Canadian Ecosystem Gathering ; a glimpse at the new branding by Rita Studio
Last summer, I heard about something Mangrove prototyped at Startupfest ; a space where collaboration between canadian innovation ecosystems can happen, easily, in a lean way. I was really enthousiast to ear about a project that reached my interest in collaboration, innovation and communities. I was aware of the work of Mangrove as we collaborated previously. When I saw they were looking for a project manager to take over the Canadian Ecosystem Gathering, I was really anxious to have the chance to seize this opportunity.
So last february, I picked up the phone and made more than 50 phone calls to participants from last year, trying to have a sense on how their CEG experience grew in the last 9 months. Talking to many innovating ecosystem leaders of provinces throughout Canada, I really aimed to understand how similar some of their needs are, capturing their distinctive challenges to support their relations between ecosystems.
We started collaborating with 4 majors events throughout Canada to organise 4 Canadian Ecosystem Gathering. Then, Covid -19. I don’t have to elaborate why we questioned the project, the options and the intentions.
Therefore, we feel, more than ever do we have common reality as of now. I believe the CEG are great opportunities to serve the real needs of innovating ecosystems throughout the crisis and afterwards, when life just continues.
The Canadian Ecosystem Gatherings (CEG) is a series of exchange circles and collaborative working sessions created between leaders of Canadian ecosystems. The CEG will now happen through a yearly process of frequent meeting points along with thematics commonly identified to collaborate around.
The CEG Community will nurture consistency in gathering points and sustain human relations. The goal of each CEG community will be to highlight common issues, best practices exchange and collaboration.
The CEG Thematic will allow regular working sessions and partnership development aligned in needs and coherence to the theme.
Through collective intelligence, innovation and entrepreneurship, these collaborative rendez-vous aim to facilitate collaborative structuring projects in favor of the community economic development throughout Canada.
I am eager to announce that the #CanadianEcosystemGathering #CEG is back . We are building a program directly linked to you, your community and its reality.
We're happy to invite you to take part to the 1st Canadian Ecosystem Gathering (CEG) of 2020, happening on may 12th @noon within #connectingintelligence in collaboration with #mtlnewtech
Its COVID proof, its online ! Save your spot, register HERE
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Amélie Arès works for entrepreneurial ecosystem relations, culture and communication with Mangrove. She is also in charge of the Canadian Ecosystem Gathering.
With her atypical background, Amélie always aspired to contribute to the development of knowledge and know-how for the benefit of multiple communities. With several years of field experience at the heart of multiple cultural, technological, social and philanthropic projects, she navigates easily between the categories, the boxes established between the disciplines.