Ignition Thursday: Innovation from the fringes: Rethinking Where Innovation Comes From.
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November 26, 2026
4:00 pm—5:30 pm
Ignition Centre at Platform Calgary
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We tend to think of innovation as coming from the centre. Yet many of the technologies that shape our lives have been pushed forward by unexpected and sometimes uncomfortable forces. In this month’s Ignition Thursday Ava Weinstein-Wright will help us explore the grittier edges of innovation and the connections between technology, culture and human behaviour, looking primarily at the surprising role pornography has played in driving technological change, alongside other examples from history.
We tend to think of innovation as coming from the centre. Yet many of the technologies that shape our lives have been pushed forward by unexpected and sometimes uncomfortable forces. In this month’s Ignition Thursday Ava Weinstein-Wright will help us explore the grittier edges of innovation and the connections between technology, culture and human behaviour, looking primarily at the surprising role pornography has played in driving technological change, alongside other examples from history.
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