OCN and Federal Labs Initiative“Building Industry Receptor

Capacity”

Ontario Commercialization Network/Federal Partners In Technology Session

Ottawa, December 12, 2006

Presented by Ed Mallett

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Ontario’s Environmental Technology Sector

• Focus still in traditional areas of air, water & waste• Sector now includes alternate energy, energy management

and environmental monitoring equipment• Revenues >$7 B/annum with >$750 M exports• Innovation clusters include water in Halton/Hamilton, alternate

energy in Kingston and air pollution in the GTA• Level of R&D in industry is low; links to academia poor;

government support to SMEs is low

Supposedly over 2000 companies in Ontario, primarily small companies and service providers:

New Ministry of Research and Innovation programs starting to address some of these issues.

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OCETA Overview

“To provide business services to strengthen the Ontario and Canadian environmental and energy industries through commercialization of new technologies and to promote the adoption of sustainable development strategies by Canadian Industrial SME’s both domestically and internationally”.

OCETA’s Mandate:

Established in 1993 as one of three “ Canadian Environmental Technology Advancement Centres” by Environment Canada;Private sector, not-for-profit organization;Office is located in Mississauga;Four main business areas:• SME Client Services• Technology Verification• Sustainable Development• Information Products

OCETA has assisted over 1,000 companies and institutions.

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Environmental Technology Verification

The Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Program provides validation and independent verification of environmental technology performance claims.

This initiative has been developed to promote the commercialization of new environmental technologies into the market place and thus provide industry with the tools to address environmental challenges efficiently, effectively and economically.

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Ontario Sustainability Delivery Programs Stakeholder Partnerships

Toronto Sustainability (TRSP)Environment Canada – Ontario Region

Region of WaterlooBusiness Water Quality Program (BWQP)

Environment Canada – Ontario RegionOntario Food Processing Program

Agricultural Adaptation CouncilBiNational Air Quality ProgramEnvironment Canada – Ontario Region

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OCETA’s Overall Sustainability Outputs

Program Activity Energy Food Toronto Waterloo Total

Company Meetings 175 120 114 79 488

Work Proposals 140 90 76 58 364

Assessments Completed 125 74 45 50 294

Opportunities Identified 500 380 477 320 1677

Company Share of Assessment $625 K $350 K $174 K $107 K $1.3 M

Investment for Best Practices $12.5 M $16.0 M $3.1 M $334 K $31.9 M

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OCETA’s ORCP Project “Building Industrial Receptor Capacity”

OCETA will bring together research institutions and industry to collaborate on research and development to help address technical issues in the development of a technology. These parties will develop strategies to commercialize products that address Canadian environmental priorities.

OCETA will also help Ontario companies access markets, and will expand its business support services for companies with environmental technologies.

OCETA is funding initiatives in four areas:•Discovery Workshops•Route to market•Business Support to RINs•Proof of Principle R&D (Precarn)

Builds on OCETA’s proven experience in delivering commercialization services to entrepreneurs, SMEs and research centres.

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Innovation Chain Program Initiatives

Discovery Capacity Development Private Sector Startups,

SMEs, MNEs

Commercialization

OCETA/ETech Research Commercialization

Approaches

OCETA Commercialization Support Services Of Environmental Technology SMEs

Discovery Workshop Research Targeting

Environmental Technology

Development Application

Program (ETDAP)

Technology Transfer Outreach Support Services

Availability

Environmental Technology Verification

(ETV)

Corporate Mentorship

Program

Entrepreneurto CEO

Workshops

Formation of Angel

Investor Network

Industrial Technical Assistance

(ITA)

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SME Innovation Chain

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University Innovation Chain

OCE-ETech

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Edward MallettCEO and PresidentOCETA and ETV Canada2070 Hadwen Road, Unit 201AMississauga, OntarioTel: 905-822-4133 X246Fax: 905-822-3558E-mail: emallett@oceta.on.caWebsite: www.oceta.on.ca and www.etvcanada.ca