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.