Speaker Presentations Eric Grimson, Chancellor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Research University in an innovation ecosystem: from MIT to Highway 128 Tom Jenkins, Executive Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer, OpenText Innovation in Canada: From Waterloo to Canada’s Innovation Strategy Patrick Horgan, Vice President Operations, Manufacturing and Development, IBM Canada IBM’s Innovation Actions in Canada Ray Ivany, President, Acadia University; Chair, NS Commission on Building our New Economy Update from the Nova Scotia Commission on Building our New Economy About the Conference In partnership with universities and the private sector, the Province of Nova Scotia hosted an Innovation Summit in April of 2013. The summit brought public and private stakeholders together (including youth leaders) from industry, business, and academia to develop strategies to create a more systematic approach to fostering and supporting innovation.