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Business
Events
ADVANCED
INDUSTRIES
Designed
for the CESSE
Community Members
#meetincanada
LEVERAGING ECONOMIC
STRENGTHS TO MEET WITH
PURPOSE IN CANADA BUSINESSEVENTS.DESTINATIONCANADA.COM/EN-CA
37.5M 1.3M
CANADA Total Population 1
Businesses1 OPEN UP TO A HOST
IN FOCUS 19.1M
Total Workforce 1
$2.0T
Total GDP1
OF NEW CONNECTIONS
Discover Canada for The Council of Engineering and Scientific
Business Events Society Executives (CESSE) has a long history CANADA’S PRIORITY ECONOMIC SECTORS
1 2 of hosting world-class events in Canada. › Technology
Destination Canada’s Business Events
When they take place in destinations across › Life Sciences
team is charged with growing Canada’s
CANADA RANKS 1ST CANADA RANKS 2 ND IN the country, it seems that the whole world › Advanced Manufacturing
share of international business events › Natural Resources
IN G7 FOR QUALITY G7 IN OVERALL BEST takes notice. It’s no wonder why. With our vast
by promoting the country’s unique OF LIFE 2 COUNTRY RANKINGS 2 › Agribusiness
landscapes, diverse cities and culture, dynamic
meeting, convention and incentive › Finance and Insurance
culinary and entertainment experiences and
event possibilities.
unique opportunities to explore groundbreaking
ideas, Canada leads the way in hosting
memorable, content-rich conferences.
Business events play a crucial role in economic growth. When
Established institutions and startups across the
destinations focus on their intellectual assets in a particular industry or
sector sphere, they can help local industries accelerate ahead of those in country are driving a range of economic sectors
other communities to become leaders in their field. By aligning our beyond the modern age and into the future.
strategies with Canada’s leading innovation industries, we are creating a
When conference-goers meet in our hubs, they
thoughtful, community-based approach to business event attraction that
unites tourism, industry, academia, government and economic can tap into Canada’s brain trust, connect with
development agencies — lifting up culture, art, community confidence and some of our brightest minds, preview made-
pride, and ultimately, innovation.””
in-Canada solutions to the world’s greatest
CHANTAL STURK-NADEAU
Executive Director, Destination Canada Business Events
challenges and explore Canadian technologies
powering the future during B2B exchanges,
technical tours and more.
Destination Canada’s Business Events team is
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excited to partner with CESSE to shine a light on
the research and technological advancements
There is no substitute for the creativity and energy that ignites when groups of that makes Canada a competitor on the world
like-minded people come together in the same place. When organizations choose
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to host their event in one of Canada’s centres of excellence, they not only gain
stage, as well as an innovation leader.
access to some of the world’s safest, greenest, creative and culturally diverse and Custom-made for CESSE members,
dynamic destinations — they also gain access to their industry’s thought leaders we hope you find this a valuable resource
and innovators. These opportunities not only promote the transfer of knowledge,
#meetincanada
but can lead to collaboration, talent attraction, trade, investment and future
to grow your organizations.
leisure travellers. Such is the power of business events as a catalyst for
economic nourishment and social and cultural change.” Isn’t it time for you to meet with purpose
VIRGINIE DE VISSCHER
in Canada? Connect with us to learn how.
Senior Director of Business Development, Economic Sectors, Destination Canada Business Events businessevents@destinationcanada.com
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THE VALUE I’ve been working with CESSE for three years. During this time, I’ve
OF HOSTING
seen that Canada not only boasts breathtaking destinations, but it’s
also a place that can match the needs of an organization, such as through
experiential learning opportunities for members. In addition, sustainability
A CESSE CONFERENCE
has become increasingly important for societies when they select
destinations — and Canada has been proactive in ensuring its goals
are being met.”
