Photonic Devices technology matchmaking mission to Canada, 2-6 june 2008
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This Technology Matchmaking event was originally planned for January. The given time frame for preparations proved to be too short for organising a successful event. Therefore, the Technology Matchmaking has been rescheduled to coincide with the Photonics North Conference in Montreal and the 4th Annual Executive Symposium on Photonics Commercialization in Ottawa in June.
Would you like to effectively meet with a large number of potential partners in only 5 days, increase your contacts in a promising new market and build new co-operation in the area of R&D;? This can be achieved in a relatively simple manner.
Participate in the Technology Matchmaking event Photonic Devices Canada (2nd – 6th June, 2008) which is organised by SenterNovem.
<>PAdvantages offered to you by Photonic Devices Canada 2008.
- You meet with a large number of relevant Canadian companies in a short period.
- You decide which Canadian partners you would like to meet.
- Based on company profiles, you receive from SenterNovem a proposal for bilateral meetings.
- SenterNovem prepares for you a complete meeting schedule prior to departure.
- SenterNovem pays for the costs attached to the organisation of the event; expenses for travelling and hotels must be covered by the participant.
Canada: Ahead in Photonics
The Canadian government has named photonics as one of the upcoming and strategic important sectors. At this moment, the Canadian photonics clusters consist of more than 250 companies and about 70 research institutes. They all are part of one of five regional clusters: mainly in Ontario and especially in Ottawa, also in Québec City, Montreal and Brits Columbia (13.000 people with a total turnover of CAN$ 5 billion). Canada is a modest player on world level, but has with the US as neighbour an ideal market to sell some niche products in which they are strong, e.g. biomedical applications.
The sector has recovered from the downfall of the IT industry at the start of this century. The optics industry is now growing at a rate of 15 to 30 percent a year, mainly in areas as life sciences, defence and security applications. According to experts, photonics has developed to a platform technology over the last years. The technology has the advantage to develop new applications against lower costs on the basis of demands coming from the market.
But there is still the impression that the academic world has to take some steps to commercialise the right applications. This leaves plenty of opportunities for innovative companies and research institutes from The Netherlands to cooperate on a business level as well as on R&D; in Canada.