Ottawa Wireless Cluster

Date:	Tuesday October 27, 2009
Time:	7:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Location:	Telfer School of Management, Desmarais Building, Room 4101, 4th Floor, 55 Laurier East, Ottawa
Cost:	No cost, but RSVP before October 21 at Sebastien.Hug@eda.admin.ch. Seats are limited.

The Embassy of Switzerland, the Telfer School of Management, OCRI and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade invites you to a Breakfast Panel on International Innovation Partnerships connecting industries, universities and governments in a global knowledge economy

Sharing knowledge through networks has become a main ingredient for successful innovation systems. The knowledge-based economy requires companies to collaborate with each other, universities to reach out to industries and governments to develop a new science diplomacy aimed at fostering transnational innovation partnerships. Bringing together representatives from industry, academia, government and foreign missions, the goal of this breakfast panel is to explore current and future models of international partnerships and to discuss the challenges and opportunities it presents.

The keynote speaker is Dr. Marc Rioult from the Technology Transfer Department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology responsible for the development and commercialization of a portfolio of life sciences inventions. Prior to joining MIT, Dr. Rioult was Director of Deal Facilitation at yet2.com Inc., a technology transfer consultancy, and Vice-President Consulting at Foresight Science & Technology Inc., a technology and market assessment consultancy.

7:00 a.m.	Registration
7:30 a.m.	Networking Breakfast
8:00 a.m.	Keynote speech with Q&A period Dr. Marc Rioult, Technology Licensing Officer Biotechnology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
8:30 a.m.	Panel discussion with Q&A period Dr. Tom Brzustowski, Former President of NSERC & RBC Financial Group Professor in the Commercialization of Innovation of the Telfer School of Management Mr. Pascal Marmier, Director and Consultant, Swissnex Boston Mr. Kevin Fitzgibbons, Director, Innovation, Science and Technology Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Mr. Andrew Fisher, Executive Vice President, Wesley Clover Technologies
9:30 a.m.	Conclusion

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