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BEAUCHAMP, EMILE Manager Quebec Manufacturing Industries Branch Industrie Canada Nano2007: PARALLEL SESSION EMCEE

Mr. Beauchamp has some remarkable expertise in industrial development and knows the nanotechnology market very well. In addition to graduating in Metallurgical Engineering at �cole Polytechnique, he obtained a Master degree in Material Science from the Imperial College of London and achieved Accelerated Management Courses at HEC Montreal. Moreover, he occupies the Senior Officer, Industrial Development Manufacturing, Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology position at Industry Canada for more than 17 years. Previously, he worked for Industry Science and Technology as the Senior Officer Grants, furthermore he has been Technico-economic Advisor to the president of Asbestos Institute and Manager, market development and technical services at Noranda Technology Centre, in addition to being an Independent consultant in materials marketing and development.

BENDER, ARLENE Partner, Business Deptartment GOLEY HOAG L.L.P. Nano2007: Legal Issues when presenting to US VC's

Broad experience in structuring and handling secured and unsecured private and institutional debt financing transactions representing both borrowers and lenders. Has handled numerous and diverse venture capital financing transactions representing both investors and companies obtai�ning financing. Extensive experience in structuring and handling mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and other restructurings involving public and private companies. Has handled diverse bankruptcy-related debtor-in possession financings. Substantial expe�rience in representing start-up companies with respect to general business matters.

BOBANOVIC, JO�KO MSBi Capital

At MSBi, Jo�ko is involved in all aspects of the financing process from deal origination, due diligence and transactions, to portfolio company support, focusing predominantly on information technology and physical sciences. He actively participates on the boards of Silk Displays, QuantuModeling and Callio Technologies. Prior to MSBi, he was involved in entrepreneurial activities in software development, e-business and internet. He also worked on interactive marketing and e-business solution in consumer products with L�Oreal Paris. Since starting his career as a research scientist who built forecasting systems that are currently used by Environment Canada, he brings a keen interest in technology transfer and commercialization of early stage technologies. Jo�ko holds a B.Eng degree in Physics from University of Zagreb, a PhD in ocean physics for Dalhousie University and an MBA in finance and marketing from McGill University, speaks several languages and has lived and worked in both Europe and North America.

BOURBONNAIS, JEAN Pr�sident du CA, et Directeur aux investissements, Technologies de l'information et des communications, SGF

Avant de se joindre � la SGF, M. Bourbonnais �tait Partenaire strat�gique pour le Qu�bec � la torontoise SHI Consulting, une importante firme de consultation dans le secteur des strat�gies pour les sciences de la vie. De 2000 � 2005, Jean Bourbonnais fut Pr�sident et chef de la direction d�IatroQuest Corporation, une entreprise fond�e afin de d�velopper et commercialiser une plateforme r�volutionnaire d�immuno-diagnostiques in vitro constitu�e d��l�ments de nano�technologie, de biotechnologie et de semi-conducteurs avanc�s. Auparavant, M. Bourbonnais avait �t� co-fondateur et Chef du d�veloppement technologique (CTO) d�Alis Technologies inc., un leader en technologies logicielles de globalisation. Il a entre autre eu la responsabilit� de d�velopper des alliances strat�giques majeures avec des partenaires comme Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, Lotus et IBM, affermissant ainsi la domination de son entreprise sur son secteur d�activit�. M. Bourbonnais, qui pr�side actuellement le conseil d�administration de NanoQu�bec, l�association Qu�b�coise des nanotechnologies, a auparavant pr�sid� ceux du CRIM (Centre de recherche informatique de Montr�al) et d�Inter-logiQ, l�association des �diteurs de logiciels qu�b�cois. Il si�ge �galement sur plusieurs conseils d�administration d�entreprises de haute technologie et de biotechnologie publiques et priv�es. M. Bourbonnais, qui est membre d�ACM, d�IEEE, de BIO, du Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs et de la Soci�t� MENSA, d�tient une ma�trise et un baccalaur�at en sciences informatiques de l�Universit� de Montr�al.

