Quality companies wanted for 24th Angel Forum on Nov 17 in Vancouver. Oct 31 - final company deadline
 
Come as our guest (no fee) and network at the next Angel Forum if you arrange for a quality company to apply to present.

Companies are invited to apply and present / exhibit to pre-screened private equity investors (30 already pre-registered). Investor preferences (detailed criteria) are for both tech and non-tech companies at the "starting sales" stage or "established sales" stage with some investor demand for "in-development" stage.
 
To improve investor syndication, there is an Investors-Only discussion following each presentation that focuses investors on each company and forming an investor due diligence team. Investors use our syndication software for deal management and investor collaboration.
 
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Oct 31 - final company deadline. Cost and registration here.  Registrations close once we reach maximum capacity.   
 
Sponsors:  Business Development Bank - Venture Capital    PriceWaterhouseCoopers    TSX - Venture Exchange    Fasken Martineau,  Industry Canada-ICT branch       Province of BC - Investment Capital

Innovative Clean Energy [ICE] Fund

A second call for proposals for the was announced earlier this week – the deadline for submissions December 10, 2008.

The Province is now accepting proposals for innovative, clean energy projects in British Columbia’s rural communities.
 
ICE Fund Information
 
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
2008OTP0241-001483
Sept. 30, 2008    Office of the Premier
Ministry of Technology, Trade and Economic Development
 
FURTHER $25M DEDICATED TO RURAL CLEAN ENERGY PROJECTS
 
VANCOUVER – The Province will provide a further $25 million to develop innovative, clean energy projects in British Columbia’s rural communities through the Innovative Clean Energy (ICE) Fund, Premier Gordon Campbell announced today.
 
“The innovative clean energy projects supported through the ICE Fund are helping communities save energy, save money and reduce their carbon footprint,” said Premier Campbell. “In addition to supporting local energy-efficiency, the new technology developed can be commercialized, helping build B.C.’s green technology sector, and seizing the opportunities of the growing low-carbon economy.”
In July, the provincial government announced the first 15 successful applicants to receive support from the ICE Fund. Approved projects representing bio-energy, geothermal, solar and other alternative energy sources shared nearly $25 million from the Province, representing about $80 million in total investment.
 
“We are concentrating this second round of ICE Fund projects on rural B.C. because we want to maximize the opportunity for residents across the province to benefit from locally-produced clean energy, generated by innovative technologies,” Technology, Trade and Economic Development Minister Ida Chong said. “All British Columbians, including residents in our many smaller communities, want to help achieve a sustainable and prosperous future for our province – so we are ensuring that the ICE Fund supports local economies in the province’s rural regions.”
 
This second round of ICE Fund projects will see approximately $25 million in funding to address specific B.C. energy and environmental priorities, as well as accelerating the commercialization of clean energy technologies.
 
Eligible proposals are welcome from anywhere in British Columbia, but the projects must be situated within the Northern Development Initiative Trust Region, the Southern Interior Development Initiative Trust Region, and North Island-Coast Development Initiative Trust Region. However, all off-grid or unincorporated communities in B.C. are eligible to host ICE Fund projects.
 
The ICE Fund is open to applications from municipalities, regional districts, school boards, hospitals, First Nations, Not-for-profit societies, post secondary institutions, Crown corporations, public utilities and companies.
 
Supporting the BC Energy Plan and the government’s goal of electricity self-sufficiency by 2016 and cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 33 per cent by 2020, the ICE Fund will showcase B.C. technologies to the world and drive solutions to climate change.

For more information on the Province’s Innovative Clean Energy (ICE) Fund, including details on community eligibility and application requirements, please visit the website: ICE Fund Information

B.C. to Celebrate Innovation Champions Inspiring Leaders of the Future

The British Columbia Innovation Council (BCIC) is pleased to announce the 2008 British Columbia Innovation Council Award Winners-innovation champions who are setting the path for B.C.'s bright future, announced Hector MacKay-Dunn, QC, Chair of BCIC.

Recipients of this award will be honoured at the 2008 BCIC Awards on September 29th at The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver. Held annually, the event is the culmination of BCIC's Innovation Exploration program, a 3-day opportunity for 80 of B.C.'s top high school science fair winners to explore careers and meet leading experts in B.C.'s science and technology fields. Together, Innovation Exploration and the 2008 BCIC Awards celebrate excellence in innovation and the leading-edge innovators building a strong future for B.C.

For a list of the winners visit http://www.bcic.ca/newsletter/128-sept-08/505-award-winners

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Columbia Basin Trust supports efforts by the people of the Basin to create a legacy of social, economic and environmental well-being and to achieve greater self-sufficiency for present and future generations. www.cbt.org

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GIGAWATT SPONSORS

FortisBC believes strongly in being active partners with the communities we serve, and supports community-based initiatives and organizations through a variety of programs, funding, employee volunteerism and event sponsorship. www.fortisbc.com

Terasen Gas delivers natural gas and piped propane to homes and businesses throughout BC. We're focused on connecting our customers safely, efficiently and reliably to the energy and services they need.

