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Liberal Critic for Industry, Science and Technology Marc Garneau will be traveling across Canada to consult with Canadians on how to revitalize Canada's scientific industry and will include MaRS Discovery District on his tour.

Liberal Critic for Industry, Science and Technology Marc Garneau will be traveling across Canada to consult with Canadians on how to revitalize Canada's scientific industry and will include MaRS Discovery District on his tour. April 13, 2009

OCETA accelerates the commercialization and market adoption of clean technologies and environmentally sustainable solutions. OCETA provides technical and business services to support technology entrepreneurs and start-up companies with commercializing and bringing their innovations to market. These services include: * Business mentoring and coaching: Strengthening management capability, strategic planning, route to market, IP strategy and protection. * Business networks: Connecting entrepreneurs to networks of established peers, mentors and experts. * Technology: Providing 3rd party assessment, demonstration, verification, scale-up and deployment. * Financing: Finding access to capital and improving investment readiness. * Marketing: Assisting in market niche identification and segmentation and export assistance.

Patenting Clean Technologies: Trends, Issues and Strategies - a report by Canadian law firm Ogilvy Renault.

According to The Clean Energy Patent Growth Index, patenting of clean technologies has increased from 2002 to 2008. There is a global push for clean technologies . Cleantech companies that adequately protect their intellectual property are well positioned to prosper as this sector continues to grow in importance.

Have you read or heard about Andrew Coyne's paper, "Stuck in Traffic?" It talks about how Torontonians are spending more time commuting to work. Eye Weekly points out that we've got the technology to solve that problem right here at MaRS. It's our tenant and client, Skymeter. Skymeter, a company founded by local businessman Bern Grush, has designed a device that sits inside vehicles and tracks the location and distance of travel using GPS technology, adjusting for price changes in real time. To address privacy concerns, the Skymeter sends only the price information to authorities-data about where and when you've travelled stays inside your car, and you can erase it as often as you like. The technology has already been tested for road pricing in Asia and proved effective. So why aren't we using it in Toronto, Eye Weekly asks?

As stated in Canadian Manufacturing, "Researchers from the University of Toronto (U of T), the King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) and Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) have created the most efficient solar cell ever made based on collodial-quatum-dots...a technology licensing agreement has been signed by U of T and KAUST, brokered by MaRS Innovations (MI), which will will enable the global commercialization of this new technology." 

As stated in Energy Harvest Journal, "Researchers from the University of Toronto (U of T), the King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) and Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) have created the most efficient solar cell ever made based on collodial-quatum-dots...a technology licensing agreement has been signed by U of T and KAUST, brokered by MaRS Innovations (MI), which will will enable the global commercialization of this new technology." 

As stated in Solar Novus Today, "Researchers from the University of Toronto (U of T), the King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) and Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) have created the most efficient solar cell ever made based on collodial-quatum-dots...a technology licensing agreement has been signed by U of T and KAUST, brokered by MaRS Innovations (MI), which will will enable the global commercialization of this new technology." 

The week of October 3, 2011,  Segasist Technologies, a MaRS client and tenant will launch its' new cancer diagnostic tool Reconcillio at the American Society for Radiation Oncology conference. Reconcillio is Segasist Technologies' third product and is awaiting FDA approvals.

IDC is a global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets. Technology advice can be searched by industry (energy, financial, health, life sciences, manufacturing, and other), or by country/region. The Canadian site provides geographical, business, communications, consumer, web, health, manufacturing, financial and other market reports. For the full list go here. The site also requires a subscription (free) to access most full-text documents - some reports may still require payment.

A total of 50 Canadian technology companies are being honoured in the 2009 Deloitte Technology Fast 500TM, a ranking of the fastest-growing North American technology, media, telecommunications and life-sciences companies, based on percentage revenue growth over five year.MaRS is a program sponsor for the Deloitte Technology Fast 50TM. Oct 20, 2009

RISE Technologies Corporation, a leader in high-performance, high-quality, cost-effective solar technology, today announced the appointment of Mr. Peter Harder as Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors. Mention of William White being on the Board of Directors for MaRS Discovery District. Nov 11, 2009

Segasist Technology has developed special software for doctors to help read medical images. Jaqueline Csonka-Peeren, president and CEO, Segasist Technology tells BNN more. Nov 6, 2009

Skymeter Corp., an upstart technology firm that has developed smart meter devices that use global positioning system technology to pinpoint the exact location of vehicles.the Skymeter technology is available only in Winnipeg, where the municipality's parking authority is testing it. The new system is expected to be implemented citywide by the fall of 2010, making it the first jurisdiction in the world to use the park-and-walk-away Skymeter. Nov 18, 2009

MaRS announced the creation of JOLT, a new technology accelerator dedicated to building high-growth web and mobile companies that promise to transform the way consumers and enterprises connect, work and play. JOLT will select up to 15 high-potential startups annually, providing them with space, seed financing and mentorship, as well as access to partners and some of the top angel and venture capital investors in the industry. The goal of the program is to accelerate market validation and, in turn, help these companies secure the capital and talent necessary to scale efficiently.

The Star states "TowerLabs is a company that focuses on relationship making and is a project manager that helps in getting the technology installed and measures its performance in both real-world and test scenarios. It plans to test its technologies at the tower being built as part of the expansion at MaRS."

MaRS connects our clients with the Consulate of Canada in San Diego through a program called MarketLink. MarketLink connects large companies to start-ups with new technology. MMB Research and Talking Plug were able to pitch their cleantech IT technology to Sony.

Two MaRS cleantech clients, MMB Research and Talking Plug present their technologies to Sony.

Women in technology a list of bloggers.

David Tal contributer to Excalibur exams what is the creative economy. Mention of MaRS being a fantastic first step in integrating the city's creative talents in technology and science.

David Tal contributer to Excalibur exams what is the creative economy. Mention of MaRS being a fantastic first step in integrating the city's creative talents in technology and science. Sept 23, 2009

Claron Technologies develops and provides imaging processing solutions for the medical imaging industry. Claron Technologies outlines how MaRS Discovery District has helped them to reach their success.

Lisa Torjman's blog on Net Change Week happening June 8-12, 2009 which is designed to explore how social technology can bolster social change.