• BC Minister Mike de Jong, Adam Nanjee, and Ismaili Council President Samir Manji with panelists and speakers at the MaRS Fintech event. Sultan Bhaloo
    06 October 2016 | Ismaili Centre Vancouver

    Leaders in technology and innovation meet at the Ismaili Centre for the MaRS FinTech Canada Series

    BC Minister Mike de Jong, Adam Nanjee, and Ismaili Council President Samir Manji with panelists and speakers at the MaRS Fintech event. Sultan Bhaloo
10:00 AM
7 October 2016
9:45 AM
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The Ismaili Centre Burnaby
Canada

Burnaby, 6 October 2016 — The Ismaili Centre, Burnaby partnered with MaRS Discovery District, Canada’s largest entrepreneurial and innovations hub, for the national launch of MaRS Financial Technology Canada series. The event attracted over 140 entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, innovators and policy leaders from Vancouver and across Canada.

MaRS Discovery District and the BC Technology Association used the event as a platform to announce a landmark strategic partnership to drive innovation and increase collaboration between Canada’s two largest financial technology markets: Toronto and Vancouver.
 
British Columbia Minister for Finance Michael de Jong, Ismaili Council for BC President Samir Manji and Adam Nanjee, Group Head of Financial Technology at MaRS welcomed the audience. Minister de Jong spoke about BC’s uniquely positioned economy, full of talent and ingenuity. He encouraged industry leaders to collaborate and form partnerships to develop ideas that can be brought to the global stage, while engaging with government on policy to further catalyse growth in the FinTech sector.
 
The conversation spilled over to Facebook and Twitter and #FinTechCA became a trending topic across Canada during the event. Over 150 viewers took part in the event through a Periscope live stream.