IN CANADA
Louise Ristau, CAE
Executive Director, CESSE
We have been working with the Destination Canada team to identify We selected Montreal for our annual conference (we had never held it outside
locations that we can recommend to our Science Research Conference of the United States) and from site selection to closing session, the entire event
organizers, and we will be holding nine conferences in Canada in 2022. process was exceptional. We were able to tap local resources and host an event
Canada is an attractive destination for both our US and international that was creative and unique — resulting in our highest attendance and rave
attendees. The scientific communities we serve have strong working reviews. Because of that success, we committed to adding Canada to our rotation
relationships with many academic institutions and labs in Canada, and every four years and we’re excited to head to Vancouver in 2025!”
they also appreciate the ease of travel and many leisure opportunities
across the country. Nova Scotia, in particular, has been a favoured Nicole Testa Boston, CAE
Chief Executive Officer
destination due to its idyllic setting.” Society of Fire Protection Engineers
Past Chair and Current Officer, CESSE Board of Directors
Frank Krause, MBA, CAE
Executive Director and CEO
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
Director-at-Large, CESSE Board of Directors
We’ve held our annual conference in Vancouver and host two regional
conferences each year in destinations across the country, from Calgary
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Along with being a wonderful destination because of its natural beauty,
to Montreal. We see a range of benefits when conferences are held in
Canada has a rich culture and deep commitment to the values of integrity,
Canada. The cities are beautiful and easy to get to, the people are friendly
innovation and inclusion that make it a popular destination for international
and the quality of conference facilities are exceptional. All of this plays a
conferences and conventions. That’s especially true for science and engineering
huge role in helping to drive attendance among members. And equally as
organizations like ours, whose members come from around the globe seeking
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important, Canada does a remarkable job at coordinating its efforts
to use their time and talent to help make the world a more just, prosperous
to ensure that the decision-making process is as seamless as possible
and sustainable place for all.”
for planners.”
Elena Gerstmann, PhD, CAE, FASAE
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Executive Director Robert Chalker, MBA, CAE
INFORMS Chief Executive Officer
Director-at-Large, CESSE Board of Directors Association for Materials Protection and PerformanceChair (2020-2021),
CESSE Board of Directors
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CANADA’S
ADVANCED MANUFACTURING
Based in Ontario and led by the non-profit Next Generation
Manufacturing Canada, the Advanced Manufacturing
SUPERCLUSTER
Supercluster is building next-generation manufacturing
capabilities by incorporating technologies like robotics and 3D
printing. The supercluster is positioning Canadian companies
to lead industrial digitalization, maximizing competitiveness
EXPERTISE and participation in global markets. Around the world,
“Made in Canada” is recognized as excellence in innovative
manufacturing. https://www.ngen.ca/
To date, the Advanced Manufacturing Supercluster has been
involved in more than 90 projects, with a total project value
When small-, medium- and large-sized companies, academic institutions of over $350M. This has directly supported approximately
1,110 jobs. Organizations that have supported the supercluster
and non-profit organizations come together to generate bold ideas, regional include MaRS, Communitech, Mitacs, Aéro Montréal, CRIAQ,
innovation systems are transformed. IBM and Hockeystick.
Harnessing the power of collaborative R&D and a $950M investment by
the Government of Canada matched by the private sector unlocks the
power of data-driven innovation across a spectrum of industries that make
up Canada’s five superclusters: digital technologies, protein industries, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
advanced manufacturing, artificial intelligence (AI) and blue ocean science. A consortium of private entities, research centres, academia
and high-potential startups, the Montréal-based Scale AI
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY supercluster is the central pillar of Canada’s AI ecosystem,
which identifies cross-sector collaborative projects, and
Based in Vancouver, the Digital Technology Supercluster
provides funding and expert guidance to strengthen and
is a cross-industry collaboration of diverse health-care,
improve the productivity of supply chains through the
communications, natural resources, technology and
integration and responsible use of AI. https://www.scaleai.ca/
transportation businesses that co-invest in ambitious,
business-led R&D projects focused on transformational
digital technologies to solve some of industry’s and society’s
biggest problems. https://www.digitalsupercluster.ca
OCEAN ECONOMY
Canada is growing the ocean economy in a way that has never
been done before. Leaders in fisheries, aquaculture, defence,
offshore resources, marine renewables, bioresources, shipping
PROTEIN INDUSTRIES and ocean technology are coming together under the Ocean
Protein Industries Canada (PIC) is an industry-led non-profit Supercluster umbrella to develop and commercialize solutions
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created to position Canada as a global source of high-quality to shared challenges — together advancing Canada’s position
plant protein and plant-based coproducts. Located in Regina, as a global leader in the blue ocean economy.
