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Role govt should play (id disruptive tech, its commercialization) ? How integrated? Local vs. national, industry vs university roles Approach, mechanisms to foster growth: partner, industry, university Example: SSOC How did things changed? Challenges and adjustments Lessons learned.

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  1. Role govt should play (id disruptive tech, its commercialization) ? How integrated? Local vs. national, industry vs university roles Approach, mechanisms to foster growth: partner, industry, university Example: SSOC How did things changed? Challenges and adjustments Lessons learned Outline

  2. Innovation Innovation in Canada • Sustainable Development Technology Fund • Atlantic Regional Innovation Clusters • Technology Partnerships Canada • Business Development Bank of Canada • Networks of Centers of Excellence • PRECARN • Federal Laboratories • Biotechnology R&D • Canadian Health Information Highway • Canadian Choices • Canada Foundation for Innovation • Canadian Institutes of Health Research • Canada Research Chairs • Genome Canada • NSERC Knowledge Infrastructure Commercialization of Knowledge Business Environment • Aboriginal Business Services Network • Tax relief - $100 B • Biotechnology Regulation • Canada Business Corporations Act • Privacy / E-Commerce • Competition Act Human Resources • Canada Education Savings Grant • Education Tax Credit • Aboriginal Business Canada • SchoolNet / CAP • Millennium Scholarships

  3. 3,600 full-time employees and 1,200 guest workers in labs and facilities across Canada Network of technology advisors to support small business 19 research institutes and 5 innovation and technology centers; focused programs in technology sectors important to Canada’s economy NRC...

  4. NRC Research Institutes Institute for Aerospace Research Institute for Biological Sciences Institute for Chemical Process and Environmental Technology Institute for Information Technology Institute for Microstructural Sciences Institute for National Measurement Standards Institute for Research in Construction Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information Corporate Branches (ASPM, CS, FB, HRB, IMSB) Institute for Marine Dynamics - St. John’s Innovation Centre – Vancouver Institute for Information Technology – Atlantic – Fredericton, Moncton, St. John, Sydney Institute for Marine Bioscience - Halifax Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics – Victoria, Penticton Industrial Materials Institute – Boucherville, Ville Saguenay National Institute for Nanotechnology - Edmonton Institute for Biodiagnostics – Winnipeg, Calgary, Halifax Biotechnology Research Institute – Montreal Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Institute – London Plant Biotechnology Institute – Saskatoon

  5. Find better ways to create knowledge and bring these ideas to market Find ways to develop, attract and retain the best and the brightest Support innovation at the local level Modernize business and regulatory policies Canada’s Innovation Challenges

  6. Scope out position and motivation of partners for common interest: getacceptance of all regional partners even if have national mandate Identify actual need for this Open communications and sustain to build shared vision Minimize backroom deals: transparency Bring integration of process as much as possible Find workaround govt/institution bureaucratic processes (avoid jail if possible) Be patient…. Good science, top quality Operational

  7. WDM Transmission System or:What did you drink the night before: disruptive technology

  8. Issues at the time: • Govt labs comfortable with long-term horizon projects • Industry found such work of no immediate value • Govt labs interested in advanced components • SMEs looking at niche devices (sensors …) • Universities saw advanced devices as too applied and short-term • No traditions of collaboration between institutions • No common vocabulary • No common working style (Gantt charts, time sheets, stretch goals)

  9. Anopenconsortiumof: BNR / NT EG&G MPRTeltech TRLabs ITSElectronics SeastarOptics DND Litton systems SSOC Membership • Affiliates: • CRC • NRC (IMS) • NOI • UniversityProgramme: • Queen’s Laval • Toronto Sherbrooke • UBC Imperial Coll. • TUNS WORKING TO ACHIEVE OPTOELECTRONIC INTEGRATION

  10. • To develop the technology of optoelectronic integration, thus combining the advantages of light and high-speed electronics in a single device. Goal • Facilitate collaboration • Establish competitive capability in Canada • Facilitate training of HQP • Propel optoelectronic integration and WDM (disruptive technologies) • Adapt to members specialised needs

