Working groups

Identify strategies to allow optimal transfer of university-created innovations to industry.

When it comes to identifying the new technologies that are most mature and of significant commercial potential, insufficient account is taken of the technological demands of the main Quebec companies active in R&D;

Situated between the stages of validation and clinical development 2, the current process of maturity and technology transfer lacks funds, specific expertise and experienced project managers;

Lack of support for the growth of young Quebec companies, particularly in the medical equipment sector, which operates in a complex and international environment.

Visit to Entretiens Jacques-Cartier, Lyon (France)

Participation and presentation: InterCluster, Brussels (Belgium)

Provide strategic advice on the establishment of the Innovation Policy

Participation in the Conseil des partenaires de l’innovation

CHIP Project: support, active participation and leadership

Pan-Canadian round-table involving the industrial health innovation sector and the provincial and federal governments

Development of strategies and policy recommendations likely to improve our capacities in innovation, so as to strengthen our healthcare system, productivity and economic growth

Increase investment in, and the performance of, industrial R&D, so as to favour the commercialization of Canadian discoveries.