Greening Global Value Chains: Innovation and the International Diffusion of Technologies and Knowledge

"The objective of the paper is to lay out the state of knowledge on the role of innovation and the diffusion of technologies in the greening of global value chains as well as some of the main policy issues and key research gaps. A special emphasis will be put on developing countries in which innovation, skills and technological absorptive capacities tend to be lower while green technologies are urgently needed."

Knowledge & Innovation in Space

"The purpose of this working paper is to provide a short overview of actual topics in contemporary research concerned with global, national, regional and local knowledge and innovation dynamics... Treating knowledge as a key resource for innovation shifts the focus from the innovation itself to the process of knowledge generation, transformation and diffusion, i.e. to knowledge dynamics."

The Canada Foundation for Innovation, Sociology of Knowledge, and the Re-engineering of the University

"Using the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) as an example, we show how Canadian science policy is influencing patterns of stratification both within and between universities. Substantial differences in CFI funding for certain knowledge fields have produced an increasing inequality in the support that scholars can accrue to fund their research."

The Division of Policy Research and Analysis at the National Science Foundation: Its Support of Research on the Returns to R&D

"The U.S. National Science Foundation’s (NSF’s) Division of Policy Research and Analysis (PRA) supported academic research related to, among many other things, measurement of the returns to private and public R&D, during the early 1980s. The findings from this body of research became a foundation for a number of technology and innovation policies promulgated in the aftermath of the U.S. productivity slowdown in the 1970s, and, as we suggest in this paper, a foundation for many contemporary technology and innovation policy initiatives. We argue that there are lessons to be learned from PRA’s successes from its sponsorship of research in this area, and we suggest one possible area of future emphasis for NSF’s on-going Science of Science and Innovation Policy (SciSIP) program."

Canada and the Challenges of Cyberspace Governance and Security

"Canada has the potential to take on a leadership role in showing the world what it means to truly stand for freedom in cyberspace. But providing global leadership will require that our own government commits to reducing state controls and surveillance here at home, encouraging greater transparency and checks on state power over the Internet, while enhancing privacy protections."

Faculty Intellectual Property Rights in Canadian Universities

"This article reports on a qualitative study of Intellectual Property regulation in Canadian universities, visited by the author. The study was based on policy and regulation comparative analysis, as well as semi-structured expert interviews carried out at Southern Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia universities."

The Government Workforce of the Future

"Strategic workforce planning is gradually becoming a key priority and core management practice for public sector employees in OECD countries. In times of limited resources, governments are required to demonstrate workforce planning capability to meet current and future challenges for service delivery and to produce efficiency gains. Since experience in workforce planning remains limited, a simple but pragmatic approach that takes into account the national context is recommended."

Energy and Energy Literacy in Canada: A Survey of Business and Policy Leadership

"Energy plays an important role in everyday activities, whether at a personal, institutional, corporate or social level. In this context, an informed or literate public is critical for the long term conservation, management, pricing and use of increasingly scarce energy resources. A series of surveys were used to probe the literacy of Canadians with regard to energy issues ranging from relative ranking and importance of energy compared to other national issues, preference for various fuel types and willingness to pay for offsetting environmental impacts from energy generation. In addition, they were asked how Canada’s government should prioritize national energy independence over trade, even if ultimately reducing imports might impact national economic health."

Natural and Economic Selection - Lessons from the Evo-Devo and Multilevel Selection Debate

"In this article we are aiming to explore the actual significance of selection as a major explanatory principle in economics. Starting with an analysis of a modern and modified understanding of the selection mechanism in nature we will draw some conclusions for its use in economics."

Sorting out the impact of cultural diversity on innovative firms: An empirical analysis of Dutch micro-data

"In this paper we analyse the impact of cultural diversity on firm innovativeness, while using finite mixture modeling to control for observed and unobserved heterogeneity... We find that workforce diversity is beneficial for innovativeness in capital-intensive sectors."

EdInnovation 2013

Calgary:  May 1-3, 2013

Our aim is to showcase and share innovative experiences and solutions of the most successful, disruptive and creative educational technology startups, SMEs and entrepreneurs in Canada and worldwide. Join us as we bring together innovation and creativity to engage with venture capitalists, technology buyers and top notch researchers.

