Establishing A Regional Innovation Zone
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Establishing A Regional Innovation
Zone
Prepared 10-JUL-14 by: The
Alberta Council of
Technologies Society
Proposal
Establish the NW quadrant of the Edmonton Capital Region as
an Innovation Zone
The NW Quadrant includes:
City of St. Albert
- Town of Stony Plain
Town of Devon
- City of Spruce Grove
Parkland County - Sturgeon County (Villenue)
Alexander First Nations
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What is the NW Innovation Zone?
The NW location features:
A common interest/need to increase their business/ industrial base
for generating jobs/revenue/taxes – sustainability
Excluded from development of Alberta’s oil sands, gas & petroleum
industry
Environmental sensitivities and public priorities
Source of the Region’s water (North Saskatchewan), weather
(prevailing NW winds – “The Alberta Clipper”), and wattage
(Keephills and Wabamun)
Collaborative municipal/county economic development
Is there More?
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What is the NW Innovation Zone?
Innovative infrastructure:
Focus. Innovation and knowledge-based industry. E.g. : data
analytics, fusion energy, cleanTech, maglev
Sourcing. Small business development, dedicated funding for
industry development and business incubation
Merging. Culture and Science, Arts and Technology - a “Creative
Economy”
Local. A well-educated, family-oriented population base as a source
of leadership in learning, small-business and innovation!
Is there More?
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How ABCtech Can Help!
Vision. Diversifying Alberta’s economy through the commercialization of emerging
technologies
Experienced. “Community building” with networks of interest and expertise in
technologies and their commercialization:
Policy Influence. Consulting re fusion energy, maglev, small business, innovation &
enterprise, rural communications, access to capital, public procurement, public policy
Public Education. Event management re cell therapies, fusion energy, cleanTech,
electrifying transportation, data analytics
Communications. Newsletters, ABCtech Media (audio, video, print) Productions, websites
Collaborative. 20 established Networks and 15,000 email relationships sustained through
AGM/BBQ, co-hosting of events and policy projects
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What’s needed?
Agreement. Municipalities/Counties Agreement to collaborate in
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economic development. Form Alliance.
P3 Funding. Provincial/municipal partners and corporate and
institutional sponsors. Short and long term grants.
Understanding. A spring workshop on development of the NW
Innovation Zone. Steering Committee.
Sourcing. Regional: Northern Alberta Business Incubator, Community
Futures, Sumex, AccCapital, and Provincial: Maglev, Alberta/Canada
Fusion Energy Program, Alberta CleanTech Industry Alliance, Analytics
Industry Advisory
Engagement. ABCtech as Project Secretariat for launch. Our 2015
Tenth Year Anniversary theme “Convergence & Creativity”.