October 19th-21st : 19th Annual Conference Schedule
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Jeffrey Crelinsten
Publisher & CEO, Research Money Inc
4:00 - 4:15 EDT
Conference Opening
Opening Remarks
October 19th 2021
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Dominique Gruhl-Bégin
Head of Start-Ups and Next-Generation Innovators, Member of the Executive Committee, Innosuisse
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Eric Deschenes
Country Managing Director Head of the Electrification business, Canada, ABB
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Carol Anne Hilton
Founder & CEO, The Indigenomics Institute
Stéphane Lessard
Executive Director, Science, Technology and Innovation at Global Affairs Canada
Building sustainable growth-oriented companies - a three-pronged approach
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Moderator: Lissa Matyas
Vice-President of International Partnerships, Mitacs
The Fundamentals of Innovation in the Emerging Indigenous Economy
Indigenomics is modern, constructive, generative economic design. Now more than ever, facilitating Indigenous economic growth is an imperative shift towards inclusion, and investment into emerging Indigenous economic strength.
11:15 - 12:00 EDT
Lessons from Switzerland - an international innovation leader
12:00 - 1:30 EDT
Switzerland consistently ranks near the top of the Global Innovation Index, coming first in 2018 and 2019. As a small country with few natural resources, what’s their secret sauce? Celebrating 75 years of collaboration between Canada and Switzerland, panelists from both countries explore what the Swiss are doing right and if there are lessons for Canada.
Canada ranks 9th in innovation inputs in the Global Innovation Index. However, we rank 22nd in innovation outputs, despite significant investments from all levels of government. How can we better leverage these investments to minimize duplication, coordinate our efforts and focus on one goal? Join the leaders of R$ conference partners NRC, Alberta Innovates, Fond de recherche du Québec and NSERC who will share their wisdom and personal perspectives in conversation with R$.
Roger Scott-Douglas
Acting President, National Research Council of Canada
Laura J. Kilcrease
Chief Executive Officer, Alberta Innovates
Alejandro Adem
President, NSERC
Jeffrey Crelinsten
Publisher & CEO, Research Money Inc
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Rémi Quirion
Chief Scientist, Quebec
Leveraging innovation investments across jurisdictions: personal perspectives from our partners
1:30 - 2:30 EDT
Like all of us, governments have had to pivot dramatically to cope with COVID-19. Priorities, systems, procedures, regulations, and both inter-agency and intra-government communications had to adapt quickly. With the pandemic slated to stay with us well into next year, how are governments dealing with priorities related to global warming, the green economy and innovation?
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Karna Gupta
Member Board of Directors, FinDev Canada
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Emmanuel Kamarianakis
Director General of Investment, Innovation and Education, Global Affairs Canada
Dana O’Born
Director of Strategic Initiatives, Council of Canadian Innovators
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John Ruffolo
Founder and Managing Partner, Maverix Private Equity
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Lally Rementilla
Managing Partner, IP Investments at BDC Capital
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Moderator: Mark Mann
Senior Correspondent, Research Money
Nimble red tape and bureaucracy - a COVID silver lining?
1:30 - 2:30 EDT
Canada needs to have companies that are rich in IP, scaleable and growth oriented in an increasingly competitive global marketplace. This panel will examine three areas where change would make a difference.
What needs to happen to drive early local adoption and global market growth?
What type of capital investment is required to support long-term growth?
What kind of government policy framework is needed to foster a growth environment?
Sherry Coutu
Serial entrepreneur, investor & founder, Scaleup Institute, Founders4Schools, UK
How to drive successful scaling and get more Canadian scaleups
Many policies and support programs focus on startups, but few exist for firms that have traction with customers and ambitions to scale. What drives success in scaling? How can the future of work and the emerging role of universities and alternative education providers help drive this success? What should Canada do in order to get more successful scaleups?
October 20th 2021
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Jayson Myers
CEO, Next Generation Manufacturing Canada
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Sue Paish
CEO, Canada's Digital Supercluster
Julien Billot
CEO, SCALE AI
Bill Greuel
CEO, Protein Industries Canada
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Kendra MacDonald
CEO, Canada’s Ocean Supercluster
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Moderator: Mark Lowey
Publisher, Managing Editor, EnviroLine
Update from Canada’s superclusters
Many policies and support programs focus on startups, but few exist for firms that have traction with customers and ambitions to scale. What drives success in scaling? How can the future of work and the emerging role of universities and alternative education providers help drive this success? What should Canada do in order to get more successful scaleups?
11:15 - 12:00 EDT
Jenn Collins
Community Strategist, Centre for Advanced Studies, IBM Canada
Andrea Matyas
Director, Communications, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
Marcellus Mindell
Head, Centre for Advanced Studies, IBM Canada
Jeffrey Crelinsten
Publisher & CEO, Research Money Inc
1:30 - 2:30 EDT
Insights from Wrestling with Intractable Challenges: A R$ IBM/CAS collaboration
Many policies and support programs focus on startups, but few exist for firms that have traction with customers and ambitions to scale. What drives success in scaling? How can the future of work and the emerging role of universities and alternative education providers help drive this success? What should Canada do in order to get more successful scaleups?
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Cara Tannenbaum
Departmental Science Advisor, Health Canada
Mona Nemer
Chief Science Advisor, Office of the CSA, ISED
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Shawn Marshall
Department Science Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada
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Paul Snelgrove
Departmental Science Advisor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Vik Pant
Chief Science Advisor, Natural Resources Canada
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Moderator: Lindsay Borthwick
Senior Correspondent, Research Money
Canada's Science Advisory Network: Goals & Priorities
Dr. Mona Nemer, Canada’s Chief Science Advisor, has been building a network of Departmental Science Advisors to provide advice to federal government science-based departments and agencies. The network has grown from three in 2019 to seven and is still growing. Dr. Nemer and four of the newest appointees will review priorities and plans for the future.
12:30 - 3:00 EDT
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David Watters
Founder & CEO, Global Advantage Consulting Group Inc
The Impact of COVID-19: Emerging Changes in the Supply and Demand for Canadian R&D/ Innovation
October 21st 2021
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Simon Edmonds
Deputy Executive Chair and Chief Business Officer, Innovate-UK.
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Rosa Wilkinson
Communications Director, High Value Manufacturing Catapult
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Michel M. Dumoulin
Vice-President Engineering, National Research Council
The presentation will analyze the emerging impact of the COVID-19 health pandemic and economic crisis on the production and use of R&D by governments, universities/colleges, and the business sector. It will include an analysis of the 80 plus new federal initiatives to respond to vulnerability in Canada’s economy and society due to the impact of COVID-19.
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Andrea Johnston
ADM, Innovation Canada, ISED
Laura J. Kilcrease
Chief Executive Officer, Alberta Innovates
Supporting the growth of tech – dissecting policies on either side of the Atlantic
Beyond R&D tax credits, governments have various ways to support firm growth in knowledge-based industry sectors, including collaborative research and funding via direct grants or loans and through organisations such as the Superclusters in Canada and the Catapult centres in the UK. Panelists from Canada and the UK compare and contrast different approaches on both sides of the Atlantic, including challenge funding and collaborative research.
12:00 - 1:30 EDT
Jasmine Pawa
President, Public Health Physicians of Canada
Dave Lisk
Vice President IRAP , National Research Council Canada
Moderator: Martha Crago
VPRI, Chair of the Governing Council of the SSHRC, McGill University
11:00 - 11:15 EDT
11:15 - 12:00 EDT
11:15 - 12:00 EDT
Conference Closing
Closing Remarks
Jeffrey Crelinsten
Publisher & CEO, Research Money Inc