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Centre of Excellence for Communications and Information Technology  
 
Centre of Excellence for Communications and Information Technology  
    Invests to foster innovation in communications and IT.  
 
Centre of Excellence for Earth and Environmental Technologies  
 
Centre of Excellence for Earth and Environmental Technologies  
    Invests to drive commercially viable outcomes contributing to clean air, water, land, and smart infrastructures.  
 
Centre of Excellence for Energy  
 
Centre of Excellence for Energy  
    Invests to foster innovation in energy markets, systems and technologies.  
 
Centre of Excellence for Materials and Manufacturing  
 
Centre of Excellence for Materials and Manufacturing
 
    Invests in research partnerships that increase competitiveness and productivity.  
 
Centre of Excellence for Photonics  
 
Centre of Excellence for Photonics
 
    Supports the creation of new photonics knowledge and technology.  
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Events

Mind to Market Breakfast Series  Mind to Market Breakfast Series - September, 2008, Toronto, Ontario

SESSION 13: Don't miss our upcoming September session. Stay tuned for more information.

Discovery 2009Discovery 2009 - May 11-12, 2009, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario

Visit our Discovery website and sign up for registration and conference updates.



Industry / Academic Events and Programs

Shad Connects with Industry - Summer, 2008, http://www.shad.ca

Shad is dedicated to the development of remarkable youth, helping them to recognize, harness and strengthen their talents. Shad identifies and mentors a group of high potential students and works with organizations to offer short-term internships.

Continuing Education Courses at McMaster University - Summer, 2008, McMaster School of Engineering Practice, ITB-106 McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario

McMaster University School of Engineering Practice offers graduate level training and continuing education courses designed to enable best engineering practices.

Recession - Proofing your Business - Spotting & Designing Opportunities in a Downturn - June 25, 2008, Ontario College of Art Design, Toronto, ON

Many opportunity savvy entrepreneurs intuitively recognize that turbulent times bring unprecedented opportunities for those individuals who are savvy enough to recognize them. This workshop provides you with the rigorous framework, methods and cognitive skills to profit from tough times.

Aligning Your Manufacturing Capability - June 25, 2008, Markham

Discover Process Alignment Methodology (PAM), which critically analyzes business processes, objectives, cost structures, production planning, inventory control and distribution strategies to create integrated money saving efficiencies in your cost per unit. Also benefit from specific improvement tactics that will generate results within a short term, and gain from building an improved set of balanced business processes that will deliver your objectives.

2008 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - July 6-11, 2008, Toronto

This is a large international event were previously unpublished contributions from a broad range of topics in information theory will be solicited.

Healthcare and Biotechnology Venture Challenge Competition - Team formation begins August , 2008, Ontario

Scientists/researchers/inventorsfrom any Ontario college, university or hospital as well as independent entrepreneurs who own an invention or innovation that is potentially commercially relevant to the healthcare industry team up with one or more MBA students from the Schulich School of Business (teams will be facilitated by YORKbiotech if needed) to assess the commercial feasibility of an innovation, develop a commercialization plan and win over $15,000 in cash prizes.

International Symposium on Mixing in Industrial Processes - ISMIP VI - August 17 - 21, 2008, Niagara Falls, Ontario

The key objective for ISMIP 6 will be to foster connections across the broader mixing community with specific objectives to bring experts from various industrial application areas to share their work and challenges. Key industrial areas targeted at this meeting will be: polymers / plastics, natural resources (mining, energy, water, etc.), food and consumer goods.

COPENMIND - September 1-3, 2008, Copenhagen, Denmark

COPENMIND is a groundbreaking exhibition and conference devoted to research, technology and innovation through university-industry partnerships. The COPENMIND 2008 topic is Cleantech.

Canadian Manufacturing Week - September 23-25, 2008, Toronto

Canadian Manufacturing Week (CMW) is Canada's definitive showcase for design engineering, maintenance products and industrial support services. Only Canadian Manufacturing Week delivers the latest ideas and methods for designing new products, maintaining your operations and staying ahead of the competition.

Sanofi pasteur Healthcare & Biotechnology Venture Challenge - November 6, 2008, Toronto

Scientists/researchers/inventors from any Ontario college, university or hospital as well as independent entrepreneurs who own an invention or innovation that is potentially commercially relevant to the healthcare industry team up with one or more MBA students from the Schulich School of Business (teams will be facilitated by YORKbiotech if needed) to assess the commercial feasibility of an innovation, develop a commercialization plan and win over $15,000 in cash prizes.

Convergence Medical Technologies - November 6, 2008, Toronto, ON

Convergent Medical Technologies (CMT) 2008 is YORKbiotech’s 4th annual conference aimed at bringing together stakeholders from industry, research institutions, healthcare organizations, financial institutions and government organizations to discover new opportunities for collaboration and innovation.




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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.

OCE Success StoriesWatch Engineering Hope Video Engineering Hope in the Laboratory and the Marketplace. Under the florescent microscope, the 3D patterns glow a radiant green, mapping the path for cell growth that may eventually be used for transplant.

OCE Success StoriesMoon Rising: International Space University. An international group of scientists prepares to launch the next phase of human evolution: the colonization of outer space.

OCE Success StoriesWatch SlipStream Video SlipStream: Catching Tomorrow. Consider the benefits of a mathematical formula that is so advanced, it could speed up every moment of your Internet experience.

OCE Success StoriesWatch Exactatherm Video 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.

OCE Success StoriesWatch Air Quality Systems Video 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.

OCE Success StoriesWatch Foxtek Video FOX-TEK, Sensing Opportunity: Imagine a fiber optic sensor so finely tuned–it could prevent major structural disasters from ever happening.

OCE Success StoriesWatch BTI Photonics Systems Video 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.


OCE Success StoriesWatch PET-PAL Video 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.
 
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