Located in Toronto, Canada’s largest and most diverse city, MaRS brings together educators, researchers, social scientists, entrepreneurs and business experts under one roof. Being an entrepreneurial venture founded by civic leaders, Mars aims at bridging the gap between what people need and what governments can provide.

As a home to entrepreneurs and a bridge to the business world, MaRS helps companies bring breakthrough ideas to market and scale globally. MaRS works with corporations willing to leverage their global reach to assist startups seeking footholds in foreign markets. Corporations, in turn, are embedding teams at MaRS to boost creativity, scout talent and rekindle their entrepreneurial flames.

ShiftN is a consultancy based in Leuven, Belgium. With a strong expertise in systems thinking, the agency helps a variety of clients – from government to private organisations - create clarity in complexity, envision new futures, put in place novel experiments and explore new value creation models.

The team includes mature and flexible professionals eager to contribute constructively to society’s gravest challenges. As a community-of-practice, ShiftN bases its work on the three pillars of ideas, dialogue and design, in order to generate learning, bring together conflicting worldviews and identify solutions.