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Innovation Factory’s Centre for Integrated Transportation and Mobility (CITM) provides services to commercialize technologies for the connected and autonomous vehicle industry. To apply to CITM please complete our application form. A majority of consumers have a positive attitude toward self-driving cars, and are awaiting their introduction with “anticipation,” a survey by the consulting group Capgemini […]
Oct-2017
Join Innovation Factory as we celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) November 13-17, 2017. We have many amazing events planned to celebrate entrepreneurs and small business owners in Hamilton. You’re sure to find something that sparks your interest! Innovation Factory Events Tuesday, November 14: Accelerating Success for Women Entrepreneurs @ Innovation Factory […]
Oct-2017
The City of Hamilton is throwing its hat into the “Amazon” ring, to be considered for their new, second corporate headquarters dubbed Amazon HQ2. In a unanimous Council vote, the City confirmed that we have the people, the infrastructure, the talent and the resolve to host HQ2. “This represents a significant opportunity that our team […]
On May 31 and June 1, key players in Hamilton came together to pitch our great city to Toronto. Hamilton Economic Development, The City of Hamilton, and dozens of other organizations presented the “Hamilton Consulate”: a showcase of the city’s technological innovation, fashion, real estate opportunities, and arts scene. The goal was to talk about […]
The City of Hamilton has announced a partnership with McMaster University, Mohawk College and Redeemer University College to launch CityLAB, an innovation hub where students, city staff and community stakeholders will co-create solutions that support the city’s strategic priorities. Following on a worldwide movement to create more meaningful learning experiences to engage young people, CityLAB […]
Hamilton Health Sciences and IBM are seeking proposals for exciting, innovative new projects aimed at improving the delivery of health care in our community and beyond. The innovation exchange will focus on six key domains that are complementary to the Hospital Information System. The opportunity is to develop Ontario-based solutions, addressing challenges that impact patient experience, optimal […]
Although we celebrate entrepreneurship and innovation regularly here at Innovation Factory, we’re excited to see a number of noteworthy events that will be taking place around this year’s Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW, #GEW2015) – the world’s largest celebration of entrepreneurship. GEW is from November 16-22 this year, and it’s geared at inspiring people around […]
Aug-2015
News we always love to hear at Innovation Factory is that of our clients and community partners hiring! With fall approaching, we’re seeing lots of new job postings springing up and are excited to share some of them with you here: Interaction Designer (Web), User Experience Front-End Developer Back-End Developer Marketing Assistant […]
Hamilton’s own Moonray Studios and SHG Studios were recently awarded over $1.4M in total funding ($915,255 and $494,000, respectively) by The Canadian Media Fund (CMF) for their digital media projects. Moonray and SHG are two of 22 such projects that received a total of $14.1M in funding as part of the first round of production […]
May-2015
On May 7, Jay Rosenblatt took the stage at The Big DiF to accept the fourth annual Mark Chamberlain DiFizen of the Year Award in front of a crowd of Hamilton’s Innovation Community. “This has been one of the biggest ruses of my life,” said Rosenblatt, who thought he would be accepting an award on […]
