Advancing Alberta Commercialization and Innovation

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Advancing Alberta Commercialization and
Innovation

• Proposal 09-APR-09
• IRAP
• Alberta Ingenuity
• Western Diversification
• Alberta Advanced Education and Technology

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We agree the issues!

• Emerging technologies are Albertas natural
  socio-economic change-agents but not always with
  intended consequences
• The term technology is very broad and too
  narrowly defined
• Early-stage start-ups are key to
  commercialization/innovation but have proven hard
  to grow and sustain
• Hi-risk small and often isolated,
  under-represented, poorly understood and
  financed the unregulated domain of angels and
  vultures
• Disadvantaged under-resourced with fragile,
  fragmented and largely urban-centric
  technology/professional associations
• Public science-research facilities are effective
  at discovery but ineffective as drivers of
  commercialization.
• These issues prompted formation of ABCtech

Diversifying Albertas economy through technology
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We agree the solution(s)!

• Pushing research and technology is not enough.
  A
• sustained commercialization Pull requires
  timely access to
• risk-tolerant and affordable

• Management
• Money
• Marketing

• Manpower
• Mentors
• and More

Stage 1. Formation of an independent champion
for developing trust and understanding with
early-stage, start-ups while forging
public-private relationships Stage 2. Developing
local Networks of community enterprise as Centres
of TRUST ! Stage 3. Capitalizing on brand and
financing ABCtech through sponsorships and
services!
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Progress to Date

• Networking A rural-urban
• presence and a technology
• diverse Board of Directors
• Affiliates in Edmonton,
• Calgary and Vulcan with
• other rural Councils pending
• Sustained communications
• through events, www.ABCtech.ca
• newsletters, job-postings,
• applications, and newswires

• Championing emerging
• technologies and values-
• based leadership
• Access to capital
• Rural broadband
• Virtual reality
• Neutraceuticals
• Fusion energy
• Stem cell therapeutics
• All as a non-profit society
• through volunteers and
• earned-revenues.

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Collaborative HOSTS and co-HOSTS, Sponsors and
Presenters to date

• ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
• AB Chptr Cdn Green Bldg. Council
• Carbonbusters
• Climate Change Central
• Eco-Industrial
• Gaia Energies
• Geotrend Power Inc.
• Greys Paper Recycling
• Green Alberta
• Solar Energy Soc. of Cdn No. AB
• Sustainable Energy Holdings
• TrimLine Design
• COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE
• CCAT
• ECAT
• Ecoconmic Development Edmonton
• TEC Edmonton
• Intervivos

LIFE SCIENCES AHIA - AB Health Industry Assoc.
Ambers Brewing ARC Bioproducts Bio-Alberta Bion
medical Engineering U of AB Edmonton Sage
Network eSante Winery Natraceutical Canada
Rainbow Bridge Sinoveda Stem Cell
Therapeutics MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS Blink
Mediaworks The Edmontonians Nexopia Parlour
Magazine PDERAS Propel Magazine Troy Media VR
Technologies NANOTECHNOLOGY National Institute
for Nanotechnology PUBLIC POLICY AB Advanced
Education Technology AB Agriculture Rural
Development AB Enterprise Finance AB Energy AB
Environment REGIONAL GOVERNANCE Edmonton
Northlands Rivervalley Alliance Whitemud Equine
Centre
ENERGY ENGINEERING AB Chamber of
Resources AB/CDN Fusion Energy Program APEGGA Chan
dros QB Technology Scanimetrics Stantec Synodon F
INANCIAL SERVICES ATB AVAC/IVAC
AVNet BDC Certified Management Accountants CFN
CNQ Exchange Deal Generator Ideal Capital
Solutions Kinkaide Enterprises Inc. MNP Pay
Linx Royal Bank Research Capital St. Arnaud
Pinsent Steman tecaf Ventures Tradeworks Venture
AB WEBBCO World Financial Group HR
PROFESSIONS AB Congress Board CAPS University
of Alberta Sapphire Technologies Women in
Science Engineering Technology
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION AB Ingenuity ARC ASTECH
Awards Edmonton Research Park Industry
Canada IRAP NAIT and nanoNAIT NRC
Techcom TRLabs Western Diversification ICT -
TELECOM AXIA CIPS Edmonton Cool Immersive Cybera
Digital Solutions Alliance ICT
Council Neohapsis Red Engine Shaw Telus Telus
World of Science Three Cast WiTec Zed
Communications TRANSPORTATION
LOGISTICS Caribou Manufacturing DBiTS FailSafe
Canada EXUS of Edmonton In the Line of Fire Red
Arrow Taylor Scheduling Trace Applications
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Seasonal and Annual Events

