Investment Committee
INDUSTRY MEMBERS
All industry-university R&D partnership proposals are pre-evaluated by Prompt’s Investment Committee prior to the peer review conducted by NSERC. This advisory committee performs a non-technical evaluation of all applications. This is based on criteria related to the quality of the partnership; the company’s commitment to the project; and the potential impact on the company, the university and Québec in general. The Investment Committee is chaired by a member of Prompt’s Board of Directors and consists of five voting members. Its recommendations are forwarded to the Board for final decisions on project funding. Investment Committee members include:
A company becomes a member of Prompt when it makes a cash contribution to a project. The membership remains active for one year following the completion of the project. As of February 2013, Prompt’s industry members include:
Alan Bernardi, Director General, Language Technologies Research Centre (LTRC) Dr. Paul Fortier, Professor, Université Laval Jean-Louis Legault, President, Association for Research Development and Innovation in Québec (ADRIQ) Salvatore Rodi, General Manager, Evandro
Observer Marco Blouin, Director, Ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche, de la Science et de la Technologie, Gouvernement du Québec
Committee Secretary Josée Dagenais, Operations Director, Prompt
Bell Aliant Bell Canada Bombardier CAE Electronics CGI Ericsson Canada Fujitsu Canada Gestion TechnoCap Hydro Sherbrooke IBM Canada Inocybe Technologies InterDigital
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Miranda Technologies Octasic OSEMI RDG2 RIM SAND Technologies Siemens Teledyne DALSA TELUS TeraXion Thales Ultra Electronics
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ÉTS École Polytechnique de Montréal INRS Concordia University Université Laval McGill University Université de Montréal Université de Sherbrooke UQAT UQAM UQAR UQO UQTR
PARTNER MEMBERS • Centre collégial de transfert technologique en optique-photonique (OPTECH) • Centre collégial de transfert de technologie en télécommunications (C2T3) • Centre d’innovation en microélectronique du Québec (CIMEQ) • Centre de recherche informatique de Montréal (CRIM) • Defence Research and Development Canada • Institut national d’optique (INO) • MiQroInnovation Collaboration Centre
Prompt Report 2003-2013
Richard Norman, Chairman of the Investment Committee, President, DreamWafer
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