The initial focus of the Centre will be on commercializing new technology discoveries related to the environment, natural resources and energy; health and related life sciences; and digital media.
Investment
Accelerator Fund
Providing eligible technology-based
start-ups with up to $500K in seed investment. More...
Call
for Collaborative Proposals in Bio-Medical Research,
Ontario Centres of Excellence Call for Collaborative Proposals to encourage
the development and commercialization of Bio-Medical research in any of the
areas of communications and information technologies, energy, environmental
sciences,
materials and manufacturing and photonics or, a combination or convergence
thereof. Submission deadline is Wednesday, December 5, 2007 (17:00 local
time). Those applicants selected to submit a full proposal will be notified
by Thursday, December 20, 2007. Full proposals are due Friday, February
22, 2008.
Expressions of Interest
(EOIs) for Ontario-Catalonia collaborative research projects The
Ontario Centres of Excellence's Centre for Photonics and the Institute
of Photonics Sciences in Catalonia (ICFO) signed a Memorandum of
Understanding to cooperate in technical, scientific, technology transfer
and commercialization activities. Submission deadline is Monday,
September 24, 2007 (17:00 local time), research projects are
expected to begin Tuesday, January 1, 2008. For the timetable click
here.
Entrepreneurship Week Canada
November 17-23, 2008, Canada
Millions of Canadians will gather to celebrate the spirit of entrepreneurship and all that it encompasses. Come join the celebration, attend one of many events that are happening all across the country.
October 2, 2008, Toronto: REGEN Energy Selected as one of Canada's Top 10 Cleantech Competition Winners in Toronto
Medical
Devices with the Human Touch Ontario
company is bringing robotics out of space and science fiction to where
it can touch the lives of those in need of a helping hand.
SlipStream:
Catching Tomorrow. Consider the
benefits of a mathematical formula that is so advanced, it could speed
up every moment of your Internet experience.
Exactatherm:
Beyond the Surface. In the solar
glare of a vacuum furnace, a tray of steel tools glows brighter than
neon as their illuminated surfaces harden.
Air
Quality Systems: Green Power. The
air that we inhale everyday is a source of growing concern–What
can we do? The answer is: plenty.
FOX-TEK,
Sensing Opportunity: Imagine a
fiber optic sensor so finely tuned–it could prevent major structural
disasters from ever happening.
BTI
Photonics Systems: Channeling the Flow. There
comes a point where even optic systems hit the limit. Where networks
stretch to the breaking point. One company stands at the gates–ideally
positioned to turn the tide.
PET-PAL:
Learning at the speed of light. Picture
a classroom filled with the possibilities of light. Where students come
to learn about a science so innovative, the textbooks are still being
written.
November 27, 2008, Toronto, ON
May 11-12, 2009, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario
November 17-23, 2008, Canada
