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![2. Culture of Innovation
Regional Entrepreneurs & Innovators
• ~40% patent requests from 5% population (2005)
• More patents per capita than half of Canadian
Provinces
• Grande Prairie #1 in Canada for
entrepreneurship (2010) [was #2 – 2009]
Innovation Awards
Awareness Programs
• Advertizing campaign
• Destination Imagination (schools)
‘. . . The Model for rural innovation](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/cri5thanniversaybackground-130709102803-phpapp01/85/Cri-5th-anniversay-background-7-320.jpg)
![Innovation Workshops (new and refurbished)
Idea to Implementation – The Innovation Workshop (I2I)
“In this workshop, participants will be guided through the steps of the new product
development process.”
Researching Products & Markets (RPM)
“Where the marketing process begins – an introduction to the importance of product
and market research”
Critical Marketing Techniques (CMT)
“This workshop will help you apply key marketing techniques to your own product idea.
You will leave knowing what your next steps should be.”
Marketing Competitive Intelligence (MCI) Series
- series of external workshops: Duct Tape Marketing, Eureka Ranch ; tba]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/cri5thanniversaybackground-130709102803-phpapp01/85/Cri-5th-anniversay-background-26-320.jpg)
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The Centre for Research & Innovation (CRI) is a partnership between Grande Prairie Regional College and the Peace Region Economic Development Alliance that provides services to support innovators, entrepreneurs, and small and medium enterprises. The CRI operates with a mixed staffing model and funding from various sources. It acts as a network and one-stop-shop for regional researchers, innovators, and businesses seeking to commercialize new products and services. The CRI offers various programs and services to support innovation including intellectual property management, prototype development, investor readiness training, market analysis, and learning opportunities through workshops. It has supported hundreds of clients in the Peace Region of Alberta.
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- 2. The Centre forResearch & Innovation (CRI) This successful model was developed after careful consideration by PREDA and the College in consultation with regional business leaders, innovators, technical experts, economic development agencies and service providers. The CRI is a partnership of Grande Prairie Regional College’s Integrated Research Unit and Peace Region Economic Development Alliance’s The Innovation Network. Centre 2000 GPRC
- 3. The Centre fora Network of regional researchers and innovators; and The Model for Regional (Rural) Innovation. CRI Vision
- 4. Annual Revenue, Expense PeriodApril 1 to March 31 $0 $500,000 $1,000,000 $1,500,000 $2,000,000 $2,500,000 2007 - 08 2008 - 09 2009 - 10 2010 - 11 2011 - 12 Total Revenue Total Expenses Base Line
- 5. Annual Revenue Trends PeriodApril 1 to March 31 $0 $500,000 $1,000,000 $1,500,000 $2,000,000 $2,500,000 2007 - 08 2008 - 09 2009 - 10 2010 - 11 2011 - 12 RADF Revenue Other Revenue
- 6. 1. Centre forResearch & Innovation Vision The Center for a Network of regional researchers and innovators; and The Model for Rural Innovation Mixed staffing model • Employees • Contracted consultants • Volunteers (ambassadors) Funding (2010-2011 $2.4 m Revenue vs. $2.1 m Expenses) • Operating Funds: AET/AI-TF & RADF & clients • Research Funds: Industry / NSERC – CCI / CFI application • Project funds (IRAP, PREDA, others) The Centre of a Network of Regional Researchers and Innovators
- 7. 2. Culture ofInnovation Regional Entrepreneurs & Innovators • ~40% patent requests from 5% population (2005) • More patents per capita than half of Canadian Provinces • Grande Prairie #1 in Canada for entrepreneurship (2010) [was #2 – 2009] Innovation Awards Awareness Programs • Advertizing campaign • Destination Imagination (schools) ‘. . . The Model for rural innovation
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- 11. Rural Service Model– service first GPRC: Fairview College Campus GPRC: Grande Prairie Campus Centre 2000 Chamber of Commerce Peace River Community Futures Peace Country So . . . What is working? Working together is success ‚One-stop-shop for SMEs‛
- 12. Sirolli Model (2003) •Production – ‘Making the product’ • Marketing – ‘Selling the product’ • Business Management – ‘Keeping the books’ ManagerPromoter EntrepreneurInnovator Timmins Model (2009) Business Skills Creativity Models: Innovator & entrepreneur services
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- 15. Principles: • Do nottell clients what to do EXCEPT IP • Do not market clients’ products for them • Ensure we maintain climate of non- disclosure and confidentiality • Avoid conflicts of interest (self and among clients) • Use a variety of models and approaches Innovator & entrepreneur services
