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ONTARIO CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE
Turning Brown into Green: ONEIA’s
Brownfields/Remediation
Business Forum
March 3, 2011
Balinder Rai
Business Development Manager
Ontario Centres of Excellence
• Established in 1987 by the Ontario government
• Five sector focused centres including energy, environment, digital, manufacturing and photonics
• OCE added a Centre for Commercialization of Research with federal funds in 2008
• Last year OCE – invested $25.8 million in 503 projects that attracted $40.1 million
invested by industry partners.
– Worked with 40 academic institutions and connected researchers with 757 companies
– Helped create 20 new start up companies that attracted a further $113 million in follow on investment
Ontario Centres of Excellence
• Build globally competitive companies
• Leverage the capacity of research institutions
• Build a world-class knowledge and technology transfer network
www.oneinnovation.ca
Ontario Network of Excellence
• Drive the Industry-Academia Collaboration Program IACP part of the new ONE
• Raise the profile of industry/academic collaborations
• Move innovation sector from good to great
OCE Mandate
Commercialization
Fundamental / Pure Research
Government Research Funding
Angel Investors
Venture Capital
IPO / Other
Banks
Applied Research
Technology & Product
Development
Commercial Demonstration and Initial Operations
Market Entry & Volume
Production
Industry
Ontario Centres of Excellence ProgramsIACP CCR
Stages of Commercialization of Innovation
Sources of Finance
Collaborative Commercialization
• Technical Problem Solving
• Collaborative Research
• Market Readiness
OCE Programs
Talent
• Connections
• First Job
• Value Added Personnel
TechnologyTransferPartnerships
• Technology Transfer Networks
• Proof Of Principle
• CONII
• Knowledge Exchange
Commercialization of Research
• Advisory Services
• Embedded Executive
• New Entrepreneur –Micro Finance
• Facilitated Access to Capital
Industry Academic Collaborative Programs (IACP)Centre for
Commercializationof Research (CCR)
OCE programs funded by the Province of Ontario to Colleges, Universities and
Research Hospitals
OCE programs funded by the Government of
Canada to companies
Technical Problem Solving
•Short-term projects that address specific technical challenges or opportunities
• Industry-driven, potential for commercial impact
• Investment between $25,000 and $75,000
•Typically 6-12 months, maximum 18 months
•Matching cash and in-kind from industry (minimum 1:1 leverage)
OCE Programs
Collaborative Research
•Helps develop commercially-viable technology that can result in new revenues and high-value jobs
•Solves tough industry problems while advancing innovative technologies
• Investment between $150K - $200K/year
•1-3 year projects
•Matching cash and in-kind from industry (minimum 1:1 leverage)
OCE Programs
Market Readiness
•Further development of IP from Ontario universities and colleges
•Advancement of IP towards successful commercialization
•Technology & Market Assessment
• IP Protection
•Prototype Development
•Business Plan Development
• Investment between $10K - $72K per project
OCE Programs
• Enhancing In Situ Bioremediation at Brownfield Sites• Portland Cement as Soil Remediation Amendment for Metals• Phytoremediation of Chemical Plume• Bioremediation in Fractured Bedrock• Delivery of Reactive Nanometals for Source Zone Remediation• Classification Systems for Brownfields• Tools for Assessing Groundwater Contamination• Recovery of NAPL from Contaminated Soil• Arsenic Removal• Biobarriers and Controlling Groundwater Flow and Contaminant
Migration
OCE Brownfields Projects
OCE will …• help companies navigate the academic landscape by connecting
companies to academic researchers and new technologies
• work with Ontario entrepreneurs to help grow research-based enterprises into sustainable global competitors
• work with industry and universities to access more of the research dollar pie (e.g., FedDev, NSERC )
OCE and Industry
ONTARIO CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE
(416) 861-1092 x 2425
www.oce-ontario.org