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.
Mr. David J. McFadden,
Chair Gowling Lafleur Henderson
LLP
Partner
Mr. Michael Nobrega OMERS
President and Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Robert Moses PCI Enterprises Inc.
President and CEO
Mr. Jim Orgill BDC Venture Capital
Managing Director
Dr. Suhayya Abu-Hakima Amika Mobile Corporation
President and CEO
Dr. Gilles G. Patry University of Ottawa
President and Vice-Chancellor
Dr. Peter Annan Sensors & Software
Inc.
President
Mr. Mark Romoff Ontario Centres of Excellence
Inc.
President and CEO
Mr. Ken Carpenter Burlington Technologies
Inc.
President and CEO
Dr. Mamdouh Shoukri York University
President and Vice-Chancellor
Mr. Mark Chamberlain Trivaris Ltd.
President and CEO
Dr. Ian C.P. Smith National Research Council
Canada Institute for Biodiagnostics
Director General, Institute for Biodiagnostics
Mr. Sean Conway Queen's University
Special Advisor to the Principal (External Relations) & Fellow,
School of Policy Studies, Queen's University
Mr. Jeffrey D. Steiner Toronto Economic Development
Corporation (TEDCO)
President & CEO
Dr. Paul D. Guild University of Waterloo
Professor, Department of Management Sciences, Faculty of Engineering
Dr. Kimberly Woodhouse Queen's University
Dean, Faculty of Applied Science
Board of Management, Centre
of Excellence for Communications and Information Technology
Mr. Brian O'Higgins Third Brigade
CTO
Mr. David Dietz Research In Motion
Director, Government & University Relations
Mr. Stan Matwin University of Ottawa
Professor, School of Information Technology and Engineering
Mr. Anthony Vannelli University of Guelph
Dean, College of Physical and Engineering Science
Dr. Sue Abu-Hakima AmikaNow! Corporation
President and CEO
Mr. Leo Lax Skypoint Capital Corporation
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Wai-Cheung Tang Tang’s Consulting
Ms. Ann Vivian-Scott Queen’s University
Vice-President, Commercial Development, PARTEQ Innovations
Ms. Kelly Lyons University of Toronto
Associate Professor, Faculty of Information Studies
Mr. Mark Hoddenbagh Algonquin College
Director, Applied Research & Innovation
Board of Management, Centre
of Excellence for Materials and Manufacturing
Mr. Ken Carpenter, Chair Burlington Technologies
Inc.
President & CEO
Dr. Mohammed Elbestawi McMaster University
Dean of Engineering
Dr. Franco Berrutti University of Western Ontario Dean of Engineering & Professor
Mr. Gerry Lukassen Canadian Imperial Bank
of Commerce
Corporate Director
Mr. Peter Bourgeois Corporate Director & Management
Consultant
Dr. Jayson Myers Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters
Sr. Vice President & Chief Economist
Mr. Jim Butler R-THETA INC.
President
Dr. Adel Sedra University of Waterloo
Dean, Faculty of Engineering Office
Board of Management, Centre
of Excellence for Earth and Environmental Technologies
Dr. Peter Annan, Chair Sensors & Software
Inc.
President
Mr. Paul Nephin Neptec Design Group Ltd.
President and CEO
Mr. Henry Brehaut Consultant
Dr. Ian Rowe Ian Rowe & Associates
President
Dr. William Cairns
Trojan Technologies Inc.
Chief Scientist
Mr. Erik Rule Rule Consulting Services
Mr. Peter Forristal Imperial Oil Limited
Public Policy & Regulatory Affairs Manager
Dr. Stan M. Shapson York University
Vice President, Research & Innovation
Mr. John Gingerich
Dr. Don Simpson The Innovation Expedition
Chief Explorer
Dr. Virendra Jha Canadian Space Agency
VP, Science, Technology & Programs
Dr. Susan Till Agriculture and Agri-Food
Canada
Associate Assistant Deputy Minister
Dr. S. Edward Mallett Ontario Centre for Environmental
Technology Advancement
President and CEO
Board of Management, Centre
of Excellence for Photonics
Dr. Ian C.P. Smith, Chair National Research Council
Canada
Director General, Institute for Biodiagnostics
Dr. Arun Menawat Novadaq Technologies Inc.
