Changing the way we see the world
When Paul Emile Borduas published his groundbreaking manifesto back in 1948, he did not realize that he was launching a movement that would transform Quebec, Canada and even the world. In time, the “Automatiste Revolution” would come to impact all artistic disciplines, from painting to poetry, dance and theatre.

A cross-border event
Having travelled the globe, “The Automatiste Revolution” is now featured at the Albright-Knox Gallery in Buffalo. A special viewing of the exhibition will take place for medical technology entrepreneurs and innovators from the Buffalo area and the Greater Toronto Area on Thursday, April 29, 2010.

An opportunity to network with peers
In order to maximize the returns on your time, a visit to the exhibition is being paired with a roundtable medical technology with healthcare stakeholders in Ontario and the USA.

01:00 - 03:45 Roundtable on medical technologies, 4^th floor,
Buffalo Innovation Center, 640 Elllicot Street, Buffalo (716-854-2662)

04:00 – 05:30 Reception & viewing, Albright-Knox Gallery,
1285 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo (716-882-1958)

 Please confirm your participation by phoning Marcel at 095-888-1273 or emailing marcel@tmta.ca.

Is Brazil on your radar yet? If it isn’t, it should probably be.

As one of the world’s major emerging markets, its economy is growing by leaps and bounds.
Its dual healthcare system (public & private) offers great opportunities for growth.
And that system is ongoing a massive transformation.

 To make things even easier for you, 40 Brazilian healthcare professionals are heading our way.
They will be Toronto on October 26 and Ottawa October 27.

 They’re eagerly looking to establish contacts with Canadian medical technology entrepreneurs.
Presentations and site visits are being  arranged in both cities.

The Toronto event takes place on October 26-27 and is being coordinated by:

-          TMTA (the Trillium Medical Technology Association),

-          the Ontario Ministry of Health and

-          the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

The orientation session takes place on the 3^rd floor of the DFAIT office at 151 Yonge Street.

There is no charge for the meeting but your company must register to be part of the event
and/or part of the related activities.

To register or to enquire about this opportunity, phone Marcel at 095-888-1273 x331 or an email at marcel@tmta.ca.

Thanks to INO, light technology is now available
for a range of industry applications

Quebec-based INO (Institut national d'optique- National Optics Institute) is Canada’s leading center of expertise in industrial applications for optics/photonics. As the home of the largest concentration of skills in the field, INO explores and commercializes a variety of technologies and innovative processes. As such, the firm serves clients of all sizes across Canada and around the world. INO's assets represent unique business opportunities for companies looking for innovative technologies to bring to the market place. These technology transfers are carried out mainly through licensing or intellectual property sales.

A key area of application for light technologies involves the detection of listeria contamination, a serious source for concern in the food industry. A solution in the fight against this infection now comes to us from a Quebec-based institute called INO (Institut national d'optique).

INO has just been selected by the Ontario Center of Excellence (along with 4 other firms from a group of 20 candidates) to conduct a feasibility study on various technologies to be used for to identify the listeria bacterium. The INO project will specifically focus on the Institute's optical cells reader platform .

Depending on results, OCE will invest in finalizing a system slightly different from the one INO has developed.  OCE may invest up to  $200,000 per year for a 3 year period. The money available through OCE is for the development of a fast solution to Listeria identification, but since the system to be developed involves a cell reader, it will be possible to use this same reader for other applications involving cells identification and counting by using the appropriate assay.

One part of the project that has been accepted will involve the development of a sensitive assay and it will be conducted by Ms. Sue Chen from LabServices, an INO partner in the project.  Industry partners participating in the project will be required to match OCE investments in cash and in-kind contributions to the project. INO is actively looking for a manufacturer that would like to participate in this project.

For the complete list of technologies available for transfer, get in touch with TMTA by writing to marcel@tmta.ca