On December 14, 2010, the representatives of a number of firms will be in Quebec City to share
information on 10 technical problems. This will be an ideal opportunity to take part in a one-of-a-kind
open innovation process.
Your expertise and creativity could be the keys to resolving one of these problems!
Do you have any solutions? Do you know of anyone who could make a significant contribution to this
event? If so, please be sure to sign up or pass this invitation along to anyone else who might be interested!
Benefits for participants include:
- New contacts with individuals with complementary expertise
- New opportunities with firms that could benefit from your own expertise
- New technical ideas in line with the potential solutions you’re exploring
- Potentially valuable and useful discussions
- Concrete experience with open innovation
To help you prepare for the event, please take a look at the problems selected for the 2010 edition.
These problems will be addressed by capitalizing on the participants’ intelligence and expertise:
Aluminerie Alouette: Energy autonomy for industrial equipment
Kruger Inc.: Finding innovative applications using offline coaters at Kruger’s Trois Rivières plant
Stéris Canada: Efficient, environmentally viable and cost-effective system for cooling hot humid air
produced by a surgical instrument washer
Stéris Canada: To find the best, most cost effective technology of flexible hose connections capable
to resist temperature variations of 150F, pressure variations of 100 psig and requiring no adjustment
or tightening once installed.
DMR (a division of Fujitsu): Sensor Networks for the analysis of Dynamic Complex Phenomena:
Challenges and Perspectives
Labrie Environmental Group: Remove hydraulics from refuse trucks
Silicycle: Classifying mesoporous spherical particles (1-15µm)
Living Lab de Montréal: Designing a smart urban bike helmet
Norbord Inc.: Replacing wax in oriented strand boards (OSBs)
Non-disclosed: Versatile motorized support for camera lenses
The following will be attending the event:
- Leaders of the Quebec City region’s main research centres (CEOs, CTOs,
R&D directors)
- Business leaders working in sectors in which success depends on innovation
- Researchers, scientists, engineers and technologists whose work experience is in line with the
problems submitted
- Regional innovation stakeholders (financing, intellectual property, consultants, etc.)
- Frank Piller, professor of management at RWTH University (Aachen, Germany), co-director of
MIT’s Smart Customization Group and one of the world’s leading experts in open innovation
“Quebec seeks solutions!” is a world first in the area of open innovation. Don’t miss out on this opportunity!
You have until November 21 to register (http://www.quebec-solutions.com). A fee of $200 will be charged per
participant (including lunch); the fee for graduate students is $50.
This event is organized by Quebec City Innovation and Technological Development
(IDTEQ) and the Quebec City Innovation Council (CIQ).
Please spread the word!
