The Canada-U.S. Partnership: Enhancing the Innovation Ecosystem

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The Canada – U.S. Partnership Enhancing the Innovation Ecosystem

OverviewThe Canada – U.S. Partnership: Enhancing the Innovation Ecosystem brings together academic, business, finance, and government leaders from both the U.S. and Canada to discuss ways of enhancing cross-border cooperation, and launch a dialogue on the role of innovation in our shared future.

AbOUT CAnAdA 2020Canada 2020 is a non-partisan, progressive centre created to provide policy options and ideas for Canadian decision makers and leaders. Canada 2020’s goal is to create an environment of social and economic prosperity for Canada and Canadians by identifying and developing progressive policy ideas through the engagement of Canada’s business and political and community leaders. For more information, please visit www.canada2020.ca

AbOUT The U.S. embASSy in OTTAwAThe U.S. Ambassador to Canada is the personal representative of the President of the United States in conducting official relations between the two countries. When the Ambassador engages in negotiations, initiates a policy, delivers an address, or takes part in ceremonies, he does so on behalf of the President. He also oversees operations at U.S. consulates in Halifax, Quebec City, Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver. In addition to the Ambassador, the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa includes approximately 225 officers and staff. State Department sections within the Embassy focus on political, economic, consular, public affairs and administrative functions. Personnel from 15 other U.S. Government agencies manage commercial, agricultural, customs, immigration, law enforcement, and military relations – all of which fall under the authority of the Ambassador.


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AgendAnOvember 1, 20115:30 pm Opening reception (Drawing Room, Chateau Laurier, 1 Rideau Street,

Ottawa, Canada)6:15 pm Welcome Remarks: U.S. Ambassador to Canada, David Jacobson

nOvember 2, 20117:15 am Registration and Breakfast8:00 am Opening Remarks: Governor General of Canada, David Johnston8:30 am Keynote Address: U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, Thomas R. Nides8:50 am Keynote Address: Minister of State (Science and Technology),

The Hon. Gary Goodyear9:10 am Panel I: North American Innovation Policy National and sub-national governments in both Canada and the

United States are increasingly active in policies and programs designed to improve innovation performance. This panel will include representatives from both countries to discuss innovation-related policies and debate how governments can take action to improve North American innovation performance.

Discussion Questions 1. To what extent should national and sub-national levels of

government (including cities) be developing joint policies/strategies to improve innovation performance? Are there any examples of such co-operation in either the U.S. or Canada that could be considered models?

2. Do market framework policies like intellectual property protections and competition regimes need to be better aligned in Canada and the U.S. to maximize North American innovation performance?

3. How should governments fund university research and develop-ment to increase the commercialization of research and thereby improve economy-wide innovation performance?

Panel: R.T. Rybak, Mayor of Minneapolis; Hon. Glenn Murray, Ontario Minister Of Training, Colleges And Universities; Senator Jim Kastama, Washington State Senator, Co-chair Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) Working Group on Innovation; William Colglazier, S & T Adviser to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Panel Moderator: Marcel Côté, Founding Partner, SECOR Inc.



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10:20 am Networking Break10:40 am Panel II: Canada-U.S. University Partnerships Research universities are key components of innovation systems and

many of the world’s leading institutions are in the United States and Canada. This panel will bring together experts to discuss how universities are central to the North American innovation ecosystem and to explore cross-border university cooperation and best practices.

Discussion Questions 1. To what extent do university intellectual property regimes

determine the commercialization of research and innovation output of universities? What are some examples of university IP regimes in Canada and the U.S. that work well in this regard?

2. Do we need a culture shift in universities to get them to put a greater emphasis on commercializing research? Or would this compromise the integrity of universities?

3. What are some examples of Canada-U.S. university research partnerships that will yield innovations that benefit both countries? What factors have stimulated and facilitated those cross-border partnerships?

Panel: Robert Birgeneau, Chancellor, UC Berkeley; Stephen Toope, President, University of British Columbia; Feridun Hamdullahpur, President, University of Waterloo; Ronald Daniels, President, Johns Hopkins University.

Panel Moderator: Elizabeth Cannon, President, University of Calgary.

11:50 am Keynote Address: Governor of Michigan Rick Snyder with introductory remarks by Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. Gary Doer

12:30 pm Buffet Networking Lunch

1:15 pm Panel III: Financing North American Business Innovation

Relative to the U.S., Canada lacks robust venture and angel capital market. Are there lessons from the United States that Canada can take to further develop its own domestic venture capital market? How can Canadian start-ups get on the map with venture capital in the U.S.?

Discussion Questions 1. Has the global financial crisis and continued down-side risks to the

global economy significantly affected the risk tolerance of venture capital financiers in funding innovative companies?


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2. Is there a role for government in taking steps to further incent the development of the venture capital industry, and if so, what might that role look like?

3. To what extent are U.S. venture capital firms looking for opportunities in Canada? What can Canadian firms and governments do to attract U.S. venture capital?

Panel: Anthony Lee, Co-founder C100; Rod Bryden, CEO Plasco Energy; Jim Hjartarson, CEO OneChipPhotonics; Tobi Lutke, CEO Shopify.

Panel Moderator: David Stewart-Patterson, Vice-President, Public Policy at The Conference Board of Canada.

2:10 pm Networking Break

2:30 pm Panel IV: Managing Innovation

Highly innovative companies are able to consistently outperform their competitors. This panel brings together leading companies from the United States and Canada to discuss the strategies and capabilities they use as top tier North American innovation leaders.

