Daryl Copeland will be speaking at MaRS, at 2:00PM on the 29th of January at the offices of the McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health on the 4th floor.

With Steve Pakin host of The Agenda, Norm Rubin, Director of Nuclear Research, Randall Denley, Columnist with the Ottawa Citizen, Tom Rand, Cleantech Lead at the MaRS Discovery District, and Kristopher Stevens, Executive Director of the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association discuss the harnessing nature to boost Ontario's economy--what the Samsung deal means for Ontario.

Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) at the MaRS Centre in Toronto Saturday Feb 6, 2010.

SCM Risk Management Services (RMS) officially unveiled its new insurance-to- value (ITV) indexing technology at a reception at the MaRS Innovation Centre.

Kevin Young, sent by the Cabinet Office, blogs about his experience about taking photos at the MaRS Centre during Advertising Week 2010.

International financial experts meet in Toronto to encourage local investment in renewable power at The Green Energy Act Finance Forum on January 29, 2010.

John Cruickshank, publisher of the Toronto Star., will be speaking to the Canadian Association of Journalists at the MaRS Centre. Cruickshank will share his view about the fate of the journalism profession.

MaRS is hosting a forum on Jan. 29 for the finance sector on investment opportunities presented by the Green Energy Act. The forum is intended primarily for financial institutions who will be putting cash into projects under the act and the "sector players who will require that finance."

The Green Energy Act Finance Forum will be taking place on Jan 29. This forum will bring leading experts from around the world to Toronto to speak to Ontario's financial community about investing in renewable energy under Ontario's new Feed In Tariff program. The forum is presented by the MaRS Discovery District, the Green Energy Act Alliance and D & D Securities.

Paul Godfrey, president and CEO of the National Post, War Child Canada founder Dr. Samantha Nutt, and businessman Lawrence Bloomberg topped the list of 29 Canadians named to the Order of Ontario yesterday. Lawrence Bloomberg is also a Founder and Director of MaRS.

The Green Energy Act Finance Forum is taking place at the MaRS Centre on January 29, 2010. Tom Rand, MaRS Cleantech Advisor, states, "The one-day event, held at the MaRS Centre, was put together to "unlock" local capital and help accelerate the flow of investment into Ontario's booming renewable power sector."

Social Media Week will address concerns of social media and youth. MaRS facilitated events guide discussions to implementation and practicality.

"The Canadian Association of Journalists and the CAJ Education Foundation are kicking off the decade with a groundbreaking conference where news staff and management can learn about emerging techniques, technologies and models to transform journalism for the 21st century. The conference focuses on skills, strategies and tactics that news organizations can start implementing immediately. It will be held on Jan. 30 at the MaRS Centre, a major innovation hub a stone's throw from Queen's Park in Toronto."

The Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (DTT) Global Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) Group presented its ninth annual TMT predictions at the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto Jan. 20, 2010.

Vive Nano receives accolades for its clean tech approach. Its appeal is in its business model: to develop new processes and company-specific nanoparticles, then lease out their know-how to established companies who have both their own distribution networks and capability to deal with the various national regulatory hurdles that a small firm could never hope to manage.

Privacy by Design: The Gold Standard is being held at the Toronto Board of Trade on International Data Privacy Day, January 28. Jointly sponsored with the Toronto Board of Trade, this is the Commissioner's second annual Privacy by Design (PbD) event marking the special day. Some of the exhibits will offer a look at the leading-edge, privacy-related work being done by a number of start-up companies working with Toronto-based innovation centre MaRS.

The Scientist spoke with researchers who are automating and commercializing the latest technologies to aid life science work. Ameer Taha, founder, Certo Labs, Toronto and Veronika Litinski, health-care and life sciences practice lead at the MaRS Centre, a Toronto-based innovation cluster that engages researchers in commercializing their inventions were interviewed. Litinski states that "Before people start spending money on [developing] a product, we want them to think about the value chain and how the industry ecosystem is organized."

The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research in 2010 will grow its workforce, step up efforts to commercialize discoveries, and aim to fulfill research goals to be detailed in a second strategic plan set to be submitted next month to provincial officials, according to the institute's president and scientific director, Tom Hudson.

Elisa Birnbaum blogs about Manon Barbeau's dream: giving young people from First Nations communities an opportunity to express themselves using video and music, promoting a sense of healing, empowerment, and community engagement.As Barbeau's story attests, when it comes to Canada's Aboriginal people, social enterprises can be a strong force of change.former Prime Minister, the Rt. Honourable Paul Martin spoke at an Event that was co-sponsored by SiG and MaRS and announced the launch of a $50 million fund to promote Aboriginal business and entrepreneurship.

The aging population wants to reverse the aging process. The global market for products ranging from skin renewal to brain games is already worth $160 billion a year and is expected to rise to $275 billion in 2013.Cogniciti is a profit organization that will launch a new generation of brain games to help boomers keep their minds sharp and boost productivity well into old age.