WAVE 2013 Conference

Lake Louise:  May 5-8, 2013

The Wave conference brings together global business leaders and innovative companies to discover and create business opportunities with investable technology products. Come interact with executive keynotes At Wave 2013 the keynotes will all be available for one-on-one meetings during the three day conference. This is valuable face time with key executives who could support and provide feedback on your product and company.

BarCamp Calgary May 2013

Calgary:  May 11, 2013

BarCamp is a community-powered unconference, filled with open events, discussions, and workshops, where the agenda is collaboratively created and run by the participants rather than predetermined speakers. The first BarCamp took place in 2005, and since then BarCamps have been held in over 350 cities around the world.

Analytics, Big Data and the Cloud II

Calgary and Edmonton:  May 13-15, 2013

The 2013 Analytics, Big Data, and The Cloud II Conference will feature keynotes, presentations, and networking.

Canada 3.0 Digital Media Conference

Toronto, Ontario May 14-15 2013The Canada 3.0 Conference is Canada’s only national digital media conference. The conference focusses on commercial of digital media inventions. This is the fifth year of thew conference, and the first time in Toronto. The 2014 Canada 3.0 Conference will be in Calgary.

InnoTown Innovation Conference 2013

Alesund, Norway:  May 22-23, 2013

InnoTown is a truly unusual business conference for people who want to open up to the new opportunities that lie beyond the traditionally tried and tested. The aim of InnoTown is to move people's minds, both rationally and emotionally; to inspire and enhance creativity and innovation, to help motivate people to think new thoughts and dare to fail—to succeed.

CVCA's 2013 Annual Conference

Banff:  May 22-24, 2013

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2013 Industry Studies Conference: Industry Flexibility and Agility in the Global Economy

Kansas City, MO:  May 28-31, 2013

The Industry Studies Association has announced a special theme for the 2013 Industry Studies Conference: Industry Flexibility and Agility in the Global Economy. While the 2013 Conference is open to all papers and panels relevant to industry studies, we are particularly encouraging panels and presentations this year that look at creating flexibility and agility in the global economy.

2013 Sustainable Chemistry Summit

Montreal:  June 5-7, 2013

The 2013 Sustainable Chemistry Summit, presented by GreenCentre Canada, will map the journey of green chemistry technologies from lab to market.

Gas and Oil Expo North America 2013

Calgary:  June 11-13, 2013

We're a leading biennial event for the North American gas and oil industry. Held in the energy capital of Canada - Calgary, Alberta - the event offers opportunities for brand exposure, business development, education, and networking. Indoor and outdoor exhibits showcase emerging technologies, a diverse range of products and services, and leading expertise. The largest Canadian energy event of 2013, Gas & Oil Expo hosts over 500 exhibiting companies and attracts 20,000 registered attendees.

16th Uddevalla Symposium 2013 on Innovation, High-growth Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Kansas City, MO:  June 13-15, 2013

Empirical studies show that a limited share of new business ventures have the capacity to rapidly up-scale and to generate substantial new jobs in the regions where they are launched. From the perspective of regional policy makers, this implies that it is critical to understand what regional economic milieus are capable of generating innovations that can be the basis of high-growth entrepreneurship as well as provide the right environment for entrepreneurs to launch entrepreneurial initiatives.

Fourth Annual Conference on Internet Search and Innovation

Chicago:  June 20-21, 2013

The goal of this conference is to provide a forum where economists and legal scholars can gather together with Northwestern's own distinguished faculty to present and discuss high-quality research relevant to Internet search and innovation. The conference will cover academic work on Internet search and innovation, and the discussion will examine related public policy issues in antitrust, regulation, and intellectual property.

EURAM 2013 Democratising Management

Istanbul:  June 26-29, 2013

Current debates in management point to the need for reassessment of existing structures, processes, inter and intra organisational relations and management practices for a fair treatment of different stakeholders' interests. As a governance system that focuses on the supreme goal to include diverse opinions and views into the functioning of society, democracy may represent a novel (maybe even revolutionary) way to think about, govern and act in the management of business activities as well. EURAM 2013 aims to offer a platform to discuss the opportunities, the challenges and the processes related to democratising management across the wide range of topics related to this notion.

