McMaster hosts global economic and business leaders to enhance competitiveness and trade

McMaster University is bringing together more than fifty economic, educational and political leaders from all over the world to showcase examples of innovation, strategic partnerships and entrepreneurship.

More than 25 countries are represented at the Americas Competitiveness Exchange on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, which takes place tomorrow in Hamilton.

Delegates include: the Deputy Consul General of Brazil, the Minister of Commerce, Enterprise and Small Business Development of Dominica, the president of the Jamaica Exporters Association, the Minister of Education, Innovation, Gender Relations and Sustainable Development for St. Lucia, the Minister of Education, Science & Technology for the Bahamas and the Deputy Director of the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning for the Government of South Korea.

The week-long Exchange features stops throughout Ontario’s innovation cluster of Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo and Hamilton. Delegates are scheduled to tour several facilities including McMaster’s Automotive Resource Centre, the Biointerfaces Institute and the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research.

As part of the day’s events, a panel of leading industry experts will examine Hamilton’s changing economy as it moves from traditional manufacturing to one focused on knowledge.

For more on the ACE conference, please visit:           http://www.riacevents.org/ace/canada2016/