1. CCR – Connect Grow Succeed – Innovation: Sustained Measurable value creation which generates new revenues, profits and increases the valuation of Canadian corporations.

    June 2, 2010 by dgann1

    Great Day, currently listening to Marc Castel, who leads Ontario’s Centre for Excellence focused on Successful Commercialization Ecosystems.  Marc, is highlighting key elements to create the supportive culture for building entrepreneurial environment to grow Canadian’s SME’s.

    #1 – Create a space where people are comfortable

    #2 – Create a favourable IP policy – where the professors comfortable (favourable relationship with tech transfer office)

    #3 – Create an engaged angel network

    #4 - Hard working people with strong relationships

    #5 – Create a Strong Brand & Common Vision – create buzz

    # 6 – Complete eco-system

    #7 – Foster Close encounters & strong collaboration (internal / external)

    #8 – Develop critical mass – Sector Hub with receptor capacity – Focus

    #9 – Drive Sales – Paying customers (Jobs & Investments will follow)

    #10 – Source Great Mentors and Champions (Embedded Executives in residence)

    #11 – Build Massive Community Goodwill

    #12 – Outcomes Driven – self reflective – continual improvement

    Marc, gave a great presentation and we thank him for his time and knowledge!

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  2. RevenueWire Inc., Emerging Tech Company of the Year, finds a new home at VITP

    May 18, 2010 by AURP Canada

    The Vancouver Island Technology Park (VITP) is pleased to welcome one of Victoria’s highest revenue producing hi-tech firms as its newest tenant. RevenueWire, the recipient of the 2009 VIATeC Emerging Tech Company of the Year Award and a nominee for the 2010 VIATeC Company of the Year Award, will soon call VITP home later this year.

    “To say we are excited to secure a company of the calibre of RevenueWire would be an understatement,” said Dale Gann, President, UVic Technology Parks.  “RevenueWire’s decision demonstrates how much value companies take in being immersed in an environment as stimulating and nurturing as the one that exists at VITP.  We look forward to a long and healthy partnership with one of Victoria’s elite hi-tech firms.”

    “To be part of a culture that is supportive with like-minded individuals and companies was instrumental in our decision in choosing VITP,” said Bobbi Leach, General Manager, RevenueWire.  “We like the sense of community that the tech park creates for companies such as ours, and feel that this is the right place to foster a passionate and engaged team.” 

    RevenueWire, a comprehensive e-business platform for affiliate markets and merchants of digital products have signed a 3 year lease agreement for 9,000 square feet of high-tech space.  Employing approximately 35 knowledge-based workers, RevenueWire will take occupancy in November 2010.

     About Vancouver Island Technology Park

    The Vancouver Island Technology Park, a University of Victoria Enterprise, facilitates the growth of technology on Vancouver Island by providing physical infrastructure linking local, provincial, national and international resources with emerging or growing tech companies.  VITP is a highly acclaimed centre of hi-tech excellence for world class science and innovation.  Today, the existing 191,000 square feet facility is a proven model which is fully-leased to 29 hi-tech companies. VITP is home to 1,300 highly-skilled and educated workers who contribute in excess of $280M annually to the economy of British Columbia.

     About RevenueWire

    RevenueWire Inc. is a global e-business company supporting affiliate marketers and merchants of high-quality digital products. Based in Victoria, British Columbia, RevenueWire has quickly grown into one of the industry’s leading e-commerce platforms, driving top-line revenue for merchants and affiliates in 74 countries around the world. The company is dedicated to providing its customers with highly productive online marketing services including access to a global affiliate network and a top converting shopping cart. RevenueWire’s performance-based platform ensures revenue is maximized for affiliates and merchants alike and they receive the best value possible.


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    Media Contact: 
    Av Hundle                            Bobbi Leach
    Manager, Business Development and Marketing        General Manager
    Vancouver Island Technology Park                RevenueWire
    P: 250.483.3228                        P: 250.984.1131
    E: ahundle@vitp.ca                        E: rleach@revenuewire.com

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  3. Government of Canada Funds State-of-the-art Clean Energy Technology in Alberta

    November 25, 2009 by dgann1

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    CALGARY —     The Government of Canada continues its commitment to clean energy technology development by investing $63 million in a project that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and produce high-quality jobs for Canadians. Today, the Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Natural Resources, announced funding support for the Alberta Carbon Trunk Line project, a fully integrated, large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Alberta.

