| Day 1 - May 11, 2011 | |
| 13:00-13:30 | DAY 1 - May 11, 2011
Registration |
| 13:30-14:00 | Welcome and Opening Remarks
John McDougall, President, National Research Council Jeffrey Crelinsten, Co-Publisher, Research Money Mark Henderson, Managing Editor, Research Money |
| 14:00-14:45 | Keynote: Open Innovation and Government Support of Business Innovation
Rick Harwig, Harwig Innovation Services, The Netherlands |
| 14:45-15:30 | Keynote: International Trends in Business Innovation Policy and How Canada Measures Up
Alistair Nolan, Senior Policy Analyst, Directorate for Science Technology and Industry, OECD |
| 15:30-16:00 | Networking break |
| 16:00-17:30 | Panel 1: The Changing Role of Government Research Labs in Regional Innovation Systems
Eric Cook, Executive Director/ CEO, Research and Productivity Council (RPC) Christophe Deutsch, Vice-President Operations, INO John McDougall, President, National Research Council of Canada Geoff Munro, ADM and Chief Scientist, Natural Resources Canada Moderator: Laurier Schramm, CEO, Saskatchewan Research Council |
| 17:30-19:30 | Reception |
| Day 2 - May 12, 2011 | |
| 7:30-8:00 | DAY 2 - May 12, 2011
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00-8:30 | Keynote: Building an Innovative Nation
Jérôme Nycz, Senior Vice-President, Strategy and Corporate Development, BDC |
| 8:30-10:00 | Panel 2: Pushing the Envelope: Policy Initiatives in Support of Business Innovation
John Clarkson, Deputy Minister, Innovation, Energy and Mines, Manitoba Allyson Reed, Director Enterprise and Communications, Technology Strategy Board, UK Geneviève Tanguay, Assistant Deputy Minister, Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade, Quebec Arie van der Zwan, Senior Policy Advisor on International Affairs, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation - The Netherlands Moderator: Tom Brzustowski, RBC Professor, Commercialization of Innovation,Telfer School of Management,University of Ottawa; Chair of the Board, Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo. |
| 10:00-10:30 | Networking Break |
| 10:30-11:00 | Keynote: When Innovation Means Business
Luuk Borg, Head, EUREKA Secretariat |
| 11:00-12:30 | Panel 3: Pushing the Envelope: Exemplary Practices in Supporting Business Innovation
Marie Claude Coté, Vice-President, Business Development, Centre de recherche industrielle du Québec (CRIQ) Natalie Dakers, CEO, Centre for Drug Research and Development Andy Hopper, Professor Computer Science, University of Cambridge, UK Ari Huczkowski, CEO, Otaniemi Marketing, Finland Moderator: Mario Thomas, Managing Director, Centre for Commercialization of Research (CCR) |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch and Speaker
Luncheon Keynote: A Glimpse of Canadian Competitiveness Logan Stanton, Director, Head of North America, World Economic Forum |
| 14:00-15:30 | Panel 4:: Priorities for Action: The Industry View
Tony Florio, University Relations, Research in Motion Rick Harwig, Harwig Innovation Services, The Netherlands Mag Iskander, President, Information Systems, MDA Moderator: Savvas Chamberlain, CEO & Chairman, EXEL Research Inc. |
| 15:30 | Conference close and Reception |