• Moonlight in the Meadows Industry-wide summer
  networking BBQ 06 -125, 07 - 250, 08 - 475
• Annual Northern and Southern Alberta spring tour
• Seasonal Networking events seminars, dinners,
  AGM and SME presentations 5 events/yr x 50-90_at_
  350/yr.
• Marketing through 3,750 addresses in ABCtechs
  Newsletter directory 5 x 4 x 3,750 75,000
• On-going access to exclusive newswire to 15,000
  editors Canada-wide 1/month x 15,000 180,000

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Our Approach

• We promote technology relevance and
  commercialization
• Stem Cell Therapeutics Neutraceuticals
• Fusion Energy Sustainable Alternatives
• Rural Broadband Virtual Reality Technologies
• Access to Capital Networking/collaboration
• We build public awareness and celebrate emerging
  technologies
• We attract SMEs and build technology Networks
  province-wide
• We promote industry collaboration projects and
  Networking
• We are volunteers frugal, self-financed,
  inspired
• BUT tired ... Time for a change!

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Time to Revitalize

• ABCtechs Network extending our geographic
  reach, affiliate memberships, email Newsletter
  distribution, newswire/releases, and event
  management
• Board composition - diversifying our
  Infrastructure x Industry x Geographic
  representation
• Industry portal - continuing development of
  www.ABCtech.ca adding applications and sponsors
• Public awareness promoting
• Telecommunications rural broadband
• Energy fusion energy, photonics and sustainable
  alternatives
• Life Sciences advances in stem cell
  therapeutics
• Monitoring emerging technologies and the status
  of commercialization local x industry x
  features

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ABCtechs 2009

• Board of Director
• Perry Kinkaide, President
• Stuart Lomas, VP Affiliates
• Dini Corbett-Lourenco, Secretary
• John Pinsent, Treasurer
• Vulcan appointee
• CCAT appointee
• ECAT appointee
• Rural Broadband appointee
• AHIA appointee
• NAIT (ACTI) appointee
• Cybera (ICT) appointee
• Alberta Congress Board appointee
• Board restructured

• Committees
• Marketing Communications
• Contractors
• Newswire releases/distribution
• Website maintenance/development
• techPulse affiliate development
• techScan industry advocacy
• techStatus annual magazine
• techClinics management seminars
• Sponsorship sales - membership

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www.ABCtech.ca

• Portal development plan
• Add sponsor logos and links, blogs and demos
• Populate archives and member applications
  business plan valuation and job-postings
• Newswire releases and daily techNews display

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ABCtechs Offerings

• SPONSORs - 25,000
• Website logo posting
• Newsletter logo
• 1x/event host
• Event theme selection
• Consulting services
• Advisory seats
• AFFILIATES n/c
• Website applications
• tech Clinics
• 8 geo./ind. Board seats
• Membership services

• MEMBERs - 25
• Affiliate Council
• Event seminars and networking
• Industry advocacy
• Website applications
• Newsletter, blogs and annual magazine
• 4 Board officers
• Archived Reports

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Proposal for public private financing
Net 125,000 Net 95,000 Net
75,000 Net NIL

• techPulse. 40 emotionally driven province-wide
  focus-groups
• province-wide re the status of commercialization
  w/Community
• Advisory input for questions and distribution of
  reports
• techScan. Quarterly reports and ongoing blogs on
  emerging
• technologies w/Industry, Research and
  Technologies Advisory
• techStatus. Annual survey and magazine on the
  status of
• commercialization w/geographic x industry x
  commercialization
• features
• Sponsorship campaign. Website, registration, job
  postings, event
• management, newsletter, reports/ surveys,
  techClinics and member
• services, annual awards program, ABCtech
  administration Board,
• executive and affiliate services

Public 295,000
Sponsors 95,000