    “Our Government’s Economic Action Plan is investing in projects that are creating jobs now when they are needed the most, while supporting our environment and stimulating the economy,” said Minister Raitt. “This innovative project further demonstrates Canada’s international leadership in carbon capture and storage technology.”

    The Alberta Carbon Trunk Line project, led by Enhance Energy in partnership with North West Upgrading, has the potential to facilitate permanent storage of up to two billion tonnes of carbon when operating at full capacity. The impact potential is equivalent to taking 2.6 million cars off the road annually.

    “As industry looks for a way to effectively deal with their CO2 emissions by keeping them out of the atmosphere, we are offering a much needed solution — a safe and secure storage destination for CO2,” said Susan Cole, President and CEO, Enhance Energy.

    The project is partly funded through the $1-billion Clean Energy Fund. Delivered through Canada’s Economic Action Plan, the fund is advancing Canada’s leadership on clean energy technologies and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from energy production. According to the Canada–Alberta ecoENERGY CCS Task Force report, CCS technology could allow Canada to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by almost three-quarters of Canada’s current annual emissions.

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  4. World’s innovation leaders gather in Vancouver

    October 20, 2009 by dgann1

    TechVibes, President, Rob Lewis will attend thursday’s opening to here keynotes addresses from the President of Association of University Research Parks, the President of the University of Victoria, Dr. David Turpin, and Dr. John Byrne, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2007)

    That morning Dr. Sujai Shivakumar, whom serves as Deputy Director to the National Academies’ program on Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy will present the Book Release/Announcement - Understanding Research, Science and Technology Parks: Global Best Practices / A Report of a Symposium National Research Council of the National Academies

    Dr. Rick Huijbregts, Vice President Cisco Canada, David Helliwell, Co-Founder, Pulse Energy and the President of UVic’s Technology Parks will present;

    The Power of Connected Research Parks, with a rapid expansion of devices and systems in our global research parks that require connectivity and access to IP networks (and the Internet), the time has come for the research parks to institutionalize “the Network as the Fourth Utility”.

    Its a full week in Vancouver with innovation leaders from around the world gathering at the 2009 international conference of the Association of University Research Parks. With more than 100 speakers sharing their expertise on driving global economic recovery through innovation, this conference promises to be a productive one.

    This year’s event is being hosted by the University of Victoria’s Vancouver Island Technology Park, sponsored by Discovery Parks and runs from Wednesday, October 21st to Friday, October 23rd at the Westin Bayshore.

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  5. Cannon’s Richmond Olympic Oval Takes Gold

    October 19, 2009 by dgann1

    Cannon’s Richmond Olympic Oval Takes Gold in Structural Design

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    The Richmond Olympic Oval will be the site for the speed-skating events during the 2010 Winter Olympics. (Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press)

    AURP Vancouver 2009 Tour Spot Takes Top Honors

    From the Canadian Press:

    The Olympic Oval in Richmond, B.C., just south of Vancouver, was awarded a prestigious international engineering prize for its structural design on Friday.

    The Olympic venue, which will host speed skating during the 2010 Games, beat out a tough field of competitors, including the Beijing National Stadium, also known as the “Bird’s Nest,” and the new retractable roof at Wimbledon’s Centre Court in London, to win the top award for a sports or leisure structure by the Institution of Structural Engineers

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    The roof of the Richmond Olympic Oval was built from pine beetle-killed wood from B.C.’s forests. (CBC) Earlier this year, the Oval was also one of 272 buildings shortlisted for the Building of the Year Award at the 2009 World Architecture Festival. It also won the Innovation in Architecture Award at 2009 Awards of Excellence from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, in May.

    The Richmond Olympic Oval, designed by Cannon Design, is a multi-purpose sports and recreation facility. Its roof features hollow, triangular-shaped wood steel arches and so-called wood wave panels constructed from pine beetle-killed wood boards from B.C. forests. Based in London, the Institution of Structural Engineers is dedicated to the art and science of structural engineering.

    Join your fellow AURP members as they visit, tour and network in the Richmond Oval as part of AURP 2009: Vancouver tours.