Saskatchewan, PIC works with private-sector industry partners
Anchored in Atlantic Canada and focusing on digital sensors
to create co-investment projects with the potential to increase
and monitoring, autonomous marine vehicles, energy
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production and processing, develop new and expand existing
generation, automation, marine biotechnology and marine
export markets, and scale Canadian agriculture businesses.
engineering technologies, Canada’s Ocean Supercluster
https://www.proteinindustriescanada.ca/supercluster
harnesses emerging technologies to change the way
business in the ocean economy is conducted.
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https://oceansupercluster.ca/
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TECHNOLOGY
CESSE CONFERENCES
Association for the International Conference
Advancement of Artificial on Ultrafast Phenomena
Intelligence Conference
July 2022
February & March 2022 Montréal, Quebec
Technology is among the fastest-growing Vancouver, British Columbia
economic sectors in Canada. More than 41,500 LIST OF SUB-SECTORS
tech companies are based in Canada and there › AI
are over 919,000 tech workers that represent › Cybersecurity
a growing and diverse talent pool. Despite the › Digital media and interaction entertainment
SUCCESS STORIES LEADERS
› Telecommunications technologies
significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Calgary’s White Whale is a data technology
the technology sector has continued to thrive company building AI analytics solutions that
empower businesses to make sound, data-driven
in Canada. In fact, it has outperformed the
decisions. Its flagship solution, DeepSea, is used
Canadian economy in output, employment in several industries, including energy, health and
and innovation growth.3 wellness, aviation, defence and professional sports.
EDMONTON
Montréal is the world’s fifth-largest (and Canada’s KELOWNA
This leadership makes Canada’s technology largest) video game hub, and is a world leader in
VANCOUVER
hubs natural draws for hosting world-renowned visual effects (VFX) and animation.4 VICTORIA HALIFAX
CALGARY
business events — as does the country’s Toronto’s Herjavec Group has been ranked as one of WINNIPEG
QUÉBEC CITY
MONTRÉAL
SASKATOON WATERLOO
exceptional conference infrastructure and the most innovative cybersecurity companies thanks
TORONTO OTTAWA
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to its leading-edge response to a changing threat
exciting experiences available for delegates landscape that goes beyond hackers to include state
to enjoy between sessions. actors and organized crime.5
Headquartered in Ottawa, Shopify’s R&D centre of
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excellence is driving innovation in AI/ML (machine
learning) and robotics toward the $1B development of
its North American network of fulfillment centres.
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Among its many applications, Northern Digital
technology, headquartered in Waterloo, is the
foundation of some of the most progressive
surgical navigation systems in medicine, facilitating
computer-guided surgery and therapy. One of the
company’s products can track a moving object as
3- 4- 5- 6- small as a blood cell from six metres away.6
ic.gc.ca montrealinternational.com herjavecgroup.com waterlooedc.ca
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LIFE
SCIENCES
CESSE CONFERENCES
Federation of American American Association for American Association of American Society of
Societies for Experimental Anatomy Annual Meeting Physicists in Medicine Human Genetics Annual
Biology Conferences Annual Meeting Meeting
March 2024
(FASEB) - The Dynamic
Toronto, Ontario July 2026 October 2026
Canada has made incredible breakthroughs DNA Structure in Biology
Vancouver, British Columbia Montréal, Quebec
Conference
and strides in the life sciences sector, from LIST OF SUB-SECTORS:
the discovery of insulin to the world’s first › Artificial intelligence in health June 2022
Halifax, Nova Scotia
pacemaker. Thanks to a large pool of highly › Infectious disease research
skilled professionals, world-class companies, › Medtech and medical devices
› Neuroscience
leading health institutions, acclaimed academic SUCCESS STORIES LEADERS
› Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology
institutions and strong cross-industry › Regenerative medicine
Researchers at the Li Ka Shing Institute of
Virology at the University of Alberta codeveloped
collaboration, Canada continues to lead the way
the world’s first oral antiviral treatment for hepatitis
in creating a healthier world.7 B. In 2020, Edmonton-based Dr. Michael
Houghton, the Canada Excellence Research
This intellectual capital makes Canada one of Chair in Virology, was awarded the Nobel Prize in
the world’s most sought-after destinations for Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the EDMONTON
CHARLOTTETOWN
hepatitis C virus.9
life sciences conferences. When delegates VANCOUVER
meet here, they can tap into the country’s brain Medicago, based in Québec City, is a clinical- HALIFAX
stage biopharmaceutical company specializing in
trust and connect with some of the leading CALGARY
QUÉBEC CITY
the development of new vaccines and therapeutic WINNIPEG
experts in the sector. In addition, there are 64 MONTRÉAL
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SASKATOON
proteins and a world-leader in the production of TORONTO OTTAWA
professionals across the country who hold the plant-based vaccines and antibodies.10
Healthcare Meeting Compliance Certification, Among the full complement of cell biology
enabling them to better support meetings in the research tools in STEMCELL Technologies’
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health-care and pharmaceutical sector.8 Vancouver arsenal is CAR T-cell therapy, a rapidly
emerging immunotherapy that seeks out and
destroys cancerous cells to effectively target
and treat types of leukemia.
