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Dr. Cliff PavlovicVice-President & Co-Founder

BioTech Montral

Presentation at CCCBL on Sept. 20th

, 2011All rights reserved

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Snapshot of Innovation Clusters

Cluster Example: Bromont

Canada-Belgium Collaborations Academic

Commercial

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Across Canada

Different Fields Information/Communication Technologies

Life Sciences/Biotechnology Advanced Manufacturing Resource Technologies

R&D Spending Government Higher Education Private Sector

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Innovation cluster focused on microelectronicsand nanotechnologies

Commercial partners Example: IBM has largest chip assembly plant worldwide

Value of products produced: $2 billon CAD/year

Agreements/collaborations Burlington & Fishkill, VT (IBM)

Partners in New York State (various clusters)

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The MiQro Innovation Collaborative Centre (MIC2) Information and communication technologies,

automotive, aerospace, environmental and health

Involves lUniversit de Sherbrooke, IBM etDALSA; investments from Industry Canada andMDEIE

Provide support for prototype construction

Goal to accelerate commercialization

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The Canada Research Chairs programpromotes and supports research anddevelopment

Invests $300 million per year

Also eligible for infrastructure support from

the Canada Foundation for Innovation

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Belgian researchers have been active in theprogram Since inception: at least 10 Examples

Christian Vandenberghe - Management of Employee

Engagement and Performance Alex De Visscher - Air Quality and Pollution Control

Engineering

Edward Conway - Endothelial Cell Biology

Continued scientific growth Collaborations with institutions of origin Further development of knowledge and skilled persons

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Agfa HealthCare, one of the leaders inmedical digital imaging and documentcommunication

2002: moved R&D to Waterloo, Ontario;2009: reinvestment and expansion

Reason: availability of qualified personnel formedical digital imaging, software & patienthealth records management

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Benefited from R&D support

Scientific research and experimentaldevelopment (SR&ED) tax incentives

Federal: 20% or 35% Provincial : variable

For Ontario: for $1 spent on R&D, up to 44 cents back(combined)

More programs exists Provincial agreements

Example: QC with the Programme d'accords industriels:Brussels, Flanders, Wallonia

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Strength Strong R&D position in Canada

Flexibility Different innovation clusters for different fields

Proven

Canada- Belgium academic and commercial bridgesalready do exist

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Thank you!

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