Hub Happening #1

Great event today for the Hub, an opportunity for groups to share what they do and how they fit into the hub. And a great event for everyone to meet and greet. It was great to hear about all the initiatives within the Hub and exciting to be part of it. Really Really exciting!

Lots of great companies here:

Canadian Digital Media Network

Communitech

C.R.Visuals

KPMG

Loyalty Match

Christie Digital Systems

Skoonowi

BMO

17 Muscles

IRAP

ClevrU

Wildeboer Dellelce

Formulating Change

Ernst & Young

Canadian Cloud Computing

RIM

Open Text

Miller Thomson

Now Media

WLU

Infinidy

UW /CBET

TekTire

Conestoga College

Agfa

Footloose Games

OCE

Cyborg

Deloitte

Topollo

Gowlings

Modevation Media

Beyond One Eighty

Will Pwn for Food

Willet

Unbounds

Redwoods Media

Notewagon

Velocity

Not sure if more companies are coming but the list is long. I expect that it will grow.

Sorry I have no photos from this event. I forgot to pull out the BlackBerry and click away. I was enjoying the talks too much.

Government is in the Hub

Glen Murray, the Minister of Research and Innovation was in the building Friday to announce that Communitech and the Accelerator Centre are joining the province’s new Ontario Network of Excellence (ONE). As part of ONE they will receive annual funding of $750,000. The money will be used to help entrepreneurs bring new ideas to market and gain access to expertise locally and across the province through the network. 

I love these announcements because they signify another great opportunity for the future of this community. And things like this would not happen without the amazing efforts and initiatives of both Communitech and the Accelerator Centre. 

 

 

I was surprised at how long it took for this story to hit Google News. Glen Murray, Ontario Minister of Research and Innovation office have not issued a formal release, that I can find. I first got the released details via MPP John Milloy's amazing office. They share a great update every week via an enewsletter that I recommend you sign up for. 

You can get more details here on the Communitech Site and The Record posted a story.

The minister visited with the 7Cubed project at the University of Waterloo VeloCity Mobile and Media Incubator here at the hub. This group wrapped up their adventures on Friday. Be sure to check out the 7 apps they produced. 

Thank you to Jesse Rodgers for his photos from the event. I am stealing from his twitpix downloads.