Eastern Lake Ontario

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Eastern Lake Ontario Regional Innovation Network
elorin Shelagh McDonald Executive
Director Ontario Commercialization
Network/Federal Partners in Technology Transfer
session Ottawa 12 Dec 2006
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Eastern Lake Ontario Regional Innovation Network
Overview

• What is elorin?
• OCN links
• Bioenergy initiative
• Next Steps

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Eastern Lake Ontario Regional Innovation Network
What is elorin?

• elorin not-for-profit organization
• elorinone of eleven Regional Innovation
  Networks (RINs) across Ontario
• elorin supported in part by the Ontario
  Ministry of Research Innovation
• elorin active member of the OCN

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Eastern Lake Ontario Regional Innovation Network
The elorin Board of Directors

• John Baker (Chair),Stonehedge Phytomedicinals
  Ltd.
• David Berg, DuPont Canada
• David Dennis, Performance Plants Inc.
• Graeme McRae, Bioniche Life Sciences
• Geoff Salter, Aztech Associates Inc.
• George Scott, Scott Group of Companies
• Tim Smith, Millenium Biologix Corporation

Industry

• Sandra Crocker (Vice Chair), Queen's University
• Anne Vivian-Scott (Treasurer), PARTEQ
  Innovations
• Shelagh McDonald (Secretary), elorin
• Chris King, Quinte Economic Development
  Commission
• David Layzell, BIOCAP Canada Foundation
• Aatos Lehtila, Loyalist College
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Institution EDO Academic
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Eastern Lake Ontario Regional Innovation Network
The elorin vision

• elorin brings biobusiness opportunities to
  life by helping assemble the vital links of the
  value chain that take ideas into the marketplace.

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Eastern Lake Ontario Regional Innovation Network
Three Strategic Priorities

• Regional Voice
• Aim to unify the kaleidoscope of innovation
  players on a common strategy for working
  together to support regional biobusiness
  development.
• Project Champion
• Committed to supporting and bringing to life
  those projects that leverage regional strengths
  and hold the promise of impacting regional
  prosperity.
• Business Support for Entrepreneurs
• Assist entrepreneurs and small-to-medium sized
  enterprises to forward their innovation agendas
  and shorten their innovation cycle to market.

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Eastern Lake Ontario Regional Innovation Network
Links with the Ontario Commercialization
Network

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Eastern Lake Ontario Regional Innovation Network
Bioenergy Project History

• elorin Bioproducts Strategic Planning Session
  (December 2005)
• New Generations Environmental Technologies
  Workshop (January 2006)
• Standard Offer Program announcement by Ontario
  Power Authority
• Eastern Ontario Development Program

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Eastern Lake Ontario Regional Innovation Network
Project Detail

• Feedstock
• Technology
• Financial Forecasting
• Ownership Models

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Eastern Lake Ontario Regional Innovation Network
Next Steps

• Issued expressions of interest for each phase
  of the feasibility study
• Consultants hired
• Project completion 31 March 2007

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Eastern Lake Ontario Regional Innovation Network
Thank you! Shelagh McDonald
Executive Director 613-533-3300

mcdonald_at_elorin.ca www.elorin.ca
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