R&D funding is just one of several factors that have contributed to the success of innovation superclusters across Europe.
Topic: Innovation Supercluster Initiative
New data reveal little change in business R&D spending by top-ranked companies
Canadian companies’ R&D spending grew 1.3% in 2016 to reach $12.8 billion, according to a report of Top 100 Corporate R&D Spenders by Research Infosource Inc. By comparison, R&D spending increased by 6.9% between 2014 and 2015.
Kendra MacDonald
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster (OSC) has named Kendra MacDonald its new CEO. MacDonald has held leadership roles in Australia, Hong Kong and Canada, most recently as Chief Audit Executive for Deloitte Global. She is also the Chair and Acting CEO for the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Technology Industries (NATI) and the Chair of the Audit…
Digital Technology Supercluster gearing up to deliver successes
The British Columbia-based Digital Technology Supercluster is on track to launch its initial collaborative public-private sector projects in October, says chief executive Sue Paish, who expects the initiative will change how the world sees Canada.
Innovation Conversations: Q&A with Nobina Robinson
Nobina Robinson retires from her position of Chief Executive Officer at Polytechnics Canada this month after nine years in that role. In those years, Robinson has been recognized by her colleagues for bringing attention to the important role polytechnics and colleges play in Canada’s innovation ecosystem, particularly applied research and commercialization. She shares her thoughts with RE$EARCH MONEY about the legacy she leaves behind and what’s next for the sector.
TRIUMF business arm looking into broader industry collaborations
Can science and business fruitfully cohabitate? It’s possible. And it’s happening in a Vancouver university campus where physicists can be found hard at work on their cyclotron particle accelerator in one room while industry people are in another room testing for radiation particles. These are common-day activities in TRIUMF, one of Canada’s large-scale research facilities, which is home to hundreds of researchers from academia, other research institutes and industry from across Canada and around the world.
National Cyber Security Strategy launched
The federal government has released a new National Cyber Security Strategy based in part on a Cyber Review with public consultations conducted in 2016 and first announced in Budget 2018.
Unsuccessful supercluster proposals proceeding with partnerships, projects as they seek alternate government funding
The Innovation Supercluster Initiative (ISI) has produced quite a number of unexpected winners, including those who are optimistic that there are other opportunities beyond the $950 million available for the program.
BC digital tech supercluster looks to bring outcomes of research projects beyond regional, country borders
A British Columbia-based consortium is seeking funding through the Innovation Supercluster Initiative (ISI) to research and to develop digital technology products and services for the domestic and foreign markets.
Let’s stop talking about innovation and start talking about what really matters
Following some 30 years of investigating “innovation” as a social and economic phenomenon, it is time for me to admit that I am getting fed up with this term. In the conversation about public policy for science, technology, industry, higher education or what have you, I fear that it is now far adrift in a sea of mythology that has lost all touch with reality.