RE$EARCH MONEY Conference
November 8, 2005
Ottawa Congress Centre
Ottawa, Ontario

"The Future of Industrial Research in Canada"

Introduction | Speakers and Panelists | Conference Program | Conference Proceedings

Conference Program

7:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 a.m. Opening Remarks
Jeffrey Crelinsten, Publisher and Mark Henderson, Managing Editor, Research Money

8:10 a.m. Opening Keynote
William Owens, Vice Chairman and CEO, Nortel Networks
How Canada Can lead ina Competitive World

8:45 a.m. Industry Keynote
Tom Jenkins, Chairman and CEO, Open Text Corporation
Research Driven Wealth Creation: From Start-up to 1/2 Billion in Revenue

9:15 a.m. Featured Speaker
Fred Gault, Director, Science, Innovation & Electronic Information Division, Statistics Canada
Research and Development in Canada

9:45 a.m. Break

10:15 a.m. Panel 1: Multinational Experience in Canada
Brian McFadden, Chief Research Officer, Nortel Networks
Hany Moustapha, Chief Technology Officer, Pratt & Whitney Canada
Gregg Szabo,, Executive Director, Corprate Affaires, Merck Frosst Canada
Moderator: Janet Eastman, Host, Ottawa Business Television

11:15 a.m. Panel 2: Operating R&D-Intensive Firms in Canada
Brian Doody, President, Video Systems, Dalsa Corporation
Graeme McRae, President & CEO, Bioniche Life Sciences
Darren Lawless, Director, Research and Product Development, Monteco
Moderator: Peter Calamai, Science and Technology Reporter, The Toronto Star

12:15 p.m. Lunch
Luncheon Address: Toward a Strategy for Competitiveness and Growth
David Fransen, ADM, Policy, Industry Canada

1:30 p.m. Featured Speaker
International Trends in Industrial R&D
Andrew Dearing, Secretary General, European Industrial Research Management Association (EIRMA)

2:15 p.m. Panel 3: Growing R&D-Intensive Firms in Canada
Fréderic Boulanger, President, Macadamian Software
Leslie Klein, President, C-COM Satellite
Cameron Serle, President, Xiris Automation
Moderator: Paul Johnston, President & CEO, Precarn

3:15 p.m. Break

3:45 p.m. Panel 4: Wrap-up
FrankMaw, President, Alexander and Associates
Tony Rahilly, Director General, Industrial Research Assistance Program
Dennis Salahub, Vice-President, (Research and International), University of Calgary
Moderator: Tom Brzustowski, RBC Professor for the Commercialization of Innovation, University of Ottawa

4:45 p.m. Closing Remarks
Ron Freedman, Publisher, Research Money

5:00 p.m. Reception

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7:30 a.m.	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m.	Opening Remarks Jeffrey Crelinsten, Publisher and Mark Henderson, Managing Editor, Research Money
8:10 a.m.	Opening Keynote William Owens, Vice Chairman and CEO, Nortel Networks How Canada Can lead ina Competitive World
8:45 a.m.	Industry Keynote Tom Jenkins, Chairman and CEO, Open Text Corporation Research Driven Wealth Creation: From Start-up to 1/2 Billion in Revenue
9:15 a.m.	Featured Speaker Fred Gault, Director, Science, Innovation & Electronic Information Division, Statistics Canada Research and Development in Canada
9:45 a.m.	Break
10:15 a.m.	*Panel 1: Multinational Experience in Canada* Brian McFadden, Chief Research Officer, Nortel Networks Hany Moustapha, Chief Technology Officer, Pratt & Whitney Canada Gregg Szabo,, Executive Director, Corprate Affaires, Merck Frosst Canada Moderator: Janet Eastman, Host, Ottawa Business Television
11:15 a.m.	*Panel 2: Operating R&D-Intensive Firms in Canada* Brian Doody, President, Video Systems, Dalsa Corporation Graeme McRae, President & CEO, Bioniche Life Sciences Darren Lawless, Director, Research and Product Development, Monteco Moderator: Peter Calamai, Science and Technology Reporter, The Toronto Star
12:15 p.m.	Lunch Luncheon Address: Toward a Strategy for Competitiveness and Growth David Fransen, ADM, Policy, Industry Canada
1:30 p.m.	Featured Speaker International Trends in Industrial R&D Andrew Dearing, Secretary General, European Industrial Research Management Association (EIRMA)
2:15 p.m.	*Panel 3: Growing R&D-Intensive Firms in Canada* Fréderic Boulanger, President, Macadamian Software Leslie Klein, President, C-COM Satellite Cameron Serle, President, Xiris Automation Moderator: Paul Johnston, President & CEO, Precarn
3:15 p.m.	Break
3:45 p.m.	*Panel 4: Wrap-up* FrankMaw, President, Alexander and Associates Tony Rahilly, Director General, Industrial Research Assistance Program Dennis Salahub, Vice-President, (Research and International), University of Calgary Moderator: Tom Brzustowski, RBC Professor for the Commercialization of Innovation, University of Ottawa
4:45 p.m.	Closing Remarks Ron Freedman, Publisher, Research Money
5:00 p.m.	Reception