34 leaders, 13 canadian cities, 6 provinces made the Canadian Ecosystem Gathering’s first edition a complete success.

Looking towards 2020 and years to come, the future seems bright for this Mangrove coordinated program.

The main themes of CEG 2020: “Diversity and Inclusion”, and “Francophonie”. This year, due to the special circumstances, workshops will be given online. Dozens of Canadian innovation ecosystem leaders will come together to exchange and collaborate around different strategic topics.

A notable new initiative for this edition is the launching of the Fireside Chats Series. They will be held on Sept. 24th, Oct. 20th and Nov. 29th. Partnered with 7 universities from Atlantic Canada, these “Fireside” discussion hubs will allow female-identifying entrepreneurs to share their experiences with female-identifying entrepreneurial students.

Stay tuned, the official CEG fall schedule wil be available soon.

In addition, the Coopérathon starts rolling on Sept. 30th. In collaboration with Mangrove and the CEG, this month-long innovation competition will bring Canadian innovation leaders to use their collective intelligence on important societal issues for our future (green energies, culture, etc.).

Collaborating with the Coopérathon puts the pancanadian network into the spotlight, and also allows us to contribute to the competition’s programming by animating a two-hour long workshop. On the program: market validation, ecosystems and networks opening.

The Canadian Ecosystem Gathering (CEG) is a human-centred community that aims to nurture collaborations between Canadian innovation ecosystems. For further information on the community -and events of the CEG-, visit: ecosystemgathering.ca