Discussion Questions 1. How can companies instill a culture of innovation and an

innovative mindset throughout the firm, from CEO to the shop-floor?

2. To what extent does exposure to highly competitive markets drive business innovation?

3. How important is company scale in determining innovation performance?

Panel: Sophie Vandebroek, CTO and President of the Xerox Innovation Group; Mark Little, Senior Vice President and Director GE Global Research; Shannon Deegan, Director of People Operations, Google.

Panel Moderator: Barry Jaruzelski, author, Booz & Co innovation report.

4:00 pm Keynote Address: White House Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator Victoria Espinel

4:15 pm Closing Remarks: U.S. Ambassador to Canada, David Jacobson



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biOgrAPhieSConference Co-hosts:

David Jacobson, U.S. Ambassador to Canada

Ambassador Jacobson was sworn in at the State Department in Washington, D.C. as U.S. Ambassador on September 25, 2009 and presented his credentials to the Governor General of Canada on October 2, 2009.

Most recently he served as Special Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel. Before serving in the White House, Ambassador Jacobson spent 30 years gaining expertise in the

areas of complex commercial, class action, securities, insurance and business litigation as a partner at the law firm Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal LLP. While working as a partner at Sonnenschein, Ambassador Jacobson also founded AtomWorks, an organization to bring together corporate, civic and academic leaders in order to foster nanotechnology in the Midwest.

Ambassador Jacobson also served as a member of CEOs for Cities, a national bipartisan alliance of 75 mayors, corporate executives, university presidents and nonprofit leaders organized to advance the economic competitiveness of cities. Ambassador Jacobson received a JD from Georgetown University Law Center and was the Administrative Editor of the Georgetown Law Journal. He received his BA from Johns Hopkins University.

Don Newman, Chair of Canada 2020 Advisory Board

Don Newman, Chairman of Canada 2020′s Advisory Board, is a highly respected Canadian journalist and award-winning broadcaster. He is widely known and well-recognized for his incisive, balanced coverage, high journalistic standards and in-depth knowledge of politics, public policy and current events.

Over his 40-year career, Don has reported from Ottawa and every Canadian province, as well as from Washington, London

and the United Nations. For two decades, he served as Senior Parliamentary Editor of CBC Television News as well as anchor and host of a daily politics program and special live broadcasts on its all-news network. He was named to the Order of Canada over a decade ago and was recently made a life member of the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery.


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Don is a recipient of a Gemini award for lifetime achievement in public affairs broadcasting, the Parliamentary Press Gallery’s Charles Lynch Award for outstanding coverage of national affairs, the Public Policy Forum’s Hyman Solomon Award for excellence in public policy journalism, and has received honorary degrees from Queen’s and Winnipeg universities.

His is now a Senior Strategic Advisor at Bluesky Strategy Group and a Senior Columnist with iPolitics.ca, a media commentator on political and public affairs issues, and a sought-after public speaker, emcee and panel moderator.

Keynote Speakers:His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, C.C., C.M.M., C.O.M., C.D., Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada

Sworn in on October 1, 2010, His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston is the 28th Governor General since Confederation.

Mr. Johnston began his professional career as an assistant professor in the Faculty of Law at Queen’s University in 1966, moving to the Law Faculty at the University of Toronto in 1968. He became dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Western Ontario in 1974. In 1979, he was named principal and vice-chancellor of McGill University, and in July 1994, he returned to the McGill Faculty of Law as a full-time professor. In June 1999, he became the fifth president of the University of Waterloo.

Mr. Johnston has served on many provincial and federal task forces and committees. He has also served on the boards of a number of companies, including Arise, CGI, Fairfax, and Masco. He was president of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada and of the Conférence des recteurs et des principaux des universités du Québec.

Mr. Johnston was the founding chair of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, chaired the federal government’s Information Highway Advisory Council, and served as the first non-American chair of the Board of Overseers at Harvard University. He is the author or co-author of two dozen books, holds honorary doctorates from over a dozen universities, and has been awarded the Order of Canada (Companion).

Mr. Johnston holds an LLB from Queen’s University (1966), an LLB from the University of Cambridge (1965), and an AB from Harvard University (1963). While at Harvard, he was twice selected for the All-American hockey team and is a member of Harvard’s Athletic Hall of Fame. His academic specializations include securities regulation, information technology and corporate law.

He was born in Sudbury, Ontario, and is married to Sharon Johnston. They have five adult daughters and eight grandchildren.



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Thomas R. Nides, Deputy Secretary of State (Management and Resources)

Thomas Nides is Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, serving as Chief Operating Officer of the Department and as alter ego to Secretary Clinton. Appointed by President Obama, he was confirmed by the Senate on December 22, 2010 and sworn in on January 3, 2011.

Prior to joining the administration, Mr. Nides was the Chief Operating Officer of Morgan Stanley, a leading global financial services firm from 2005 to 2010. He was an executive officer and served as a member of Morgan Stanley’s Management Committee and Operating Committee. Before joining Morgan Stanley, Mr. Nides served as Worldwide President and Chief Executive Officer of Burson-Marsteller and as Chief Administrative Officer of Credit Suisse First Boston, the investment banking division of Zurich-based Credit Suisse Group.

Mr. Nides began his career on Capitol Hill, as Assistant to the Majority Whip of the United States House of Representatives and Executive Assistant to the Speaker of the House. Mr. Nides later served as Senior Vice President of Fannie Mae and as Chief of Staff to the United States Trade Representative.

Prior to assuming his current position, Mr. Nides served on the Boards of New York Cares, the Urban Alliance Foundation, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association and the Advisory Board of the National Zoo.

