CFI at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

January 30, 2006

The Road to Innovation: Canada’s Leadership in International Innovation

Join us at the AAAS Annual Meeting on
Friday, February 17, 2006 from 1:15 pm to 3:15 pm

America's Center, Lobby Level Washington Room C

Canada is a prominent player in the global S&T community. It has increased its innovation capacity dramatically over the past eight years, through major investments by government and through collaboration between industry, governments, and universities, who drive science and technology in Canada. Strategic collaboration with international partners has also been an integral part of the innovative process.

This workshop will foster discussion of Canada’s innovation system including research environment, policy, funding, and commercialization. Ways to partner with Canadian researchers will also be explored.

Participants:

Dr. Arthur Carty, National Science Advisor to the Prime Minister (Chair)

Dr. Eliot A. Phillipson, President and CEO of the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI).

Dr. Suzanne Fortier, President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC).

Featured Speakers:

Dr. Aled Edwards, Chief Executive of the Structural Genomics Consortium and Professor and Banbury Chair of Medical Research at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Jillian Buriak is a Professor of Chemistry, Canada Research Chair in Inorganic and Nanoscale Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta.

Dr. Joerg Bohlmann is an associate Professor at the University of British Columbia Biotechnology Laboratory, internationally established leader in forestry genomics and one of Canada’s leading scientists in plant natural products biology.

Dr. Stéphanie Coté is a Gemini Astronomer at National Research Council of Canada in the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics.