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The inaugural THINK Conference will take place on April 16th at the Art Gallery of Ontario. The conference will challenge leaders in Ontario's e-Infrastructure, Higher Education, and the K-12 sectors to focus on interconnectedness and collaboration.This conference will include na Idea-generating sessions will be led by key Ontario thought leaders which includes Dr Ilse Treurnicht, CEO of MaRS Discovery District.

The ORION Leadership Awards will be presented on April 16th, 2012. The award recognizes innovation leadership in Ontario's e‐Infrastructure, Higher Education, and the K‐12 sectors. In addition ORION will be announcing the THINK conference. Ilse Treurnicht, CEO of MaRS Discovery District will be speaking at the THINK conference.

Ilse Treurnicht, CEO of MaRS Discovery District was one of the speakers at the THINK Conference. "The Honourable Brad Duguid, Ontario's Minister of Economic Development and Innovation, presented the ORION Leadership awards on April 16th to high school student Marshall Zhang, John Helliker of Sheridan College and University of Toronto professor Dr. Shana Kelley." 

Kevin Werbach, a professor of legal studies and business ethics at Wharton, spoke recently with David Yaun, an IBM executive, about the company's Global Innovation Outlook project. According to Yaun, "traditionally, companies have identified innovation with gadgets and gizmos, but that thinking is being transformed." The definition of innovation is being broadened -- it is becoming more open, collaborative, global and inter-disciplinary. "The barriers to innovation and collaboration have come down dramatically," Yaun says. This was the second in a series of interviews about themes to be featured at Supernova, a conference Werbach organizes in collaboration with Wharton in San Francisco.