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Successful Canadian innovation clusters share some common attributes and drivers

Mark Lowey
May 15, 2024

Representatives from three vibrant Canadian tech innovation clusters – in video games, agri-food and life sciences – share the recipe for success at Research Money’s 23rd Annual Conference.

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Organizations:	AbCellera, Acuitas Therapeutics, adMare BioInnovations, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canadian Media Fund, Cultivator, Degelman Industries, Emmertech (Conexus Venture Capital Inc.), Gameloft, Global Institute for Food Security, Government of British Columbia, Government of Canada, Government of Quebec, Immuno-Engineering and Biomanufacturing Hub, Indie Asylum, InnoTech Fund, La Guilde du jeu vidéo du Québec, ManaVoid Entertainment, National Research Council of Canada, Nutrien, Protein Industries Canada, QLT Inc, Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre, Saskatchewan Polytechnic, Simon Fraser University, Stemcell Technologies, Tri-agency Institutional Program Secretariat, Ubisoft, University of British Columbia, University of Regina, University of Saskatchewan, Viterra, and Warner Brothers
People:	Bernard Landry, Chris Chancey, Mounia Azzi, and Steven Webb
Topics:	agri-food industry in Saskatchewan, biotech-life sciences industry in Vancouver, Canada Biomedical Research Fund (CBRF) and Biosciences Research Infrastructure Fund (BRIF) competition, challenges for successful regional tech clusters, collaboration by industry, government and academia, collaboration in Montreal and Quebec's video games industry, commercializing biotech discoveries by University of British Columbia researchers, common attributes and drivers among successful regional tech clusters, COVID pandemic, federal and provincial government support for regional tech clusters, increasing value-added portion of the agri-food industry, legacy impacts from Vancouver's pioneering life sciences companies, managing business aspects of Quebec's video games firms, Montreal and Quebec's unique culture, national agri-food and agri-tech labs in Saskatchewan, National Strategy on Biomanufacturing and Life Sciences, need for patient capital in life sciences sector, obtaining capital investment in video games industry, preparing for the next pandemic, Quebec government's multimedia tax credit, regulatory issues facing agri-food companies, role of post-secondary institutions in Saskatchewan's agri-food industry, role of Quebec's universities and colleges in video games industry, role of universities in Vancouver's life sciences sector, Saskatchewan's agri-food exports, Strategic Innovation Fund support for Vancouver's life sciences companies, successful Canadian regional tech clusters, VC firms and incubators in Saskatchewan's agri-food industry, and video games industry in Montreal and Quebec

Successful Canadian innovation clusters share some common attributes and drivers

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Discuss and learn from those in the know at our virtual and in-person events.

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