BRUMLIK, DR. CHARLES Partner, Nanobiz, LLC

Mr Brumlik is a business attorney who advises angels, venture capital groups and an international nanotechnology fund, and assists startup technology companies. As corporate attorney with ExxonMobil he headed their materials science IP and managed international intellectual property strategies for materials, drafting patents for chemicals, manufacturing processes, and consumer products and negotiating technology, funding, joint venture and intellectual property agreements. He started his law practice in corporate, venture capital, and technology as an associate at Mathews, Collins, Shepherd & McKay, intellectual property law firm in Princeton. Commencing with his Ph.D. dissertation entitled �Nanochemistry and Nanomaterials� at Texas A&M, Dr. Brumlik has 17 years of expe�rience working in nanotechnology. He earned a law degree at New York Law. From early in his career, Brumlik assisted in the creation and operation of start up companies for molecular models, energy, business methods, electrically conducting composites, food chemistry, and consulting.

BURNS, PATRICIA, Ph.D. Laboratory Manager, Reprographic Materials Synthesis and Characterization Xerox Research Centre of Canada, Mississauga, Ont.

Burns is responsible for managing the people and projects related to the design and development of materials used for printing applications. Her teams focus on the design, synthesis and characterization of composite polymeric materials and small molecules for applications related to toners and photoreceptors. Burns holds eleven U.S. patents on ink and toner technology and recently presented papers on EA technology at two international conferences. She was awarded her doctorate in synthetic organic chemistry from the University of Waterloo in 1992, and then held a two-year postdoctoral fellowship administered by the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) at the University of British Columbia. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from the University of Windsor in 1988.

CHAKER, MOHAMED Professeur, INRS-EMT

Mohamed Chaker a obtenu un B.Sc. en physique de l�Universit� Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris VI en 1978, une th�se de troisi�me cycle en physique des gaz et des plasmas de l�Universit� d�Orsay en 1981 et, en 1986, un Ph.D. en physique des plasmas de l�Universit� de Montr�al. En 1986, il rejoint l�Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) � Varennes (Qu�bec) o� il �uvre dans le domaine de l�interaction laser-mati�re et la lithographie par rayons X, d�abord comme stagiaire post-doctoral, puis en 1989 comme professeur. Il a �t� promu professeur titulaire en 1993. De 1999 � 2002, il a occup� le poste de directeur du Centre �nergie et Mat�riaux de l�INRS, puis de 2002 � 2005, celui de directeur du Centre �nergie, Mat�riaux et T�l�communications. D�tenteur d�une Chaire de recherche du Canada sur les plasmas appliqu�s aux technologies de micro- et nanofabrication, il a publi� plus de 200 articles dans des revues avec comit� de lecture dans diff�rents domaines de recherche, notamment la caract�risation de sources avanc�es de plasmas (plasmas de haute densit� et plasmas produits par laser) pour des applications � la synth�se de couches minces, la gravure nano�m�trique, la production de nano�particules et la fabrication de dispositifs. Il si�ge r�guli�rement sur plusieurs comit�s d�organismes subventionnaires tels que le CRSNG, le FQRNT et la FCI et a �t� appel� � participer � diff�rents comit�s scientifiques tels que ceux de Micronet, Prompt-Qu�bec et NanoQu�bec.

COFSKY, SYLVAIN Directeur g�n�ral par int�rim, NanoQu�bec

Dipl�m� des Hautes �tudes Commerciales en 1990 et titulaire d�une ma�trise en sciences (M.Sc. G�ographie) de l�Universit� de Montr�al depuis 1993, monsieur Sylvain Cofsky dispose de plus de 15 ann�es d�exp�rience � titre de gestionnaire dans les industries chimique et agro-alimentaire et de responsable de projets de d�veloppement �conomique en France et au Qu�bec. Monsieur Cofsky �uvre au d�veloppement des nanotechnologies au Qu�bec et plus particuli�rement au sein de NanoQu�bec depuis pr�s de 4 ans. D�abord directeur des affaires corporatives et de l�innovation et ensuite directeur du d�veloppement industriel et r�gional, M. Cofsky assure maintenant la direction g�n�rale par int�rim de l�organisation.

