The Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX) has announced this year’s CIX Top 20 – Canada’s Top 20 hottest technology companies.
Every year, the CIX conducts an exhaustive search for the most innovative ideas, products, services and companies in the country.
Twenty companies have now been selected to present Canada’s hottest technologies to both Canadian and US high-end executives and investors, at the CIX on December 2.
Based on these presentations, one company is declared “Canadian Innovation Leader”.
The 2009 list comprises:
- Aeryon Labs Inc. www.aeryon.com – Waterloo, ON
- CognoVision Solutions Inc. www.cognovision.com - Toronto, ON
- D-Wave System Inc. www.dwavesys.com - Burnaby, BC
- Darwin Dimensions www.evolver.com – Montreal, QC
- Dayforce www.dayforce.com– Toronto, ON
- EnStream LP www.enstream.com – Toronto, ON
- GaN Systems Inc. www.gansystems.com – Ottawa, ON
- GlassBOX Television Inc. www.glassbox.tv – Mississauga, ON
- IGLOO Inc. www.igloosoftware.com – Kitchener, ON
- Metranome www.metranome.net – Waterloo, ON
- Morega System Inc. www.morega.com – Mississauga, ON
- NIMTech Incorporated www.nim-tech.com – Vaughan, ON
- Overlay TV Inc. www.overlay.tv – Ottawa, ON
- Peerset Inc. www.peerset.com – Toronto, ON
- PostRank Inc. www.postrank.com – Waterloo, ON
- Remco Solid State Lighting Inc. – Toronto, ON
- Rypple www.rypple.com – Toronto, ON
- Sixtron Advanced Materials Inc. www.sixtron.com– Dorval, QC
- Skymeter Corp. www.skymetercorp.com – Toronto, ON
- YOU i Labs Inc. www.youilabs.com – Ottawa, ON
“Congratulations to the CIX Top 20 – these companies illustrate the amazing innovation, ideas and technology available in Canada,” said Robert Montgomery, co-chair, Canadian Innovation Exchange. “This country is a hub for companies who are making a difference in the world with their ingenuity, and our role is to support these innovators and help facilitate their growth worldwide.”
Rick Nathon, fellow Co-Chair of the event, added “We organize CIX every year to encourage dialogue within the innovation ecosystem, so that we all can discover inspirational ideas from Canada’s most forward-thinking companies.”
The CIX Top 20 is open to all Canadian companies who consider themselves, their product, technology or service to be innovative in the fields of clean technologies, information technology and digital media. Each of the selected 20 deliver a live seven-minute presentation at CIX, where recognized industry experts judge the merit of their product or service.
Over the course of one action-packed day, participants will be exposed to industry leaders and visionaries who will share their knowledge, experience and ideas to help entrepreneurs gather valuable perspective and insight. CIX provides attendees with critical information from keynote speakers, educational sessions to help entrepreneurs develop their companies, and informal networking events designed to enable investors to discover each other as well as Canada’s next great companies.
The Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX) is a nexus of ideas, creativity and talent showcasing technology-based innovation while bringing together key industry experts to share inspiring ideas and success stories. CIX provides a showcase for the country’s most compelling new technology inventions and a platform for partnerships and transactional relationships with investors from around the world. CIX selects Canada’s Top 20 Most Innovative Companies and the event culminates with the presentation of the CIX 09 “Canadian Innovation Leader” award.
The event takes place December 2, 2009.
For more information, visit www.canadianinnovationexchange.com
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