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A University Health Network AI scientist in
Toronto developed a platform to track changes in
the genetic structure of the COVID-19 virus. Before
the development of the COVID-19 Genotyping
Tool, analysis of the virus could take up to a week.
7- 8- Using the AI-driven platform, this analysis now 9- 10- 11-
tradecommissioner.gc.ca mpi.org ualberta.ca medicago.com uhn.ca
takes minutes.11
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ADVANCED
MANUFACTURING
CESSE CONFERENCES
American Society of International Congress American Ceramic Society American Concrete
Heating, Refrigerating and on the Science - International Congress Institute - Structure
Air Conditioning Engineers and Technology of on Ceramics Mechanics in Reactor
Annual Conference Steelmaking Technology Conference
July 2024
A global manufacturing industry leader, June 2022 August 2022 Montréal, Quebec August 2025
Canada is leveraging its homegrown ingenuity, LIST OF SUB-SECTORS: Toronto, Ontario Montréal, Quebec Toronto, Ontario
a strong commitment to research and › Advanced robotics
development, and a highly educated and › Additive manufacturing
skilled workforce to drive the advanced › Aerospace and defence SUCCESS STORIES
› Cold weather testing
manufacturing sector beyond the modern age Located in Winnipeg, the GE Aviation Testing Ottawa-based Gastops Ltd. provides system
Research and Development Centre was created monitoring solutions to the aerospace industry
and into the future. Advancements in areas
to perform development and certification testing to lower operating costs, enhance reliability and
such as robotics, automation and additive of GE Aviation’s fleet of aeroengines. Since then, dispatch availability, and improve safety. As a
manufacturing have far-reaching applications the centre’s original focus has expanded into supplier for Lockheed Martin, Gastops’ sensors
other areas, such as bird, dust and hail ingestions are installed on each of the company's F-35
in Canadian industry sectors — from aerospace
and endurance testing.12 aircrafts.15
and defence to agriculture
New technology from Waterloo-based Darwin-AI A new collaboration between the Calgary-based
and pharmaceuticals. robotics company Attabotics and AI/ML partners
— called Explainable AI — provides inspection and
defect detection and adaptive factory automation AltaML and Amii is helping to improve AI/ML
Combine this expertise with Canada’s capabilities for supply chains.16
to help manufacturers enable new processes,
legendary experiences, diversity of create greater efficiencies and improve
LEADERS
accommodations and ease of travel, profitability. Companies like Audi and Lockheed
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Martin have used the technology to advance their
and there’s little wonder why organizations
manufacturing and automation innovation.13
from around the globe choose to host their
Electric vehicle maker BYD opened its first bus
conferences in the country’s advanced
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assembly plant north of Toronto to produce
manufacturing hubs each year. zero-emission vehicles for the Toronto Transit
Commission.14
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CALGARY
EDMONTON WINNIPEG
MONTRÉAL
TORONTO OTTAWA
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economicdevelopmentwinnipeg. darwinai.com en.byd.com gastops.com altaml.com
com
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NATURAL
RESOURCES
CESSE CONFERENCES
Ecological Society of Seismological Society American Oil Chemists
America Annual Meeting of America: Seismic Society Annual Meeting
Tomography - Past, and Exposition
August 2022
Present, Future
Montréal, Quebec April & May 2024
Canada has an abundance of natural resources. October 2022 Montréal, Quebec
These industries provide jobs, support growth LIST OF SUB-SECTORS: Toronto, Ontario
and help ensure prosperity for residents across › Cleantech
the country.17 In fact, natural resources directly › Energy
and indirectly accounted for 16.9% of Canada’s › Forestry SUCCESS STORIES
› Mining and minerals