Mr. Nides, a graduate of the University of Minnesota, lives in Washington.

The Honourable Gary Goodyear Minister of State (Science and Technology) (Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario)

Gary Goodyear was first elected to the House of Commons in 2004 and re-elected in 2006, 2008 and 2011. He was appointed Minister of State (Science and Technology) in October 2008, and Minister of State (Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario) in August 2009.

Prior to entering federal politics, Dr. Goodyear practised chiropractic medicine and worked as an advisor to investment firms in the biomedical industry.

Dr. Goodyear was a co-designer of a three-year post-graduate sports fellowship program. He also co-authored “Practice Guidelines” and was Public Relations Director and President for the College of Chiropractic Sports Sciences in Toronto. Dr. Goodyear has taught at


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the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College and the University of Waterloo. He has worked with many athletes, both amateur and professional, including serving as medical services chair for the Ontario Special Olympics.

Dr. Goodyear attended the University of Waterloo specializing in kinesiology and psychology before graduating from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College.

He is married to Valerie and they have two children.

Gary Doer, Ambassador of Canada to the United States of America

(Introducing Governor Rick Snyder)

In October, 2009, Gary Doer assumed his responsibilities as Canada’s 23rd representative to the United States of America.

Prior to taking up his current position in Washington, Ambassador Doer served as Premier of Manitoba for 10 years. During that time, he worked extensively with U.S. Governors to enhance Canada-U.S. cooperation on trade, agriculture, water protection, climate change and renewable energy.

Ambassador Doer won three consecutive elections as Premier of Manitoba with successive increased majorities. In 2005, he was named by Business Week magazine as one of the top 20 international leaders on climate change. His government introduced balanced budgets during each of his ten years in office while reducing many taxes, including a plan to eliminate small business tax. As Premier, he led strategic investments in health care, education, and training and infrastructure.

Ambassador Doer hails from Winnipeg. He is married with two daughters.

Governor of Michigan Rick Snyder

Rick Snyder won the race for Governor of the State of Michigan in a landslide victory after running as “One Tough Nerd” ready to make the tough decisions career politicians refused to make. The tactic led one particularly snarky pundit to quip “I guess nerd tested better in the focus groups than dork.”

As a candidate, Gov. Snyder pledged to eliminate the job-killing Michigan Business Tax and replace it with a flat,

6-percent corporate income tax that is simple, fair and efficient. He pledged to structurally balance the budget without using accounting gimmicks or quick fixes. He pledged to create an environment where small businesses can grow and create jobs.

Less than a year into office, the businessman-turned-politician has delivered. As promised, he eliminated the job-killing Michigan Business Tax. He ended the unfair double tax



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on small business owners. Working together with lawmakers, the governor eliminated the state’s $1.5 billion deficit. And in stark contrast to the partisan fighting that led to two government shutdowns under his predecessor, Gov. Snyder got the budget done by the earliest date it has been completed in 30 years.

Less than a year ago, Michigan barely had enough money saved in the rainy day fund to run the state for approximately 30 minutes. Under Gov. Snyder, the state is doing the responsible thing by saving for the future and paying down its long term debt.

Gov. Snyder earned his undergraduate degree, MBA and law degree from the University of Michigan - all by the age of 23. After teaching at the University of Michigan, he went to work as a tax accountant at Coopers & Lybrand - now PriceWaterhouseCoopers - where he made partner after only six years. He then joined the fledgling computer company Gateway and helped it grow from a little over 700 employees to a Fortune 500 company with more than 10,000 employees before leaving to form his own successful venture capital firm.

Victoria A. Espinel U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator

Victoria A. Espinel serves in the Executive Office of the President as the first U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator. She was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator in September 2009 and was confirmed by the Senate in December 2009.

Ms. Espinel is charged with developing and implementing the Administration’s overall strategy for enforcement of intellectual property.

Prior to her appointment, Ms. Espinel was a professor at the George Mason University School of Law, teaching intellectual property and international trade law. While at George Mason, she acted as an advisor on intellectual property issues to the staff of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senate Finance Committee, House Judiciary Committee and House Ways and Means Committee. In 2009, Ms. Espinel founded Bridging the Innovation Divide, a not-for-profit foundation focused on addressing the “innovation divide” and empowering all Americans to obtain the full benefit of their creativity and ingenuity.

In 2001, Ms. Espinel joined the Office of the US Trade Representative as the senior counsel for intellectual property issues. In 2005, Ms. Espinel was asked to serve as the first Assistant United States Trade Representative for Intellectual Property and Innovation at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, creating the office of Intellectual Property and Innovation at USTR and serving as the chief U.S. trade


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negotiator for intellectual property and innovation. While at USTR, she testified on numerous occasions before the House Judiciary Committee and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Ms. Espinel holds an LLM from the London School of Economics, a JD from Georgetown University Law School, and a BS in Foreign Service from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.

Panel 1Mayor R.T. Rybak, Mayor of Minneapolis

R.T. Rybak was first elected Mayor of Minneapolis in 2001 in his first run for public office and was overwhelmingly re-elected in 2005 to serve another term for the people of Minneapolis.

Mayor Rybak took office facing a post-9/11 budget crisis and deep state and federal budget cuts. He responded by implementing innovative fiscal reforms that saved taxpayers millions by reducing $80 million of inherited debt, reigning in government spending and producing six balanced budgets in four years.