- 16. 3. Innovation Services Inventormanagement services 1. Intellectual Property Assessment and Management 2. Prototype Development 3. Idea Assessment and Management 4. Investor Readiness 5. Mentoring/Coaching 6. Workshops (eight topics) 7. Market Analysis GPRC: Fairview College Campus GPRC: Grande Prairie Campus Centre 2000 Chamber of Commerce Peace River Community Futures Peace Country Regional Service Points Our Model ‘one-stop-shop’ for SMEs
- 17. 3. Innovation Services GPRC:Fairview College Campus GPRC: Grande Prairie Campus Centre 2000 Chamber of Commerce Peace River Community Futures Peace Country February 2012 Innovation Services Report Centre for Research & Innovation Client Summary as at February 29, 2012 Clients Inquiry IP Workshops Celebrations Total Apr 2007 - June 2008 41 0 7 19 0 67 July 2008 - June 2009 65 0 66 50 43 224 July 2009 - June 2010 73 8 72 458 111 722 July 2010 - June 2011 27 69 54 118 72 340 July 2011 - Feb 2012 28 15 37 110 0 190 234 92 236 755 226 1543
- 18. Programs: 1. Idea Assessmentand Management • work with clients to help them define problems, filter ideas and create solutions. CRI staff works with clients to assess new product development & innovation-based business strategies, clarify ideas and develop work plans designed to move their ventures forward. • CRI’s strength is its knowledgeable path- finding services and contacts into local and regional networks offering marketing, engineering, investment readiness and management expertise. Innovator & entrepreneur services
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- 20. Productivity (2009) • ProductivityAB tools The Webtool (2003) • Idea • Will it Work? • Is it Feasible? – prototype • Is it Viable? – financial • Implementation 1. Idea Assessment and Management Assessment Tools Programs: Innovator & entrepreneur services
- 21. 2. Intellectual Property Assessmentand Management • help clients assess and manage their intellectual property inquiries. • The CRI uses both internal and external expertise (IP Lawyer) to work with clients. Thompson Woodruff Programs: 3. Investor Readiness • advises innovators, entrepreneurs and SMEs on accessing money for the development of their new product development ideas and innovation- based company growth plans. • The CRI works with clients to assist them on how to ‚prepare the pitch‛ and offers them access to an Investment Readiness group for investment feedback and potential introductions to investors. Innovator & entrepreneur services
- 22. 4. Prototype Development Services •assists inventors/innovators, entrepreneurs and SMEs with their prototype development and testing across a wide range of industry sectors and technical areas. • The CRI uses both internal and external expertise for designing & developing prototype systems, processes and products, and analyzing & testing new technologies. Programs: “The CRI are an understanding group that understand the needs and requirements of a start-up company and channel activities in appropriate ways.” -Paul Dagesse, Founder and CEO Rhinokore Composites Ltd. Innovator & entrepreneur services
- 23. 5. Mentoring/Coaching • providesclients with assistance and advice on various aspects of their innovation-based business endeavors. • CRI uses internal expertise and brings together experienced industry leaders to provide valuable input to clients as needed. Programs: "I only wish that I'd run into CRI earlier. They're a tremendous ally!" -David Forseth, President Cataflow Technologies Inc. Innovator & entrepreneur services
- 24. 6. Market Analysis •works with clients by providing advice on marketing, sales and distribution of new innovation products and services. • CRI uses internal and external expertise to access intelligence and contacts through a network of Market Intermediaries in the region and beyond. Programs: Innovator & entrepreneur services ← Janet Plante – Blue Collar Consulting: Market mentoring for 2nd Base Originals →
- 25. Programs: 7. Learning Opportunities •engaged in a host of learning opportunities via applied research, business training and demonstration projects on innovation, commercialization, and entrepreneurship. • CRI topics include for example: Idea to Implementation: The Innovation Workshop; Researching Products and Markets; Critical Marketing Techniques; Investment Capital; Intellectual Property 101; Inventors Workshop; Market Intermediaries, Foresight Scenario Planning. • Hosted topics include: SR&ED, AMFI, AB Government program information sessions Innovator & entrepreneur services
- 26. Innovation Workshops (newand refurbished) Idea to Implementation – The Innovation Workshop (I2I) “In this workshop, participants will be guided through the steps of the new product development process.” Researching Products & Markets (RPM) “Where the marketing process begins – an introduction to the importance of product and market research” Critical Marketing Techniques (CMT) “This workshop will help you apply key marketing techniques to your own product idea. You will leave knowing what your next steps should be.” Marketing Competitive Intelligence (MCI) Series - series of external workshops: Duct Tape Marketing, Eureka Ranch ; tba]
- 27. Innovation Workshops (newand refurbished) Equity Capital Workshop (ECW) “This workshop provides information on the types of investment capital; the application of that capital at every stage of the development process, and tips on how to access it!” Intellectual Property Management (IP 101) “If you do not routinely protect all of your business assets with patents, copyrights and trademarks - what’s to stop someone from using them? This workshop addresses why you should make intellectual property protection a standard operating procedure!” Innovation Ambassador Training (IAT) “Obtaining the training you require in order to be a confident Innovation Ambassador and or be a more informed (about innovation) Advisory Team member”
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- 30. ‚Everyone talks aboutinnovation but what I don’t think people understand is the process involved in innovation. To me you have to think about 3 other words that are linked and cannot be separated from the word INNOVATION and they are CHANGE, FEAR AND TRUST. You cannot have innovation without the recognition that change is needed. But for most people it is fear that will break the link in the chain that is needed to move forward. Until a few years ago I never considered myself an innovator so the fear that myself, and other innovators I’m sure must feel is at times a major hurdle to overcome. This fear is a fear of criticism, financial failure, embarrassment in the community, failing your family, colleagues and fear of failure itself. So without gaining the feeling of trust and acceptance from somewhere you cannot overcome the fear. Trust takes time to build and I believe that the CRI is a place I can trust to discuss freely the ideas and concepts in order to innovate.‚ Randy Galbreath – Stratus Pipelines Ltd. Grande Prairie CRI Innovation Award Recipient – System Change
- 31. Client Quotes • “Yourteam (at the CRI) has provided our business with more support than we could have ever imagined! Thank you so much!" - Julie Boucher NordicPac Ltd. • The innovation voucher program helped us to establish our new brand (The WoodPad Inc.), create a marketing plan, develop a number of our glulam timberframe product designs and drawings complete with engineering sign-off. Julie Boucher, President The WoodPad Inc.
- 32. Client Quotes • TheCRI has been instrumental in helping me network with the right people in the industry to challenge some of my thought processes, develop my ideas from paper to prototype to patent “pending” and of course fund and assist funding. Richard VanderZee – OnTrack Supplies & Equipment – Grande Prairie AB.
- 33. Client Quotes • "Throughthe CRI with the Innovation Voucher Program, Endeavour Equipment was able to take our conceptual design to a prototype stage. The CRI had the services, network & expertise to ensure this challenging transition was handled efficiently & professionally while meeting our requirements with a personalized approach. I recommend the CRI's professional innovation services to business of any size & any field of work..." Adam Corfe, VP, Endeavour Equipment Inc.
- 34. 2nd Base Originals isa web based business offering creative & fashionable accessories for breast cancer survivors. “Wow what can we say... we met you (CRI) when we had hit a brick wall. We had a great idea and followed it through as far as we could and then stalled because we had no idea how to proceed. Left to our own, we may have given up… You provided us with sound professional advice on marketing and production and patenting. You encouraged us to harness our enthusiasm and believed in us which still carries us through this new adventure. - Katherine Fleming Co CEO 2nd Base Originals About the Centre for Research & Innovation…
- 35. Intel Energy SystemsLtd. Intel Energy Systems Intel Energy Systems provides renewable energy generation systems for homes, commercial, industrial and public sector. Their hybrid solar wind generation system can provide greater than 100 per cent of the electricity required to run a house or a commercial building. CRI Service provided: innovation voucher Sam Perera
- 36. CRI Client RandyHanson
- 37. The most reliable,economical, ‘start it & forget it’ Heat Trace System on the market! "I only wish that I'd run into CRI earlier. They're a tremendous ally!" - David Forseth, President Cataflow Technologies Inc. The Cataflow system is a flameless, self-powered hydronic heating system, designed to operate away from the power grid. Perfect for flow lines, pipelines, well heads and BOP’s.
