A Model that Works

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A Model that Works!
BCTIA Hyatt Hotel, Vancouver March 23, 2006
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About Precarn

• independent, not-for-profit, founded 1987
• funds facilitates collaborative RD projects
• companies, universities, colleges, government
  labs and other partners
• project costs shared by participating companies,
  Precarn (Industry Canada) and other sources.
• 16 years of success managing a national research
  network, including Institute for Robotics and
  Intelligent Systems (IRIS)
• 100 projects supported 135 m in financial
  support, 300 companies, 3000 graduate students
• Working with other leading networks, e.g.,
  AUTO21, CIPI

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The Precarn Network
British Columbia Actenum Corporation (formerly
ConstraintWorks Corporation)
(Vancouver) AMEC (Vancouver) Axonwave Software
Inc. (Burnaby) BC Advanced Systems Institute
(Vancouver) Cellula Robotics Ltd. (New
Westminster) City of Vancouver (Vancouver) Credo
Interactive Inc. (Vancouver) DBMiner Technology
Inc. (Vancouver) Delfi Medical Innovations Inc.
(Vancouver) Delta Controls Inc.
(Surrey) Electronic Arts (Canada) Inc.
(Burnaby) Infusion Systems Ltd.
(Vancouver) MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates
Ltd. (Richmond) Motion Metrics Inc.
(Vancouver) Neil Squire Foundation
(Burnaby) NOVAX Industries Corporation (New
Westminster) PhoeniX Technologies Inc.
(Burnaby) Point Grey Research Inc.
(Vancouver) Powertech Labs Inc. / BC Hydro
(Surrey) Precision MicroDynamics, Inc.
(Victoria) Quester Tangent Corporation
(Sidney) Radarsat International, ICT Development
Group (Richmond) Radical Entertainment
(Vancouver) Simon Fraser University
(Burnaby) SysCor RD Inc. (Victoria) Tactex
Controls Inc. (Victoria) Technocarb Equipment
Ltd. (Abbotsford) Ultrasonix Medical Corporation
(Burnaby) University of British Columbia
(Vancouver) University of Victoria
(Victoria) Wavemakers Research Inc. (acquired by
Harmon International) (Vancouver) Wenco
International Mining System Ltd. (Richmond)
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Prairie Provinces Acutec Systems Ltd.
(Lampman) Agriculture and Agri-food Canada
(Lethbridge) Alberta Pacific Forest Industries
Inc. (Boyle) Alberta Research Council Inc.
(Calgary/Edmonton) Alberta Software Engineering
Research Consortium (ASERC) (Edmonton) BioWare
Corp. (Edmonton) Clevor Technologies Inc.
(Saskatoon) Daishowa-Marubeni International Ltd.
- Peace River Pulp Division (Peace River) Dynetek
Industries Ltd. (Calgary) HDRK Mining Research
Limited (Saskatoon) Hitachi Canadian Industries
Ltd. (Saskatoon) Matrikon Inc. (Edmonton) Millar
Western Forest Products Ltd. (Whitecourt) Saskatch
wan Research Council (Saskatoon) SMART
Technologies Inc. (Calgary) Syncrude Canada Ltd.
(Fort McMurray) Topological Programming Inc.
(Saskatoon) University of Alberta
(Edmonton) University of Calgary
(Calgary) University of Saskatchewan
(Saskatoon) VCom Inc. (Saskatoon)
Québec Abitibi Consolidated Inc.
(Shawinigan) Apstat Technologies Inc.
(Montréal) Avensys (Trois-Rivières) Bowater
Incorporated (Gatineau) Business Development Bank
of Canada (BDC) (Montréal) Canadian Space Agency
(St-Hubert) Centre de recherche industrielle du
Québec (CRIQ) (Québec) Centre de recherche
informatique de Montréal (CRIM)
(Montréal) Cimmetry Systems, Inc.
(St-Laurent) Comact Optimisation Inc.
(Boisbriand) Concordia University
(Montréal) Cortex Machina Corporation (acquired
