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NCE initiatives engage thousands oftalented researchers, attract and traintomorrow’s scientific and industrial leaders.

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welcomeIt is my pleasure to welcome you to the second annual CSii Innovation Nation Conference and Robotics Competition.

This conference brings together diversevoices to showcase ideas, innovativeconcepts and ingenuity. The goal is to give you an understanding of theextraordinary work being done presentlyin science, medicine and the arts as wellthe opportunity to glimpse the futurewith the insights provided by the groupof presenters we have gathered.

Our guest speakers will talk to you aboutthe soul of their endeavours and thework they are doing to create changewithin their sphere of influence and theirareas of expertise. They are leaders inthought and action and apply theirunique gifts everyday to the task ofcreating a better world.

This year once again, the RoboticsCompetition will showcase the innovationsof Canadian university, college and highschool students. We hope to encourageour colleagues, industry partners andfriends to support the work of thesededicated students who spend much oftheir time, talent and resources exploringthe limits of their imaginations andabilities to create innovations that willserve a purpose, solve a problem orcreate new efficiencies.

We applaud their efforts, one and all,and encourage them to continue theirquest to learn more about science,engineering and medicine so that theycan help to build new enterprises thatcreate jobs for Canadians and enhanceCanada’s reputation as a world leader inadvanced technologies.

Innovation Nation provides anopportunity for all of us to learn from theaccomplishments and ideas of ourdistinguished guest speakers and to onceagain be inspired.

I would like to thank the NationalCentres of Excellence CECR program andthe Government of Canada for theircontinued support of our work as well asour event sponsors for helping to makethis event possible.

I look forward to meeting you at theconference.

Best wishes,

Dr. Mehran AnvariScientific Director and CEO, Centre for Surgical Invention and Innovation (CSii)

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H. Douglas BarberChair, Centre for Surgical

Invention and Innovation (CSii)Professor in Residence, McMaster

Founder of Gennum

H. Douglas BarberChair, Centre for Surgical

Invention and Innovation (CSii)Professor in Residence, McMaster

Founder of GennumWelcome to the second CSii Innovation Nation Conference. TheCentre for Surgical Invention andInnovation is now three years old.Under the dynamic leadership of Dr.Mehran Anvari CSii continues to makeremarkable progress towards the goal ofimproving the speed and accuracy ofminimal access surgery throughinnovations in image guided robotic tools.We have focused in the first applicationon developing a platform and tools forbiopsy and oblation of breast cancerusing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).We are expecting to begin clinicaltesting early in 2013 and we are alreadystarting to develop our business andmarketing plans for North America.

We are very fortunate to have a group ofoutstanding speakers who have advancedknowledge in many areas related to thegoals of CSii. Their participation in thisconference will give us opportunity toreceive input and interaction that will bebeneficial in our ongoing progress. Weare a Centre for Commercialization andResearch. Our goal is to demonstratevalue in image guided robotic surgeryand to establish the means to deliverthat commercially to the world. Our timeis short. We look forward to a productiveand stimulating conference.

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CSii has continued the quest to adaptexpertise evolving from Canada’slead in space robotics and minimallyinvasive surgical techniques andleverage the technology to developand commercialize a new class ofadvanced surgical image guidedrobotic systems which will extendthe diagnostic and interventionalcapabilities of surgeons and heathcare professionals through increasedaccess, precision and dexterity.

The research driving these technicaladvances will enable highly effectivediagnosis and treatment of disease downto the macroscopic and microscopiccellular levels while reducing the traumacaused by accessing the treatment site.

The development of the Image GuidedAutomatic Robotics (IGAR) breastplatform is the first product of the CSiimission to adapt image guided robotictechnology to provide a targeted solutionto the detection and treatment of cancer.

With the benefit of significant financialsupport of the Government of Canadathrough the NCE CECR program, CSii hascontinued to adapt a multi- disciplinaryapproach to research and developmentthat has enabled the Centre to combinethe medical, engineering, biological,information technology and systemsintegration expertise available atMcMaster University, St JosephsHealthcare Hamilton and institutions and

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corporations located throughout Canadato develop the IGAR breast platformwhich is expandable and to developresearch projects from associatedmedical fields.

The Centre is committed to attractingexceptional human talent and Canadianindustry support to accommodate newdevelopment projects working withclinical experts both here and abroad torefine our approach to the developmentof robotic instruments that have a directimpact on clinical use. CSii will expandits roll to enable inspired research to reach commercialization in recordtime, obtain the necessary regulatoryapprovals for medical robotic technologiesin Canada and internationally and toprovide training opportunities for highlyqualified personnel in medical andengineering fields.

This year the Centre has continued to recruit key staff and position themwithin host facilities at St. Joseph’sHealthcare Hamilton, McMasterUniversity and McMaster InnovationPark (MIP) and to consolidate valuedcorporate partnerships.