President & CEO
Dr. David Brener Pfizer Canada Inc.
Medical Division
Director, R&D Alliances
Dr. Daniel J. Patterson Niagara College
President
Mr. Sylvain Charbonneau National Research Council
Canada
Director, Applications Technologies, Institute for Microstructural
Sciences
Ms. Olga Pawluczyk, M.Sc., MBA P & P Optica
Acting President
Dr. Peter Hofstra AIC Investment Services
Vice President & Portfolio Manager
Dr. Michael T. Riggin ELCAN Optical Technologies
Vice President and General Manager
Dr. Manfred (Manny) Hubert Centennail College of Applied Arts and Technology
Industrial Technology Advisor, Ontario Region, IRAP
Dr. Anita Sands Royal Bank of Canada, Global Technology & Operations
Vice President, Head of Innovation & Process Design
Dr. Hadi Mahabadi Xerox Research Centre
of Canada
Vice President
Dr. Mike Scott Canadian Photonics Consortium
(CPC)
Chairman
Dr. Peter Mascher McMaster University, Faculty of Engineering
Associate Dean, Research & External Relations / William Sinclair Chair in Optoelectronics
Dr. Don Wilford Ontario Centres of Excellence
Managing Director, Centre of Excellence for Photonics
Board of Management, Centre
of Excellence for Energy
Mr. Sean Conway, Chair Queen's University
Special Advisor to the Principal (External Relations), Fellow,
School of Policy Studies, Queen's University
Mr. Robert McLeese Access Capital Corporation
President
Michael Angemeer Veridian Corporation
President & CEO
Jatin Nathwani Civil & Environmental Engineering & Department of Management Sciences
Professor
Mr. David Butters Association of Power Producers
of Ontario
President
Bill Rupert Ontario Energy Board
Member of the Board
Feridun Hamdullahpur Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University
Provost and Vice-President (Academic)
Paul Shervill Ontario Power Authority
(OPA)
Vice-President Program Operation and Sector Development
Dr. Thomas Harris Queen's University
Dean, Faculty of Applied Science
Mr. Alexander (Sandy)
Stuart Canadian Hydrogen
Association
Chairman
Mr. John Lemay INCO Limited
Energy Manager
Ms. Sarah Thorne Decision Partners
President & Partner
The Ontario Centres of Excellence
is the pre-eminent research-to-commercialization vehicle
in Ontario.
Mission
We take ideas to income. Created
in response to Ontario’s most critical competitive
challenges, we facilitate economic growth through support
for industrially relevant R&D, the opening of new market
opportunities and the commercialization of leading
edge discovery. We build strong industry and academic
relationships. And, we stimulate knowledge transfer
through the development of bright minds, moving their
skills to the market.
Values
Partnership
Trust and Respect
Flexibility and Agility
Risk Taking
Accountability
Positive Work Environment
Welcome to the new Ontario
Centres of Excellence website. Reflecting the energy
of the emerging culture of innovation in Ontario, the
site is designed as a dynamic point of access to the
people and information that help this province thrive.
And because OCE measures our success through the successes
of our partners, their stories and their achievements
are featured front and centre.
OCE has been accelerating
the commercialization of innovation since 1987. We
have evolved a great deal over that time, while never
losing sight of our primary function: to drive economic
prosperity and growth for Ontario. We are the matchmakers
between industry and Ontario’s cutting-edge researchers.
And the matches we make have the power to revolutionize
Ontario businesses. more
ACAATO
- Association or Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology
in Ontario
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