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Previous Summits:
2006, June 5 - 6
2005, June 13 -14
2004, June 14 -15
Monday, June 4th at 3 pm
MaRS Discovery District - Demonstration of Advanced Collaborative Technologies


The MaRS Discovery District is at the centre of one of North America’s most concentrated clusters of biomedical research and expertise. It works with researchers and innovative entrepreneurs to develop and market next-generation technologies and services. MaRS is also collaborating with leading-edge organizations, such as ORION, Discovery Channel, IBM and Nortel to leverage next-generation technologies to advance research, innovation and commercialisation.

Introduction:
Peter Evans

Venture Group Advisor
MaRS Discovery District

Demonstration:
Barry Fogarty

President
Octopz

A new commercial venture operating from the MaRS Centre, Octopz develops next generation on-demand, online collaboration technologies. With fully integrated support for text messaging, VoIP and webcams, Octopz allows colleagues and partners anywhere in the world to work together securely in real time, or individually at their own convenience. Users can mark up a wide range of interactive digital media – videos, audio, animations and 360º panoramas – as quickly and easily as image files and standard documents, then save and archive their work for subsequent retrieval, review and feedback.