Presentations

Business-Led Networks of Centres of Excellence

NCE CECR BL-NCE

BL-NCE/CECR Monitoring with PSAB

As the NCE is introducing a new annual monitoring process to review the success of networks and centres, we will present the planned approach to centres and networks, open a dialogue between grantees and PSAB (which will lead the review) and learn from the experiences of the chair of the NCE Review Committee, to answer questions on how such review processes operate in a similar program.

Speakers:

• Adam Chowaniec, Chair, NCE Private Sector Advisory Board
• Jane Barratt, Chair, NCE Monitoring Committee
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Social Ventures and Crowd Funding

New forms of financing and corporate structures that support companies with a social and/or environmental impact provide new options for Canadian initiatives. Most centres work with researchers and innovators interested in advancing economic and social impact in their new enterprise. The investment community is also developing new mechanisms to address this growing sector. This session will discuss how recent innovations in social ventures impact investment and crowdfunding, drawing on experience relevant to our centres.

Panelists:

•  Ted Hewitt, Executive Vice-President, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
•  Karim Harji, Co-Founder and Partner, Purpose Capital
  For additional information:  State of the Nation: Impact Investing in Canada
•  Karen Clarke-Whistler, member, Private Sector Advisory Board
•  Elizabeth Monier-Williams, Director, Marketing & Communications, MaRS Innovation

International Models, Outreach and Partnership

Discussion of international partnerships and outreach by CECR and BL-NCE representatives, and presentation by international colleagues of a similar program in France.

Panelists:

• Marc Leroux, member, Private Sector Advisory Board (panel chair)
•  Julie Martineau, Senior Director, Communications and Corporate Development, Québec Consortium for Drug Discovery (CQDM)
•  Scott McLean, Director, Ocean Networks Canada Innovation Centre (ONCIC)
•  Bart Sullivan, Chief Executive Officer, Centre for Imaging Technology Commercialization (CIMTEC)
•  François Dupoteau, Business Development Manager, AxLR SATT