right into the garage
- Take Highway 401 East to Highway 427 South
- Follow Highway 427 South to the Gardiner Expressway East
- For the South Building, exit at York St.
- Proceed north two lights to Bremner Blvd.
- Turn left on Bremner Blvd.
- Turn left on Lower Simcoe St. then turn right into the garage
- Take Highway 427 South to the Gardiner Expressway
- For the South Building, exit at York St.
- Proceed north two lights to Bremner Blvd.
- Turn left on Bremner Blvd.
- Turn left on Lower Simcoe St. then turn right into the garage
- Air Canada: www.aircanada.com
- WestJet: www.westjet.com
- United Airlines: www.united.com
- American Airlines: www.aa.com
- Porter Airlines: www.flyporter.com (lands at the Toronto City Centre Airport, TCCA, less than 4 km from the MTCC)
- Via Rail Canada: www.viarail.ca
- Greyhound Canada Bus Lines: www.greyhound.com
About Discovery
Discovery is Canada's leading innovation-to-commercialization conference, occurring this year between April 30 and May 1, 2018. Hosted by Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE), Discovery brings together key players from industry, academia, government, the investment community as well as entrepreneurs and students to pursue collaboration opportunities.
Garnering over 3,600 attendees and more than 540 exhibitors in 2017, Discovery is a showcase of leading-edge technologies, best practices and research from sectors such as health, manufacturing, digital media and cleantech, including energy, environment and water.
Renowned keynote speakers and panels ignite discussion, knowledge-sharing and new perspectives. Networking opportunities feature key influencers from government, academia, industry and leading sectors.
Discovery facilitates the exchange of ideas and encourages new ways to collaborate and push the boundaries of research and innovation through to demonstration and development. Creating a strong innovation economy is key to Ontario's future.
Discovery is hosted at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto.
Accommodations
A special accommodation rate of $209 CAD plus taxes (13% HST) has been arranged at the Toronto Marriott City Centre (formerly the Renaissance Hotel at Rogers Centre) for conference attendees. The conference rate will be offered based on availability until April 6, 2018.
To book a room call 1-800-237-1512 and ask for the OCE Discovery 2018 Room Block, no code needed.
Book your group rate for the OCE Discovery 2018 Room Block
Avoid companies posing as the official hotel provider of the Ontario Centres of Excellence Discovery Conference.
Hotel reservations should be made directly with the Toronto Marriott City Centre, or made online via the OCE Discovery Conference website links below. The OCE Discovery team will not contact you directly to make hotel reservations.
Beware of unauthorized hotel solicitations - DO NOT Call back if you receive a call from anyone claiming to be organizing hotels for OCE Discovery.
Note that the Toronto Marriott City Centre is the only official accommodation company associated with the OCE Conference. While other hotel resellers may contact you offering accommodation for your trip, they are not endorsed by or affiliated with these events. Beware that entering into financial agreements with non-endorsed companies can have costly consequences.
If the Toronto Marriott City Centre Hotel is sold out, an alternate hotel suggestion is:
Hilton Garden Inn Toronto Downtown
92 Peter Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 2G5, Canada
TEL: +1-416-593-9200 FAX: +1-416-593-9202
Parking and Map
The Metro Toronto Convention Centre (MTCC) has 1,200 indoor parking spaces available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We recommend using the South Building parking lot, located on Lower Simcoe St. south of Bremner Blvd. Discount Parking Passes are available for purchase from MTCC for patrons requiring parking two consecutive days or more.
There are an additional 10,000 spaces within a one-kilometre distance operated by various parking companies. MTCC has two buildings: the North and South Buildings. Discovery will be held in the South Building, 222 Bremner Boulevard, Toronto, ON.
Metro Toronto Convention Centre (MTCC)
South Building, Level 800
(416) 585-8000
222 Bremner Boulevard
Toronto, ON M5V 2T6
The Metro Toronto Convention Centre is committed to providing a fully-accessible environment for people with disabilities. For details on accessibility features of the venue and for accessible floorplans, visit the MTCC's accessibility page.
Directions
By Public Transit
Streetcars, buses, subways and GO Trains provide the city with one of North America’s safest and most efficient public transit systems. Our transit systems connect all parts of Toronto and outlying areas to Union Station, the city’s transportation hub. Union Station is accessible from the MTCC via the Skywalk, a weather-protected walkway.
For more information and travel routes, visit these websites:
By Car from the West (QEW)
By Car from the East (Hwy. 401)
By Car from the North (Barrie)
By Car from the West (Hwy. 401)
By Air
Pearson International Airport is just twenty minutes from downtown Toronto and handles all major national and international carriers. If you are travelling from the airport to MTCC, taxis and limousines are conveniently located outside the doors of the arrivals level and can take you right to our door.
If you are driving from the airport, follow these directions:
If you are travelling from the MTCC to the airport, an Airport Express bus stop is located at the North Building of the Convention Centre.
For more information on arrivals/departures, visit any one of these websites:
For more information on ground transportation, visit the Pearson International Airport website at www.gtaa.com.
By Train & Bus
Union Station, Toronto's main rail station, is one block from the MTCC, connected by the weather-protected Skywalk. The Bus Terminal is just five minutes away by cab, or ten minutes by public transit.
For more information visit these websites:
WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT DISCOVERY
“Every year at this conference, Ontario Centres of Excellence brings our most creative, innovative, and industry-leading minds together to foster collaboration, celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit, and find new opportunities to lead, and it is inspirational.”
—Hon. Kathleen Wynne, Premier of Ontario
“It’s exciting. I didn’t realize that there was this much activity in Ontario for innovation and entrepreneurship. It’s really cool to see…These are the companies of the future.”
—JB Straubel, Co-Founder & CTO, Tesla Motors
“As a place where innovators and investors gather to connect and learn, Discovery is the ideal venue to talk about the fact that all of the world’s problems can be solved while presenting terrific business opportunities as well.”
—Peter Diamandis, Discovery 2013 keynote speaker, author and futurist
“Discovery is an important showcase of what can be accomplished when industry, academia and government work together to drive the creative innovation that will help Ontario prosper.”
—Richard Florida, Professor, University of Toronto; Director, Martin Prosperity Institute; Author, The Rise of the Creative Class Revisited
“Discovery events are fabulous opportunities to meet the top innovators in the province and see their ingenious projects first hand. It's the best demonstration of how good Canadian science can be turned into good products.”
—Bob McDonald, Host, CBC’s Quirks and Quarks
“Giving a virtual presentation on the future of technology via Teleportec Teleporter followed by a robotic book signing via Long Pen seemed a perfect match for such an innovative and forward thinking (event).”
—Ray Kurzweil, noted author and inventor
“From last year's conference [I] am now in the middle of arranging two major ventures and financings adding up to around 20-30M. Not a bad tangible outcome from two hours of discussion and advice.”
—Hassan Khan, CEO, Quantius
