CCA launches follow-up panel on S&T, industrial R&D

The Council of Canadian Academies (CCA) is launching a new expert panel assessment to examine Canadian S&T and industrial R&D, building upon a series of seminal reports it issued between 2006 and 2013. It will be released in two parts, with an interim report that will feed into the government's Innovation Agenda and a final report due in 2017. Preliminary background research has already begun and a multi-sectoral, multidisciplinary panel is being assembled. The report was requested by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada to answer the question: What is the current state of science and technology and industrial research and development in Canada?….