Tomorrow is our much anticipated event celebrating the 1 year anniversary of the MIN! The entire MIN team is very much looking forward to this opportunity to share with the community why the MIN was created, the importance of innovation in the manufacturing sector and how manufacturers and other stakeholders can become more involved in this transformative network.

The evening will feature:

• MIN advisory board members and founders speaking about the inspiration for this network
• Minister of Research & Innovation John Milloy will provide some insight into his ministry's mandate for innovation as it pertains to the manufacturing sector
• Keynote speaker, John Keating, CEO of COM DEV International will share his thoughts on innovation and the importance of internal and external collaboration
• A presentation and demonstration of the MIN and all it has to offer
• Our distinguished panelists including Dan Latendre, CEO of IGLOO Software-the MIN's technology provider, Mike Baker, Senior Field Advisor with the Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium, Bill Elliot, VP Business Development with Canada's Technology Triangle, Dan Rau, Maintenance Management Professional and local manufacturer and John Keating our keynote speaker will discuss the ever evolving face of innovation, collaboration, networking and cluster development in the manufacturing sector.

As Community Facilitator of the MIN I would like to personally extend the invitation to join us once again, to all our members and in particular, I would like to invite all of our expert bloggers, sponsors and advertisers to come out and meet some of our community's manufacturers and MIN stakeholders.

You can register for this online in the MIN event calendar: http://www.waterloomin.com/calendar/manufacturingatimeforinnovation