Year in Review 2013Prepared By: Leslie O’ReillyExecutive Director (Past)February 2014

Outline

Strategic Roadmap 2013- 2016 Process Goals

Outcomes: Key Pillars Cluster Building Innovation Ecosystem Business Development

• Selected Highlights 2013• Successes across the Cluster• Critical Challenges to Cluster Growth• Going Forward

Strategic Roadmap 2013-2016

Ground Up Approach - Processo Broad Cluster Engagemento Collaborative & Consultativeo Validation

Strategic Roadmap 2013-2016 (cont’d)

Goalso Identify Prioritieso Identify Strategies o Establish Action Areas

Outcomes: Key PillarsCluster Building

Innovation Ecosystem

Business Development

Cluster Building

Focus: Grow & Build Local Cluster as “Honest Broker”

Building Collaboration and Alignment across Cluster

Int’l Business Development Strategy – A Shared Focus

Innovation Ecosystem

Focus: Fuel & Support Innovation to Critical MassCollaboration -Memorial & Private SectorIncreased Commercialization Fuelled by R&DExplore Initiatives to Improve Flow of IP

Business Development Focus: Existing Companies Expand & New

Companies AddedProactively Facilitate Company to

Company Collaborative R&DTraining and Mentorship – Executive

Level Sales, Channel DevelopmentMarket Opportunity Reports- Connect

Companies to Opportunities

Selected Highlights 2013Cluster BuildingInternational Standards Organization “Arctic

Operations” Technical Committeeo Hosting Plenary & Work Groups (October 2013)o Facilitated Roundtable (November)o Coordination Canada Mirror Work Group (January 2014)

Oceans 2014Conferenceo Liaison with Organizing Committeeo Hosting Conference Office/ Administration

Selected Highlights (cont’d) Cluster Building (Cont’d)• Speaker Series –Co Sponsored City of St. John’s –

5 Events

o Cluster Collaboration & Entrepreneurial Start-Ups

(February) – Antonio Simoes Re

o Institutional – Private Sector Collaboration

(February) - Dr. Brian Veitch

Selected Highlights (cont’d)o Insight into Business Dev’l Opportunities in Rio

Grande, Brazil, Dr. Danilo Giroldo, V.P. Fed University of Rio Grande

o Overview – Holyrood Ocean Innovation Initiative

(July) – Barry Snow

o ISO Roundtable “Arctic Operations” Standards Dev’l – Pathway to Arctic

Selected Highlights (cont’d)Innovation EcosystemCompletion of R&D Collaborative Model

(Consortium)Ongoing Meetings with Officials @Memorial

UniversityConsultation – Proposed Joint Chair @Memorial –

Innovation/Enpreneurship/CommercializationProposed Connector Event: Research - Industry

Selected Highlights (cont’d)Business DevelopmentFacilitated In-Coming Chinese Mission (June

2013) & Oceanology 2013, ShanghaiParticipated in Rio Grande, Brazil Ocean Tech

Fair (March 2013)

Co-Hosted In-Coming Brazilian Discovery Mission, June 2013

Coordination of Export Dev’l Canada- Petrobras Officials Visit to St. John’s (Fall 2013)

Selected Highlights (cont’d)Business Development (cont’d)

Coordination of local company participation in Canada Italian C of C visit to Genoa, Italy (Oct 2013)

Co-Hosted Roundtable – Ireland/NL Partnership Opportunities (January 2014)

Successes across the ClusterStrengthened Alignment of Support

Programs: Industry-Research-Government-Agencies

Growing Inter Cluster Innovation & Collaborationo Company to Companyo Research to Company

Strengthened Engagement: Companies – University R&D Agendas

Successes across the Cluster (cont’d)“Quickened” Pace in Cluster Confidence –

Business Development People-Products- Services- Markets

Supportive R&D & Leveraged Funding Environment

High Impact Cross Cluster Communications –”Oceans Go To Website”

Critical Challenges to Cluster GrowthCluster Building

o Brand Region: “Place to Be” – “Location of Choice”

o Strengthen Industry Leadership – A Differentiator

o Increase Collaboration and Communication – Cluster Coalescence

o Strengthen International Alliances & Global Reach

Critical Challenges to Cluster Growth (cont’d)

Innovation Ecosystemo Memorial University – Industry: A Model of

Collaborationo Discover Innovative Approaches to Industry

Led R&D and IPo Attract and Retain Highly Qualified People

Critical Challenges to Cluster Growth (cont’d)

Business DevelopmentoExpansion of Companies & New Start-

upsoPromote Sector Investment Attraction

Strategies

Going Forward

Leverage & Build on Cluster Best Practices

Develop a Framework and Action Agenda for a Leading Sustainable Cluster with Global Reach