Twenty-five major conferences devoted to life sciences will be held in Ottawa between 2019 and 2022.
Ottawa is Canada’s smartest city, with more PhDs per capita than any other. The city is filled with scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs active in Health and Life Sciences, Information & Communication Technologies, Aerospace & Defence, Engineering, Cleantech, Gaming and Ecommerce. Ottawa is one of Canada’s leading technology hubs, with both international tech giants and local start-ups.
Conventions that meet here often call on these innovators and subject matter experts as speakers and panelists.
Information and Communication Technologies
Ottawa is the most technology intensive city in Canada, with over 10% of its workforce employed in information and communications technology (ICT).
Aerospace, Defence and Security
As Canada’s national capital, Ottawa is the hub for the aerospace, defence and security sector.
Engineering
Ottawa has the highest concentration of engineers and scientists of any city in Canada–74,500–and the second highest in North America.
Cleantech
Canada’s Capital boasts the country’s largest concentration of cleantech researchers, scientists and engineers.
