Photonics in Canada -National Innovation Strategy

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1 Photonics in Canada -National Innovation Strategy By Robert Corriveau President & CEO of CIPI Réseaux de centres Networks of Centre d excellence du Canada of Excellence of Canada

2 Content Canadian Industry Government Innovation Strategy Research Investments in Photonics CIPI Conclusion

3 The Canadian Manufacturing Industry Other Transportation Equ. Sales (~600B$) Motor Vehicles Motor Vehicle Parts Electrical Equip. Appliances & Components Computer & Electronic Machinery Fabricated metal Primary metals Non-metallic mineral Plastics & Rubber Chemicals Petroleum and coal Regional Distribution Wood 0,0 30,0 60,0 90,0 AP QC ON S&M AB BC

4 The Canadian Photonics Industry 450 Photonic companies 20,300 Employees $4.4B Sales Regional Distribution of Sales Quebec Atlantic British Columbia Ontario Prairies Distribution by number of employees Source: Photonics in Canada-A survey by the Canadian Photonic Consortium, 2008

5 Market Segments covered by Canadian Photonic Companies Life Science Defense & security Telecom Photonics Energy & Environment Manufacturing Others Space & Aerospace % of companies

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7 The National Innovation Strategy THREE PILLARS: Commercial Innovation Advanced Technology Facilitate Innovation Environment Invest in R&D Foster Commercialisation STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGIES Environmental science and technologies Natural resources and energy Health and related life sciences and technologies Information and communications technologies ECONOMIC STRATEGY Reduce Taxes and improve business tax competitiveness Control spending and debt Entrepreneurial advantage Create a more competitive environment to spur businesses Knowledge advantage Educated/Skilled/Flexible workforce Infrastructure advantage Modern and World-class infrastructure

8 Provincial Innovation Strategies Quebec Turn R&D into concrete benefits Excellence in Research for Strategic Technologies: nanotech, photonics, materials, ICT and energy Support Industrial Research and Innovation Aerospace, Health, aluminium and communications Strengthen mechanisms to develop and transfer research findings Ontario Build on research strengths and on people Act as catalyst to foster interaction between business and research Extract the value of research to generate more businesses Focus on strengths: Pharmacology and medical devices Digital media Technologies for biology, environment and renewable energy

9 Provincial Innovation Strategies Alberta Ecosystem of Innovation Biology Next generation bio-solutions for agriculture, forestry and life science Energy and Environment Convert natural ressources in market ready ecologically responsible energy Health New tools, processes and technologies to improve health and well-being Technology Futures Ideas, people and collaborations in nanotech, ICT and genomics platforms British Columbia Local excellence/global impact Focus on people (HQP) Fast-Track Commercialization and business growth Support Research and Innovation Research infrastructure, privite sector research, collaboration Build on BC strengths Wood products, food, energy & mining, clean technology, life science and ocean sciences Maintain environment to foster private sector investments

10 Network of Centers of Excellence The goal of the NCE Networks is to mobilize Canada's research talent in the academic, private, public and not-for-profit sectors and apply it to the task of developing the economy and improving the quality of life of Canadians. The goal of the Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research (CECR) program is to create internationally recognized centres of commercialization and research expertise in four priority areas in order to deliver economic, social and environmental benefits to Canadians. As established in the S&T Strategy, the priority areas include: environmental science and technologies natural resources and energy health and related life sciences and technologies information and communications technologies The goal of the Business-Lead-NCE program is to fund large-scale collaborative research networks and support private sector innovation in order to deliver economic, health, social and environmental benefits to Canadians and encourage an Entrepreneurial Advantage.

11 The Photonic Strategy: The Toolbox Every sector of The economy Uses photonics A Canadian strength Canada makes A significant Contribution To the toolbox System Integrators End Users Global Photonic Toolbox Components Subsystems Need to build A strong knowledge Transfer mechanism Knowhow Knowledge Interface

12 Major Government Funding Agencies in Photonics Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) Canada Research Chairs Networks of Centers of excellence (NCE) Canadian Institute For Photonic Innovations (CIPI) Natural Sciences And Engineering (NSERC) Canadian institute Of Health Research (CIHR)

13 Public Research in Photonics Annual Public investment related to Photonics (M$) National research Canada 53 DRDC 20 INO 15 Canadian light source 14 Federal Granting Agencies 31 Provincial Granting Agencies 5 CIPI 4 CMC Microsystems 1 TOTAL Research Chairs British British Columbia Columbia 14% Alberta 12% Alberta ROC 10% Ontario 40% Ontario Quebec 24% Quebec

14 Mission To bring university researchers together with public sector and industrial partners in a network with state-of-the-art facilities in order to stimulate innovations in photonics and promote their exploitation to generate wealth and enhance the quality of life for Canadians Objectives Develop a national network for photonics research in Canada; Increase world-class research conducted in Canada; Encourage outstanding young researchers to study and work in Canada; Increase the number of Highly Qualified Personnel (HQP) in photonics; Accelerate technology transfer of photonics research to industry; Foster applications of photonics to achieve social goals, and Increase job opportunities for students

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16 CIPI Photonics Network at a Glance Biophotonics Fiber Lasers Ultrafast laser sources Spectroscopy Optical Fibre Systems Nano-Photonics Laser processing Simon Fraser U. U. British Columbia U. Of Victoria Alberta U. Calgary U. Algonquin C. Carleton U. Ottawa U. Mc Master U. OCAD Queen s U. Ryerson U. Toronto U. U. Health Net Waterloo U Western Ont.U. Wilfrid Laurier U. Quantum limited detectors Concordia U. ETS INRS Laval U. McGill U. Montréal U. Polytechnique Sherbrooke U. PEI U. Photovoltaics Sensors >120 researchers, 220 graduate students >75 Partner and Affiliates Funding NCE: $4 250k Affiliates: $3 443k TOTAL: $7 693k

17 The TEN Program (Technology Exploitation and Networking) Collaborations Technology Transfer and Exploitation Student exchange Seminars, Conferences and Workshops Access to National facilities CIPI Photonic researchers Optic/Photonic Industry Matcor Advanced technologies Comar Optics Optav Solutions ExOptx IMS and IMI

18 IPA Program (Innovative Photonics Applications) To solve an End-User problem defined by the end user to be solved by photonics To build and reinforce the linkage between photonic researchers and the Canadian industry To facilitate the transfer of exploitable technologies End user (Industry or Institution) Optic/Photonic Organization CIPI Researchers In Photonics

19 International Collaboration United States: 35 Mexico: 1 France: 17 Germany: 9 Spain: 8 United Kingdom: 10 Rest of EU: 10 Russia: 5 India: 2 China: 6 Japan: 9 S.Korea: 3 United States -CBST BiophotonicsWorld.org -NYSTAR -OIDA France, United Kingdom and Germany: -Collaboration and Student Exchange Australia: 5

20 The Canadian journal on Photonics

21 CIPI Strategy Fostering Innovation Federal and Provincial Granting Agencies, Economic Development, Support to research, Support to industries Researchers In other fields International collaboration With United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany and Asia Photonic Research Teams Partners Colleges, CEGEP and R&D Organizations In Optics/Photonics CIPI Application Industry Optic/Photonic Industry Large, Medium, Small Aerospace Automobile, Biomedical, Biotechnology, Energy, Steel/Aluminum,

22 Conclusion The Canadian governments have identified research and innovation in their economic development stratagy They also identified that the translation of excellence in research into innovation with economic impact is a critical issue We are striving to demonstrate that photonics is a key innovation engine for the Canadian Economy Through its photonic technology and application projects, CIPI ensures a significant national competitive advantage for Canada

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