Expert Advisory Group Recommendations

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Implementing Canadas Global Commerce Strategy
in Innovation and Science and Technology
Expert Advisory Group Recommendations
October 27, 2008
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• 1987 signing of joint Canada-Japan ST agreement
• new Canadian ST policy in 2007 - a new vision
  based on commercialisation of technologies

• Collaboration with industry, academia and
  government
• Expert Advisory Group (EAG) is struck comprising
  experts from academic, industrial and government
  backgrounds

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• ChairDr. Suzanne Fortier, President NSERC
• MembersDr. Pierre Coulombe, President, NRCDr.
  Arthur Carty. National Science AdvisorDr. Adam
  Chowaniec, Chair of the Ontario Research and
  Innovation CouncilDr, Peter Nicholson,
  President, Council of Canadian Academics

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Recommended Sectors
Advanced Materials Life Sciences Info
Communication Technologies Clean Energy
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Advanced Materials

• Advanced Materials the next Industrial
  Revolution?
• As technology matures, more uses will be
  commercialized
• Identified Subsectors
• Lightweight materials
• Nano-materials
• Functional Materials
• Composite Materials
• New Alloys

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Primary Canadian PartnersAdvanced Materials

• Associations
• Nanotech BC
• ACAMP (Alberta)
• NanoQuebec
• Robert Sauvé Institute for Labour Safety and
  Health (IRSST), etc.

• Government
• Industry Canada
• NRC NINT and other institutes
• NSERC
• Health Canada
• Environment Canada
• NRCan/CANMET
• Provinces

• Academia
• McGill University - Aerospace Materials Alloy
  Development Centre
• McMaster University Brockhouse Institute for
  Materials Research and McMaster Manufacturing
  Research Institute (MMRI)
• Waterloo Institute of Nanotechnology
• University of Alberta - Advanced Materials and
  Processing Laboratory (AMPL) and Advanced
  Composite Materials Engineering Group

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Life Sciences

• Life Sciences collaboration opportunities
  heavily weighted to basic research
• Sub-sectors
• Medical Devices
• Medical Imaging
• Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
• Stem Cell research

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Primary Canadian PartnersLife Sciences

• Other Partners
• Genome Canada
• Cancer Institute of Canada
• Robert Sauvé Institute for Labour Safety and
  Health (IRSST)

• Government
• Health Canada
• NRC
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research
• NSERC
• Industry Canada
• Environment Canada
• Provinces

• Academia
• Cell Factory Bioprocessing Network NSERC SN2.
  McMaster University
• The Ottawa Hospital - Ottawa Health Research
  Institute (OHRI)
• McGill University - University Health Centre
  Research Institute
• Simon Fraser University
• Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) Centre
  de recherches biomédicales

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Sustainable Energy Technologies

• Sustainable Energy Technologies
• Identified Sub-sectors
• Fuel cells and hydrogen
• Carbon capture and storage
• Gas hydrates

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Fuel Cells and Hydrogen

• Academic RD.
• Queens-Royal Military College - Fuel Cell
  Research Centre (FCRC)
• University of British Columbia - Clean Energy
  Research Centre (CERC)
• Simon Fraser University Energy and Materials
  Research Group (EMRG)
• University of Victoria - Integrated Energy
  Systems (IESVic)
• Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières - Hydrogen
  Research Institute (HRI)
• Public Sector RD.
• Alberta Research Council Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
  (SOFC) Program
• NRC/Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation (IFCI)
• NRCan/CANMET Energy Technology Centre (CETC) -
  Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Transportations Energy
  (HyFATE) group

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Carbon Capture and Storage

• Business Sector RD.
• The Weyburn-Midale CO2 Project. It operates on
  the sites of the Weyburn (Encana)and Midale
  (Apache Canada) enhanced oil recovery (EOR)
  projects in Saskatchewan. Total Project Funding
  is 40 million.
• Integrated CO2 Network (ICO2N) The alliance
  includes Suncor Energy, Nexen, Shell Canada,
  TransAlta, Husky Energy, Air Products, Agrium,
  Sherritt International, CNRL, ConocoPhillips,
  Syncrude, and Imperial Oil.
• IFP Technologies (Canada) is an independent
  industrial research and development, training,
  and information center.
• Other companies involved in CCS include Aramco
  Services, Chevron, Computer Modeling Group,
  Kinder Morgan, OMV, Petro-Canada, SaskPower, and
  Schlumberger.

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Gas Hydrates

• Business Sector RD
• The following private sector companies are
  engaged in Gas Hydrates RD thorugh the Mallik
  project
• BP Canada Energy Company, Chevron Canada
  Resources, Burlington Resources Canada, Canadian
  Petroleum Engineering, and RPS Energy Canada
  (formerly APA Petroleum Engineering)
• Academic RD
• Selected University teams have been involved in
  the Mallik Project
• University of Victoria - Institute for Coastal
  and Oceans Research (ICOR).
• University of Toronto - School of Physics
• McGill University

• Public Sector RD
• Geological Survey of Canada
• NRC-SIMS

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Primary Canadian PartnersSustainable Energy
Technologies

• Government
• NRCan
• Industry Canada
• NRC

• Industry Associations
• Hydrogen Fuel Cells Canada, etc.
• Academia
• UBC
• U of A
• Queens-RMC, etc.

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Information Communication Technology

• Identified Subsectors
• Multimedia
• Wireless Technology
• Geomatics
• Quantum Computing and Informatics

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Primary Canadian Partners Information
Communication Technology

• Industry Associations
• CATA
• ITAC
• OCRI
• CIAIC

• Government
• Industry Canada
• National Research Council (NRC)
• Communication Research Centre (CRC)
• Department of Canadian Heritage
• Telefilm Canada

• Academia
• Simon Fraser University School of Interactive
  Arts and Technology (SIAT)
• University of British Columbia - Media and
  Graphics Interdisciplinary Centre (MAGIC) and the
  Institute for Computing, Information, and
  Cognitive Systems (ICICS)

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Next Steps

• We are seeking to identify Japanese leaders in
  the relevant sub-sectors.
• The leaders should be from across the business,
  academic and government spectrum
• We aim to foster greater Canada-Japan
  collaboration in technology commercialisation
• We will promote the exchange of
  commercially-focussed bilateral missions in ST
  collaboration

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For More Information

• The Embassy of Canada to Japan
• David Devine, Counsellor, Investment, Science and
  Technology
• david.devine_at_international.gc.ca
• G. Mark Scullion, Counsellor, Science and
  Technology
• g.mark.scullion_at_international.gc.ca
• Sanae Yonemichi, Science Officer
• sanae.yonemichi_at_international.gc.ca