- 38. Recent CRI Client– Kim Kinderwater with his prototypes A number of different sources and surveys tell us that innovation in the Peace is rates near the highest per capita in all of Canada. That is a “warm and fuzzy” statistic to know, but since I have lived here most my life, it seems quite normal to me. I have always known someone who is tinkering with something to come up with a better way. Why wouldn’t we look for a better way? It may make life easier and besides, exploration is fun!
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- 40. Pollutants to Products(P2P) Concept – Reframes waste from a problem to a useful resource and turns pollutants into industrial products There are currently 20 major industry and 5 government partners Total funding of $3,500,000 Major researchers Dr. Weixing Tan – Principal Investigator Dr. Melissa Day – Research Coordinator Dr. Bruce Rutley – Director of CRI Mr. Langji Lin – Research Engineer GPRC Faculty members – Dr. Phil Johnson, Dr. Les Rawluk, Dr. George Ding, Dr. Ali Al- Asadi, Dr. Georgia Goth, Mr. Rick Scott, Ms. Audrey Wells GPRC Students - various
- 41. Turning Air Pollutantsinto Microalgae • Microalgae are aquatic plants that need CO2 to live • Flue gas from a boiler is pumped to the algae • Algae then remove most of the CO2 from the gas Chlorella vulgaris: Pilot Plant algal species Pilot Plant - algae tubes; artificial light ConocoPhillips, NSERC, En Eco Systems Inc, Woodmere Nursery, Rheaume Engineering, Pond Biolfuels, Converted Carbon Technologies Project partners
- 42. Wastewater to IndustrialFiber (poplar) • Wastewater contains nutrients trees can use (particularly nitrogen and phosphorus) • Wastewater is used to fertilise hybrid poplar trees • Reduces need for storing/extreme treatment of wastewater and (hopefully) increase tree growth Hybrid Poplar County of Grande Prairie Aquatera Ainsworth Eng LLP NSERC Canadian Forest Services Clairmont site Project partners
- 43. Hardening of WhiteSpruce • Arrival of spring is not consistent year to year • A late spring frost can cost forestry industry millions in mortality • Seedlings are ‘hardened’ prior to planting as a method to prevent/reduce frost losses White spruce Evidence of frost Manning Diversified Forest Products, Tolko Industries, Vanderwell Construction, Weyerhaeuser, CANFOR, PRT Nursery, NSERC Project partners
- 44. Winter Planting –Wetland Reclamation • Resource companies must reforest • Wetlands in northern Alberta cannot be reforested in spring (too soft for heavy machinery) • Winter planted black spruce (<95% survival rate) Black spruce (8 months old) Winter planting: high hoe making mounds for seedling OSLI; Nexen, Global Restoration Alberta, Alberta Environment, Sustainable Research Development, Next Generation; Centre for Resource Excellence Project partners
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- 46. Unmanned Vehicle SystemsCCUVS-NW
- 47. 47 Vision: A state-of-the-art NationalBee Diagnostic Services Centre offering comprehensive diagnostic services to the Canadian beekeeping industry (honey and pollination) and surveillance services to industry and government/regulatory bodies. National Bee Diagnostic Centre
- 48. National Bee DiagnosticCentre Centre of Excellence ~ honey bee production and management ~ National Honey Bee Research Program Beekeeper Technician Certificate Fairview College Campus Peace Country Honey Production
- 49. Peace Country BigPress Centre (working title) This report was prepared by the Centre for Research & Innovation (CRI), a Grande Prairie Regional College – Peace Region Economic Development Alliance partnership. . Contact: Bruce Rutley, PhD PAg, Director Centre for Research & Innovation Grande Prairie Regional College 780 539 2220 brutley@gprc.ab.ca
- 50. Peace Country 2050Scenario Vignettes www.thecri.ca
- 51. Scenario Planning: the decisionswe make now (or don’t make now) – will determine our future!
Editor's Notes
- #5 The message: The CRI is financially responsible, is doing well, and needs more time.Period is April 1 to March 31Revenue better than expenses.Total Revenue $7,252,305 Total Expenses $6,569,617 Net $682,688 2007 – 08 Baseline2008 – 09 4X over baseline2009 – 10 5X over2010 – 11 7X over2011 – 12 6X over
- #6 The message: The CRI is becoming more self self-sufficient, it needs time.This graph shows a key point--that “Other Revenue” has been increasing. The CRI has become more self sufficient.This is particularly apparent after 2009 - 10, when infrastructure to support innovation was being put in place.