C�T�, MARCEL Pr�sident, SECOR

Marcel C�t� est associ� fondateur et pr�sident de SECOR Conseil. Durant sa carri�re de pr�s de 30 ans en consultation, il s�est sp�cialis� en conseil strat�gique aupr�s de la direction des entreprises. Depuis quelques ann�es, il est aussi actif en France, o� il conseille la direction de plusieurs grandes entreprises. M. C�t� est titulaire d�un B. Sc. (Physique) de l�Universit� d�Ottawa et d�un M. Sc. en �conomie de Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA) et Fellow du Center for International Affairs de Harvard University. Il a enseign� � l�Universit� de Sherbrooke et � l�Universit� du Qu�bec � Montr�al, avant de fonder SECOR en 1975. M. C�t� est �galement reconnu pour son travail en politique de croissance et en politique technologique, deux sujets sur lesquels il a fr�quemment �t� consult�. Il est l�auteur de By Way of Advice: Economic Strategies for a Market-driven World (Mosaic Press, 1991), et co-auteur avec Roger Miller de Growing the Next Silicon Valley (Lexington Press, 1987), de m�me qu�avec David Johnston de If Quebec Goes... The Real Cost of Separation (Stoddard 1995). De 1986 � 1988, M. C�t� a travaill� comme conseiller �conomique au�pr�s du premier ministre du Qu�bec. En 1989 et 1990, il �tait directeur de la planification strat�gique et des communications au bureau du premier ministre du Canada. Il est administrateur de quatre soci�t�s publiques, Sobeys, ING Canada, Nurun et Engenuity et est actif sur le plan communautaire, en particulier, au YMCA, � la compagnie de danse Marie Chouinard, � l�Orchestre Symphonique de Montr�al et au Forum des politiques publiques, dont il est directeur et a pr�sid� le Conseil d�administration.

DESCHAMPS, ISABELLE Associ�e et vice-pr�sidente Capimont Technologies

Isabelle Deschamps a �uvr� en R&D industrielle de 1977 � 1982, pour se consacrer durant les vingt derni�res ann�es au transfert technologique entre les laboratoires de recherche industrielle ou universitaire et l'industrie. De 1985 � 1988, elle a �tudi� les facteurs de succ�s des transferts technologiques dans les multinationales, dont l'Alcan. Par la suite, elle a enseign� de 1988 � 1996 au H�C et d�velopp� des programmes de formation destin�s aux conseillers des PME technologiques et manufacturi�res au MICST, au CNRC-PARI et � la BDC sp�cialis�s en gestion de la R-D et transfert technologique. Depuis dix ans, elle se consacre exclusi�vement � l'accompagnement et au financement d'entreprises en d�marrage et pr�-d�marrage, ayant particip� directement � l'�valuation de plus de mille projets innovateurs en cinq ans, et contribu� directement au soutien de plus de soixante projets d'entreprises, dont une vingtaine de projets d'essaimage avec les centres de recherches (CNRC, INO) et les universit�s telles que Polytechnique, l'UdeM, l'UQTR, l'ETS, McGill, Concordia et Sherbrooke. Mme Deschamps est active sur plusieurs conseils d'administration et conseils scientifiques d'entreprises technologiques et d'organismes provinciaux et f�d�raux ayant pour mission de soutenir l'innovation, dont l'ADRIQ, le CNRC-PARI, la Commission consultative du Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en g�nie, le Comit� scientifique du CQRDA et Nano-Qu�bec. Elle pr�side le Conseil r�gional du R�seau Canadien de Technologie (RCT) pour L'innovation-Qu�bec.

DURHAM, SIMON Pr�sident, Montr�al Aero coaching

Dr Simon Durham received his PhD from McGill University in 1989 in Metallurgical Engineering where he studied the synthesis of ultra fine silicon nitride powders. He then went to work for Pratt & Whitney Canada in Longueuil, Quebec for the Materials Engineering Group where he managed the materials research programs as well as other engine related activities. Following a period as Manager of the Materials Engineering group, in 2004 he went on to take up the position of VP Operations at DAC Aviation in Montreal, where among other res�pon�sibilities, he has created an in-house PVD coating operation for the development of high performance erosion resistant coatings for gas turbine engine components.

