Michael G. Szarka, Director, Commercial Development, GreenCentre Canada, spoke at the CEC Chemicals Management Forum in San Antonio, Texas, on May 16, 2012. More information at: http://www.cec.org/chemicals2012

1. GreenCentre Canada
Transforming Green Technologies into Green Business
CEC Chemicals Management Forum
May 2012
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2. Changing Chemistry, Changing The World
• Chemistry underpins our quality
of life;
• However, it is this industry that
presents us with our most
profound sustainability
challenges;
• Unchanged, our continued
reliance on this industry will
challenge the environment and
could affect human health.
• “Green Chemistry” has the
potential to address these issues
and provide economic benefits.
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3. Green Chemistry
• Green Chemistry is a chemical
philosophy encouraging the
design of products and
processes that reduce
waste, eliminate costly end-of-
the-pipe treatments; provide
safer products; and reduce use
of energy and resources.
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4. The Challenge
• Many potentially “industry
changing” technologies originate
in the labs of academic
researchers;
• Early stage, Green Chemistry
discoveries are not attractive to
industry at the point where
academic research ends;
• What is required is a “hands on”
approach to commercialization in
close collaboration with industry
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5. GreenCentre Canada
• GreenCentre Canada is a Centre of
Excellence for Commercialization and
Research (CECR) initially funded with
$23 million from government;
• Working closely with industry and
universities, GCC helps to bridge the
industry-academic gap by
developing, de-risking and transferring
Green Chemistry discoveries;
• We are academia’s gateway to the
global chemical & materials industry
and industry’s portal to Canada’s
premier Green technologies.
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6. Bridging the Commercialization Gap
From University Labs to Market
Typical stage of university technologies:
• Bench-test proof of utility
• Applications speculative and unproven
• Incomplete material characterization
• Milligrams of sample
• Manufacturing feasibility not studied
What industry wants:
• Field-test proof of utility
• Application development
• Optimization & full characterization
• Hundreds of grams of sample
• Demonstrated scale-up
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7. GreenCentre Facilities
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8. Business Model
• Academia – We develop
technologies under an exclusive
license and return 75% of net
proceeds (usually royalties) to
institution;
• Start-Ups and SMEs – We support
commercialization fee-for-service
or partnerships;
• Multinationals – We are engaged
on a fee-for-service basis and
identify potential research
relationships with universities.
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9. Eleven Industry Sponsors
Stepan Co.
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10. Why Institutions Work with Us
• We have the needed expertise and
resources;
• We are well connected to the
marketplace;
• Real world experience in IP
management and business
development; and
• Scale-up manufacturing.
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11. Why Industry Works with Us
• One-stop-shop to Canada’s best
chemistry and material science
technologies;
• Technologies are extensively
evaluated before GCC becomes
engaged. (Only the best make it
through screening process);
• One set of IP policies;
• Risk reduction.
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12. GreenCentre Canada
Three-Year Track Record
• 300 technologies from 44 institutions in our portfolio;
• Actively commercializing 21 technologies;
• Recently created first start-up;
• Currently negotiating first two out-license
agreements.
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13. Atomic Layer Deposition
Enabling Energy Savings from Semiconductor Miniaturization
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14. ALD Background
• Atomic Layer Deposition
(ALD) allows coating in atom-
by-atom layers to a substrate
• Requires volatile “precursors”
that must deposit from the
gas phase, coat the surface
in a unimolecular layer, then
chemically react to form the
desired coating
• We have a new family of
precursors with the right
volatility, stability, and
reactivity
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15. Moore’s Law Hitting the Wall
• As IC features
shrink, depositing
conductive layers
becomes more difficult
• ALD can deposit extremely
thin “seed” layers which
can then be electroplated
• Industry estimates the
32nm node and beyond
cannot proceed with
current interconnect
technology
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16. Changing the Microelectronics
Industry
• GreenCentre paid for
testing and patenting,
synthesized variant
compounds, prepared
commercial samples and
implemented a
commercialization strategy
• Currently in license
negotiations with market
leader for copper “The best candidate for copper
deposition I’ve seen so far” – ALD Equipment
Manufacturer
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17. Switchable Hydrophilicity Solvents
Changing the way the Chemical Industry Operates
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18. Unprecedented Versatility
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19. Green Solvent Based Cleaning
• Dirty Plastics
• HDPE • PVC
• Drilling Muds
• Oil Sands
• Degreasing
• Soil Contamination
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20. Oil Sands Processing
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21. Challenges
• Some universities are reluctant to
surrender management of their
technologies (image problem);
• Timeline for development of university
technologies can be >3 years, which
presents challenges for industry and
government who want speedy results;
• Need to be selective means
disappointing many inventors;
• Need to deal with a global industry
requires broad-minded view of “local”
benefits from technology transfer.
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22. GreenCentre Canada
Overcoming the Gap
GreenCentre represents a comprehensive and
collaborative approach to commercializing Green
Chemistry technologies.
People Infrastructure Network Capital
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23. Contact
Mike Szarka, Director, Commercial Development
GreenCentre Canada
945 Princess St. W.
Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6
(613)-507-4700 x109
(905)-925-8298 (cell)
mike.szarka@greencentrecanada.com
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