CANADIAN NCP for the ICT Sector March 2011 ERIC TSANG MICHELLE MAYER COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH CENTRE INDUSTRY CANADA

CRC at a Glance  Established in 1969, with origins dating back to the 1940s  Government of Canada’s primary laboratory for R&D in advanced telecommunications  Expertise: Wireless systems- terrestrial, space, broadcasting, Communications Networks, Radio fundamentals and Photonics  Total of 400 staff including 250 engineers and scientists  Over 200 scientific publications and conference papers

CRC – A Source of Knowledge and Innovation 3 3 Knowledge Advice Technology Innovation Government regulations and standards development ICT Advice to government organizations Technology transfer to private sector Government regulations and standards development ICT Advice to government organizations Technology transfer to private sector Experimentation & Evaluation Experimentation & Evaluation Knowledge Exchange Knowledge Exchange Concept / prototype development Concept / prototype development CRC International partnership International partnership

CRC International S&T Activities  International Standards Bodies - ITU, IEEE, etc.  APEC Telecom and Information technology WG  Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Forum  ICT sector coordinator for the S&T agreements with India, China, etc.  National Contact Point - EU’s FP ICT

NCP NCP for FP-ICT since 1995 Associate Member of IDEAL-ist (Network of ICT NCPs - 65 NCPs) EuroRIs-Net Project (Network of NCPs of Research Infrastructures - 36 NCPs)

Role of Canadian ICT NCP Intelligence gathering Facilitate, coordinate and brokering partnerships Advice on project proposals and searches Provide feedback to EU Outreach Activities (ICT 2010) Dissemination of information on EU activities, ie workshops, conferences, Information Days, Open calls, etc. Database of R&D organizations & individuals (230+ and growing) - register at Other administrative functions

Canadian Participation in the Framework Program  FP5 . No. of Participants:55 . No. of Distinct Projects:29  FP6 . No. of Participants:29 . No. of Distinct Projects:24  FP7  No. of Participants (to call 6)14  No. of Distinct Projects13

BREAKDOWN OF CANADIAN PARTICIPANTS PRIVATE SECTOR : 2Multi-National 1SME GOVERNMENT LAB :2 UNIVERSITIES : 9

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