GAGNON, CAMILLE, Ing. Pr�sident, Innovitech

Camille Gagnon poss�de plus de 30 ans d�exp�rience dans le domaine de la consultation ax�e sur le d�veloppement, la gestion et la promotion de projets en haute technologie. Il est l�architecte d�importants dossiers d�innovation dans les secteurs sp�cialis�s des sciences de la vie, des TI, des nouveaux m�dias et de l�a�rospatiale; il a �t� l�instigateur de plusieurs initiatives � caract�re innovateur en mati�re de commercialisation de la technologie, de capital d�amor�age, de d�marrage et d�essaimage d�entreprises, de financement corporatif et conseil de gestion. Son savoir-faire jumel� � son int�r�t marqu� pour la strat�gie d�innovation l�a amen� � fonder en 1990, Innovitech inc. Aux titres de strat�ge et de promoteur de confiance aupr�s des entreprises innovantes et des institutions priv�es, publiques et universitaires, Innovitech est devenue un chef de file de l�innovation, tant � l��chelle locale qu�� l��chelle nationale et internationale. Homme d�affaires et strat�ge averti, Camille Gagnon se sp�cialise dans la strat�gie de changement, la transposition d�id�es innovatrices en projets concrets structurants et la mobilisation de tous les acteurs. Il conseille les �quipes dirigeantes en mati�re de d�veloppement technologique et de valorisation d�innovation. Homme engag� dans la communaut�, Camille Gagnon si�ge activement aux comit�s sp�ciaux et aux conseils d�administration de diverses soci�t�s. Il a occup� la pr�sidence de la Fondation du maire de Montr�al pour la Jeunesse de 1997 � 2002 au cours de laquelle il a particip� au lancement de plus de 300 nouvelles entreprises.

GRUTTER, PETER Professor of Physics, Scientific Director of the NSERC Nano Innovation Platform and Fellow and Director of the CIAR Nanoelectronics Program.

Mr. Grutter grew up in Switzerland, Chile and South Africa. He obtained his PhD from the University in Basel in 1989. After stays at the IBM Almaden Research Center in the 'Exploratory Storage Studies' group and at the IBM Zurich Research Labs in 'Ultramicroscopy' he joined the Physics Department at McGill University in Montreal in 1994. His group works on developing tools, mainly scanning probe microscopy based, and applying them to problems in nanoscience, in particular nanoelectronics. He won the NSERC E.W.R. Steacie award (2001), was appointed as a William Dawson Scholar (2001) and a James McGill Professor (2006) by McGill University (equivalent to a CRC tier I and II) and won a CIAR Young Explorer Prize (Top 20 under 40 in Canada' in 2002). He is the Scientific Director of the NSERC NanoInnovation Platform, Fellow and Director of the Nanoelectronics and Photonics program of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIAR). Furthermore, he is a member of the scientific committee of NanoQuebec, on the board of directors of the Quebec Strategic Regroup�ment in Advanced Materials and an Associate Member of CRCN (Centre de recherche sur le cerveau, le comportement et la neuropsychiatrie) as well as the Chemistry Department at McGill. In 2005 he won the Rutherford Memorial Medal in Physics from the Royal Society of Canada and was appointed Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. In addition, he was awarded the Carrie Derick Award for Excellence in Gra�duate Supervision and Teaching at McGill in 2005.

KHADEMHOSSEINI, ALI Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology

Ali Khademhosseini is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Health Sciences and Technology at Harvard-MIT's Division of Health Sciences and Technology and the Harvard Medical School. His research is based on developing micro- and nanoscale technologies to control cellular behavior with particular emphasis in developing micro�scale biomaterials and engineering systems for tissue engineering and drug delivery. He has published over 60 peer reviewedpapers, 75 abstracts and 14 issued or pending patents. He has received multiple awards including the Coulter Foundation Early Career (2006), Outstanding research mentor at MIT (2004), outstanding researcher in polymer science by OMNOVA / MIT (2005) and outstanding graduate student by Biomedical Engineering Society (2005). He received his Ph.D. in bioengineering from MIT (2005), and MASc (2001) and BASc (1999) degrees from University of Toronto both in chemical engineering.