Mayor Rybak’s other accomplishments include recruiting Allina and the Global Market to the Midtown Exchange, closing the City’s employment gap, creating 2,500 new housing units in three years with the Affordable Housing Trust Fund, growing the police department by 100 officers in the last two years and launching the innovative Minneapolis 311 phone system.

Mayor Rybak is now leading efforts to revitalize north Minneapolis, attack juvenile crime, make Minneapolis a wireless city, end homelessness in ten years, and significantly reduce the City’s energy consumption to combat global climate change.

Mayor Rybak is a lifelong Minneapolis resident and the son of a pharmacist in the Phillips neighborhood. He currently lives in the East Harriet neighborhood of Minneapolis with his wife, Megan, and their two children Grace and Charlie.

Hon. Glen Murray, Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, Ontario

Glen Murray was re-elected in October 2011 as the Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament in the riding of Toronto Centre and was appointed Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities. He previously served as Minister of Research and Innovation.

As Minister of Research and Innovation, Mr. Murray supported Premier McGuinty’s leadership in Ontario’s Innovation Agenda to leverage gains made by his predecessors into new initiatives and enhanced programs.

Drawing on his experience in developing strong regional economies, Mr. Murray brought a strong regional economic perspective to the ministry and his efforts have delivered results. For example, 14 new Regional Innovation Centres were created across the province to identify talent and unleash entrepreneurial energy across Ontario.



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Mr. Murray has a lifetime of activism in urban planning, sustainable development and community health. He served as President and CEO of the Canadian Urban Institute and on several university, hospital and community boards, including the Toronto District School Board’s Reference Group for Improving Services for Marginalized Students.

He was appointed by the Prime Minister of Canada to chair the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy and is a founding member of the Canadian AIDS Society.

Mr. Murray was mayor of the City of Winnipeg and during his tenure was the Chair of the Big City Mayors Caucus. In that role he led the successful campaign to transfer the equivalent of 5 cents a litre of the federal gas tax to municipalities for infrastructure renewal and construction. He also served as Senior Resident at Massey College and was a Visiting Fellow at the Faculty of Architecture and Landscape Design at the University of Toronto.

Senator Jim Kastama, Washington State Senator, Co-chair Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) Working Group on Innovation

Sen. Jim Kastama chairs the Senate Economic Development, Trade and Innovation Committee. Representing the 25th Legislative District since 1996, Sen. Kastama was first elected to the Senate in 2000 after two terms in the House of Representatives.

Sen. Kastama also sits on the Senate Ways & Means committee and the Senate Higher Education & Workforce Development Committee, and throughout his political career has been the Legislature’s leading advocate for shared parenting. Sen. Kastama also is a member of the Legislative Committee on Economic Development and International Relations, the State Economic Development Finance Authority Board and the Washington Economic Development Commission.

Sen. Kastama’s varied civic service and activities include memberships on the Valley Arts United Advisory Board. He is a former VISTA volunteer and recipient of a congressional recognition award.

A graduate of Puyallup High School, Sen. Kastama attended Claremont Men’s College and holds a BA from the University of California at Berkeley. He is a past examiner for the Washington State Quality Awards.

Sen. Kastama lives in his hometown of Puyallup with his wife, Barbara, and children Isaac, Anna Laura, Michael, Sarah and Rachel. He is an insatiable skier and cyclist and is a perpetual student of new ways to make businesses more competitive and to create better jobs for Washingtonians.

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Dr. E. William Colglazier, Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State

Dr. E. William Colglazier was appointed in July 2011 as the fourth Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State. The mission of the Office of the Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary (STAS) is to provide scientific and technical expertise and advice in support of the development and implementation of U.S. foreign policy.

The Adviser serves as an advocate for science-based policy at the State Department, helps to identify and evaluate emerging scientific and technical issues that affect U.S. strategic interests, brings scientific expertise to the Department, and helps to promote scientific and technological capacity-building and science-based policymaking internationally. The Adviser also provides outreach to the U.S. and international scientific community and helps to facilitate scientific cooperation between the United States and other countries.

From 1994 to 2011, Dr. Colglazier served as Executive Officer of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the National Research Council (NRC). From 2000 to 2011 he also served as NRC Chief Operating Officer. In these roles he helped to oversee the studies conducted by the NRC, which is the operating arm of the NAS, the National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine. Working together they provide independent, objective advice to the nation on public policy issues where insights and expertise from science, technology, and medicine are needed. From 1991 to 1994, Dr. Colglazier was Executive Director of the Office of International Affairs of the NAS and NRC, overseeing collaborative projects with scientific organizations in many countries.

From 1983 to 1991, he was Professor of Physics and Director of the Energy, Environment, and Resources Center at the University of Tennessee where he worked closely with scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He received his PhD in theoretical physics from the California Institute of Technology in 1971, and prior to 1983 worked at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and the Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. While at Harvard, he also served as Associate Director of the Program in Science, Technology, and Humanism of the Aspen Institute. In 1976-77, he was an AAAS Congressional Science Fellow working for Congressman George Brown.

He is past chair of the Forum on Physics and Society of the American Physical Society and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Physical Society.

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Marcel Côté, Senior Partner and Co-founder of SECOR

Mr. Marcel Côté is a founding partner of SECOR Consulting. Over his 35-year career as a senior consultant, he has specialized in strategy consulting for management throughout Canada and in France.

Mr. Côté holds a M.Sc. in Economics from Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA) and is a Fellow of the Center for International Affairs, Harvard University. As an economist, he specialized in technological and regional development, a subject on which he has written several books and in particular, “By Way of Advice: Growth Strategies for the Market Driven World”, Mosaic Press, 1991, and with Roger Miller, “Growing the Next Silicon Valley”, Lexington Press, 1986.

