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In the spirit of stimulating the conversation on commerce and creativity before the launch of the event on May 22nd, the C2-MTL team called on the inestimable help and expertise of social media partners Twist Image to challenge the C2-MTL community on Facebook and Twitter (check out the app here). Participants were invited to share [...]
Here are a few sketches, just a little teaser for what you’ll be seeing in only two weeks at C2-MTL, on the site of the New City Gas and in the C2-MTL village of innovation. Illustrations: Nicolas Vallet Scenography: Hugues Letellier
Unconventional ideas deserve to be explored in unconventional places. C2-MTL’s Innovation Village is currently taking shape, and at the heart of its networking plazas, brainstorming zones, and interactive installations, will proudly stand the New City Gas Co. building, its hub and anchoring jewel. This 19th century historical landmark is a symbolic piece of architecture. As [...]
They say the devil is in the details. When it comes to reinventing the business conference to find creative answers to commercial questions, the devil is everywhere. Here is one of the “little” things we are doing differently: providing all of our speakers with a hand-sown, customized “How-to-blow-minds” guide to speaking at C2-MTL. And considering [...]
Music producer, multi-instrumentalist and electronic music legend Moby alongside Moment Factory and Circo de Bakuza to fire up C2-MTL’s Illumination event on Thursday May 24th. We’d been searching for a while for the musical artist to best light up the New City Gas on C2-MTL’s Thursday night event. A band/artist who knows how to party [...]
C2-MTL is reinventing the global business conference to find creative answers to commercial questions. Among the multiple pieces of this kaleidoscopical puzzle, you’ll find Moment Factory, who has been mandated to create two immersive installations : a “reset” moment for the entrance of the C2-MTL village of innovation; a collaborative experience on the central plaza. [...]
Here they are! After carefully studying the 315 applications (!) received for the Emerging Entrepreneurs Contest, the Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Family Foundation has selected the lucky 25 who will be participating the first edition of C2-MTL. We really very were proud to hear that they were the ones chosen to showcase the creativity of Québec’s [...]
Four more high-profile panellists have signed on to bring their mighty brains and wit to C2-MTL in Montreal, May 22-25: Shashi Caan, designer, educator, President of International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers and founder of The Collective (US/UK), an international, multidisciplinary architecture and design firm; social media guru Bonin Bough, Vice President, Kraft Foods (Global Digital and Consumer [...]
This post was originally published in the Huffington Post (that’s right). In case you haven’t heard, Arianna Huffington will showcase her GPS for the Soul mobile application in a world premiere at C2-MTL, a global event on commerce and creativity taking place under Montreal’s spring sun from May 22nd to May 25th. Arianna Huffington is [...]
In case you hadn’t noticed, Montreal is quite the party animal. Some of the best and most creative entertainers and magic-makers in the world are from Montreal, so there was no way we weren’t going to call them up and invite them to show their best at C2-MTL. In short, if you’re coming to C2-MTL, [...]