LEROUX, JEAN-CHRISTOPHE Professeur agr�g�, Universit� de Montr�al

M. Leroux est professeur � la Facult� de Pharmacie de l�universit� de Montr�al depuis 1997. Apr�s des �tudes en pharmacie � l'universit� de Montr�al, il a effectu� un doctorat en technologie pharmaceutique � l'universit� de Gen�ve (Suisse) et un postdoctorat � l'universit� de Californie � San Francisco. Depuis 2001 il est titulaire de la chaire de recherche du Canada en lib�ration contr�l�e des m�dicaments. Il a publi� plus de 80 articles scientifiques dans des journaux avec comit� de pairs et poss�de � son actif 13 brevets/demandes de brevet. Dr. Leroux est r�dacteur en chef adjoint du European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics. Il a re�u plusieurs prix dont celui du meilleur jeune chercheur de la Controlled Release Society en 2004. Ses acti�vit�s de recherche recoupent plusieurs domaines dont les biomat�riaux, la nano�technologie appliqu�e au ciblage des m�dicaments et les syst�mes injectables � lib�ration prolong�e.

MARIKAR, DR. FARUQ Partner, Nanobiz, LLC

Marikar is a partner of nanobiz, LLC, a consulting group offering business, investment, patent and legal guidance on energy, materials and nano�technology commercialization. In his prior corporate career, Marikar was responsible for planning and developing new business opportunities through cross-sector alliances in a global setting, in materials, chemicals, electrical/electronics and energy technologies. At Hoechst Celanese he was responsible for assessing and accessing external (university and national laboratory) technologies and growing new businesses. On expatriate assignment in Germany, he sought technology linkages among the Hoechst businesses in Europe, and cross-Atlantic business development projects. As director of business development for SGL Carbon, Marikar opened an office in New Jersey and built a multi-million dollar business in Fuel Cell Components based on R&D in Germany. Marikar served on an industrial advisory committee to the US National Science Foundation. He was the first chairman of the US Industrial Research Institute�s External Technology Directors� Network; and represented Hoechst on the Paris based European Industrial Research Mana�gement Association panels. With basic degrees in chemistry and a Ph.D. in engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Marikar holds 23 patents in batteries, fuel cells, coatings and nanomaterials.

MARTINU, LUDVIK

Mr. Martinu is Full Professor at �cole Polytechnique de Montr�al and Head of its Department of Engineering Physics. He obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physics from the Charles University in Prague in 1981 and 1985. From 1985 to 1987, he was researcher at Charles University, between 1987 and 1988, he worked as Visiting Scientist at the University of Bari, Italy, and in 1988, he was recruited by the �cole Polytechnique in Montreal as Research Scientist, to become Associate and Full Professor in 1994 and 1998. Between 1999 and 2004, he was Associate Director of the Thin Film Research Center (Groupe de recherche en physique et technologie des couches minces-GCM) at �cole Polytechnique and the Universit� de Montr�al, and he became Head of the Department of Engineering Physics in 2004. His main research interest is surface engineering and the physics and technology of thin films for optics, photonics, aerospace, biomedical and other applications. In particular, it includes development of plasma-based fabrication processes, understanding and control of plasma-surface interactions, fabrication and growth mechanisms of nano-structured film materials and coating archi�tectures, characterization techniques for optical and functionalcoatings, hard and superhard films, and in situ real-time process control and monitoring. He is Founder and Director of the Functional Coating and Surface Engineering Laboratory at �cole Polytechnique, and author of more than 260 publications, and he holds six patents.

PARIZEAU, MARIE-H�L�NE

Philosophe et biologiste, professeur titulaire � la Facult� de philosophie de l�Universit� Laval � Qu�bec. Elle est aussi titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada en bio�thique et �thique de l�environnement. Elle a dirig� plusieurs ouvrages collectifs : N�oracisme et d�rives g�n�tiques (avec S. Kash, 2006, PUL); De l�in�galit� dans le dialogue des cultures : mondialisation, sant� et environne�ment (avec S. Kash, 2005, PUL), Pluralisme, modernit� et monde arabe (avec S. Kash, 2001, PUL Delta); La biodiversit� : tout prot�ger ou tout cultiver? (1997, De Boeck); H�pital et �thique (1995, PUL); Les mots de la bio�thique (avec G. Hottois, 1993, De Boeck); Les fondements de la bio�thique (1992, De Boeck).