Before cofounding SECOR in 1975, he taught at the Université de Sherbrooke and the Université du Québec à Montréal.

During his career, he also has acted as a consultant to government leaders in Quebec and Ottawa. He sits on the Board of Directors of ING Canada, Empire Ltd., Osisko Mining Corporation, and NeuroScience Canada. Mr. Côté is active in community organizations, particularly he Chairs the Montréal Community Foundation, participates in Compagnie de danse Marie Chouinard and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. He is a former Chair of the Public Policy Forum.

Mr. Côté served as a member of the Expert Panel on Innovation and Business Strategy: Why Canada Falls Short.

Panel 2Robert J. Birgeneau, Chancellor, University of California, Berkeley

Robert J. Birgeneau became the ninth chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, on September 22, 2004. An internationally distinguished physicist, he is a leader in higher education and is well known for his commitment to diversity and equity in the academic community.

Before coming to Berkeley, Dr. Birgeneau served four years as president of the University of Toronto. He previously was Dean of the School of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he spent 25 years on the faculty. He is a fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the Royal Society of London, the American Philosophical Society and other scholarly societies. He has received many awards for teaching and for his research on the fundamental properties of materials.

In 2006, Dr. Birgeneau received a special Founders Award from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences along with President John Hennessy of Stanford University and filmmaker George Lucas.

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In 2008, Dr. Birgeneau and President Nancy Kantor of Syracuse University received the 2008 Carnegie Corporation Academic Leadership Award as “Champions of Excellence and Equity in Education.” Most recently, Dr. Birgeneau was one of three recipients of the Shinnyo-en Foundation’s 2009 Pathfinders to Peace Prize for his contributions to bringing about a more peaceful world. In 2009, Dr. Birgeneau became Chair of the Council of Presidents, Universities Research Association, Inc.

A Toronto native, Dr. Birgeneau received his B.Sc. in mathematics from the University of Toronto in 1963 and his PhD in physics from Yale University in 1966. He served on the faculty of Yale for one year, spent one year at Oxford University, and was a member of the technical staff at Bell Laboratories from 1968 to 1975. He joined the physics faculty at MIT in 1975 and was named Chair of the Physics Department in 1988 and Dean of Science in 1991. He became the 14th president of the University of Toronto on July 1, 2000.

At Berkeley, Dr. Birgeneau holds faculty appointments in the Departments of Physics and Materials Science and Engineering in addition to serving as Chancellor.

He and his wife, Mary Catherine, have four grown children and nine grandchildren.

Stephen J. Toope, President, University of British Columbia

Stephen J. Toope was named the 12th President and Vice-Chancellor of The University of British Columbia on March 22, 2006. He began his second five-year term in July 2011.

An International Law scholar who represented Western Europe and North America on the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances from 2002-2007, Professor Toope’s academic interests include public international law, legal theory, human rights, international dispute resolution, and family law.

Professor Toope is active with many associations, currently serving as Vice Chair of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC), Member of the Research Council of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), and Chair of The Research Universities’ Council of British Columbia (RUCBC). He is a Past Chair, World University Services Canada (WUSC).

Prior to joining UBC, Professor Toope was President of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, a position he held since 2002. The Foundation is an independent, private, and non-partisan organization created to promote outstanding research and interaction between researchers in the social sciences and humanities and the wider society. From 1994-1999, Prof. Toope served as the dean of McGill University’s Faculty of Law. Previously, he served as Law Clerk to the Rt. Hon. Chief Justice Dickson of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1986-1987. He continues to conduct research on many aspects of international law and is currently working on issues of human rights and culture, and the origins of international obligation in international society. His most recent book, with Jutta Brunnée, is Legitimacy and Legality in International Law: An Interactional

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Account, which won the American Society of International Law’s 2011 Certificate of Merit for Creative Scholarship.

A Canadian citizen, Professor Toope earned his PhD from Trinity College, Cambridge, (1987), his degrees in common law (LLB) and civil law (BCL) with honours from McGill University (1983), and graduated magna cum laude with his AB in History and Literature from Harvard University (1979).

Stephen Toope is married to Paula Rosen and they have three high school and university-aged children.

Feridun Hamdullahpur, President, University of Waterloo

Feridun Hamdullahpur is the President and Vice-Chancellor and professor of mechanical and mechatronic engineering at the University of Waterloo. Previously Dr. Hamdullahpur served as the Provost and Vice-President Academic (2006-09) and as the Vice President Research and International (2000-06) at Carleton University in Ottawa. He has more than 34 years of university teaching, research, and leadership experience.

Since arriving at Waterloo, Dr. Hamdullahpur has established connections with the institution’s various constituencies, including students, faculty, staff, and alumni, and the university’s many partners. He has spearheaded several initiatives and has pursued projects already underway that focus on student experience and success, and teaching and research excellence, and is committed to placing Waterloo on a trajectory to meet its Sixth Decade goals.

Dr. Hamdullahpur received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Istanbul, Turkey, and a PhD in chemical engineering at the Technical University of Nova Scotia in Halifax. Dr. Hamdullahpur has been an active researcher and supervisor. His research areas include energy conversion, thermo-fluids, bio-mass gasification and combustion and fuel cells. He has published more than 150 scientific and technical articles and supervised more than 40 graduate students.

Ronald J. Daniels, President, The Johns Hopkins University

Ronald J. Daniels became the 14th president of The Johns Hopkins University in March 2009. A law and economics scholar, he holds an appointment as professor in the Department of Political Science at Johns Hopkins. Prior to his appointment, he served as provost of the University of Pennsylvania, and dean and James M. Tory Professor of Law at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.

