Canada Innovates!
Hynes Convention Centre
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
Room# 206
To attend Canada Innovates!, please register for the TechConnect conference directly at:
http://www.techconnectworld.com/World2011/register.html.
Once you have entered all your information you will see a box for a discount code. Please register for the Expo Hall Only, using discount code "Canada", which will give you free access to the Exposition as well as the Canada Innovates! conference. If you are interested in registering for the whole conference, this code will also provide a $100 discount to the full program registration.
| 8:00 | Registration Opens |
| 8:30 | Welcome by Moderator Moderator: Prof. Sean Wise, Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Ryerson University's Ted Rogers School of Management |
| 8:40 | Opening Remarks Mr. Patrick Binns - Consul General, Consulate General of Canada to New England |
| 8:55 | Start of Morning Program |
| 09:00 – 10:00 | Advancements in Canadian CleanTech |
| 9:00 | Canadian Energy RD&D and Clean Technology Developments Presenter: Philippe St-Jean - Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Energy Technology Policy |
| 9:15 | Canada-US CleanTech Collaboration Opportunities Presenter: Geoff Murphy – Director, Natural Resources Canada, CanmetENERGY |
| 9:30 | On the Rise – Conversion Efficiency in Organic Photovoltaics Presenter: Dr. Ye Tao – Group Leader, Organic Materials and Devices, of the National Research Council Canada, Institute for Microstructural Sciences |
| 9:45 | Utilizing Renewable Energy Resources for Distributed Power Presenter: Karim Kassam – Director of Business Development, Ballard Power |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 – 11:30 | Canadian Breakthroughs in Nano Technologies |
| 10:30 | Breadth of Nano Research in Canada Presenter: Dr. Marie D’Iorio - Director General of the National Research Council Canada, Institute for Microstructural Sciences |
| 10:45 | Nanotechnology Research Landscape in Canadian Universities Presenter: Mr. Frank Gu - Assistant Professor and Director of Functional Green-Materials Laboratory, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo |
| 11:00 | Towards Industrialization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Presenter: Dr. Benoit Simard – Program Leader, Molecular and Nano materials Architecture at the NRC Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences |
| 11:15 | Next Generation Electronic Products Presenter: Claude Jean - Executive VP & General Manager, Teledyne Dalsa Semiconducteur |
| 11:30 | Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) How to help fund your Research in Canada Presenter: Mel Machado – Pricewaterhouse Coopers |
| 12:00 – 1:30 | Think Canada! Lunch Location: Hynes Convention Centre, Room 200 |
| Welcome Remarks Mr. Patrick Binns - Consul General, Consulate General of Canada to New England | |
| Key Note Speaker Mr John McDougal – President, National Research Council (NRC) | |
| 1:30 | Canada’s Hottest Innovative Companies Technology Showcase Ten minute presentations by Canadian Innovative companies on their CleanTech products and solutions. |
| 1:30 | Moderator: Prof. Sean Wise, Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Ryerson University's Ted Rogers School of Management |
| 1:40 | CarbonCure Technologies - Robert Niven |
| 1:50 | ProDalG - Mark Sales |
| 2:00 | Zero Waste Systems - Bruce Coxhead |
| 2:10 | REfficient - Stephanie McLarty |
| 2:20 | Free Breeze - Sam Labus |
| 2:30 | Odotech - Thierry Pagé |
| 2:40 | SWITCH Materials - Jon Sargent |
| 3:00 - 3:15 | Coffee Break |
| 3:15 - 4:30 | Canada’s Hottest Innovative Companies Technology Showcase (continued) |
| 3:20 | GridCo - Yvette Webb |
| 3:30 | BDR Technologies - Ken Lawless |
| 3:40 | May-Ruben Technologies - Peter Ruben |
| 3:50 | Hydrostor - Curt VanWalleghem |
| 4:00 | Vbine - Dwight Siman |
| 4:10 | Corvus Energy - Joe Vosburgh |
| 4:30 | Closing Remarks Prof. Sean Wise, Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Ryerson University's Ted Rogers School of Management |
| 6:00 – 8:00 | Canada Networking Reception Location: Sheraton Hotel Back Bay Room D |
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