  11. Positioning: Organisational Government Labs. Universities and Industry and / or Consortia C. of Excellence Applications • Creative, • Market • Leadership in provocative Driven strategic niche ideas Leadership market Systems • Tools opportunities • Modelling • Strategic Modules • Leadership in • Verification selected Devices • Competence manufacturable • Suitably • Application strategic educated Base Leadership technologies graduates Technology

  12. Linkages SHAREDPRE-COMPETITIVERESEARCH Output is PeoplewiththeTechnology thatIndustryneeds Industry MUTUAL ASSISTANCE Governments strategic role of participants availability of resources minimize communication barriers critical mass for impact SSOC Universities Centres of Excellence

  13. >$40M* pa Individual Members Internal Programs (related r&d only) Organisation Member Programs (Related R&D) SSOC/ Member Program SSOC/NRC Program NRC Related Program • >$2M pa • Contracted to - NRC - Universities - Members • $2M pa • NRC based • Performed by NRC staff • 4M pa • Co-ordinated with SSOC Program Technology transfer achieved through • Guest Workers • Graduate Students • Planned and managed as a whole • Major Projects / Individual Activities OBJECTIVES MILESTONES MONTHLY REVIEWS * >$150M pa if applications development counted

  14. Membership Fees / Rights

  15. SSOC 5-Year Program Establish Fabrication R&D on Commission 1. S GaAs Device Space, Eq't Wavelength InP Growth InP Process Capability Expertise Selection Capability Y A B C D External S Material Materials T Choices Simple Advanced Wavelength E Integratable 2. InP GaAs Separation/ M Detectors R&D on Devices Devices Amplification S Electronics & Advanced Separation/ Integrated 3. Laser Amplifier Waveguides Integrateable Modulator Device A Component Device Choices P P WDM Wavelength L 4. Demo Separation I Chip Demonstration C A Integrated T Multiport Hybrid Demonstrator 5. Electronics Hybrid I Optical Choices Design Optical WDM Demux O N S Integrated Demonstrator (Wavelength Dependent Processor)

  16. 90° Waveguide Turning Mirror

  17. Member’s Programme CRC Electronics Tx-Rx TRLabs LAMDA, M-Z mod MPR systems study NOI modelling soft. dev. EG&G InP laser dev. DND fiber micro. BNR direct DFB lith. Core Programme InP facilities and devices Integration issues Bidirectional WDM Rx-Tx InGaAs/GaAs Tx-Rx demonstrator Novel Devices circular grating lasers direct write DFB grating process visible SEHG lasers and NARROW VCSELs OPO at 1.3 and 1.5mm University Programme Queen’s BPM Toronto thermal model UBC InP HBT OEIC Laval nl wavelength cntl Imperial College patterned growth Sherbrooke InP PL CITR VCSELs

  18. Lasting benefits for Canada • Took nearly two years of talking and exploring (created Aug.1988, sunset Aug. 1995) • Over 60 HPQ found jobs over that 7 years • Several world technology “first” or “records” • Publications, IP, reports and process development • Opto group at IMS grew to 31 • Lasting impact on industry, university and NRC • R&D positions in university, industry • Mixed matrix approach to resources • Closer interdependencies • Value for Canada well documented

  19. Summary • typically take more than four years to return any benefits • Research focus was maintained with Core Programme Tx-Rx WDM • to build infrastructure, while being responsive to individual requests. • World record performance for WDM devices and several • Novel Devices patents. • New manufacturing processes successfully transferred, • now part of products as result of effective technology transfers via • guest workers. • Future components for Canada’s “electronic highway” • (CANARIE and OCRI-Net), in addition to members’ systems.

