The conference will spotlight young scientists, including innovators like 16-year-old computer whiz Jon St-Jean.
The Ottawa teen's software encryption program CushyCrypt -- developed when he was 15 years old -- has earned him major awards from computer companies Intel and Microsoft.
St-Jean's work will be on display next Wednesday along with the innovations of a dozen other teenage award-winners at the from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m.
The exhibits will include a project for turning household garbage into an environmentally-friendly fuel, and one to predict the flooding of rivers. The young scientists will all be on hand to do interviews.
North Bay's Jean-Michel Filion, 15, has won several international awards, including the gold medal at the 1999 International Science and Engineering Fair. He developed a computerized method to collect research data using zooplankton nets.
He joins researchers of all ages on Thursday, December 2, for "Innovation across the Generations" luncheon with keynote speaker, Natural Resources Minister Ralph Goodale.
Innovation Canada is the first event of its kind to bring together more than 500 individuals from government, academia, business and the voluntary sector - innovators and those who support them.
