Welcome to the Ontario Centres of Excellence Innovation podcast, and the latest episode of the Discover 2007: TO Next podcast series.

The Ontario Centres of Excellence podcast is hosted by Gary Brock, the Senior Manager of Business Development at the OCE.

In this episode, we hear from The Hon. Sandra Pupatello, Minister of Economic Development & Trade.

If you have a comment, send us an email to comments@oce-ontario.org

About the OCE: Founded in 1987 by the Ontario Government to promote economic development through directed research, commercialization of technology, and training for highly-qualified personel.

Today, the Ontario Centres of Excellence are made up of 5 distinct centres: energy, communications and information technology, earth and environmental technologies, materials and manufacturing, and photonics.

To learn more about the OCE, please visit us at oce-ontario.org

Roger Dey is our announcer.

Welcome to the Ontario Centres of Excellence Innovation podcast, and the latest episode of the Discover 2007: TO Next podcast series.

The Ontario Centres of Excellence podcast is hosted by Gary Brock, the Senior Manager of Business Development at the OCE.

In this episode, we hear from Richard Florida, Hirst Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University.

Richard Florida, Esquire's Best and Brightest in America, is a professor of social policy at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. As the author of two widely influential books about the relationship between creativity and competitiveness, Florida argues that there are six facts we need to face to preserve cultural and scientific leadership.

If you have a comment, send us an email to comments@oce-ontario.org

About the OCE: Founded in 1987 by the Ontario Government to promote economic development through directed research, commercialization of technology, and training for highly-qualified personel.

Today, the Ontario Centres of Excellence are made up of 5 distinct centres: energy, communications and information technology, earth and environmental technologies, materials and manufacturing, and photonics.

To learn more about the OCE, please visit us at oce-ontario.org

Roger Dey is our announcer.

Welcome to the Ontario Centres of Excellence Innovation podcast, and the latest episode of the Discover 2007: TO Next podcast series.

The Ontario Centres of Excellence podcast is hosted by Gary Brock, the Senior Manager of Business Development at the OCE.

In this episode, we hear from Michael Angemeer, President of Veridian Corporation, Tony Verrilli, President of Cleanfield Energy Corporation, George Scott, President of SRI Petro Chemical Inc., Howard Goodfellow, President of Tenova Goodfellow, and Brian Beatty, President of GeoEnergy Solutions.

Join Bob McDonald as he engages a group of entrepreneurs in a discussion about the technologies that are leading the charge to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change. Solar electric cars, wind turbines, managing energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions, innovative growth mediums for the greenhouse industry, emission controls and geothermal energy systems all have a role to play here; and all will be looking to find their place in the emerging market.

If you have a comment, send us an email to comments@oce-ontario.org

About the OCE: Founded in 1987 by the Ontario Government to promote economic development through directed research, commercialization of technology, and training for highly-qualified personel.

Today, the Ontario Centres of Excellence are made up of 5 distinct centres: energy, communications and information technology, earth and environmental technologies, materials and manufacturing, and photonics.

To learn more about the OCE, please visit us at oce-ontario.org

Roger Dey is our announcer.

Welcome to the Ontario Centres of Excellence Innovation podcast, and the latest episode of the Discover 2007: TO Next podcast series.

The Ontario Centres of Excellence podcast is hosted by Gary Brock, the Senior Manager of Business Development at the OCE.

In this episode, we hear from David Thompson, author of Blueprint to a Billion: 7 Essentials to Achieving Exponential Growth.

David Thomson has a passion for innovation, business-building and leadership. His unquenchable thirst for identifying the difference-making traits of the most successful high growth businesses led him to a deep inquiry into the growth and management traits of America�s highest growth companies. Based on three years of detailed research of American companies that have IPO�d since 1980 and grown to at least $1 Billion in revenue, David will share his 7 Essentials to Achieve Exponential Growth.

If you have a comment, send us an email to comments@oce-ontario.org

About the OCE: Founded in 1987 by the Ontario Government to promote economic development through directed research, commercialization of technology, and training for highly-qualified personel.

Today, the Ontario Centres of Excellence are made up of 5 distinct centres: energy, communications and information technology, earth and environmental technologies, materials and manufacturing, and photonics.

