Making Sense of Nanotechnology in Alberta Gary Albach Executive Director nanoAlberta Nano Tech 2009 Tokyo, Japan February, 2009

Agenda ♦ Why is this happening now? ♦ What are the goals for the next 10 years? Alberta (Canada) is rapidly becoming a world leader in the field of nanotechnology.

About Alberta (Canada) ♦ Alberta - one of the 10 Provinces in Canada ♦ Population – 3.5 million ♦ Traditional Industries – Oil and gas, Agriculture, Forest products, Manufacturing ♦ Emerging Industries – MEMS, Advanced Materials, Geomatics, Remote Sensing, Food Processing

Today in Alberta ♦ Nanotech companies:~50 ♦ Employment:~1000 ♦ Public investment:~$500M (past 5 years) ♦ Nanotech Researchers:~1000

3 Commercial Priorities … 1.Energy/Environment 2.Health 3.Agriculture/Forestry … for Alberta’s Nanotechnology

Alberta Nanotechnology Strategy Industrial Strategy announced in 2007 ♦ Funding:$130M top 5 nations ♦ Vision:“Alberta will be a leading contributor in placing Canada amongst the top 5 nations in the world …”

“$20 billion of new economic activity by 2020 “$20 billion of new economic activity by 2020 – - from nano enabled products and applications specific to industries in: EnergyEnvironment ♦ Energy and Environment Health ♦ Health Technologies, and Bioindustry ♦ Bioindustry sectors” Alberta Nanotechnology Strategy

new generation of businesses and entrepreneurs 1.Grow and develop a new generation of businesses and entrepreneurs to commercialize nanotechnology solutions 2.Build, attract and retain world-class talent superior technology infrastructure 3.Continue to enhance Alberta’s superior technology infrastructure Strategy Overview

 Collaborate with industry to create new commerce in: Energy & Environment, Health & Medical Technologies, Agriculture & Forestry  Create an Industrial Partnership Program (‘nanoWorks’) to fund nanotechnology research initiatives jointly with industry.  Establish programs to engage students from technical institutions.  Create a Nano-Entrepreneur Program Strategy One New generation of businesses and entrepreneurs

Build, attract and retain world-class, quality talent  Establish a graduate student scholarship program for basic and applied nanotechnology research  Expand training capacity to meet the industry requirements for growth.  Recruit and retain world-class research, product design and management talent to Alberta.  Increase nanotechnology awareness and hands-on learning opportunities in K-12 programs Strategy Two

Infrastructure and intellectual capital  Build and operate an open-use product development centre for entrepreneurs and industry partners: ACAMP  Enhance the capability and capacity of key facilities: NanoFab (UofA), AMIF (UofC)  Increase the operating budget for MSTRI (Microsystems Technology Research Initiative) prototype development activities  Create an operating support program to ensure the ongoing operation of necessary equipment for core facilities. Strategy Three

facilitates collaborative efforts. NanoAlberta facilitates collaborative efforts. ProductsApplications ♦ With a focus on Products and Applications Industry Participation ♦ Ensures strong Industry Participation Existing Investments ♦ Leverages Existing Investments ♦ Builds on existing and emerging strengths nanoAlberta Delivering the Alberta Nanotechnology Strategy

Building on Strengths Direction 1.A well planned Direction for nanotechnology (Alberta Nanotechnology Strategy - Funding 2.Committed Funding to carry out the Strategy People 3.A talented pool of People (University of Alberta) 4.NINT 4.NINT (National Institute for Nanotechnology at the UofA) Culture 5.A Culture of Entrepreneurship Alberta has: ‘The only debt-free jurisdiction in North America’

National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT) $120M initial investment Informatics Circle of Research Excellence (iCORE) Attracting top 5% highly quality people (HQP) in the world. Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) $1.5B to support medical researchers Alberta Ingenuity Fund $1.0B to support science and engineering. Building on Prior Investments

Entrepreneurs Alberta Ingenuity TECEdmonton University Technologies International (UTI) Calgary Technologies Inc. (CTI) Risk Capital $100M Alberta Enterprise Fund Alberta SR&ED credit Building on People

Alberta Landscape NINT NINT (National Institute for Nanotechnology) CEIN CEIN (Center of Excellence for Integrated NanoTools) MSTRI MSTRI (Microsystems Technology Research Initiative) AMIF AMIF (Advanced Microsystems Integration Facility) ACSES ACSES (Alberta Center for Surface Engineering & Science) CIHM CIHM (Center for Intelligent Health Monitoring) INRF INRF (Integrated Nanosystems Research Facility) Protein Gene Discovery Centre Institute for Biomolecular Design NanoFab NanoFab (Open Access Fabrication Facility)

CONNECT – Bringing Technology to Market $178M Action Plan for 5 years: ♦ $100 million venture capital ♦ Technology Development Advisors ♦ Innovation Vouchers for technology development services ♦ Product development centres ♦ Demonstration fund for testing new products ♦ Pre-commercial and seed stage fund ♦ Youth entrepreneurship in technologies ♦ Additional 10% provincial tax credit for R&D

National Institute for Nanotechnology NINT ♦ Cornerstone ♦ Cornerstone for Alberta to achieve its Nano Strategy ♦ Inclusive joint initiative ♦ Inclusive joint initiative between: – National Research Council of Canada (NRC) – University of Alberta (UofA) – Government of Alberta (GoA)

Alberta Centre For Advanced MNT Products ♦ Packaging and product development ♦ MEMS, Bio and ICT ♦ Integrates existing infrastructure ♦ Channels to market ♦ Low volume manufacturing and device packaging ACAMP

Hewlett-Packard Alberta Collaboration Research Focused on advanced computing techniques, nanoscale sensors, and 3-D videoconferencing IBM Centre for Advanced Studies (CAS) Focused on machine intelligence, nanotechnology, and biological simulation Centre of Excellence in Integrated Nanotools Focused on developing microchips, microsystems, and nanodevices Xerox NINT Collaborative Research Labs Focused on materials-based nanotechnologies, including document and display-related technologies Partnerships

Thank you Gary Albach Executive Director nanoAlberta 5 th Floor, Phipps McKinnon Building – 101A Avenue Edmonton, AB Canada T5J 3G2 T C