PROGRAM Nanofacilities Showcase
NANOFACILITIES FOR EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES Industry-University Showcase Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario May 11th, 2017
8:00-8:45
Arrival of the Participants; Continential Breakfast
8:45-9:00
Opening Remarks General presentation on NanoOntario: History, members, brief outline of the day
Holger Kleinke Interim Executive Director, WIN François LagugnéLabarthet Showcase Chair
Funding Tools for Industry-Academia Collaborative Projects Chair: François Lagugné-Labarthet 9:00-9:20
NSERC Presentation on their programs: Engage, Strategic, Collaborative Research and Development
John Jackson Research and Innovation Development Officer
9:20-9:40
MITACS Presentation on their programs: Elevate, Accelerate
Rebecca Bourque Business Development Director
9:40-10:00
Ontario Centres of Excellence Presentation on their programs
Suthan Sivanesan Business Development Manager
10:00-10:15
Coffee Break
Facilities in Ontario: State-of-the-Art Facilities for New Technologies Chair: Hind Al-Abadleh 10:15-10:35
University of Toronto Presentation on the TNFC facility, capacities, functioning, access points, and examples of industry collaboration
10:35-10:55
University of Waterloo - Mike & Ophelia Vito Logiudice Director Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre Quantum NanoFab Presentation of the facility, capabilities, access protocols and examples of devices designed and fabricated
Wai Tung Ng Professor Electrical & Computer Engineering
Benefitting from Academic Facilities: R, D, and Innovation Challenges Chair: Holger Kleinke 10:55-11:15
General Motors Canada
Brian Tossan Director Canadian Engineering
11:15-11:35
Magna International
Carl MacDonald Coating Technical Manager
11:35-11:55
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Alex Tsoulis Director Advanced Technology
11:55-12:15
IBM
Daniel Sinai Senior Executive Innovation
12:15-13:30
Lunch, Networking & Industry Exhibition Tour of the Quantum-Nano Centre (QNC)
Facilities in Ontario: State-of-the-Art Facilities for New Technologies Chair: Sushanta Mitra 13:30-13:50
Western University - Nanofab Facility and Surface Science Western Facility Capacities, functioning, access points, and examples of collaboration with industry partners
13:50-14:10
Windsor Institute for Diagnostic Imaging Roman Maev Research (IDIR) NSERC/Chrysler Capacities, functioning, access points, Industrial Chair examples of collaboration with industrial partners
Mark C. Biesinger Manager Research and Business Development
Benefitting from Academic Facilities: R, D, and Innovation Challenges Chair: Alain Francq 14:10-14:30
Consortium for Aerospace Research and Innovation (CARIC)
Marlene Conway-Diels Ontario Director
14:30-14:50
COMDEV (Honeywell)
Ming Yu Chief Scientist R&D Director
14:50-15:10
SHIMCO
Peter Voss President
15:10-15:40
Coffee Break
Facilities in Ontario Chair: Lisa Pokrajac 15:40-16:00
McMaster University - CCEM (Imaging Facility) & CEDT Capacities, functioning, access points, and examples of industry collaboration
John Preston Associate Dean Research and External Relations
Discussion Panel 16:00-16:40
Collaboration: A Key to Technological Success Tom Brzustowski, former President, NSERC; former Board Chair, IQC Ross McKenzie, Managing Director, WATCAR, University of Waterloo Stephen C. Veldhuis, Director, McMaster Manufacturing Research Institute (MMRI) Rina Carlini, President and CEO, Haltech Innovation Centre Joseph Lan, R and T Program Manager, Safran Landing Systems Neil Sarkar, CEO, ICSPI Inc.
Moderator: Paul Salvini CEO The Accelerator Centre
16:40-17:00
Concluding Remarks Definition of NanoOntario’s role within the context of collaboration. How can we help? What can we propose? Collaborative partnerships?
