THE
ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO CANADA
OF RESEARCH IN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Thursday, October 16, 1997, 4:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Great Hall, Hart House, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Programme
| 16:00 |
Welcome & Opening Remarks |
Howard Alper, FRSC
Vice-rector, Research
University of Ottawa |
| SESSION I |
| | Chaired by | Howard Alper, FRSC |
| 16:05 |
David Wolfe
University of Toronto |
Introduced by
Ian Murray, M.P. |
|
"The Socio-Economic Importance of Scientific Research to Canada"
|
| 16:35 |
François Legault
Executive Vice-President, Finance
BioChem Pharma |
Introduced by
Thomas Brzustowski
President, NSERC |
|
"The Commercialization of Research:
Impact on the Canadian Economy"
|
| 17:05 |
Susan Smith
Vice-President, Knowledge Based Industries, Royal Bank of Canada |
Introduced by
Stefan Dupré
President, CIAR |
|
"Supporting Canada's Research in Science and Technology"
|
| 17:35 |
David Regan, FRSC
York University /
University of Toronto |
Introduced by
Heather Munroe-Blum
Vice-President, Research,
University of Toronto |
|
"Invention, Advice and Following Through"
|
| 17:50 |
Reception |
|
| 18:20 |
Dinner |
|
| SESSION II |
| 19:30 |
Panel session:
Moderated by: |
"Priorities for Research in Canada"
David Crane, Toronto Star |
| Participants: |
Keith Brimacombe, FRSC, FCAE
University of British Columbia |
Brian Bullough
President, Intermap Inc. |
| |
Stephen Hanessian, FRSC
Université de Montréal |
Claudine Simson, Vice-President
Global External Research, Nortel |
| 21:00 |
Close |
|
|
|