  20. Very high level of R&D partnership (individual firms commercialising results) Efficient internal organisation and culture Lasting relationships and clients High quality people, R&D and equipment base Tightly integrated full micro-fabrication capability Spin-offs CrossLight software SiGe Semiconductors Iridian Spectral Technologies MetroPhotonics LNL Optenia Trilium Photonics Other consortia such as OpCom, Athena, CARC, FIB-OCRI… Post SSOC, IMS impact

  21. SSOC paved the way and shaped culture in combination with OCRI in Ottawa region (Potworowski study, May 2002) BNR/Nortel: gorilla, IndustryNRC: vision, R&DSSOC: applications, technical networkingOCRI: facilitator, networking, regional voice Local universities not active in photonics at the time Now have Ontario and municipal Govt, U of O, Carleton, Algonquin, OPC, CPC, PRO, IRAP, OCRI, NCIT, OPRA, CPFC, SMC, NRC, Regional Innovation center, Vitesse, IPF, etc….. All helping in unison Emergence in 1990s, post SSOC

  22. Industry Partnership Facility (IPF)

  23. Assist SMEs in ICT sector to exploit emerging technologies Co-located to NRC staff doing R&D in software and hardware components Co-located with IRAP Access to CISTI and NRC linkages to expert advice Reduce risk during the critical start-up years 2500 sq.m. of usable space, 15 companies All new NRC facilities will have one now! Industry Partnership Facility

  24. The Incubation Process Access to R&D Networks R&D Feedback Specialized Facilities Access to Skilled People Access to Capital Company Capitalization Business Planning Business Development Access to Services Networks and Alliances Champions Coaching and Mentoring Exchange of Ideas

  25. Unique facility in Canada for industry and universities Component and device fabrication Linking photonics clusters to NRC's national facilities, networks, competencies and incubation services Training of highly qualified personnel Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre(CPFC) - Ottawa

  26. The CPFC: Working in Partnership • Algonquin College • CIPI • COPAC • CMC (MOU signed in January 2003) • CRC • Ontario Photonics Consortium • PRO (MOU signed in May 2001) • TR Labs (MOU signed in October 2002) • University of Ottawa • Vitesse (MOU in progress)

  27. Prototyping services for industry Small firms: Low-volume production; Proof of concept; Design assistance Medium firms: Low-volume production runs to test manufacturability & designs Large firms: Fast turnaround, novel runs to test proof of concept Training highly qualified personnel R&D fabrication facilities for universities, Centres of Excellence, and other research organizations National R&D Infrastructure

  28. Technology Clusters – NRC’s Approach

  29. The Players • R&D institutions (private, university, government) • technology intensive firms with global reach • entrepreneurs - local champions with vision • network catalysts - public and private sector • involved/knowledgeable local sources of financing • technology brokers & tech transfer centres • provincial and municipal governments, local authorities Source: Andy Woodsworth

  30. Must not be top down or policy driven Industry driven and industry champion Offer real value, visibility, networking, not just endless meetings Involve the right members not the usual “leaches” Recognize when to manage the cluster Limit bureaucratic overhead (difficult in govt context) Identify real problems not political reasons Create interdependencies Role: development

  31. Effective “disruptive tech” interactions: - establish strong member commitment. - streamlined decision control. - well defined and focussed Core Programme, in a central location. - maintain one-on-one member research flexibility. - effective technology transfer by on-site workers. - uniform technology base for Core Programme. - select members for complementary values and compatible goals. - work out issues with individual members. - use technical meetings as information transfer and input.

  32. Solid State Optoelectronics Consortium (SSOC) - created in 1989 with participation of BNR & SMEs SSOC developed integrated photonic devices for wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) on a single chip. O-Vitesse (Vitesse Re-skilling) to address shortage of software engineers Immigration rule changes for IT workers Incubation - NRC’s IPF 70 NRC spin-offs in Ottawa alone, creating 7000 high tech jobs, with over $1 B sales Ottawa Photonics Valley

  33. NRC Technology Cluster Initiatives Aluminium (Ville Saguenay) Ocean Engineering (Newfoundland) Nanotechnology (Edmonton) Bioactives (PEI) E-Business (New Brunswick, Sydney) Fuel Cells (Vancouver)) Life Sciences (Nova Scotia) Astronomy (Victoria, Penticton) Ag-Biotech (Saskatoon) Medical Technologies (Winnipeg) Biopharmaceuticals, Industrial Materials (Montreal) Sustainable Urban Infrastructure (Regina) Aerospace (Ottawa, Montreal) IT / Life Sciences (Ottawa)

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