Research, Innovation, Scholarship and Entrepreneurship Series
April 3, 2024 – Barrie Campus
Research, Innovation, Scholarship and Entrepreneurship (RISE) Series is a place where you can be innovative, creative and share your changemaking ideas with the Georgian College community and beyond.
Join us every year and enjoy the various events including engaging guest speakers, live sessions that will make you think critically, and research showcases that will demonstrate the innovation happening across the college.
This year, we welcome Anthony Morgan, Co-host, CBC’s Nature of Things, as our opening keynote speaker. Join us to here this enjoyable and insightful talk as a great start to our 2024 RISE Day events!
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About the Series
RISE Series is a celebration of research, innovation, scholarship and entrepreneurship at Georgian and in our community. At RISE, you can meet industry leaders, innovators, entrepreneurs and forward thinkers that will help you unlock and create new opportunities.
The Series is divided into two parts:
- RISE Symposium: An annual college-wide event that runs in April and is open to anyone. It includes the Innov8 Awards that recognize excellence in research, innovation and changemaking ideas presented by students or student teams. There will be prizes for the winners!
- RISE Summit: A half-day professional development event offered in June. It’s open to all Georgian employees and designed to spark new ideas and conversations.
Schedule
RISE Symposium
The symposium includes:
- engaging guest speakers
- live sessions that will make you think critically
- research showcases that demonstrate innovation happening at Georgian
- scholarship showcases for faculty and staff to share their work
- the annual Innov8 Awards student and alumni competition
RISE Summit
The summit includes:
- 15-minute Big Ideas Talks
- opportunities to network and share best practices
How to participate
Register to attend
RISE is open to everyone and is free to attend.
Register to join in the April 3 celebration of research, innovation, scholarship and entrepreneurship at Georgian College.
Contact us
The department of Research and Innovation connects industry and community partners with faculty and student researchers to help clear business and/or technology hurdles and better understand their target markets. For general inquiries, please contact us:
- Email: researchandinnovation@georgiancollege.ca
- Phone: 705.722.5197
- Location: Barrie Campus, N201
- Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Featured projects
Research and Innovation works with industry and community partners on projects at any stage of the research and development continuum, from early concept development through to final testing and validation.
Ready to begin?
The first step to working with Research and Innovation is to fill out a Project Request Form and share the details of your proposed research.