PICARD, GILLES Vice-pr�sident R&D, Nanom�trix inc.

Gilles Picard contribue � l'avancement des nano�sciences et nanotechnologies depuis 31 ans. Son sujet de doctorat portait sur la fabrication de films mono�mol�culaires organis�s. Ensuite, pendant une p�riode de 10 ans, il a travaill� en nanoscience dans des laboratoires japonais, am�ricains et europ�ens. En Italie, il a invent� le premier g�n�rateur de films ultra-minces qui s'est av�r� une perc�e � la fois scientifique et technologique permettant de transf�rer 70 ann�es de recherche fondamentale tant acad�mique que industrielle sur les films ultra-minces � l'industrie du XXIe si�cle (page couverture de la revue Langmuir). Gilles Picard revient au Qu�bec en 2001 pour d�velopper commercia�lement ce concept nano technologique et par�ticipe au d�marrage de Nanom�trix en tant que co-fondateur et V.-P. R&D. Apr�s six ans de d�veloppement fructueuses, pendant lesquels la compagnie s'est vue d�cerner plusieurs prix pour ses avanc�es scientifiques dont le prix de la NASA Best Nanotech 50, � ce jour la seule entreprise canadienne � le d�tenir, la compagnie entre dans sa phase post-d�marrage, et acc�de aujourd'hui � la phase plus classique de l'ing�nierie et mise en march�. Dans cette phase, la contribution de Gilles Picard consiste essentiellement � assurer � la compagnie la compl�tion du transfert technologique et l'amor�age r�ussi du lancement commercial.

PLANO, LINDA, Ph.D. Associate Director MA Technology Transfer Center

Dr. Plano is the Associate Director of the Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center (MTTC), an organization dedicated to the commercialization of technologies developed in the state's nonprofit research institutions. The MTTC has a number of programs designed to support entrepreneurs, including technology showcases such as the Nanotechnology Investors' Forum and Conference on Clean Energy, Platform events in which entrepreneurs pitch their ideas to a small, hand-picked audience of investors and industry professionals for strategic feedback, and semiannual awards programs to provide marketing and prototype development funds. Dr. Plano is also committed to the development of the Clean Energy Cluster in Massachusetts and the Northeast. To that end, she helped co-found the Energy Special Interest Group (ESIG) at the MIT Enterprise Forum, as well as serving as chair of the ESIG's 2006 and 2007 Ignite Clean Energy (ICE) Business Presentation Competitions. Dr. Plano did her undergraduate work in Physics at MIT, and earned her PhD at Stanford University in Materials Science and Engineering.

ROBERT, ST�PHANE President and CEO, Raymor Industries

St�phane Robert has led Raymor to acquire over 20 advanced material and nanomaterial patents, including the highly scaleable, plasma-based process to produce single-walled carbon nanotubes, a material which will be the technology platform for a multitude of applications in many fields, including aerospace, defense, energy, sports and recreation, electronics, and consumer goods. Through his leadership and his ability to address the financial needs of the company (having raised C$30M since joining the company), Mr. Robert has been the catalyst for Raymor�s rapid revenue and employment growth, and has laid down the foundation for sustained growth long term. Mr. Robert has successfully assembled a team of internationally renowned experts in the thermal plasma, material science and carbon nanotubes fields to fortify and strengthen our knowledge base and competitive advantage in the area of advanced material and nanotechnology processing. With an engineering degree from the University of Laval (1987), Mr. Robert initially pursuied his career in Canada and West Africa. During this time, he oriented his sharp entrepreneurial skills towards the financing and acquisition of mining properties and high technology industrial projects for public and private companies. Joining Raymor in 1996 and becoming President in 1997, Mr. Robert is solely responsible for the refocusing of Raymor from "resource-based" to "technology-driven" in the area of advanced materials, nanomaterial, and nanotechnology. During his tenure, Mr. Robert has negotiated several partnerships, including those with SOQUEM, McGill University and INRS. Mr. Robert is also the founding president of three wholly-owned industrial subsidiaries: Raymor Nanotech Inc., a business focused on the production of single-walled carbon nanotubes and develop�ment of related applications; Raymor Aerospace, a subsi�diary created to address the growing need for thermal spray coating services in the aerospace industry; and AP&C Advanced Powders & Coatings Inc., an operation focused on the supply of spherical metallic powders, thermal spray coating and nanocoating services, and net-shape forming technology for high value-added applications in aerospace, defense, biomedical, energy and other industrial sectors.

