Edmonton All In Business Events Guide

EDMONTON’S ECONOMIC SECTORS

HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES

Edmonton is a medical research powerhouse, home to world-class medical facilities, established health companies and fine post-secondary institutions. This robust and well-connected ecosystem provides researchers and entrepreneurs with an ideal, strategic opportunity to innovate and experiment with new protocols, devices and procedures. The University of Alberta is one of the leading academic health science centres in the world, internationally recognized for ground-breaking research across a wide variety of health disciplines including; cardiology, diabetes, oncology, virology and organ transplantation. With rapid advancement in the field of core AI and Machine Learning Research, the University of Alberta’s Department of Computer Science is working with our knowledge economy to propel Edmonton’s health and life sciences ecosystem forward daily. Alberta Health Services (AHS), is Canada’s largest province wide health care system, headquartered in Edmonton. This fully integrated system is responsible for delivering heath services to more than 4.3 million people living in Alberta. HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS BASED IN EDMONTON • Alberta Health Services (AHS) headquarters • Edmonton Health City

• Alberta Innovates • Genome Alberta

• University of Alberta • Kaye Medical Clinic • Edmonton Clinic Health Academy

When it comes to industry expertise, we know that no single destination can do it all. In Edmonton we’ve identified our 7 key economic sectors that are thriving and robust. Our leading sectors are that of Health & Life Sciences, ICT/ Digital Tech, and Agriculture/ Agri Food Processing. These established fields are the core of Edmonton’s economy and are comprised of professionals, academics, innovators and visionaries that are ready to help you make an impact with your event.

• Alberta Diabetes Institute • Alberta Transplant Institute • Mazankowski Heart Institute • Cross Cancer Institute • TEC Edmonton • Centre for Advanced Medical Simulation at NAIT • DynaLIFE Medical Labs