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  6. AURP DELEGATES – WELCOME TO BC & THE HOST PARKS CITY – VICTORIA

    October 15, 2009 by dgann1

    Vancouver, British Columbia will host officials from the world’s leading scientific research and technology centres when the Association of University Research Parks (AURP) arrives with the 2009 annual conference at The Westin Bayshore on October 21-23, 2009. The conference will be hosted by the University of Victoria’s Vancouver Island Technology Park and sponsored by Discovery Parks. As host Park, we would like to invite you to experience a little of Victoria, the Capital of British Columbia,

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  7. GLOBAL INNOVATION LEADERS GATHER IN VANCOUVER

    October 14, 2009 by dgann1

    Canada Line is here! SkyTrain’s newest line provides rapid rail service linking Downtown to the Vancouver International Airport (YVR). Trains leave every four minutes from Vancouver, and every seven minutes from Richmond and YVR. A one-way trip from YVR to Downtown Vancouver takes only 25 minutes on a two zone fare of $3.75!

    Canada Line from John Biehler on Vimeo.

    Departing YVR, take the rail service to the Waterfront Station. The Westin Bayshore will be a short taxi ride from the Waterfront Station

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  8. AURP’s iParks Financing Webinar

    October 1, 2009 by dgann1

    AURP’s iParks Financing Webinar

    Vancouver Preview!

    Research Park Financing:
    Creating Opportunity in an Uncertain Environment

    Featured Presenters:

    Kevin Byrne, Chief Investment Officer
    The University Financing Foundation, Inc.

    David Adams, Vice President
    BB&T Capital Markets

    October 15, 2009  1:00pm – 2:00pm EDT

    Fee: $79.00 AURP Members

    $99.00 Non-Members

    Register Online

    Research Park Financing:

    Creating Opportunity in an Uncertain Environment

    The challenges of research park financing have shifted dramatically in the last two years. Thecurrent funding landscape is barely recognizable. Standardsthat once guided financing no longer apply and new standard practiceshave yet to emerge. The ambiguity is confusing, but many new financing opportunities exist for those withcreative approaches and new models. This Webinar will teach youto make the most of new emerging opportunities for researchpark funding. And if you can’t make it to Vancouver this year, don’t miss this webinar to keep up-to-the minute on finance!

    Participate to Learn:

    • The current market condition
    • How to identify the required alternative financing mechanisms
    • How to integrate multiple funding sources
    • Innovative approaches to funding under the new financial realities

    Register Online

    Your Webinar registration fee of $79 Members/ $99 Non-Members includes:
    •  Participation in the conference, including Q&A
    •  A copy of the Webinar presentation

    •  An mp3 recording of the entire session

    Can’t make it at that time? Register to receive the course materials online after the live session.

    Association of University Research Parks 2009 ©

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  9. Future Technology 2009 The year of technology invention (milliongenerator)

    September 29, 2009 by dgann1

    Are we keeping up with the change? Is the world commercializing? Watch this!

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  10. Universities and the ‘knowledge economy’

    September 18, 2009 by dgann1

    British Columbia is caught in the gales of a global economic storm. How can we position ourselves for recovery and future success? How can we make short-term actions consistent with our long-term goal of social, economic and cultural prosperity?

    History shows that big economic transformations begin with innovative applications of new knowledge and ideas. Today, it is widely recognized that investments in education, research and development are strongly correlated with competitiveness and standard of living.

    Around the world, governments are trying to leverage university education and research to stimulate economic recovery and social prosperity. Clearly, universities have a key role to play. In B.C., recovery from the current economic downturn will require a stronger partnership between universities, government and the private sector. To achieve this, we must take three important steps.

    First, to succeed in the knowledge economy, B.C. will need a well-educated and innovative workforce. At the start of this decade, B.C. suffered an education deficit with fewer university spaces per capita than any province in the country. The recent provincially funded expansion of post-secondary education has greatly increased our province’s capacity to educate our own. We now need to work together to expand university access for previously under-represented groups, particularly aboriginal youth and students from low-income families. And we face another challenge: The coming demographically driven decline in high school graduates. To provide the skilled workforce that B.C. needs, we must attract more talented students from across Canada and around the world. International students enrich the learning environment, and many will stay in Canada after graduating. International scholarship programs and competitive funding will help meet this goal. This educational focus will be critical for our future success. (more…)

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