TANGUAY, GENEVI�VE Sous-ministre adjointe � la recherche et � l�innovation, MDEIE

Dipl�m�e en biologie de l�Universit� Concordia et titulaire d�un doctorat de l�Universit� McGill, Mme Tanguay a plus de 18 ans d�exp�rience pass�s au sein de diff�rentes institutions telles que le Fonds pour la formation de chercheurs et l�aide � la recherche (CRSNG) en tant que secr�taire g�n�rale et responsable des commu�nications de 1993 � 1998, et le Centre qu�b�cois de valorisation des biotechnologies o� elle a �uvr� entre 1998 et 2002 en tant que directrice du d�veloppement et r�seautage technologiques et � titre de vice-pr�sidente d�veloppement depuis 2002. Tr�s active et impliqu�e dans l�avancement de la science depuis une dizaine d�ann�es, Mme Tanguay a �t� pr�sidente de l�Association des admi�nistratrices et des administrateurs de recherche universitaire du Qu�bec (ADARUQ) de 1999 � 2000, de l�Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS) de 2005 � 2006, et �galement vice-pr�sidente de la Soci�t� pour la promotion des sciences et de la technologie de 2001 � 2006. Nomm�e par le Conseil des ministres sous-ministre adjointe au minist�re du D�veloppement �conomique, de l�Innovation et de l�Exportation (MDEIE), Mme Tanguay occupe depuis le 15 janvier 2007 ses nouvelles fonctions. Elle est ainsi responsable des secteurs de la recherche, de la science, de la technologie et de l�innovation au sein de ce minist�re.

WOLCOTT, MICHAEL P.

Professor, Wood Materials and Engineering Laboratory, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University Dr. Wolcott, on the WSU faculty since 1996, is an international leader in the area of wood-based composite research, where his work has led to the development of advanced materials to better withstand aging processes, reduce manufacturing costs and pollution, and provide better performance. He has received more than $17 million in funding from numerous federal agencies, including the Office of Naval Research, the Department of Energy, the USDA, the US Forest Service, and theFederal Highway Administration. He holds three patents for innovative materials and structures from wood and natural fibers. Wolcott has been actively engaged with industry to commercialize his research and has participated in projects for more than 45 companies. He has also received numerous national awards for research excellence, including the prestigious Society of Wood Science and Technology�s George Marra Award (in 1991 and 1995), and he has been an invited keynote lecturer at renowned international confe�rences. He is well published in national and international journals focused on composites, polymers, and natural materials and his work is highly cited.

WORMSER, PAUL Director, University of Massachusetts

Paul Wormser is an experienced entrepreneur in nano�technology and solar energy. At his most recent post, as the Entrepreneur-in-Residence for the University of Massachusetts, Paul identified, evaluated, and funded promising early-stage companies and coached their leadership teams. He also contri�buted to the formation of two spinouts in life sciences. Prior to his appointment at UMass, Paul was the president and co-founder of Konarka Technologies, Inc., a venture-funded spinout of the University, based on breakthrough nanotechnology (for solar electricity). Prior to Konarka, Paul was the Director of Technology for Solar Design Associates, a nationally recognized architecture and engineering company, President and CEO of Advanced Energy Systems, and Vice-President of RWE Schott Solar (formerly ASE Americas). Paul began his professional career with the solar energy subsidiaries of Exxon and Mobil. Paul earned his MBA from Northeastern University, his BSME from The George Washington University and his BA (Spanish) from SUNY Albany. He currently serves on the boards of the Merrimack Valley Venture Forum and Junior Achievement, both dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship.