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.
Dr. Tom Corr Ontario Centres of Excellence
President and CEO
William J. McClean IBM Canada Ltd.
Senior Executive Assistant to the President
Mr. David J. McFadden, Q.C.,
Chair Gowlings International
Board of Directors, National Energy & Infrastructure Industry Group
Dr. Robert Moses, Vice-Chair PCI Enterprises Inc.
President and CEO
Dr. Suhayya Abu-Hakima Amika Mobile Corporation
President and CEO
Dr. Jayson Myers Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters
President
Dr. Peter Annan Sensors & Software
Inc.
President
Mr. Michael J. Nobrega OMERS
President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Mark Chamberlain Trivaris Ltd.
President and CEO
Dr. Gilles G. Patry University of Ottawa
Professor and President Emeritus
Mr. Sean Conway Queen's University
Special Advisor to the Principal (External Relations) & Fellow,
School of Policy Studies, Queen's University
Dr. Molly S. Shoichet University of Toronto
Professor, Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry
Dr. Robert Gillett Algonquin College
President
Dr. Mamdouh Shoukri York University
President and Vice-Chancellor
David Johnston University of Waterloo
President and Vice-Chancellor
Dr. Ian C.P. Smith National Research Council
Canada
Director General, Institute for Biodiagnostics
Colin Kelleher Kelleher Financial Inc.
President
Mr. Jeffrey D. Steiner, Secretary Toronto Economic Development
Corporation (TEDCO)
Past-President and CEO
Dr. Hadi Mahabadi Xerox Research Centre of Canada
Vice President and Director
Board of Management, Centre
of Excellence for Communications and Information Technology
Mr. Brian O'Higgins Third Brigade
CTO
Dr. Anthony Vannelli University of Guelph
Dean, College of Physical and Engineering Science
Mr. Stan Matwin University of Ottawa
Professor, School of Information Technology and Engineering
Mr. Leo Lax Skypoint Capital Corporation
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Sue Abu-Hakima Amika Mobile Corporation
President and CEO
Ms. Anne Vivian-Scott Queen’s University
Vice-President, Commercial Development, PARTEQ Innovations
Mr. Wai-Cheung Tang Tang's Consulting
Mr. Mark Hoddenbagh Algonquin College
Director, Applied Research & Innovation
Mr. David Dietz Research In Motion
Director, Government & University Relations
Board of Management, Centre
of Excellence for Materials and Manufacturing
Mr. Peter Bourgeois Corporate Director and Management
Consultant
Dr. Javad Mostaghimi University of Toronto
Vice-Dean, Research and Graduate Studies, Professor
Mr. Ken Carpenter Burlington Technologies
Inc.
President and CEO
Dr. Hadi Mahabadi Xerox Research Centre of Canada
Vice President and Director
Mr. Ian Howcroft Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters Vice President, Ontario Division
Dr. David Wilkinson McMaster Manufacturing Research Institute, McMaster University
Director
Mr. Gerry Lukassen Former V.P. CIBC
Corporate Director
Board of Management, Centre
of Excellence for Earth and Environmental Technologies
Dr. Peter Annan, Chair Sensors & Software
Inc.
President
Mr. Kenneth (Ken) Ogilvie Pollution Probe
Consultant
Dr. William (Bill) Cairns
Trojan Technologies Inc.
Chief Scientist
Ms. Hilda Mackow Mackow Communications Inc.
CEO
Mr. Peter Forristal Imperial Oil Limited
Public Policy & Regulatory Affairs Manager
Mr. Victor Shantora Consultant
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 and CEO
Mr. Sylvain Charbonneau National Research Council
Canada
Director, Applications Technologies, Institute for Microstructural
Sciences
Dr. Daniel J. Patterson Niagara College
President
Dr. Peter Hofstra Greenrock Asset Management
Vice President & Portfolio Manager
Ms. Olga Pawluczyk P & P Optica
Acting President
Dr. Manfred Hubert Centennial College of Applied Arts and Technology
Industrial Technology Advisor, Ontario Region, IRAP
Dr. Michael T. Riggin ELCAN Optical Technologies
Vice President and General Manager
Dr. Peter Mascher McMaster University, Faculty of Engineering
Associate Dean, Research & External Relations / William Sinclair Chair in Optoelectronics
Dr. Mike Scott Canadian Photonics Consortium (CPC)
Chairman
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
Ms. Hilda Mackow Mackow Energy & Marketing Consultants
CEO
Mr. Michael Angemeer Veridian Corporation
President & CEO
Mr. Graham Morse University of Toronto, Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
PhD Candidate
Mr. David Butters Association of Power Producers
of Ontario
President
Dr. Jatin Nathwani University of Waterloo, Civil & Environmental Engineering & Department of Management Sciences
Professor
Ms. Cara L. Clairman OPG
Vice President, Sustainable Development
Mr.Bill Rupert former Ontario Energy Board
Member of the Board
Dr. Feridun Hamdullahpur University of Waterloo
Provost and Vice President (Academic)
Mr. Paul Shervill Ontario Power Authority
(OPA)
Vice-President Program Operation and Sector Development
Dr. Thomas Harris Queen's University
Vice President (Advancement)
Mr. Alexander K. Stuart C.M. Canadian Hydrogen
Association
Chairman
Mr. Ken Kozlik IESO
Chief Operating Officer
Ms. Sarah Thorne Thorne Butte: Decision Partners Inc.
President & Partner
Mr. John Lemay former INCO Limited
Energy Manager, Canadian and UK Operations
Board of Management, Centre
of Excellence for Commercialization of Research
Mr. Stewart Beck Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Assistant Deputy Minister, Business Development, Investment and Innovation
Dr. John Hepburn University of British Columbia
Vice President, Research, & Steering Committee Co-Chair, Canada-California Strategic Innovation Partnership
Dr. Tom Brzustowski University of Ottawa
RBC Financial Group Professor in the Commercialization of Innovation
& Chair of the Board, Institute for Quantum Computing
Mr. Nicholas Parker Cleantech Group LLP
Co-Founder and Chairman
Mr. Mark Chamberlain Trivaris Ltd.
President and CEO
Ms. Nava Swersky Sofer Yissum-Hebrew University Technology Transfer
President and CEO
Mr. Robert Corriveau Canadian Institute for Photonic Innovations, Universite Laval
President and CEO
Dr. Harvey Weingarten University of Calgary
President and Vice Chancellor
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
I'm writing to inform you of some recent, internal changes at Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE). I am confident that these changes will establish stronger relationships with our industry and research institution partners, as well as our stakeholders.
The streamlining will allow OCE to become stronger, more nimble and ffective and better prepared to assume new opportunities and challenges, and will also facilitate the organization's emerging role in administering the Industry-Academic Collaboration Program (IACP) as part of the Ontario Network of Excellence (ONE). more
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