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Our GLOBE Virtual event series accelerates the transition to a more resilient, clean economy by connecting the right people with the right opportunities, solutions and partners. GLOBE Virtual includes a wide range of topics and formats to meet the changing needs of businesses and governments.
Leading Change Virtual brings the best elements of the Leading Change Forum to an online stage. Over the spring and summer, Leading Change is rolling out interactive dialogues on issues that matter to young people and virtual coffee chats with sustainability heavy hitters.
GLOBE Forum is the largest and longest-running sustainable business summit and innovation showcase in North America. Since 1990, 170,000 people from 97 countries have come to GLOBE Forum to learn from industry leaders, marvel at cutting-edge technology and form long-lasting partnerships.
Client: Natural Resources Canada
Hosted by the Government of Canada and delivered by GLOBE Series, government representatives from over 25 countries came together to discuss the importance of a diverse and inclusive transition to a clean energy future. Over 2,500 international participants advanced the global conversation through roundtables, plenaries, side events and an innovation showcase.
Client: Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
To further the goals of Canada’s G7 Presidency, GLOBE Series and the Government of Canada partnered to organize and deliver the G7 Oceans Partnership Summit and Innovation Expo. This two-day event brought together stakeholders from all G7 countries representing industry, civil society, and the research sector to discuss themes raised in the Charlevoix Blueprint for Healthy Oceans, Seas and Resilient Coastal Communities and develop recommendations and solutions.
Building on a 30-year history, the GLOBE 2020 Innovation Showcase featured hundreds of cutting-edge technologies across five thematic clusters: Bioeconomy/Circular Economy, Mobility, Smart Cities, Carbon Productivity and Oceans and Plastic. The Innovation Showcase also hosted innovation challenges, start-up pitch competitions, and interactive presentations.
GLOBE Exchange connected capital and market opportunities with innovation to accelerate the transition to the clean economy. In the signature curated matchmaking activity, we scheduled over 750 meetings between innovators, investors and government. GLOBE Exchange also featured investor presentations, coaching for growth, opportunities to connect with young talent and other networking activities, resulting in a total of 1,500 meetings throughout the day.
In the context of the Clean Energy Ministerial and Mission Innovation Summit hosted in Vancouver, we delivered over 350 one-on-one pre-curated meetings between investors and government, investors and investors, and investors and innovators.
For the Mining for Solutions Matchmaking session at GLOBE Forum 2018, we brought together 40 buyers, cleantech innovators, strategic investors, and financiers for curated one-on-one meetings with the goal of advancing the sector and exploring a number of industry challenges.Prior to the session, we identified innovative technology needs and solutions and vetted the meetings to ensure relevant connections.
The Cascadia Connect Cleantech Challenge Pitch sessions connected major buyers from the Pacific Northwest region with Canadian and global solution providers. Major public sector institutions, corporate buyers, and utilities—such as the City of Vancouver, the University of British Columbia, Translink, Snohomish County PUD, Sound Transit, and Avista Energy—pitched their challenges with the goal of finding specific solutions related to transportation, smart grid, and high-performance buildings. Global Affairs Canada supported one-on-one meetings immediately following the session.
Our Dragon’s Den-style event at GLOBE Forum 2018 enabled companies to pitch their cleantech business, solution or service to a hand-picked group of interested investors. Organizations selected to take part in this activity were allocated five minutes to pitch their solution to the investor panel, followed by a 10-minute, one-to-one engagement to receive feedback and ask questions.
As part of GLOBE Forum 2018, participants had a chance to deliver a three-minute pitch outlining their ideas or solutions to investors interested in all stages of funding. The top 10 organizations picked by investors participated in a speed dating session later in the week.
Client: BC Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills, and Training (AEST)
The Delphi Group led the development of an industry workforce readiness strategy in line with the Province of British Columbia’s CleanBC Plan. Delphi undertook 18 months of labour market research and trends analysis; consultation with key stakeholders across government, industry, First Nations, non-profits and businesses; and strategy development.
Client: Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
The Delphi Group designed and facilitated a series of workshops across Canada for NRCan’s Generation Energy initiative. Workshops took place in Calgary, Vancouver, Ottawa, Toronto, and Montreal.
In collaboration with key partners, The Delphi Group and GLOBE Series has designed and convened a number of engagements associated with the Scaling Cleantech in Canada initiatives. These include:
GLOBE 2020 offered a demand-pull platform to support and accelerate clean innovation by connecting corporate leaders and investors to curated scale-up opportunities. The Innovation Challenge Program was a unique opportunity for growing cleantech innovators to secure exclusive access to some of Canada’s largest organizations.
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Client: The Municipality of Trois-Rivieres Economic Development Agency
GLOBE Series and The Delphi Group were hired to lead consultations with key players in the region’s innovation ecosystem to (1) better understand the drivers and frame strategic recommendations to support the growth of the region’s bioeconomy sector, (2) increase competitiveness of the region, and (3) attract investment and talent. GLOBE and Delphi also performed SWOT and gap analyses and provided final recommendations. An innovation committee was structured as a result of this exercise, which fostered regional collaboration and supported the implementation of the actions items identified.
Client: FPInnovations
In light of the safety risks of driving forklifts in forest production facilities, FPInnovations engaged Foresight to deliver an Autonomous Forklift Challenge. The Delphi Group and partner Tessellate led the definition of the problem area, engaged the innovation ecosystem and delivered the multi-stakeholder workshop and challenge call for proposals. The challenge directly impacted over 50 forklifts within the Challenge Partner’s facilities.
Client: Nova Scotia Bioresource Hub
The Nova Scotia Bioresource Hub engaged The Delphi Group to identify potential bioresource challenges with the goals of selecting a single final challenge and then seeking and attracting demonstrable solutions. Delphi managed the process and worked with the industry partners to identify the challenge area, develop a challenge paper for feedback, and organize and facilitate challenge definition workshops. Participants in the process included provincial government representatives, industry, government funding and solution providers.
Client: Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre
The Delphi Group, in conjunction with various partners, delivered six ARCTIC challenge projects for Foresight. Through a demand-pull approach, Foresight worked with companies in the oil and gas, forestry and mining sectors to identify environmental, operational and environmental challenges. This included identifying the challenge area, developing a challenge paper for feedback, and organizing and facilitating challenge definition workshops. Delphi also managed the innovator selection, Sprint and Field Trial phases on behalf of Foresight. This resulted in performance improvements and accelerated the commercialization of new technologies.
On the final day of GLOBE 2020, hundreds of attendees participated in workshops led by experts from the GLOBE community to deliver action plans and other influential outcomes. The workshops were focused on six major areas of the clean economy: transportation, energy, the blue economy, the circular economy, social purpose, and scaling cleantech.