Under Dr. Daniels’ leadership, the university has remained steadfastly committed to ensuring broad access to higher education. Dr. Daniels has also worked with university leadership to enhance collective, strategic decision-making across the institution, and to foster rich, multi-divisional partnerships.

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As Penn’s chief academic officer, he helped implement a comprehensive financial aid program that eliminated loans for undergraduates with financial need, and promoted initiatives to enhance university life for both students and faculty. He established university-wide leadership development programs for faculty, and strengthened both promotion standards and retention strategies, with a particular attention to women and underrepresented minorities.

During his decade as dean of the University of Toronto’s School of Law, Dr. Daniels doubled the size of the faculty, cut the student-faculty ratio, dramatically enlarged the endowment, increased financial aid, and spearheaded initiatives to strengthen curricula reforms, student services, international recruitment, social engagement, and interdisciplinary programs.

Dr. Daniels and also served as president of the Council of Canadian Law Deans, president of the Council of Ontario Law Deans, and member of the Board of Governors of Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto. He co-founded International Lawyers and Economists Against Poverty, and founded and chaired Pro Bono Students Canada, which places law students in community-based organizations across Canada.

Dr. Daniels currently sits on the boards of the East Baltimore Development Inc., the Baltimore Community Foundation, the Goldseker Foundation, the Maryland Chamber of Commerce, the Governor’s International Advisory Council, and the Asia Pacific Rim Universities World Institute.

Dr. Daniels earned an LLM from Yale University in 1988 and a JD in 1986 from the University of Toronto, where he served as co-editor-in-chief of the law review and earned several academic honors. He received a BA from the University of Toronto in 1982, with high distinction as a political science and economics major.

Dr. Daniels was born in Toronto, Canada. He, and his wife, Joanne Rosen, a human rights lawyer, have four children.

Elizabeth Cannon, President, University of Calgary

Dr. Elizabeth Cannon was appointed the eighth president and vice-chancellor of the University of Calgary on July 1, 2010. As the leader of one of Canada’s top research-intensive universities, she is a passionate advocate for the importance of higher education in driving discovery and innovation, finding solutions for the world’s greatest challenges, and developing talented young people who will become future leaders.

In her first year as president, Dr. Cannon launched the most extensive consultation process ever undertaken at the University of Calgary, the goal of which was to develop a road map for the future based on a shared vision of what the university could be to the city, the country and the world. The resulting strategy outlines a bold vision of a truly great international university, situated in Canada’s most enterprising city.

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Prior to her appointment as president, Dr. Cannon was dean of the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary. She propelled the school into the top ranks of engineering schools and led the development of enriched student leadership programs, interdisciplinary research programs, and a community-endorsed five-year strategic plan. She also leveraged her extensive network of stakeholders in business, industry and the community to expand external funding for student activities. Today, graduates of the Schulich School of Engineering are sought after by business, industry and governments in Canada and around the world.

A renowned expert in geomatics engineering, Dr. Cannon’s research has been on the frontier of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) since 1984 in both industrial and academic environments, and she has commercialized technology to over 200 agencies worldwide. From 1997 to 2002, she held the NSERC/Petro-Canada Chair for Women in Science and Engineering during which she provided leadership in encouraging young women to consider science and engineering careers.

Dr. Cannon is a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society of Canada, a director of the Enbridge Income Fund Holdings, and was a director of the Canada Foundation for Innovation. The recipient of numerous prestigious awards, in 2006 she was named by the Women’s Executive Network as one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women. She holds a B.Sc. in mathematics from Acadia University as well as a B.Sc., M.Sc. and PhD in geomatics engineering from the University of Calgary.

Panel 3Anthony Lee, Co-Founder and Co-Chair of C100

Anthony Lee is a General Partner of Altos Ventures, where he focuses on software and digital media investments. Mr. Lee currently serves as a director of BrightEdge, Demandbase, Hooked Media Group, Kontagent, Koofers.com, MyERP, Netbase Solutions, Roblox, and Xignite. He was also a director of GuardianEdge, which was acquired in 2010 by Symantec (SYMC).

Before joining Altos Ventures, Mr. Lee led marketing efforts for three start-up companies. He served as Vice President of Marketing for services automation leader Evolve Software (EVLV, later acquired by Oracle) and Vice President of Marketing for social search pioneer Clip2.com. He also co-founded Signature Wines, a national distributor of private-labeled wines. Previously, Mr. Lee was a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company and published a national magazine.

Mr. Lee serves as Chairman of TechSoup Global, the world’s largest non-profit distributor of computer software and hardware. He co-founded and co-chairs the C100, a network of top Canadian technology leaders dedicated to supporting Canadian entrepreneurs. Mr. Lee is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations

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and a charter member of the Pacific Council on International Policy. He is a founding member of the Full Circle Fund, a venture philanthropy group based in San Francisco. Mr. Lee received his MBA from Stanford University and earned a BA in Politics and Economics from Princeton University.

C100 is a non-profit, member-driven organization dedicated to supporting Canadian technology entrepreneurship and investment.

C100 is comprised of a select group of Canadians based primarily in Silicon Valley, including executives of leading technology companies, experienced startup entrepreneurs and venture capital investors. C100 members are passionate about leveraging their collective experience, expertise and relationships to help mentor and grow a new generation of successful Canadian-led technology companies.

C100 Charter Members include startups CEOs, top executives of companies such as Apple, Cisco, EA, eBay, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Oracle, and venture investors representing more than $8 billion in capital.

