Experts, innovators, and artists gathered at venues throughout the city last week to discuss the implications of innovation at SFU’s third annual Community Summit. Hosted by SFU Public Square, this year’s summit, titled, “Innovation: The Shock of the Possible,” explored the impact of new ways of thinking on the most important social, environmental and economic issues in British Columbia, Canada, and beyond. In an editorial published in the Vancouver Sun, SFU president Andrew Petter explained, “Innovation is not just about technological developments, although there are groundbreaking examples of technological advances to celebrate. Innovation also refers to new ways of imagining…
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