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G R A N D   O P E N I N G

Oct. 2nd, 2024 | 945 Princess Street, Kingston, ON

INNOVATION SUMMIT

DIGITAL PROGRAM

SCALING & ADOPTING CANADIAN CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES

TODAY'S EVENT

Reaction HUB's Impact Week Showcase and Grand Opening aims to gather key members of our ecosystem to explore collaborative ways we can scale and adopt chemical technologies. 

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Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with the industry in our Ecosystem Exhibits, chat directly with innovators during the Start-Up Alley, network with key stakeholders in the ecosystem, and listen to our esteemed speakers.

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Thank you for joining us today, we could not be more grateful for the continued support. 

SCHEDULE & LOCATIONS

TIME

LOCATION & EVENT

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM


10:00 AM - 10:30 AM



10:30 AM - 11:30 AM


11:30 AM - 1:00 PM


1:00 PM - 5:00 PM


1:00 PM - 4:00 PM


1:00 PM - 2:00 PM



2:00 PM - 3:00 PM



3:00 PM - 3:30 PM


3:30 PM - 4:00 PM


4:00 PM - 4:15 PM


4:15 PM - 4:30 PM


4:30 Pm - 4:45 PM


4:45 PM - 5:00 PM


5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Concourse
Breakfast & Registration

Main Stage (Concourse)
Opening Remarks, land Acknowledgment & Announcement

Main Stage (Concourse)
Keynote Speaker: Innovating as an Ecosystem

RXN Coworking Space
Start-Up Alley & Lunch 

Start: RXN Coworking Space
945 Princess Tours

Showroom (Concourse)
Ecosystem Tradeshow

Main Stage (Concourse)
Panel 1:
Next Steps for the Canadian Innovation Economy


Main Stage (Concourse)
Panel 2:
Deploying Capital for Scale-Up & Infrastructure


Main Stage (Concourse)
Featured Speaker: James Burrow (BMO)

Main Stage (Concourse)
Featured Speaker: Ira Sherr (Seneca Polytechnic)

Main Stage (Concourse)
Featured Speaker: Keir Daborn (ThermoFisher)

Main Stage (Concourse)
Featured Speaker: Mark Vreeke (CAN)

Main Stage (Concourse)
Featured Speaker: Kazim Agha (Aird Berlis LLP)

Main Stage (Concourse)
Featured Speaker: Nick Bishop (PlasmaLeap)

Concourse
Reception 

Want to join Climate Tech Cocktails for a dock-side boat party?

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Afterparty: 8-11 pm @ Crawford Wharf

OPENING REMARKS & ANNOUNCEMENT

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SEBASTIAN ALAMILLO

Reaction HUB
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CRAIG DESJARDINS

City of Kingston
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BRIAN MARIAMPILLAI

GreenCentre Canada
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CHER  POWERS

Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI)
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BOYD

DAVIS

Kingston Process Metallurgy (KPM)
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Ryan 'Rye' Barberstock, PhD

Land Acknowledgement

We acknowledge that the lands on which we work and live are the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. 

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Reaction HUB

Executive Director

Leading Commercialization @ RXNHUB | Building Labs & Pilots | Mobilizing ChemTech Ecosystems

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

MORGAN
LEHTINEN

Dr. Morgan Lehtinen provides an extended and exclusive version of her TEDx Talk, "Innovating the Very Idea of Innovation."

 

This talk will highlight her journey as a start-up founder in the water remediation space, her learnings as the Director of Commercialization for RXN HUB, and the outcomes of multi-stakeholder innovation projects she has led in carbon capture,  regional economic development, and sustainable infrastructure development.

OUR
START-UP ALLEY PARTICIPANTS

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PANEL SPEAKERS

Panel 1: Next Steps for the Canadian Innovation Economy
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Heather Crochetiere

Foresight Canada

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Alexander Forstner

Cyclic Materials

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Bryan Watson

Venbridge

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Basil Ennab

SDTC

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Panel 2: Deploying Capital for Scale-Up & Infrastructure
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Boyd Davis

Kingston Process Metallurgy

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Irene Yang

BASF

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Keir Daborn

ThermoFisher Scientific

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Rob Hart

The Shepherd Chemical Co.

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PLATINUM SPONSOR

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GOLD SPONSORS

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SILVER SPONSORS

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BRONZE SPONSORS

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FEATURED SPEAKERS

INNOVATION. COLLABORATION. INSIGHT. 

Check out our Featured Speakers on the Main Stage from 3:00 - 5:00 PM!

OUR VENDORS

As part of our commitment to supporting local businesses and promoting sustainable products, Reaction HUB extends our heartfelt thanks to all the incredible vendors contributing to today’s event. Your dedication to quality, innovation, and environmental responsibility plays a vital role in making this gathering not only possible but meaningful. Together, we are building a more sustainable future, one partnership at a time.

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Thank you to all of our sponsors, vendors, speakers, start-up alley participants, ecosystem exhibitors, volunteers, team members, and attendees for their support. We could not have done it without you all, see you next year!

THANK YOU

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