To learn more about the OCE, please visit us at oce-ontario.org

Roger Dey is our announcer.

Welcome to the Ontario Centres of Excellence Innovation podcast, and the latest episode of the Discover 2007: TO Next podcast series.

The Ontario Centres of Excellence podcast is hosted by Gary Brock, the Senior Manager of Business Development at the OCE.

In this episode, we hear from Larry Cote, President and CEO of Lean Advisors Inc. and Linda Lundstrom, President and Chief Creative Officer, Linda Lundstrom Inc.

The â��Leanâ�� perspective focuses on how the customer determines â��valueâ�� and eliminates all other activities that do not provide that value.  Often, this means a cultural shift within the delivery team. Larry Coté will speak about building a culture of success needed to maintain a globally competitive advantage.  His presentation will be followed by a Lean success story â�� a case study of Linda Lundström Inc., a Canadian design and clothing manufacturer, enjoying remarkable success in a sector thatâ��s struggling with off-shore competition from the Far East.

If you have a comment, send us an email to comments@oce-ontario.org

About the OCE: Founded in 1987 by the Ontario Government to promote economic development through directed research, commercialization of technology, and training for highly-qualified personel.

Today, the Ontario Centres of Excellence are made up of 5 distinct centres: energy, communications and information technology, earth and environmental technologies, materials and manufacturing, and photonics.

To learn more about the OCE, please visit us at oce-ontario.org

Roger Dey is our announcer.

Welcome to the Ontario Centres of Excellence Innovation podcast, and the latest episode of the Discover 2007: TO Next podcast series.

The Ontario Centres of Excellence podcast is hosted by Gary Brock, the Senior Manager of Business Development at the OCE.

In this episode, we hear from Tom Sweeney, Co-founder and Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures, Jesko von Windheim, CEO of Nextreme Thermal Solutions Inc., Robert Antoniades, Managing Director of RBC Technology Ventures Inc., and Robert Thompson of Corporate Angels.

What does it take to move an idea to income? Entrepreneurs are often quick out of the gate in search of investors. But are you ready? Do you have the right team? Do you have the right plan?  And what expectations will investors bring with them to your business? A panel of seasoned professionals from venture capital, angel investment, business and law discuss their experiences and insights into the process of building relationships with investors.

If you have a comment, send us an email to comments@oce-ontario.org

About the OCE: Founded in 1987 by the Ontario Government to promote economic development through directed research, commercialization of technology, and training for highly-qualified personel.

Today, the Ontario Centres of Excellence are made up of 5 distinct centres: energy, communications and information technology, earth and environmental technologies, materials and manufacturing, and photonics.

To learn more about the OCE, please visit us at oce-ontario.org

Roger Dey is our announcer.

Welcome to the Ontario Centres of Excellence Innovation podcast, and the latest episode of the Discover 2007: TO Next podcast series.

The Ontario Centres of Excellence podcast is hosted by Gary Brock, the Senior Manager of Business Development at the OCE.

In this episode, we hear from William E. Halal, a Professor of Science, Technology & Innovation at George Washington University, and President of TechCast in Washington, DC, and Walter Derzko, an Associate at the Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at the Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto.

People everywhere sense the world is passing through a technological revolution. Understand how organizations and economic systems are being transformed by emerging technologies and predictions for the future. 

If you have a comment, send us an email to comments@oce-ontario.org

About the OCE: Founded in 1987 by the Ontario Government to promote economic development through directed research, commercialization of technology, and training for highly-qualified personel.

Today, the Ontario Centres of Excellence are made up of 5 distinct centres: energy, communications and information technology, earth and environmental technologies, materials and manufacturing, and photonics.

To learn more about the OCE, please visit us at oce-ontario.org

Roger Dey is our announcer.

Welcome to the Ontario Centres of Excellence Innovation podcast, and the latest episode of the Discover 2007: TO Next podcast series.

The Ontario Centres of Excellence podcast is hosted by Gary Brock, the Senior Manager of Business Development at the OCE.

In this episode, we hear from Dr. Debra Amidon, the founder and CEO of ENTOVATION International Ltd. and Dr. Peter Dobson, Professor of Engineering Science and Academic Director at Oxford University Begbroke Science Park in the UK.