The outstanding success of the first CSiiInnovation Nation Conference andRobotics Competition reinforced theCentre’s commitment to professionaldevelopment and educational outreach.

This year once again the 2012 InnovationNation Conference will bring togethersome of the finest innovators in NorthAmerica and beyond to share theirstories and network with their peers andthe assembled, scientists, physicians,academics, students and participants inattendance.

The Robotics Competition is designed toengage teams of university, college andhigh school students in the process ofpresenting and demonstrating theirinnovations to a panel of judges forreview.

This inspired addition of a studentrobotics competition focusing on thecreation of innovations that have apotential commercial use has infused theConference with energy and underlinedthe focus of the event as a glimpse offuture developments in applied research,technology and engineering.

The Centre for Surgical Invention and Innovation (CSii) was established in 2009 as a NCE research accelerator.

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11:00 am....Raimond Wong ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, MCMASTER UNIVERSITY

Cyber Knife: Cancer Surgery Without a Knife 17

10:00 am....Goldie Nejat FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR, ASB LAB

Socially Assistive Robots for Health Care Environments 15

9:30 am .....David Saint-Jacques CANDADIAN ASTRONAUT, CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY

Engineering and Medicine: Passions toReach the Stars via Video Conference 13

9:00 am .....THE HONOURABLE Tony Clement MP, PARRY SOUND - MUSKOKA, ONTARIO

Challenges Ahead for Canada and Northern Ontario in an Increasingly Competitive Global Environment 11

8:00 am .....REGISTRATION OPENS – 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM

8:45 am .....WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS: Mehran Anvari 9

11:30 am....Yael KopelmanHEAD OF ADVANCED GASTEROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY UNIT AT HADASSAH MEDICAL CENTRE IN JERUSALEM

New Applications of Endoscopic (no scar) Surgery 19

12:00 pm....Mark Knudson CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT AND CEO, ENTEROMEDICS INC.

Challenges of Medical Device Startups:From Innovation to Commercialization 21

10:30 am....REFRESHMENT BREAK – ROSSEAU BALLROOM PRE FUNCTION AREA

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JULY 9th, 2012ROSSEAU BALLROOM

3:00 pm .....REFRESHMENT BREAK – ROSSEAU BALLROOM PRE FUNCTION AREA

CONFERENCE SPEAKERS

3:30 pm .....Doron KopelmanHEAD OF GENERAL SURGERY B AT HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTRE AND THE TECHNION, ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Success of Technion University as an Incubator of New Start Ups 29

4:00 pm .....Jeff Berkley CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF MIMIC TECHNOLOGIES

The Challenges of Building a Surgical Simulation Company 31

4:30 pm .....PERFORMANCE: Rita Carrey RADIO PERSONALITY, SINGER / SONGWRITER AND AUTHOR

Growing up Carrey 33

5:00 pm .....CLOSING REMARKS: Mehran Anvari

2:30 pm .....David Caddey EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, SPECIAL PROJECTS, MDA

The Challenges of Taking Innovation to Market 27

2:00 pm .....Eileen McMahon PARTNER, TORYS

Making Sense of the Patent Jungle 25

1:30 pm .....PERFORMANCE: Adam White LEAD SINGER OF THE BAND THE REASON

Untitled: Words and Music, How a Seed Becomes a Song 23

12:30 pm....LUNCHEON BUFFET – ROSSEAU BALLROOM PRE FUNCTION AREA

Mehran Anvari

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Scientific Director and CEO, Centre for Surgical

Invention and Innovation (CSii)

Professor of Surgery, McMaster University, Ontario

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speakerprofile Mehran Anvari

Dr. Anvari is a professor of surgery at McMaster University.In 2004, he was appointed to the newly created Chair inMinimally Invasive Surgery and Surgical Innovation, andin 2005, he became the founding director of the McMasterInstitute for Surgical Invention, Innovation and Education.

He is the founding director of the Centre for Minimal AccessSurgery (CMAS) and Scientific Director and CEO of the Centrefor Surgical Invention and Innovation, affiliated with McMasterUniversity and with St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton.

His body of work has been internationally recognized andacknowledged. Time Magazine has touted the Centre forMinimal Access Surgery (CMAS) as “sculpting the nextfrontier of medicine.” Through CMAS, the first of its kind inCanada, Dr. Anvari has promoted the use of minimal accesstechniques in all surgical specialties.

The recipient of the 2009-2010 ORION Award for Leadership,Dr. Anvari has also been awarded the Government of OntarioDiamond Award for Innovation in Technology, the Governmentof Canada Gold Medal of Distinction for Telerobotic Surgeryand the McMaster Innovator of the Year Award (2009).

