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International Swine Flu Conference, November 23-24, 2009 in Toronto, Canada
Top leaders and key decision-makers of major companies representing a broad range of industries will meet with distinguished scientists, public health officials, law enforcers, first responders, and other experts to discuss pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and recovery at the 1st International Swine Flu Conference. At the International Swine Flu Conference, attendees will be able to [...]
OCRI Announces Call for Nominations for 2010 OCRI Awards
2010 OCRI Awards now accepting nominations. Deadline to apply is December 4 2009. PLEASE NOTE: Life Science and cleantech companies are eligible for all award categories. The Health Innovation and Research awards have been carried over from the Life Sciences Awards. We encourage all life science and cleantech companies to browse the available award categories [...]
BiOS and Photonics West Jan 2010 – Exhibit in Canadian Pavilion
The Ottawa Photonic Cluster, in collaboration with the Canadian Photonics Consortium, the Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre, and the Quebec Photonic Network are co-organizing a Canadian Pavilion at the BiOS Exhibition 2010 (January 23-24) and the Photonics West Exhibition 2010 (January 26-28) which both will be held at the Moscone Center located in San Francisco California. [...]
MEDEC’s Legal & Regulatory Conference – Toronto – Oct 28/29
MEDEC’s not to be missed annual legal and regulatory learning and networking event! Features public and private industry experts speaking and engaging in interactive workshops outlining future regulatory strategies as they will apply to medical devices and emerging technologies across Canadian jurisdictions. http://www.medec.org/events_and_programs
University of Ottawa researchers elected to the Royal Society of Canada
OTTAWA, September 28, 2009 — Xiaoyi Bao and Annie Brisset, researchers at the University of Ottawa, have been elected fellows of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) in recognition of their exceptional achievements in the areas of sciences and arts and humanities, respectively. Xiaoyi Bao, a professor in the Department of Physics at the Faculty [...]
The $78.3 Billion Canadian Bio-based Economy
Biotechnology is driving an economic shift to a broader “bio-based economy” which integrates biologic products and technologies, derived from renewable resources into new sustainable production and manufacturing processes. Canada’s bio-based economy is valued at 78.3 billion dollars. At 6.4 percent of the GDP, this footprint is larger than the automotive and aerospace sectors respectively. The [...]
BIOTECanada’s Biotechnology Timeline
Beginning in 8,000 BC with the domestication of plant crops and livestock, the Biotechnology Timeline will take you through the decades of biotechnology development worldwide, and in Canada. From Quebec City and Jean Talon’s brewery using yeast and fermentation technology in the 1660s, to the first reference of biotechnology in print in 1919, to Canada’s [...]
Biotechnology Partnering Initiative – BioWindhover’s Therapeutics Area Partnering Conference
BIOTECanada and the Consulate General of Canada in Boston would like to invite you to participate in the upcoming Biotechnology Partnering Initiative, which is open to Canadian biotechnology companies and takes place in partnership with BioWindhover’s Therapeutics Area Partnering Conference http://www.tapartnerships.com/content/Main.aspx in Boston, November 17-19, 2009. The Initiative is limited to 10 Canadian biotechnology companies [...]
Exhibition Opporunity at LifeScience Alley in Minneapolis, Minnesota, December 9, 2009
Dear Company Representative: I am writing to advise you of an important conference and trade show in Minneapolis, Minnesota, December 9, 2009, hosted by LifeScience Alley. LifeScience Alley is a non profit trade association of life science industry professionals, located in Minneapolis. The 8th Annual Conference and Expo is expected to attract over 1,600 attendees [...]
The University of Ottawa hosts important conference on Genetically Modified Organisms
OTTAWA, September 21, 2009 — The University of Ottawa will host an important conference on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO), organized by the Royal Society of Canada and the Science Academy of the French Institute, on September 22 and 23, 2009. During this conference, researchers from Canada and France will be discussing the use of genetically [...]