Roderick M. (Rod) Bryden, CEO, Plasco Energy

Along with his duties as President and CEO of Plasco Energy Group Inc., Mr. Rod Bryden is Chairman of SC Stormont Inc., which participates in the development of small to mid-sized Canadian businesses. He is currently Chairman of the Board of PharmaGap Inc. and holds a position on the Board of Directors of Clearford Industries Inc.

In April 1996, Mr. Bryden joined with Dr. Tofy Mussivand, Director of the Cardiovascular Division of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, and Dr. Michael Cowpland to form World Heart Corporation. Mr. Bryden was Chairman, or President and CEO of World Heart Corporation until July 2004.

Mr. Bryden became CEO of Terrace Corporation in 1992, making him the principal owner of the Ottawa Senators Hockey Club until 2003 when both the team and the Corel Centre (now Scotiabank Place) were sold.

August 1991, Mr. Bryden and two associates, founded SC Stormont Corporation, an Ottawa-based company specializing in the management of complex corporate transactions. Mr. Bryden was the Chairman of SC Stormont Corporation until it ceased operation in 2004, and was succeeded in September 2004 by SC Stormont Inc., of which Mr. Bryden is owner and Chairman.

In 1974, Mr. Bryden co-founded Systemhouse Ltd., which became became Canada’s leading computer integration company with over 3,000 employees and revenues of more than $800 million. In 1979, he founded Paperboard Industries Corporation (PIC), which became Canada’s largest manufacturer of paper from recycled fibre, and the largest manufacturer of paperbox packaging. PIC revenues were $700 million, with 4,000 employees in 1990. He was chairman of both companies until 1991.

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From 1967 to 1969, Mr. Bryden was Professor of Law at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. In 1969 Mr. Bryden moved to Ottawa and held various positions with the Government of Canada, including Assistant Deputy Minister of Regional Economic Expansion, prior to moving to independent business at the end of 1973.

Mr. Bryden obtained his BA Hon. Ec. from Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick; LLB, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton; and his LLM, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Jim Hjartarson, CEO, OneChip Photonics Inc.

Jim Hjartarson serves as the Chief Executive Officer of OneChip Photonics Inc. Mr. Hjartarson served as the Senior Vice President of Broadband Architecture & Market Development for Ciena Corp. since October 2004. He served as Senior Vice President, General Manager of Broadband Access Group from May 2004 to October 2004. He served as an Executive Officer of deCODE genetics Inc. (Alternative Name is DGI Resolution, Inc.) until June 10, 2010.

From January 1999 to May 2004, he served in numerous positions, including President, Chief Executive Officer, Executive Vice President of Engineering, and Chief Technical Officer, for Catena Networks, a company that he co-founded. Prior to Catena, he served as Vice President and General Manager at Cadence Design Systems and served in numerous positions during a 16 year career at Nortel, including Director of Global Loop and Access Technology. He serves as a Director of Telecommunications Industry Association. Mr. Hjartarson served as a Director of Catena Networks, Inc. from January 1999 to May 2004.

Tobias Lütke CEO, Shopify

Tobias “Tobi” Lütke is CEO and co-founder of Shopify, the marquee shopping cart system of the e-commerce industry. When Mr. Lütke opened an online snowboarding store he realized how painfully cumbersome ecommerce software was. So he decided to create Shopify, a platform that made it easy for anyone to open up an online store. In its first three years, Shopify grew to serve 2,000 clients. Today, Shopify helps 6,000 merchants — including Pixar, Foo Fighters, Tesla Motors and Amnesty International — sell online.

As a programmer, Mr. Lütke has served on the core team of the Ruby on Rails framework and has created many popular open source libraries such as the Typo weblog engine, Liquid and Active Merchant.

As an internationally invited speaker, Mr. Lütke speaks on diverse topics such as startup building, utilizing open-source, and webapp performance. He maintains a popular tech weblog at too-biased.

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David Stewart-Patterson, Vice-President, Public Policy, Conference Board Of Canada

David Stewart-Patterson is respected as one of Canada’s most creative and articulate policy minds. He joins the Conference Board of Canada after 15 years at the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, the past seven as its Executive Vice President, where he engaged in policy development and advocacy across a broad range of national and international issues.

A graduate of Carleton University’s School of Journalism, Mr. Stewart-Patterson has written three books and worked as a reporter, editor and senior manager in print and broadcast media, with positions including Parliamentary correspondent for The Globe and Mail’s Report on Business and business anchor for CTV’s Canada AM.

A bilingual native of Montreal, Mr. Stewart-Patterson is a passionate volunteer, currently Vice Chair of the Canadian Youth Business Foundation, which last year provided experienced mentors and no-collateral financing that enabled young Canadians to launch 600 new businesses. He also is a director of The Prince’s Youth Business International, the U.K.-based global network of charities supporting young entrepreneurs.

Panel 4Sophie Vandebroek, Chief Technology Officer and President of the Xerox Innovation Group

Sophie Vandebroek has been Xerox’s Chief Technology Officer and the President of the Xerox Innovation Group since January 2006. She is responsible for overseeing Xerox’s research centers in Europe, Asia, Canada and US as well as the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC Inc.).

Previously, Dr. Vandebroek was Chief Engineer of Xerox Corporation and Vice President of the Xerox Engineering Center, technical advisor to Xerox’s chief operating officer and Director of the Xerox Research Centre of Canada.