by Cynovad) (Montréal) Critical Mass Labs
(Montréal) Defence RD Canada, Valcartier
(Val-Belair) École Polytechnique de Montréal
(Montréal) Forintek Canada Corp.
(Québec) HexaVision Technologies Inc. (acquired
by Adept Technology, Inc.) (Ste-Foy) I.C.
Vision Inc. (Montréal)
Idilia Inc. (Montréal) Immersion Canada Inc.
(Montréal) InnovMetric Software Inc.
(Ste-Foy) Institut de recherche dHydro-Québec
(IREQ) (Varennes) Institut national de la
recherche scientifique - Centre Eau, Terre
Environnement (INRS-ETE) (Québec) Intelligent
Materials and Systems Institute (IMSI)
(Sherbrooke) Kruger Inc. (Trois-Rivières) LocusDia
log (Montréal) McGill University (Montréal) Merck
Frosst Canada Ltd. (Pointe-Claire) MPB
Technologies Inc. (Pointe-Claire) Natural
Resources Canada - CANMET Energy Diversification
Research Laboratory (Varennes) Nomino
Technologies Inc. (Montréal) R/D Tech
(Dollard-des-Ormeaux) RealContact Inc.
(Montréal) SGDL Systems Inc. (Montréal) Tembec
Inc. (Temiscaming) Teorem Interactif
(Lévis) TISEC Inc. (Montréal) Université de
Montréal (Montréal) Université du Québec à
Trois-Rivières (UQTR) (Trois-Rivières) Université
du Québec, École de technologie supérieure (ETS)
(Montréal) Université Laval (Ste-Foy) VisuAide
Inc. (Longueuil) Xilinx Technologies Corp.
(Pointe-Claire)
Atlantic Provinces Canadian Centre for Marine
Communications (St. Johns) CARIS
(Fredericton) C-CORE (St. John's) Dalhousie
University (Halifax) GINI (Global Information
Networking Institute) University Services
(Halifax) Intrignia Solutions, Inc. (St.
John's) Marine Institute, Memorial University
(St. Johns) National Research Council Canada,
IOT Institute for Ocean Technology (St. Johns)
United States Carnegie Mellon University
(Pittsburgh, PA) Celoxica Inc. - America Region
(Campbell, CA) IBM Almaden Research Center (San
Jose, CA) Immersion Corporation (San Jose,
CA) Intel Corporation (Colorado Springs, CO) Oak
Ridge National Laboratory (Oak Ridge,
TN) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(Urbana, IL)
Ontario Atamai Inc. (London) Atomic Energy of
Canada Limited (Chalk River) ATS Automation
Tooling Systems Inc. (Cambridge) AVAYA Canada
(Markham) Bell Canada (Toronto) Bell University
Labs (Toronto) Biomedical Photometrics Inc.
(Waterloo) BMT Fleet Technology Limited
(Ottawa) Canadian Innovation Centre
(Waterloo) CANARIE Inc. (Ottawa) Cap Gemini Ernst
Young (Toronto) Carleton University
(Ottawa) Centre for Research in Earth Space
Technology (CRESTech) (North York) Centre for
Water and the Environment (Kingston) CIBC
(Toronto) CMC (Canadian Microelectronics
Corporation ) (Kingston) Communications and
Information Technology Ontario (CITO) (Ottawa)
Conseil national des recherches Canada
(Ottawa) Continental Automated Buildings
Association (CABA) (Ottawa) Credit Valley
Hospital (Mississauga) DataGlider (Richmond Hill)
Defence RD Canada / National Defence
(Ottawa) Delcan Corporation (Toronto) DIPIX
Technologies Inc. (Ottawa) EIS Electronic
Integrated Systems Inc. (Toronto) EK3
Technologies Inc. (London) Fiber Optic Systems
Technology Inc. (Toronto) GasTOPS Ltd.
(Ottawa) GE Medical Systems Canada
(Mississauga) Hall Coastal Canada Ltd.
(Kingston) HATCH (Mississauga)
Natural Resources Canada - CANMET Metals
Technology Laboratory (Ottawa) Natural Resources
Canada, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
(Ottawa) Neptec Design Group Ltd. (Ottawa)
Noranda Inc. (Toronto) Ontario Power Generation
Inc. (Toronto) Palomino System Innovations Inc.
(North York) Pattern Discovery Software Systems
Ltd. (Waterloo) Penquin ASI (Toronto) Public
Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC)
(Ottawa) Quanser Advanced Control Systems
(Markham) Qubit Systems Inc. (Kingston) Queens
University (Kingston) Synopsys Canada ULC
(Nepean) System Resale Solutions (Guelph) Techné
Knowledge Systems Inc. (Toronto) Teitelbaum and
MacLean (Ottawa) Thompson Rosemount Group Inc.,
The (Cornwall) Transport Canada (Ottawa) Tundra
Semiconductor Corporation (Ottawa) University
Health Network (Toronto) University of Guelph
(Guelph) University of Ottawa (Ottawa) University
of Toronto (Toronto) University of Waterloo
(Waterloo) University of Western Ontario
(London) Valiant Machine Tool Inc.
(Windsor) VerifEye Inc. (Markham) VisImage
Systems Inc. (Toronto) VisionSphere Technologies
(Ottawa) Vivid Group / Jestertek Inc.
(Toronto) York University (North York) Zante
Visual Systems Inc. (North York)
Iinternational ABLE Corp. (Japan) British
Maritime Technology Limited (UK) Cody Hart
Consulting (Australia) Coffey Geosciences
(Australia) Cooperative Research Centre for Water
Quality and Treatment (Australia) Cooperative
Research Institute for Water Management and
Pollution Control (Australia) Cranfield
Institute (UK) Det Norske Veritas (DNV)
(Norway) ICI Paints Global (UK) Japan Advanced
Institute of Science and Technology
(Japan) Mediterranean Shipping Cruise
(Italy) MedSci Consultants Ltd. (UK) METTLE
(France) Nissan Research Center (Japan) Shimizu
Corp. (Japan) Sinclair Knight Merz
(Australia) Stainwell Corp. (Australia) Toshiba
Corp. (Japan) Toyama Prefectural University
(Japan) Tribon Solutions (Sweden) University of
Greenwich (UK) University of Liège (Belgium) Van
der Giessen-de Noord (Netherlands)
IBM Canada Ltd. (Markham) IBM Centre for Advanced
Studies (Markham) iGO Technologies Inc.
(Kingston) I-M Innovations Inc. (Kingston) Inco
Limited (Sudbury) Intelligent Manufacturing
Systems - IMS Canada (Ottawa) John P. Robarts
Research Institute (London) Lakehead University
(Thunder Bay) LakeRidge Health Corporation
(Whitby) Ley Water Quality Consulting
(Kingston) Life Prediction Technologies Inc.
(LPTi) (Ottawa) MacLean Engineering Marketing
Co. Ltd. (Collingwood) McMaster University
(Hamilton) MD Robotics (Brampton) Mercator
Robotec Inc. (Waterloo) MIRARCO, Laurentian
University (Sudbury) Mount Sinai Hospital
(Toronto) National Research Council Canada
(Ottawa) National Research Council Canada, IBS -
Institute for Biological Sciences
(Ottawa) National Research Council Canada, IIT -
Institute for Information Technology
(Ottawa) National Research Council Canada, IMTI -
Integrated Manufacturing Technologies
Institute (London) National Research Council
Canada, IAR - Institute for Aerospace
Research (Ottawa) National Research Council
Canada, SIMS - Steacie Institute for
Molecular Sciences (Ottawa) Natural Resources
Canada (Ottawa)
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Collaborative RD and Commercialization Model
Pre-commercial, Collaborative Project Pools
expertise - Shares risk and cost -
Accelerates development Leads to prototype
demonstrated at the user site IP owned by project
team
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Program Funding Opportunities

• Alliance Program
• Regional Focus for Small Business
• Up to 75 funding, maximum 400K
• Leveraged with Alliance Partner
• Small Business Program
• Up to 50 funding, maximum 500K
• National Program
• Up to 40 funding, maximum 1000K

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Contact us at

• WWW.precarn.ca 1-[phone]
• Derek Best
• Director, Research Programs
• [phone] ext 232