With approximately 920,000 customers in 125 communities, Terasen Gas provides service to 95 per cent of BC's natural gas customers and is one of the largest natural gas utilities in Canada.

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Columbia Power has been in the business of developing power projects with their joint venture partner, Columbia Basin Trust, since 1995. Established as a crown corporation, their mission is to efficiently develop and operate commercially viable, environmentally sound and safe power projects in the Columbia Basin. www.columbiapower.org

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MEDIA SPONSORS

Black Press publishes award winning community newspapers in south central, central and northern B.C. with 320,552 circulation.This network of quality weekly, bi weekly and tri weekly community newspapers offers its readers the best source of news about their community. Black Press is well-positioned to deliver the growing communities in the interior of British Columbia. www.blackpress.ca

 

Mountain FM  is Southern BC's only reliable, live and daily source for the most up to date local news and information airing newscasts every half hour during the morning show and then hourly throughout the rest of the day until 6pm...making them an essential link for the over 100,000 people within our listening area.

 

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BC Sustainable Energy Association [BCSEA] is helping British Columbia become a world leader in the use of sustainable energy. BCSEA are a non-profit association of citizens, professionals and practitioners, committed to promoting the understanding, development, and adoption of sustainable energy and energy conservation and efficiency in British Columbia.

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 WORKSHOP SPONSORS

Nelson Hydro provides electricity and related services to customers in the City of Nelson and surrounding area. Nelson Hydro is unique from most municipally owned utilities in that it is fully vertically integrated – that is, the utility operates generation, transmission, substation and distribution facilities.

The City of Castlegar balances work and lifestyle with an enviable climate that offers an unlimited range of outdoor recreational activities. Highways 3, 3A and 22 put Castlegar at the centre of the West Kootenay, with Nelson, Trail, Christina Lake and Rossland within a 45 minute drive. Its central location has established Castlegar as the hub of commercial activity within the region.
Being home to both the regional airport and Selkirk College, Castlegar is well positioned to serve the needs of the region and beyond.

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Selkirk College's vision is to be a Regional Community College
that inspires, engages and enables learners to be valuable contributors to their communities and to society as a whole. Recognizing the value of mutually beneficial relationships, we
will provide collaborative leadership in the communities we serve. www.selkirk.ca/

The Kootenay Association for Science & Technology [KAST] is a registered non-profit society whose members live and work throughout the West Kootenay-Boundary region and represent a broad range of interests in local industry, business, education and government. KAST works to foster a culture that values science, technology, innovation and entrepreneurship as activities vital to maintaining and enhancing the competitiveness of the region. www.kast.com

 

Two British Columbia Innovation Council programs – BCIC Innovation Scholars and BCIC Commercialization Scholars programs – are now accepting applications from graduate science and technology students with technology innovations and graduate business students who collaborate with them to advance their innovations towards commercialization.  

BCIC Innovation Scholars
Award Length [Maximums]: Masters - Two years | Doctoral - Three years
Award Value [Maximums]: Masters - $20,000/year | Doctoral - $25,000/year
Notice of Application: Requested by September 19th; accepted up to September 29th
Annual Application Deadline: September 29th
 
BCIC Commercialization Scholars
Award Length: One year (normally)
Award Value: $15,000
Notice of Application: Requested by September 19th; accepted up to September 29th
Annual Application Deadline: September 29th

The BCIC Innovation Scholars and BCIC Commercialization Scholars replace the previous pilot programs, BC Industrial Innovation Scholarships and BC MBA Access to Commercialization Scholarships.  

INFORMATION: programs@bcic.ca | www.bcic.ca

Solar hot water is a growing industry around the world and not just in sunny, tropical climates. Japan and Germany are currently world leaders in solar markets, yet our BC climate shows greater solar potential than both Tokyo and Berlin. In fact, the solar potential in Vancouver is only slightly less than that of Miami, Florida. Miami has greater consistency of solar potential from month to month, however taken across a whole year, Vancouver’s annual daily average solar energy production is only 8% less.

Solar hot water technology has the potential to be widely used in homes and businesses across BC. Hot water demands the 2nd largest amount of energy in our homes, after space heating and it represents about 30% of total energy use in our homes. A solar hot water system can meet approximately 50% of total hot water needs. Domestic solar hot water systems reduce the peak loads on electricity or gas heaters and so can reduce the demands on utility infrastructure.

Domestic solar hot water systems are designed to last twenty to forty years, minimize environmental impacts, and promote community economic development through the building of a sustainable industry economy.

The province of BC is investing $5 million in the SolarBC program to encourage the installation of solar hot water heaters in homes, municipal buildings, schools, social housing and First Nation communities.

Solar hot water systems reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about one tonne per year for a single family home using natural gas for water heating. The increased use of solar energy technology is part of a broader sustainable energy strategy that will help the Province reach its goal to curb greenhouse gas emissions by 33 per cent by 2020. SolarBC also supports the BC Energy Plan conservation target to acquire 50 per cent of BC Hydro's resource needs through conservation by 2020.

