About this Event
The Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre is hosting the 2026 Innovation Awards, celebrating the people and organizations shaping the future of our region through bold ideas, transformative thinking, and measurable impact.
This year, SSMIC will recognize:
- Top 10 Innovators, honouring outstanding individuals creating change across the Algoma-Manitoulin region
- Top 3 Innovative Companies, honouring organizations redefining industry and driving economic growth in the region
These awards celebrate excellence in innovation, leadership, and impact. Recipients have shown exceptional leadership in developing new ideas, processes, or ways of thinking, with innovations demonstrated within the past two to three years, from new technologies to improved processes to creative problem-solving.
Join us for a celebratory lunch honouring the innovators and organizations pushing Northern Ontario forward.
Lunch, awards presentation, and a chance to connect with the innovators and organizations driving our region forward.
Keep an eye on our social media, where all nominees will be posted.
Seats are limited.
Agenda
🕑: 11:30 AM
Doors Open
🕑: 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Lunch
🕑: 12:30 PM - 01:15 PM
Awards
🕑: 01:15 PM - 01:30 PM
Closing Remarks
Event venue & nearby stays
Delta Waterfront Hotel, 208 St. Marys River Drive, Sault Ste. Marie, Canada
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