Transcript CANADA-ITALY TRADE AND INVESTMENT FORUM

Serving Canadian Business in
Canada and Abroad
The Canadian Trade Commissioner
Service: Who we are
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A global trade service
– part of International Trade Canada
– 150 offices abroad and 12 regional
offices in Canada
– more than 800 Trade Commissioners
overseas, 100 across Canada
Our mandate:
To promote Canada’s economic interests in
the global marketplace
Facilitating:
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Foreign market access
Trade leads
Exporting
Business contacts
Events
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Technology transfer
Licensing agreements
Joint venture development
Investment in/to Canada
Our regional offices
across Canada offer:
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One-On-One Export Help
Market and Industry Information
Export Financing Advice
Trade Fairs, Missions and Events
Recommendations
All our offices abroad offer:
1. Market Prospect
2. Key Contacts Search
3. Local Company Information
4. Visit Information
5. Face-to-face Briefing
6. Troubleshooting
For Canadian Businesses:
VTC
For Foreign Businesses:
DBC
Virtual Trade Commissioner
•Meet your Trade Commissioner
•Browse the World
•Business Leads
•Trade Events
•Partners Services
•Sectoral News
•Country Information
VTC - What are the Benefits?
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Single-service window to personalized export
services.
Free service available 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week.
Access to business leads and daily business news
specific to sector and markets of interest.
Secure, direct access to over 900 Trade
Commissioners in Canada and abroad, as well as
our Partners.
Quality and up-to-date content.
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada's
S&T Program
Objectives
 To foster international research and development (R&D) collaboration and
its commercialization;
 To identify and incorporate world leading research into the development of
innovative processes, goods and services in Canada;
 To position Canada as a valued international S&T partner.
Expected Outcomes
 Access to the world’s best facilities, equipment, talent, knowledge and costsharing mechanisms to enhance the quality and speed of Canadian
research activities and the potential for timely commercialization;
 Acquisition and dissemination of technologies and technological information
required to ensure Canada’s competitive standing;
 Acquisition of international S&T intelligence to guide government and
corporate policy decisions and priority-setting.
Canada's International S&T Network
There are 6 dedicated S&T Counsellors in key OECD
countries in addition to a network of S&T officers .
They undertake two key functions:
 S&T Policy and Program Monitoring and Reporting
– Objective: Contribute to Canada's S&T policy and program
formulation by maintaining an up to date intelligence scan
of S&T policy issues in the host country
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Promotion of S&T collaboration
– Objective: Foster S&T partnerships of Canadian
governmental institutions, the academic community and the
business sector, with their counterparts in the host country
The Going Global Science and Technology (S&T) Program
Objective
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to promote and enhance Canada's international science and
technology efforts by supporting Canadian researchers in accessing
international R&D collaborative opportunities
Approach
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To support activities that build on targeted relationships between
Canadian researchers and key players in other countries, allowing
them to proceed with the formal discussions required to initiate
collaboration on future international research and development
initiatives.
Outcome
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To formulate the partnership and conduct detailed planning of their
collaborative R&D initiative (i.e. to define objectives, activities, timelines,
responsibilities, etc.).
International Science and Technology Partnerships Program - ISTPP
Objectives
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encourage domestic competitiveness through the transfer of technology and knowledge resulting
from international science and technology partnerships;
foster international science and technology (S&T) partnerships and collaborative research in all
sectors, with an emphasis on industry-industry partnerships and university-industry partnerships;
accelerate the commercialization of research and development (R&D) through international
partnerships with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises;
access international technologies for Canadian enterprises;
promote Canadian R&D capacity and Canada as a destination for foreign technology-based
investments;
encourage the mobility of researchers and promote Canada as a career destination for foreign
researchers and highly qualified personnel; and
strengthen overall bilateral science and technology relations..
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fostering the global networks critical to improved commercialization;
access to the world's best facilities, equipment, talent and knowledge; and
wealth creation resulting from increased Canadian production of innovative goods and services
through international linkages.
Technology Partnership Initiative
Objective
– To accelerate the commercialization of promising new Canadian
technologies, products & applications by fostering cross-border
partnerships
Approach
– To organize small groups of Canadian firms and institutions in leading
edge "niche" areas for matching with US firms and institutions
Outcome
– To develop business and scientific relationships leading to:
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Investment
Co-development of technology solutions
Licensing agreements
Demonstration projects
Marketing/distribution alliances
Other
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http://www.infoexport.gc.ca/science/
Yvonne Gruenthaler
Trade Commissioner/Délégué commercial, Science & Tech
Ontario Region / Région de l'Ontario
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada / Affaires
étrangères et Commerce international Canada
151 Yonge Street, 4th Floor / 151 rue Yonge, 4e étage
Toronto, Ontario. Canada. M5C 2W7
tel/ tél: (416) 973-5190;
e.mail/ courriel: [email protected]