Over the next two years, SolarBC will be facilitating the installation of over 2,000 solar hot water systems in homes around the province.

SolarBC is proud to announce that they are offering a $1,000 point-of-sale discount to individual households on solar hot water installations. SolarBC incentives will be available from the end of June, and can be combined with an additional $500 from the ecoENERGY Retrofit Program and $125 from the LiveSmart Program. To ensure a high level of customer care, the discount is available on systems installed by contractors that are registered with SolarBC.

The SolarBC Residentail Project offers incentives only for systems installed by registered contractors. Accreditation helps to promote industry development, high quality system and installation standards, and to support high levels of customer service delivery to householders.

To apply to become a registered SolarBC contractor click here.

KAST will be hosting a CanSIA SDHW Installer Workshop in October, click here for more information.

To learn more about SolarBC visit www.solarbc.ca

There is a recognized chasm in the commercialization of technologies especially in very small companies. It is the black hole on the 'research to reality' road where innovative and viable technologies get lost. Since the development step often lies outside the domain of traditional investment sources, many valuable technologies and ideas are needlessly shelved.

In an effort to address this situation, Precarn has allocated $500,000 in funds to advance technologies that show commercial promise. The Technology-Gap Assistance Program (T-GAP) is the conduit through which the funds are awarded.

For more information see the attached or visit www.precam.ca

 

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The Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology (CMI) is a non-profit society based in Revelstoke, that connects people working in the various fields of applied ecology – natural resource practitioners, managers, researchers, educators, academics, and others with an interest in the ecology of southeastern British Columbia. The CMI is known for hosting balanced, science-driven conferences, and specialized courses, that keep members and non-members up-to-date on the newest information and methodologies. Our website offers many resources, including conference summaries for all of our past events.  

Upcoming CMI events include:
Call for Papers closes August 31
Wildland-Urban Interface Fires, Fuel Management, and Ecosystems conference, November 5-6, 2008 in Cranbrook
 
Soil Bioengineering course
Sept 22-23, 2008 in Revelstoke BC.
 
Ecological Approach to Managing Invasive Plants Sept 25-26, 2008 in Revelstoke BC
 
Design and Analysis of Mark-Recapture Studies in Revelstoke BC.
October 7-9, 2008; two spots left as of July 30
Repeated on October 21-23, 2008; course full. If you send in the registration form, your name will go on the wait list. (As of July 31 there is nobody on the wait list.)
 
Introduction to R Software course November 25-26, 2008 in Revelstoke BC
 
Importance of Wetlands in Southeastern British Columbia, May 28-29, 2009, Revelstoke BC

For more information visit http://www.cmiae.org/index.html

The Michael Smith Awards for Science Promotion focus on people and groups who are inspirational in the way they promote science to the general public.

Science promotion activities with award potential could include activities such as:
•       organizing science camps, fairs, clubs or programs with youth organizations;
•       creating new learning materials;
•       developing science- and engineering-related co-op programs or job shadowing initiatives;
•       arranging demonstrations, visits and lectures;
•       writing books and articles;
•       creating radio or television programs; and
•       generating public involvement through multi-media programs.

Nomination Process and Selection Criteria:
-Anyone with direct knowledge of an individual or group's contribution to science and engineering promotion may nominate that candidate for a Michael Smith Award.
-Nominators may be colleagues or people who have benefited from the nominee’s contributions, such as teachers, parents, community members, or administrators.
-Individuals and groups can even nominate themselves.
-Nominees will have made a successful and sustained effort to encourage public interest in and an understanding of the natural sciences and engineering (including math and technology) outside the formal education system.
-To nominate a candidate for a Michael Smith Award, fill in the attached PDF form, print and sign it, and mail it in to NSERC with the application.

Nomination deadline: September 1, 2008
Please visit: http://www.nserc.gc.ca/award_e.asp?nav=smith&lbi=nomination for further information on eligibility and submission requirements.

Looking for some science fun this summer? Check out these great BC Destinations....

Interior Area

Teck Cominco Interpretive Centre

http://www.kootenayrockies.mobi/partner.php?id=27&tc=8

Cody Caves

www.codycaves.ca

Rossland Mining Museum

http://www.rosslandmuseum.ca/

Okanagan Science Centre

http://www.okscience.ca


Kokanee Creek Interpretive Centre

http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/kokanee.html  

 

Coast Region

Bloedel Conservatory-Vancouver

http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/parks/parks/bloedel/index.htm

Bloedel Conservatory-Vancouver

http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/parks/parks/bloedel/index.htm

Centre of the Universe (Dominion Astrophysical Observatory)-Victoria

http://cu.hia.nrc.gc.ca

HR MacMiallan Space Centre

http://www.hrmacmillanspacecentre.com/index.htm


Science World

http://www.scienceworld.bc.ca/

CN IMAX

http://www.imax.com/vancouver/ CN IMAX Theater


Vancouver Aquarium

http://www.vanaqua.org/home/

 

Vancouver Island

Bamfield Marine Science Centre

http://www.bms.bc.ca/