Innovation Exchange: MaRS Global Forum

​Join us to discuss what's needed to bridge international markets and accelerate global innovation.

​This September, as the international investment community converges on Toronto, MaRS — North America’s largest urban innovation hub — invites you to an exclusive, invitation-only summit for global startup partners, trade commissioners and international VCs.

​Strategically happening during the federal government’s first-ever Canada Investment Summit, this curated event is designed to formalize direct, bilateral agreements to bring startups to new markets and expose them to new sources of capital and expertise.

​Agenda:

• ​12:30 – 1:15 p.m.: Registration and networking

• ​1:15 – 1:30 p.m.: Opening remarks - Grace Lee Reynolds, CEO, MaRS

• ​1:40 – 2:05 p.m.: Panel: Gateway to global innovation

• ​2:05 – 2:35 p.m.: Panel: The way forward: International partnerships in practice

• ​2:35 - 3:05 p.m.: Panel: Showcasing global climate tech: Morgan Solar, Aslan Renewables and Summit Lithium

• ​3:05 - 3:20 p.m.: Fireside: Canada’s health tech moment: Domestic solutions meet foreign market demand

• ​3:20 p.m.: Networking break & MoU signings

• ​4:00 - 4:15 p.m.: Fireside: A conversation with Ali Asaria of Transformer Lab

• ​4:15 – 4:25 p.m.: Closing remarks

• ​4:30 – 6:00 p.m.: Networking reception