Monday, Sept. 17
BioTalent Canada & Ag-West Bio present:

People. Investors. Results.

Join us. Hear how your team impacts investors’ choices and how networking gets you the desired results.

11:00 am to 1:30 pm
Candle-Span Room
The Atrium at Innovation Place
Saskatoon, SK

This event is FREE and includes lunch!

RSVP: mailto:events@agwest.sk.ca

Michael Hughes
Networking for Results

Maximize the Networking Effect
Secret Networking Strategies that Develop Relationships and Drive Revenues

FACT: Networking has evolved from a “nice to do” activity to a required professional competency for leaders, entrepreneurs and corporate managers.

Brent Pederson
Hay Group

Impress investors with a winning team
Understanding the value investors place in a diverse team

FACT: Investors want to work with companies and organizations that employ a diverse workforce.

 

Dale Daniels
Deloitte

Building leaders today for tomorrow's success
The importance of leadership development 

FACT: Organizations with strong leader development practices have been shown to deliver higher shareholder returns and higher ROI.
 

Saturday & Sunday - Sept.15-16

Saskatchewan Science Centre, Regina
Contact the Science Centre for more information:
306-522-4629 or 1-800-667-6300

Science Centre DNA Weekend
Family friendly, hands-on activities

To honour Biotechnology week the Saskatchewan Science Centre will be hosting a DNA weekend!

Join us at 2:00 pm to learn about DNA through extracting genetic material from a banana, make DNA key chains and help build a genome by connect segments of origami DNA.

University of Saskatchewan
College of Agriculture & Bioresources

co-hosted by: U of S College of AgBio, Ag in the Classroom

Wednesday, Sept. 19
Funding Programs Workshop
co-hosted by Springboard West Innovations & AWB

This event features The SDTC Statement of Interest Workshop that provides key information and practical guidance to help you prepare a quality submission for potential funding for your technology. Also hear guest speakers from the National Research Council’s Industrial Research Assistance Program, Western Economic Diversification and The Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, who will provide details on additional funding opportunities to move your business forward.

Registration is FREE (limited seats available)
Sustainable Development Technology Canada
IRAP West - NRC
Western Economic Diversification
Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture

TCU Place, Saskatoon,SK

Breakfast & Registration: 7:30am
Program: 8:00 to 11:30 am

Click here to register

Presentations by:
David Minicola - Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC),
Manager of Application will discuss SDTC funding program

Mark Pasloski- IRAP West - National Research Council Canada (NRC),
 Industrial Technology will discuss the IRAP funding program

Rajeev Ludu - Western Economic Diversification (WD),
Senior Business Officer will discuss the WD funding program

Abdul Jalil –Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture,
Director of Agriculture Research Branch
will discuss the Growing Forward funding programs:
ADF (Agricultural Development Fund); SAVI (SK Agri-Value Initiative);
ADOPT (Agricultural Demonstration of Practices and Technologies)

Event Sponsors:

The Amazing Biotech Race helps biotechnology students from high school, SIAST and the U of S to connect with industry. The Amazing Biotech Race will take place at Innovation Place, with students searching for clues and taking part in quick lab “challenges” that earn them the next clue, while meeting people and becoming familiar with Saskatoon companies along the way. The event winds up at Boffins for networking.

1:00 to 4:00 pm - Innovation Place

Thursday, Sept. 20



An outreach event for high school & post secondary students to learn about bioscience companies in and around Innovation Place

Contact Blaine Chartrand (SIAST)
306-659-4153

Speakers:
Reno Pontarollo (Genome Prairie)
Brent Zettl (Prairie Plant Systems)
Dominique Singh (Masters Student)
Saskatoon's Mayor Don Atchison
Music: Whiskey on a Sunday
speaker bios

4:00 to 7:00 pm

This is a free event,
but registration is required.
RSVP: events@agwest.sk.ca

11:45 am to 1:00 pm
Candle-Span Room
Atrium at Innovation Place, Saskatoon, SK

To register or for more information, contact saskatoon@innovationplace.com

Friday, Sept. 21
Using Legal Tools to Promote Innovation
A Luncheon with Kristal M. Allen
(MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP)

The three key areas of discussion presented through using examples of issues faced by sciences and technology driven enterprises will be:

• navigating technology development – structuring research funding and collaboration arrangements
• securing protection of proprietary technology – determining ownership of research output and management of Intellectual Property
• extracting value from technology – moving toward commercialization, licensing, and/or technology transfer

Co-hosted by Innovation Place & Ag-West Bio

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3:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Candle-Span Room
Atrium at Innovation Place
Saskatoon, SK

Lecture followed by networking reception
events@agwest.sk.ca

Friday, Sept. 21

Food production and healthy foods: Can we close the gap?
Les Copeland
(Professor of Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Sydney, Australia)

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Student Video
The Evan Hardy Media School is creating videos with 2012 Sanofi BioGeneius Canada Challenge participants, including Walter Murray Collegiate’s Rui Song, (Bronze winner in the International competition during BIO 2012). Interviews with the students and their mentors will be edited into three 3-minute videos in time for unveiling during National Biotech Week. The videos will be posted to various websites, including YouTube, and offered to science teachers as a tool to entice more students to get involved in science.