AccelerateAB 2013 Conference

Calgary:  July 11-12, 2013

AccelerateAB is produced by The C100 and The A100, two groups passionately dedicated to promoting tech entrepreneurship in Canada and Alberta. This event is a true melting pot that brings together Alberta's seasoned veterans, young punks, quality mentors, whip-smart investors and keen students, all with the goal of building Alberta's tech ecosystem.

Calgary Startup Weekend

Calgary:  July 12-14, 2013

Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. It is the largest community of passionate entrepreneurs with over 400 past events in 100 countries around the world in 2011.

Sunshine Summit

Calgary:  September 25, 2013

The Sunshine Summit is an important opportunity to talk with expert guest speakers one-to-one. Learn and share ideas about how to improve transparency and promote confidence in government by increasing access to information.

Canadian Innovation Exchange

Toronto:  November 21, 2013

The Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX) is the foremost destination for key leaders in the innovation economy to learn from one another, explore new relationships and accelerate the development of the ground-breaking technologies, products and services propelling the Canadian economy into the future. This forum attracts the people behind innovative new technologies "entrepreneurs, investors, corporations, service providers, government, and media" for an unparalleled program of visionary keynotes and panel discussions, facilitated networking opportunities, and the CIX Top 20 a showcase of Canada's hottest innovative companies working in Digital Media and Information and Communication Technology.

U of C Professor Tom Keenan earns award for science promotion

Keenan, a professor in the Faculty of Environmental Design, received NSERC's Award for Science Promotion, valued at $10,000.

New Start-Up Visa opens for applications on April 1

The new Start-Up Visa Program aims to attract foreign entrepreneurs to Canada.

$12.5 million from CFI's College-Industry Innovation Fund to support Canadian businesses

"The $12.5-million investment from the CFI's College-Industry Innovation Fund (CIIF) will support 17 applied research projects at colleges, cégeps and polytechnics. The funding will help colleges across the country form partnerships with 89 companies."

Siemens to establish Canadian Energy Headquarters in Calgary

"The province and Siemens also signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together to leverage the company’s technological and industrial capabilities with Alberta’s innovation system and Alberta companies."

Food security innovations sought

"The Canadian International Food Security Research Fund is a joint initiative between the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). Phase 2 will focus on connecting promising research results to public and private sector organizations that can get them to end users on a larger scale."

Calgary, Ottawa, Edmonton ranked best places to live in Canada

MoneySense praises Calgary's high incomes and an abundance of jobs.

New Members Appointed to Science, Technology and Innovation Council

"The new appointees are Sophie Forest, Managing Partner, Brightspark Ventures; George Gosbee, Chairman and CEO, AltaCorp Capital Inc.; Maureen Kempston Darkes, General Motors Corporation Group Vice-President and President, GM Latin America, Africa and Middle East (retired); and Annette Verschuren, Chair and CEO, NRStor Inc."

World's Best Universities announced

McGill and University of Toronto were the only Canadian universities in the top 400, placing 18th and 19th, respectively.

University of Calgary to innovate its way to learning excellence through $40 million institute

"Through this new institute, the University of Calgary will take the lead in educational innovation by researching the most effective methods for engaging students, by supporting faculty to be the best teachers they can be and by providing some of the most innovative learning spaces available anywhere in North America."

Killam Prize winners announced

"This year, the winning scholars are Lorne Babiuk of the University of Alberta, John McGarry of Queen’s University, Witold Pedrycz of the University of Alberta, Richard Peltier of the University of Toronto and Paul Thagard of University of Waterloo."

Mike Lazaridis leaps into quantum computing

"Lazaridis most recently announced that he’s joining forces with Doug Fregin, one of the original BlackBerry founders, to create a $100-million private fund to commercialize breakthroughs resulting from the quest for a quantum computer."

Federal budget 2013 innovation highlights

"• $60-million to help high-potential incubator and accelerator organizations expand their services to entrepreneurs;
• $100-million through the Business Development Bank of Canada to invest in firms graduating from business accelerators;
• $20-million to help small and medium-sized enterprises access research and development services at universities and colleges;
• $18-million to the Canadian Youth Business Foundation to help young entrepreneurs grow their firms."

The University of Calgary seeks an Assistant Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation with a focus on Entrepreneurship for Corporate Social Responsibility.

The Phoenix Report: Canadian Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital 2013 innovatively combines the visual aesthetics of printed slide decks with historic vignettes about innovation in Canada.

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