Dr. Vandebroek is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, a Fulbright Fellow and a Fellow of the Belgian-American Educational Foundation. She holds 12 US patents. Dr. Vandebroek has received awards from Xerox, IBM, HP, Monsanto, the Belgium National Science Foundation, Semiconductor Research Corporation, IEEE, and Cornell University.

Dr. Vandebroek is a member of the Board of Directors of Analogic Corporation, of Nypro Corporation, and is a member of The US National Academies Committee on Science, Technology & Law. She is a trustee of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and also serves on the advisory council of the deans of Engineering at Cornell University and at MIT. In 2011, Dr. Vandebroek was inducted into the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame and elected into the Royal Flemish Academy for Arts & Sciences.

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Dr. Vandebroek was born in Leuven, Belgium where she earned a master’s degree in electro-mechanical engineering from Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium. She received her PhD in electrical engineering from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. She and her husband live in Lincoln, MA and enjoy spending time with their six young adult children.

Mark M. Little, Senior Vice President and Director, GE Global Research

Mark M. Little was named senior vice president and director of GE Global Research in October 2005, becoming only the ninth director in the organization’s 105 year history. In that role Mr. Little is responsible for leading one of the world’s largest and most diversified industrial research and technology organizations.

At Global Research, approximately 2,600 people from virtually every major scientific and engineering discipline focus on the company’s long-range technology needs. The organization has research facilities in the United States, India, China and Germany, working in collaboration with GE businesses around the world.

Prior to his current role, Mr. Little was vice president of GE Energy’s power-generation segment headquartered in Schenectady, New York. GE Energy is a world-leading supplier of power generation equipment including gas, steam, wind and hydro-turbine generators, turnkey power plant services, gasification technologies and integrated gasification combined cycle.

Mr. Little joined GE in 1978, starting out in the company’s turbine business. After holding several management positions in engineering, he was named product general manager for generators in 1989. In 1991 he became general manager of business development for GE Energy, responsible for strategic planning and joint venture development. In 1992 he was appointed product general manager for gas turbines and in 1994 he was named vice president of Power Generation Engineering. He assumed responsibility for the large turbine generator segments of power generation in 1997, and in 2004 he was appointed to lead the combined thermal, wind and hydro power generation group.

Mr. Little holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from Tufts University and Northeastern University, and he earned a PhD in mechanical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Shannon Deegan , Director of People Operations for Google

A native of Montreal, Canada, Mr. Deegan is the Director of People Operations - Strategy, M&A and Staffing at Google. He has also served as Google’s People Operations head of Global Sales and Business Development.

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Mr. Deegan joined Google after several years in media and publishing, including as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company in New York City. He has lived in Malaysia, Hong Kong and Japan, where he led business development efforts in Asia for two of Canada’s largest financial institutions. From 1993 to 1996, Mr. Deegan was the Chief of Staff and Senior Policy Advisor on Asia to the Canadian Secretary of State. He has also served as a special assistant to former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. Prior to his career in public service, Mr. Deegan was a professional hockey player with the Los Angeles Kings organization.

Mr. Deegan has a BA degree from the University of Vermont, where he received the university’s Most Outstanding Student award. He also holds an MPhil degree in International Studies from Ireland’s Trinity College, Dublin, and an MBA from the Yale School of Management.

Barry Jaruzelski, Partner, Booz &Company

Mr. Barry Jaruzelski is a New Jersey-based Partner who leads Booz & Company’s Global Technology Engineered Products & Services practices. He specializes in corporate and product strategy and the transformation of core innovation processes for high technology and industrial clients.

A recognized thought leader, Mr. Jaruzelski is frequently quoted in publications like The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Financial Times, and The New York Times on the technology industry and the challenges of innovation. He often appears as an expert commentator on ABC News, CNBC, CNN, NPR, and the BBC.

Mr. Jaruzelski has co-authored numerous Booz & Company publications, including the firm’s award winning annual Global Innovation 1000 study; several strategy+business articles, such as “Money Isn’t Everything,” “What Will Be Made in China,” “The Customer Connection” and “The Stealth Software Challenge;” and the book Mastering the Innovation Challenge. In addition, he has written articles that were published in Forbes, Ivey Journal, Strategic Finance, PDMA Visions, Optimize, Linux World, and the Boston Globe.

Mr. Jaruzelski is a three-time recipient of Booz & Company’s Professional Excellence Award, which was given in recognition of outstanding and innovative client service on assignments for Alcatel-Lucent, GE, and for development of the Commercial Strategic Wargame service offering. He has also received the firm’s Eagle Award for his outstanding contributions to Booz & Company. Mr. Jaruzelski has been recognized by the Product Development & Management Association with its 2007 “Best of Visions” Award and the National Association of Business Publishers with its 2009 Silver Award.

Mr. Jaruzelski is a member of the Knowledge & Marketing Advisory Council. He has previously served as the firm’s Chief Marketing Officer overseeing the marketing function worldwide.

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Mr. Jaruzelski holds an MBA with concentrations in finance and management of organizations from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business and a BS in economics with a concentration in marketing from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. He has been a guest lecturer at Harvard, Columbia, Tuck, NYU, and MIT Sloan business schools. In addition he has presented the results of his research on the drivers of innovation success at the National Academies of Science & Engineering.

Mr. Jaruzelski is a member of the Advisory Board of the Morris Museum and Bickford Theater, a member of Wolters Klewer’s Innovation Board, a member of the panel of judges for both The Wall Street Journal’s annual Technology Innovation Awards as well as the New Jersey Technology Council’s annual Innovation Awards. He resides in Westfield, New Jersey with his wife and two daughters.

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