- #35 Description: Currently, 2nd Base Originals is a web based company. Their sewing network is made up of people who want/need to work from home especially those with health issues. They are primarily following a "Just in Time" or "Made to Order" manufacturing method. This means that the product is created when an order is placed. This way they don’t have to hold huge amounts of inventory, therefore no warehouse costs, passing cost savings to their customers. This also ensures that only materials that are needed are in use and that labour is expended only on goods that will be shipped to the customer. Purpose: “We support people to be at the centre of their lives, to be empowered and in control regardless of life circumstances, or because of it. We hope it brings to them some fun, informative connections as well as some simple solutions to their own ‘wardrobe malfunctions’.” – 2nd Base Originals
- #36 Description: The supply of renewable energy is a function of the energy availability in the environment and location of the renewable energy generation system. Intel will assess the application environment to determine the potential energy availability in order to design a system that will harness the largest amount of energy possible using the capital budget provided. Intel will design a system that utilizes an optimal combination of renewable energy sources (solar, wind, geothermal, etc.) in order to maximize system performance and minimize overall system cost ($/watt). Intel can design and engineer a system to safely meet the specific energy needs of every energy user.Products: - Optional web-based monitoring system.- Custom built wind turbine towers engineered specifically for the turbine and for the design loads at the installation site for 3kW, 5kW, and 10kW.- Custom built solar trackers and racking systems.- Each unit is engineered and certified to resist all loading per the manufacturers specifications.- Each Unit is certified to resist loading at each specified installation location.
- #38 David Forseth’s start-up firm is now manufacturing its first 60 flameless, self-powered hydronic heating systems, designed to operate away from the power grid. Hydronic technology uses circulating liquid for heating purposes. Besides heat, the patent-pending technology generates enough electricity to operate a pump that moves warm glycol through the heat trace. Very modest amounts of water and CO2 are emitted, minimizing the environmental footprint."A major producer is now in the second year of using our prototype units in the field and their guys love this technology. Our equipment will run for years with virtually no maintenance. The pump is magnetically driven; there are no seals or shafts," says Forseth.Financially, a key figure behind Cataflow is Houston-based Mark Adamson, who runs Tech-Seal International Inc. Another investor is Dan Vezina of SunStroke Solar Ltd., an Alberta-based developer of solar-powered pumps. While Cataflow's initial goal was supplying heat at remote sites, an off-grid, inexpensive, low-emission source of electricity could well have even more market potential. Forseth acknowledges that his company is working on boosting power output from his catalytic technology but won't yet discuss details.
- #39 A testimonial regarding the Centre for Research & Innovation and how we have helped you The Center for Research & Innovation has helped different people (organizations) in different ways. Because I work mostly on my own, the thing I have appreciated most about CRI is that it gives me someone to bounce ideas off of. There have been a number of times when I have been at a loss regarding the best way to keep things moving and CRI has always provided me with someone I can have a coffee with and just ask “what do you think about……..???” It may seem like a little thing, but when it comes at the right time, it means more than a whole week of seminars and workshops!
- #40 Secondary components of the vision include: i) Complementing ongoing honey bee research and knowledge dissemination; and ii) a robust collaboration between the Centre for Research & Innovation (CRI, a GPRC-PREDA partnership); Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada (Beaverlodge Research Farm); and active partnerships with industry, government and community stakeholders.2. Goals and Objectives a. To establish a National Centre providing a wide range of honey bee diagnostic services for pests, pathogens and parasites using advanced scientific techniques to serve Canadian beekeeping industry. b. To provide a National Centre that will partner with governments, universities and colleges in Canada and abroad to collaboratively participate in honey bee research. c. To improve bee health in Canada by the provision of accurate and timely data to provincial extension and regulatory specialists. d. To provide surveillance data to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to exclude or allow the importation of foreign bee stocks in support of the needs of the Canadian beekeeping industry. e. To improve and develop new detection methods for bee pathogens and parasites. f. To position Canadian bee industry as a leader in area-wide disease and pest management. The new and innovative National Bee Diagnostic Service will become a one-stop-shop for all bee diagnostic services required by beekeepers, Government departments and researchers from all across Canada. Recent winter mortality has been the highest on record. This will be done on a fee-for-service basis starting at cost (cash costs) increasing over time towards a cost recovery basis. Procedures for remote collecting, packaging, shipping, receiving, tracking, diagnosis, reporting, invoicing and payment will need to be prepared based on existing best practices. Appropriate documents (electronic/ paper based) will need to be developed consistent with GPRC-AAFC and funding partner brands.