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Distribute deploys High Throughput Computiing clusters at universities usig idle computers on campus to power data science and scientific computing workloads


Kinarm employs interactive robotics to transform the assessment of brain injuries


Norton Rose Fulbright is a global law firm working to develop advanced IP/AI curriculum directed to IP strategy, commercialization, licensing, AI risk assessment and legal considerations for emerging technologies


Trellis is a GTA-based socially responsible autonomous mass transportation innovation company


OWN Innovation is a Canadian IP law firm working with clients to identify, protect and manage IP, including consulting with provincial and federal governments


UniVirtual is a leading metaverse education platform, with fully supported virtual world software hosting synchronous and asynchronous learning environments, revolutionizing virtual learning. They also build bespoke spaces for other virtual reality platforms.


Esri is a Canadian company providing enterprise geographic infromation system solutions, including sustainable transportation simulation and modeling


OPTT is a Canadian start-up with the vision to transform mental health care using web-based technology and AI to make care more accessible and equitable


Dynamiris is a tech start-up specializing in clinical uses of eye tracking analysis


True Impact is a GTA-based company specializing in neuromarketing research and analytics that employs brain computer interfaces to integrate eye tracking with other physiological signals


Alectra is an electricity and energy service provider with an active research centre


York University is a partner in the Vaughan Healthcare Centre Precinct, Vaughan's Smart City Initiative and their local innovation cluster


Micas is a Canadian research internship program providing interns with research opportunities across Canada and abroad


Indigenous Innovation Initiative supports Indigenous innovators in developing, testing, refining and scaling projects of importance to Indigenous communities. Part of Grand Challenges Canada


The Nokiiwin Tribal Council is an Indigenous tribal council of member communities located within the Robinson Superior Treaty area (Lake Superior) working on an Indigenous metaverse project with UniVirtual, creating a living archive of Indigenous knowledges


The Centre for International Governance Innovation is an independent non-partisan think tank whose peer-reviewed research, foresight and trusted analysis influence policy makers to innovate. With expertise in transformative technologies and governance, CIGI has an increasingly consequential impact on policy making and ultimately on societies.


Oasis Project is an interdisciplinary and intersectoral research collaborative that describes, spreads and evaluates a unique approach to naturally occurring retirement communities


The Law Commission of Ontario is Ontario’s leading law reform agency. The LCO provides independent, balanced and authoritative advice on complex legal policy issues. Their work promotes access to justice and contributes to public debate.


The Indigenous Friends Association is an Indigenous-led tech organization that creates, engages and renovates digital technologies through Indigenous ethical and communal values


NeurotechX has the mission of facilitating the advancement of neurotechnology with 30+ global chapters and 30+ student clubs at universities including Queen's


The First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC) is an Ontario-based non-profit organization working on First Nations data sovereignty. They also provide education and training services on the First Nations principles of OCAP (ownership, control, access and possession), a foundational set of guidelines establishing how First Nations data and information will be collected, protected, used, or shared.


SpiderWebShow is a live digital performance company that investigates the intersection of live performance and digial innovation through artistic commissions and creations including VR


Neuromatch provides internationally inclusive education and netowrking opportunities to academic and industry students and professionals on topics of neuroscience and artificial intelligence


The Builders Association is an Internationally recognized cross-media performance group from NY staging the interdependence of life and technology


Unionville Home Society is an organization providing innovative seniors' care in the Unionville community, including a long term care home, life lease senior apartments, a community centre and an adult day program and a geriatric outreach team


Baycrest is a local geriatric-focused continuing care hospital and Rotman Research Instiitute with strong neuroimaging expertise and infrastructure


Neuroethics Canada is a national research resource for neuroethics including topics of neurotechnology


Sunnybrook Research Institute is a Sunnybrook-based clinical research team developing and empolying a range of neuromodulation techniques for debilitating brain disorders (e.g. Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, ALS, depression, etc.)


Vector's vision is to drive excellence and leadership in Canada's knowledge, creation and use of artificial intelligence to foster economic growth and improve the lives of Canadians


The Instittute for Neuroscience and Neurotechnology at Simon Fraser University offers expertise in neuroscience data analytics and computational models from local to multiscale models that place the brain in the body and in social contexts


The Adaptive Mind is a German federal and state funded multi-university consortium integratting the fields of Experimental Psychology, Clinical Psychology and AI to understand how the human mind adapts to change and what happens when adaptations fail.


MIT addresses how human intelligence works in engineering terms and how an understanding of human intelligence can be used to build smarter machines for the benefit of society


CASCB is dedicated to exploring a broad specttrum of collective behaviours across species and environments, integrating behavioural, physiological, neural, ecological and technological methodologies