Boot-Tech: Pull yourself up by your BOOTstraps!

Submitted by megan on Thu, 02/09/2012 - 10:56

This event is brought to you by the Mitacs Elevate Fellows.

 

The goal of this event is to outline and discuss some of the critical challenges that high-tech start-ups are currently facing in Ontario, across several priority sectors. The expected event audience includes the tech start-up community in Toronto (MaRS, CSI, University of Toronto, Ryerson), Industry representatives from environment, materials, nanotech sectors, representatives from government funding agencies, regulatory bodies, and investors.

Date: February 15th, 2012

Time: 2:00-5:00 pm

Place:    MaRS Discovery District
               Rm CR-3
               101 College Street
               Toronto ON M5G 1L7

Contact: Mallika Das mallikadas08@gmail.com

Date: 
Wed, 02/15/2012 - 14:00 - 17:00

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