CANADIAN NCP for the ICT Sector

March 2011

ERIC TSANGMICHELLE MAYER

COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH CENTREINDUSTRY CANADA

CRC at a Glance

Established in 1969, with origins dating back to the 1940s Government of Canada’s primary laboratory for R&D in

advanced telecommunications Expertise: Wireless systems- terrestrial, space, broadcasting,

Communications Networks, Radio fundamentals and Photonics

Total of 400 staff including 250 engineers and scientists Over 200 scientific publications and conference papers

CRC – A Source of Knowledge and Innovation

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KnowledgeKnowledge

AdviceAdvice

TechnologyTechnology

InnovationInnovation

Governmentregulations

andstandards

development

ICT Advice to government organizations

Technology transfer to

private sector

Governmentregulations

andstandards

development

ICT Advice to government organizations

Technology transfer to

private sector

Experimentation

&

EvaluationExperim

entation

&

Evaluation

KnowledgeExchange

KnowledgeExchange

Concept /prototype

development

Concept /prototype

development

CRC

Internationalpartnership

Internationalpartnership

CRC International S&T Activities

International Standards Bodies - ITU, IEEE, etc.

APEC Telecom and Information technology WG

Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Forum

ICT sector coordinator for the S&T agreements with India, China, etc.

National Contact Point - EU’s FP ICT

NCP

• NCP for FP-ICT since 1995

• Associate Member of IDEAL-ist (Network of ICT NCPs - 65 NCPs)

• EuroRIs-Net Project (Network of NCPs of Research Infrastructures - 36 NCPs)

Role of Canadian ICT NCP

• Intelligence gathering• Facilitate, coordinate and brokering partnerships • Advice on project proposals and searches• Provide feedback to EU• Outreach Activities (ICT 2010)• Dissemination of information on EU activities, ie workshops,

conferences, Information Days, Open calls, etc. • Database of R&D organizations & individuals (230+ and

growing) - register at www.crc.gc.ca/ncp • Other administrative functions

Canadian Participation in the Framework Program

FP5 . No. of Participants: 55 . No. of Distinct Projects: 29

FP6 . No. of Participants: 29 . No. of Distinct Projects: 24

FP7 No. of Participants (to call 6) 14 No. of Distinct Projects 13

BREAKDOWN OF CANADIAN PARTICIPANTS

PRIVATE SECTOR : 2 Multi-National

1 SME

GOVERNMENT LAB : 2

UNIVERSITIES : 9

VISIT

www.crc.gc.ca/ncp