October 19th-21st : 19th Annual Conference Schedule

Jeffrey Crelinsten

Publisher & CEO, Research Money Inc

4:00 - 4:15 EDT

Conference Opening

Opening Remarks 

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October 19th 2021

Dominique Gruhl-Bégin
 
Head of Start-Ups and Next-Generation Innovators, Member of the Executive Committee, Innosuisse

Eric Deschenes

Country Managing Director Head of the Electrification business, Canada, ABB

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

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

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?

Karna Gupta
 
Member Board of Directors, FinDev Canada

Emmanuel Kamarianakis
 
Director General of Investment, Innovation and Education, Global Affairs Canada

Dana O’Born

Director of Strategic Initiatives, Council of Canadian Innovators

John Ruffolo
 

Founder and Managing Partner, Maverix Private Equity

Lally Rementilla
 
Managing Partner, IP Investments at BDC Capital

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

Jayson Myers
 
CEO, Next Generation Manufacturing Canada

Sue Paish
 
CEO, Canada's Digital Supercluster

Julien Billot

CEO, SCALE AI

Bill Greuel

CEO, Protein Industries Canada

Kendra MacDonald
 
CEO, Canada’s Ocean Supercluster

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?

Cara Tannenbaum

Departmental Science Advisor, Health Canada

Mona Nemer

Chief Science Advisor, Office of the CSA, ISED

Shawn Marshall
 
Department Science Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada

Paul Snelgrove
 
Departmental Science Advisor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Vik Pant

Chief Science Advisor, Natural Resources Canada

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

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

Simon Edmonds

Deputy Executive Chair and Chief Business Officer, Innovate-UK. 

Rosa Wilkinson

Communications Director, High Value Manufacturing Catapult 

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.

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

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Closing Remarks

Jeffrey Crelinsten

Publisher & CEO, Research Money Inc

2:30 - 4:00 EDT