Innovation: The Shock of the Possible
2014 Community Summit
Are you ready to explore the opportunities and challenges presented by innovation? Our 2014 Community Summit took place October 19 to 24 in Vancouver, Burnaby and Surrey and included a diverse range of activities and events. We asked what innovation means for some of the most important social, environmental and economic issues facing communities in BC, Canada, and beyond. People joined us for an evening at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre with Ray Kurzweil, Richard Florida and Amanda Lang, an ideas competition addressing sea level rise, a young innovators crawl, a national forum on innovations in undergraduate learning and a roundtable on health technology and patient care.
Summit Events
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RISE: An ideas competition addressing sea level rise in Metro Vancouver
Help Metro Vancouver find ways to adapt and thrive as we face a 1metre rise in sea level. Register a team, visit our public exhibition, and vote online for the best ideas.
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Young Innovators Crawl
Join in the fun at Vancouver's first, lively and interactive Crawl showcasing the brightest and best innovators, aged 30 and under, from across the Lower Mainland! Find out more about the crawl, including how to get yourself on the young innovators map.
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Zero Waste: Innovation to Drive the Circular Economy
¶¡ÏãÔ°AV has begun to explore systems for going beyond diversion that tackle sources of waste before they need to be managed. Join us at this event where experts will lead a dialogue on how to foster a climate for zero waste innovation in Metro Vancouver.
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Innovations in Patient Care: Improving Connectivity
Innovations in Patient Care: Improving Connectivity brought together a small group of thought leaders, practitioners and health industry innovators to address emerging issues related to technology, big data and social connectivity, and their impact on patient health in BC.
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Breaking the Mould: Innovations in Undergraduate Learning
A dynamic, one-day conference bringing together leading academics, policy-makers, and innovative educators. Interactive by design, with demonstrations, workshops, activities and a unique learning festival space.
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Will Innovation Save Us?
An evening of provocative discussion at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre with Ray Kurzweil and Richard Florida, moderated by CBC's Amanda Lang. Buy tickets online and join us as we explore the opportunities and challenges of innovation.
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Business Innovation in the Local Economy
Join us for thought-provoking insights from Michael Shuman on the Power of the Local Economy; get practical tips through peer-to-peer presentations on Growing your Business by taking a values-based approach; and roll up your sleeves at interactive how-to sessions that promise no trade-offs when you Build your Bottom Line while Building your Community and the Local Economy.
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Livable and Sustainable Jericho Lands | City Conversations
Can Vancouver create a new neighbourhood that is beautiful, interesting and joyful— and which also creates its own energy, uses its own water, and produces no waste? Join us for a lunch time conversation on what could become of the Jericho Lands.
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Open Textbooks: New Models in Textbook Production
In celebrating Open Access Week, ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Library is delighted to bring together a range of perspectives on open textbooks. Join us for an interactive session featuring three speakers actively engaged in the production, adoption, and use of open textbooks.
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Final Report and Program
In the News
- – Geoff Dembicki, The Tyee (October 24, 2014)
- – Blaine Kyllo, The Georgia Straight (October 23, 2014)
- – Andrew Petter, Vancouver Sun (October 18, 2014)
- – Shawn Conner, Vancouver Sun (October 16, 2014)
- – Stephen Hume, Vancouver Sun (October 16, 2014)
- – Jesse Donaldson, The Tyee (October 16, 2014)
- – Stephen Hui, The Georgia Straight (October 14, 2014)
- – Ryan C.N. D’Arcy, Vancouver Sun (October 13, 2014)
- – Chris Dobrzanski, Vancouver Sun (October 4, 2014)
- – Pietra Basilij, Vancouver Sun (September 27, 2014)
- – Geoff Dembicki, The Tyee (September 27, 2014)
- – Shawn Conner, Vancouver Sun (September 25, 2014)
- – Kris Magnusson and Laurie Anderson, Vancouver Sun (September 20, 2014)
- – Tamsin Lyle, Vancouver Sun (September 13, 2014)
- – The Georgia Straight (September 17, 2014)
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- – Deborah Harford, Action on Climate Team (July 28, 2014)
Other Community Summits
Premier Sponsors
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Stephen A. Jarislowsky