Leap onto the innovation highway and learn the most successful models in which world-class scientists work alongside colleagues from industry, decision-makers and entrepreneurs, to translate cutting-edge research into commercial opportunities.

If you have a comment, send us an email to comments@oce-ontario.org

About the OCE: Founded in 1987 by the Ontario Government to promote economic development through directed research, commercialization of technology, and training for highly-qualified personel.

Today, the Ontario Centres of Excellence are made up of 5 distinct centres: energy, communications and information technology, earth and environmental technologies, materials and manufacturing, and photonics.

To learn more about the OCE, please visit us at oce-ontario.org

Roger Dey is our announcer.

Welcome to the Ontario Centres of Excellence Innovation podcast, and the latest episode of the Discover 2007: TO Next podcast series.

The Ontario Centres of Excellence podcast is hosted by Gary Brock, the Senior Manager of Business Development at the OCE.

In this episode, we hear from Dr. Thomas Homer-Dixon, Director of the Trudeau Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Toronto, and Jeffrey Simpson, National Affairs columnist for the Globe and Mail.

If you have a comment, send us an email to comments@oce-ontario.org

About the OCE: Founded in 1987 by the Ontario Government to promote economic development through directed research, commercialization of technology, and training for highly-qualified personel.

Today, the Ontario Centres of Excellence are made up of 5 distinct centres: energy, communications and information technology, earth and environmental technologies, materials and manufacturing, and photonics.

To learn more about the OCE, please visit us at oce-ontario.org

Roger Dey is our announcer.

Welcome to the Ontario Centres of Excellence Innovation podcast, and the latest episode of the Discover 2007: TO Next podcast series.

The Ontario Centres of Excellence podcast is hosted by Gary Brock, the Senior Manager of Business Development at the OCE.

In this episode, we hear from Ray Kurzweil, the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Kurzweil Technologies, Inc.

Technology's most credible optimist, Ray Kurzweil, is also one of the world's most respected thinkers and entrepreneurs. He has successfully founded nine businesses based on his inventions and is a member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

If you have a comment, send us an email to comments@oce-ontario.org

About the OCE: Founded in 1987 by the Ontario Government to promote economic development through directed research, commercialization of technology, and training for highly-qualified personel.

Today, the Ontario Centres of Excellence are made up of 5 distinct centres: energy, communications and information technology, earth and environmental technologies, materials and manufacturing, and photonics.

To learn more about the OCE, please visit us at oce-ontario.org

Roger Dey is our announcer.

Welcome to the Ontario Centres of Excellence Innovation podcast, and the latest episode of the Discover 2007: TO Next podcast series.

The Ontario Centres of Excellence podcast is hosted by Gary Brock, the Senior Manager of Business Development at the OCE.

In this episode, we hear from Ontario's former Premier and one of the founding fathers of the OCE, the Hon. David Peterson.

If you have a comment, send us an email to comments@oce-ontario.org

About the OCE: Founded in 1987 by the Ontario Government to promote economic development through directed research, commercialization of technology, and training for highly-qualified personel.

Today, the Ontario Centres of Excellence are made up of 5 distinct centres: energy, communications and information technology, earth and environmental technologies, materials and manufacturing, and photonics.

To learn more about the OCE, please visit us at oce-ontario.org

Roger Dey is our announcer.

Welcome to the Ontario Centres of Excellence Innovation podcast, and the latest episode of the Discover 2007: TO Next podcast series.  

The Ontario Centres of Excellence podcast is hosted by Gary Brock, the Senior Manager of Business Development at the OCE.

In this episode, we hear from Ontario's Premier and the Minister of Innovation and Research, the Hon. Dalton McGuinty.

If you have a comment, send us an email to comments@oce-ontario.org

About the OCE: Founded in 1987 by the Ontario Government to promote economic development through directed research, commercialization of technology, and training for highly-qualified personel.

Today, the Ontario Centres of Excellence are made up of 5 distinct centres: energy, communications and information technology, earth and environmental technologies, materials and manufacturing, and photonics.

To learn more about the OCE, please visit us at oce-ontario.org

Roger Dey is our announcer.