nominal GDP and 1.9 million jobs in 2019.18 Calgary’s Greengate Power Corp. is developing The Port of Québec, via its Laurentia project,
› Oceans the Travers Solar Project, which will be one of is spending $775M to create the most
With expertise across a spectrum of innovation North America’s largest solar power projects, environmentally and technologically advanced
generating as much as 400 megawatts at cargo-handling facility in North America. It will be
industries, Canadian ocean science, forestry, peak times, enough to supply more than the only inland terminal on the North American
mining, cleantech and energy hubs are a natural 100,000 homes.19 continent capable of handling the next generation
draw for conferences across a wide range of of large cargo vessels. 22
Sudbury is a proven testing site for the
natural resources sub-sectors. This expertise, adoption of battery/electric vehicles and LEADERS
along with the country’s vast landscapes, technologies for the mining industry. The city’s
NORCAT Underground Test Mine serves as a
diverse culture and dynamic experiences, make
unique training facility, as well as a testing and
Canada a popular destination for resource- demonstration site for mining innovation. 20 FREDERICTON
focused business events.
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WHITEHORSE
Ocean Networks Canada, based in Victoria, SAINT JOHN
YELLOWKNIFE
developed the Neptune and Venus projects, the ST. JOHN'S
first regional underwater ocean observatories
CHARLOTTETOWN
to connect directly to the internet. Its data is VANCOUVER
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available for analysis and to inform policymakers
VICTORIA HALIFAX
about anything concerning coastal communities CALGARY QUÉBEC CITY
and the health of their ecosystems. 21 EDMONTON SUDBURY
REGINA
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nrcan.gc.ca nrcan.gc.ca greengatepower.com norcat.org fdiintelligence.com fdiintelligence.com
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AGRIBUSINESS
CESSE CONFERENCE
Entomological Society of America Joint
Annual Meeting
November 2022
Vancouver, British Columbia
Home to abundant natural resources, the SUCCESS STORIES
world’s largest freshwater supply, diverse plant, LIST OF SUB-SECTORS: In Portage la Prairie, near Winnipeg, Roquette
animal and marine life and more, Canada is has invested $600M to build the world’s largest
› Agritech
pea protein processing facility. The plant
feeding the world today and into the future. › Crop sciences and protein processing
processes yellow peas into powdered fibres, as LEADERS
Canada also boasts strong collaboration › Nutraceuticals well as protein and starch for applications in the
› Value-added food and beverage processing pharmaceutical, nutrition and food sectors. 23
between government, universities, health
institutions and industry, world-class regulatory Edmonton’s LandView Drones is merging AI with
and food inspection standards, and cutting- agriculture to help farmers monitor the health
of their crops. AI software is also being used to
edge research focused on innovative growing detect potential health issues at large-scale cattle EDMONTON
practices, products and technologies. and pig farms. 24 KELOWNA CHARLOTTETOWN
Easy to access, culturally diverse and a dynamic In Charlottetown, Honibe has developed the only
pure dried honey in the world proven to retain all
hub of agri-sector-driven technologies, Canada of honey’s naturally occurring health benefits.
CALGARY
SASKATOON WINNIPEG
QUÉBEC CITY
is top choice for global business events and Its all-natural lozenges, vitamins and wellness REGINA NIAGARA REGION
TORONTO
conferences. products use unfiltered PEI honey to support
health and wellbeing. 25
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Québec City is making events more sustainable
in many ways, such as through eco-friendly food
and beverage options available at the Québec
City Convention Centre. All food is made from
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scratch, water for events is provided in glass
bottles, stir sticks from coffee are made
of wood and extra food goes to shelters
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and transition homes.
