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THINK Conference

ORION’s THINK conference annually brings together 200 decision-makers from Ontario colleges, universities, school boards, hospitals, research, cultural, municipal and higher performance computing facilities for a day of insight into the future of Ontario’s innovation economy.

The conference topics appeal to a wide range of sectors in Ontario- all of whom uniquely form part of Ontario’s research, education and innovation community- to explore an emerging and common theme that bears on each sector and institution.

Who should attend:

• Technology leaders from healthcare, research and education institutions
• Technology champions including researchers, students, educators, librarians, policy makers, and innovation community leaders

What they say:

• “I wanted to see what innovation was happening in education K-12 and then see how that translated to post-secondary and also industry. Having all three sectors there was very important.” — Ministry of Education attendee
• “I enjoyed the conference, its location, logistics, and contents. I had not planned to stay for the whole day, but I managed to reschedule my other commitments to stay for the whole day.” — York University attendee
• “My primary objective for attending was networking and being exposed to the latest trends in keeping up with digital technology.” — SHARCNET attendee
• “The conference was very well organized, and I would strongly recommend it!” — District School Board of Niagara attendee

Previous THINK Conferences

Advance Ontario 2019 Conference

• “Advance Ontario: Collaboration is the key!” – Our wrap-up blog and photo album of the conference
• “In Conversation with Dr. Shadi Khalifa” – a blog on speaker, Dr. Shadi Khalifa on Artificial Intelligence
• Leadership Award winners 2019

THINK 2018: Innovation Ecosystem

• “Empowering Ontario’s innovation economy” – A blog from our CEO, Alfonso Licata
• “The links between foreign investment, innovation and digital infrastructure” – A blog on  speaker, David A. Wolfe’s paper
• THINK 2018 – Closing Song
• Leadership Award winners 2018
• View the 2018 agenda and speakers!

THINKOpen 2017 Conference

• Blog:
  • Circle of Six – Virtual Classroom allows colleges to share resources
  • Coming together for Ontario’s digital future
• View the 2017 agenda and speakers!
• View the THINKOpen webcast
• Leadership Award winners 2017
• #THINKOpen17 Twitter conversation

 

diTHINK 2016 Conference

• View the 2016 agenda and speakers
• On our blog …
  • Learn how technology enables the digital educator
  • Discover the latest trends and developments in Ontario’s advanced computing research community
  • Read about the future economy when communities are increasingly connected to each other by digital infrastructure
• Meet the ORION 2016 Leadership Awards winners!
• Catch the #diTHINK2016 conversation on Twitter

2015 THINK Conference

• View the 2015 agenda and speaker line-up
• Meet the winners of the 2015 Leadership Awards!
• View photos from our Facebook album of our top moments.
• Revisit a summary of the social community’s conversation on our Storify story.
• Read Part 1, 2, and 3 of our blog detailing the afternoon session workshops.

2014 THINK Conference

• See the 2014 THINK Conference agenda
• Read the 2014 THINK Conference speaker presentations and biographies
• Download the 2014 THINK report

2013 THINK Conference

• See the 2013 THINK Conference agenda
• Read about the 2013 THINK Conference speakers and access their presentations