The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) invites you to participate in a discussion that will help guide the investment of more than $800 million in research and development (R&D) over the next five years.
NSERC currently partners with approximately 1,500 companies through a range of funding programs that support university-industry R&D collaborations and place students and recent PhDs in industry. These companies gain a competitive advantage not only from the knowledge that is generated, but also through preferential access to highly skilled, job-ready students.
Through a series of meetings with industry across Canada, NSERC hopes to develop a strategic plan for the funding of R&D partnerships between businesses and post-secondary institutions. From these meetings, they expect to gain a better understanding of innovation in industry, what industry needs to be more innovative, and the role academic research and highly-trained people can play in industrial innovation.
The meeting for companies involved in the ICT-New Media Sector across the Prairies will be held on Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 from 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm at University of Alberta’s Enterprise Square. Please RSVP to Roxanne Balcaen by email at roxanne.balcaen@nserc.ca before November 28th if you plan on attending. For participants located outside of Edmonton, NSERC will reimburse reasonable travel costs.
Rob Lewis
Rob is the President of Techvibes Media Inc. and Editor-in-Chief of Techvibes.com.
His diverse background includes stints in International Trade Finance, Web Development, and Enterprise Software and he is a graduate of the University of British Columbia, British Columbia Institute of Technology, and Simon Fraser University.
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