François LagugnéLabarthet Showcase Chair
17:00
Adjournment
Organizing Committee and Chairs
François Lagugné-Labarthet Chair, Organizing Committee Scientific Director, Western Nanofab Western University
Arthur Carty Chair NanoOntario
HInd Al-Abadleh Associate Professor Wilfrid Laurier University
Alain Francq Managing Director Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology
Holger Kleinke Interim Executive Director Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology
Sushanta Mitra Associate Vice-President Research York University
Lisa Pokrajac ADRP Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology
Paul Salvini CEO The Accelerator Centre
www.nanoontario.ca
8:00-8:45
Arrival of the Participants; Continential Breakfast
8:45-9:00
Opening Remarks General presentation on NanoOntario: History, members, brief outline of the day
Holger Kleinke Interim Executive Director, WIN François LagugnéLabarthet Showcase Chair
Funding Tools for Industry-Academia Collaborative Projects Chair: François Lagugné-Labarthet 9:00-9:20
NSERC Presentation on their programs: Engage, Strategic, Collaborative Research and Development
John Jackson Research and Innovation Development Officer
9:20-9:40
MITACS Presentation on their programs: Elevate, Accelerate
Rebecca Bourque Business Development Director
9:40-10:00
Ontario Centres of Excellence Presentation on their programs
Suthan Sivanesan Business Development Manager
10:00-10:15
Coffee Break
Facilities in Ontario: State-of-the-Art Facilities for New Technologies Chair: Hind Al-Abadleh 10:15-10:35
University of Toronto Presentation on the TNFC facility, capacities, functioning, access points, and examples of industry collaboration
10:35-10:55
University of Waterloo - Mike & Ophelia Vito Logiudice Director Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre Quantum NanoFab Presentation of the facility, capabilities, access protocols and examples of devices designed and fabricated
Wai Tung Ng Professor Electrical & Computer Engineering
Benefitting from Academic Facilities: R, D, and Innovation Challenges Chair: Holger Kleinke 10:55-11:15
General Motors Canada
Brian Tossan Director Canadian Engineering
11:15-11:35
Magna International
Carl MacDonald Coating Technical Manager
11:35-11:55
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Alex Tsoulis Director Advanced Technology
11:55-12:15
IBM
Daniel Sinai Senior Executive Innovation
12:15-13:30
Lunch, Networking & Industry Exhibition Tour of the Quantum-Nano Centre (QNC)
Facilities in Ontario: State-of-the-Art Facilities for New Technologies Chair: Sushanta Mitra 13:30-13:50
Western University - Nanofab Facility and Surface Science Western Facility Capacities, functioning, access points, and examples of collaboration with industry partners
13:50-14:10
Windsor Institute for Diagnostic Imaging Roman Maev Research (IDIR) NSERC/Chrysler Capacities, functioning, access points, Industrial Chair examples of collaboration with industrial partners
Mark C. Biesinger Manager Research and Business Development
Benefitting from Academic Facilities: R, D, and Innovation Challenges Chair: Alain Francq 14:10-14:30
Consortium for Aerospace Research and Innovation (CARIC)
Marlene Conway-Diels Ontario Director
14:30-14:50
COMDEV (Honeywell)
Ming Yu Chief Scientist R&D Director
14:50-15:10
SHIMCO
Peter Voss President
15:10-15:40
Coffee Break
Facilities in Ontario Chair: Lisa Pokrajac 15:40-16:00
McMaster University - CCEM (Imaging Facility) & CEDT Capacities, functioning, access points, and examples of industry collaboration
John Preston Associate Dean Research and External Relations
Discussion Panel 16:00-16:40
Collaboration: A Key to Technological Success Tom Brzustowski, former President, NSERC; former Board Chair, IQC Ross McKenzie, Managing Director, WATCAR, University of Waterloo Stephen C. Veldhuis, Director, McMaster Manufacturing Research Institute (MMRI) Rina Carlini, President and CEO, Haltech Innovation Centre Joseph Lan, R and T Program Manager, Safran Landing Systems Neil Sarkar, CEO, ICSPI Inc.
Moderator: Paul Salvini CEO The Accelerator Centre
16:40-17:00
Concluding Remarks Definition of NanoOntario’s role within the context of collaboration. How can we help? What can we propose? Collaborative partnerships?
François LagugnéLabarthet Showcase Chair
17:00
Adjournment
Organizing Committee and Chairs
François Lagugné-Labarthet Chair, Organizing Committee Scientific Director, Western Nanofab Western University
Arthur Carty Chair NanoOntario
HInd Al-Abadleh Associate Professor Wilfrid Laurier University
Alain Francq Managing Director Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology
Holger Kleinke Interim Executive Director Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology
Sushanta Mitra Associate Vice-President Research York University
Lisa Pokrajac ADRP Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology
Paul Salvini CEO The Accelerator Centre
www.nanoontario.ca
