December 12 and 13, 2018, Invest Ottawa, 7 Bayview Yards, Ottawa

The second edition of this conference on innovation celebrated scientific and technological innovations, particular those by women and First Nations. It brought together many speakers, including Dr. Céline Auclair, Executive Director of the First Peoples Innovation Centre and member of the UQO Board of Directors; Anil Arora, Chief Statistician of Canada; David W. Paterson, Vice President, Corporate & Environmental Affairs at General Motors Canada; Lally Rementilla, President of Quantius Inc.; Dr. Michael Ross, NSERC Industrial Research Chair for Colleges in Northern Energy Innovation for the Yukon Research Centre, Yukon College; Dorra Jlouli, Founder and President of Pascalyna Inc.; Sylvie Michaud, Assistant Chief Statistician for Statistics Canada; and many others.