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roquette.com landviewdrones.com honibe.com
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FINANCE
AND INSURANCE
Canada boasts a strong, globally competitive SUCCESS STORIES LEADERS
finance and insurance sector. In fact, LIST OF SUB-SECTORS: Thanks to Toronto’s investments in AI and
the country’s banking system ranks second advanced machine learning, HSBC opened its
› Banking
first global Data Centre of Excellence in the city.
in the G20 and sixth among 141 countries, › Fintech
The energy-efficient lab employs 50 skilled AI
according to the 2019-20 World Economic › Insurance professionals, technologists, co-op students
› Investment management and interns. 26
Forum Global Competitiveness Index.
Home to six of the world’s top 50 safest banks, Socially responsible investing is core to
VANCOUVER
Canada is also considered to have one of the investing at Vancity Investment Management.
The Vancouver-based company chooses and CALGARY
most stable financial systems. In addition, manages their investments based in part on a
QUÉBEC CITY
four Canadian cities are among the top company’s environmental, social and governance
TORONTO
MONTRÉAL
fintech hubs in the world. policies and actions. This not only allows clients
to make investment decisions that align with their
It should come as no surprise that the country values, but also helps achieve stronger long-term
financial performance.
offers major appeal for meeting and event
planners focused on these industries. ATB Financial, based in Alberta, was the first
financial institution in Canada to use blockchain
When conference goers meet in Canada’s
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technology to complete an overseas payment in
finance and insurance hubs, they can tap a matter of seconds. 27
into the country’s brain trust and explore Intact Assurance, the Big Data Research Centre
Canadian technologies powering the future and Institute Intelligence and Data at Université
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of finance and insurance during B2B Laval in Québec City have collaborated on a
research and development product that will create
exchanges, technical tours and more. new technologies in the insurance sector that
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allow computers to efficiently extract information
from text documents, identify concepts in images,
control sensor data and more. 28
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newswire.ca prnewswire.com iid.ulaval.ca
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FOR CESSE
CONFERENCES
© Laura Penwell
Leadership across the spectrum of Canada is known for the strength of its
industries not only makes Canada a competitor cross-sector collaborations, allowing CESSE
on the world stage, but an innovation leader. members to connect with experts across the
Business events accelerate progress and ecosystem and uncover new knowledge.
provide a platform for a year’s worth of
Business events have the power to inspire
business to take place over the course of just
the next generation, sparking innovation.
a few days.
Many of the emerging technologies driving
Business events are a fundamental source the industry forward are being developed in
of learning, research and information sharing. Canada.
Organizations that meet in Canada are
Canada’s dynamic cities and urban innovation
able to leverage local knowledge capital to
centres may be a natural draw for business
create engaging, immersive learning and
events, but they also provide international
professional networking experiences for
travellers with a taste of Canadian culture,
delegates. Delegates gain the opportunity to
cuisine and our vast, dramatic landscapes,
take part in educational site visits to see the
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fuelling the desire to return with family and
latest innovations in advanced industries.
friends for future leisure travel.
International business events are magnets
Interested in hosting a CESSE conference in
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for content-hungry individuals and for those
Canada? Connect with us to learn how.
with investment resources. Impressed by
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Canadian infrastructure, talent and ready
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access to key markets, the largest companies
in the world are expanding or relocating to
Canada. This can enhance speaker schedules
and give members the chance to connect with
key influencers in the science and engineering
disciplines.
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LIKE WE DO
Destination Canada’s Business Events Team offers in-depth
knowledge of Canada. Our team can help you deliver compelling
content audiences want to consume when they meet in Canada.
Connect with us for solutions and support on the fundamentals of
meeting in Canada, including where to meet and recommended
innovation hubs best suited to your specific event. Allow us to
make introductions to our cross-country network of meeting and
event partners, oceans sector experts, leaders and innovators,
and those who can help champion your event, augment your
program, grow your membership and event audiences, and
deliver a return on your event investment.
Consider Destination Canada your first point of contact when
considering Canada for your event.
FIND OUT MORE
→ businesseventscanada.ca
→ #meetincanada
Virginie De Visscher
Senior Director, Business Development, Economic Sectors
DeVisscher.Virginie@destinationcanada.com
+1 204 802 0920
Adam Baptie
Sales Manager, Business Events
Baptie.Adam@destinationcanada.com
+1-403-660-7313
FALL 2021
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