Dr. Anvari was one of the first surgeons in Canada to userobotics in surgery, and in 2003 he established the world’s first telerobotic surgical service linking St. Joseph’s HealthcareHamilton and a community hospital, North Bay General. He was the chief scientific officer for the NEEMO 7 mission(2004), and NEEMO 9 (2006), joint projects of McMaster, theCanadian Space Agency and NASA that were tasked withtesting the ability of new robotic and telesurgical technologyto allow a non-physician to perform assisted surgery in acontained environment that simulates conditions in space.

Tony ClementThe Honourable Tony Clement is the President of theTreasury Board and Minister responsible for FedNor.Since 2006, he has served as the Member of Parliamentfor the Ontario riding of Parry Sound – Muskoka.

In the House of Commons, Mr. Clement has served on the frontbenches as both Minister of Health and Minister of Industry.He played a leading role in Canada’s economic recovery afterthe most significant global economic recession since the 1930s.

On May 2, 2011, Mr. Clement was re-elected for a thirdconsecutive time. Soon afterward, the Prime Minister askedhim to take on the responsibilities of President of the Treasury Board.

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President of the Treasury Board,Minister for Federal

Economic Initiatives forNorthern Ontario

Member of Parliament, Parry Sound - Muskoka,

Ontario

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In this capacity, Mr. Clement heads the development and implementation of a cross-governmentspending review — looking at transformational ways to support and deliver services totaxpayers in the most effective and efficient means possible. This work follows through on the Government of Canada’s commitment to eliminate the deficit, balance the budget andcontinue to strengthen the economy.

As President of the Treasury Board, Mr. Clement has also made policies of open governmentand government modernization top priorities. He is constantly looking for new and innovativeways to make government more accountable and transparent.

A well-known user of social media, he is a promoter of its use by government as a tool toreach growing numbers of Canadians.

Mr. Clement has a special responsibility as Minister for FedNor, the Federal EconomicDevelopment Initiative for Northern Ontario. In this role, he focuses on creating jobs andeconomic growth for those living in the region.

Within the federal government, Mr. Clement has chaired five different committees of Cabinet.He currently serves on the Cabinet Committee on Priorities and Planning, led by the Prime Minister.

Mr. Clement's dedication to public service spans three decades. He spent eight years as an Ontario MPP, holding prominent Cabinet positions in the provincial government, such asMinister of Health and Minister of the Environment.

During his private-sector career, Mr. Clement was a lawyer, business board member and smallbusiness owner and entrepreneur. He understands the challenges people in these fields face,such as meeting payrolls and achieving business targets.

Mr. Clement is passionate about Canada and his community but also about his family. As a child,he emigrated to this country from England.

Today, he strives to instil in his three children the strong work ethic he learned from his parents.His wife, Lynne, joins him in the challenges – and joys – of parenthood.

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speakerprofile Tony Clement

David Saint-JacquesPrior to joining the Canadian Space Program, Saint-Jacques was a medical doctor and the Co-chief ofMedicine at Inuulitsivik Health Centre in Puvirnituq, Canada,an Arctic village on Hudson Bay. He also worked as aClinical Faculty Lecturer for McGill University’s Facultyof Medicine, supervising medical trainees in Nunavik.Saint-Jacques began his career as a biomedicalengineer, working on the design of radiologicalequipment for angiography.

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Astronaut, Canadian Space Agency

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speakerprofile David Saint-Jacques

His broad scientific background also includes astrophysics and medical training. His postdoctoral research included thedevelopment and application of the Mitaka Infrared Interferometerin Japan and the Subaru Telescope Adaptive Optics System inHawaii (1999 to 2001), after which he joined the Astrophysicsgroup at Université de Montréal. His international experiencealso includes engineering study and work in France andHungary and medical training in Lebanon and Guatemala.

NASA Experience: Saint-Jacques was selected in May 2009by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and has moved toHouston to be one of 14 members of the 20th NASA astronautclass. In 2011, he graduated from Astronaut CandidateTraining that included scientific and technical briefings,intensive instruction in International Space Station systems,Extravehicular Activity (EVA), robotics, physiological training,T-38 flight training, Russian language and water andwilderness survival training. Since graduation, he has beenassigned to the Robotics Branch of the Astronaut Office. InOctober 2011, he participated in the underwater mission,NEEMO 15 (NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations).

David Saint-Jacques is married and has one child. He is alifelong mountaineer, cyclist, skier and passionate sailor. He also holds a commercial pilot license. He is fluent inEnglish and French and has basic knowledge of Russian,Spanish and Japanese.

Goldie NejatGoldie Nejat received the B.A.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees inmechanical engineering from the University of Toronto,Toronto, Canada, in 2001 and 2005, respectively. In 2005,she joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering asan Assistant Professor at the State University of New Yorkat Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY. In 2008, she became anAssistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical andIndustrial Engineering at the University of Toronto, whereshe is also the Founder and Director of the AutonomousSystems and Biomechatronics Laboratory (ASBLab). In addition, she is an Adjunct Scientist at the TorontoRehabilitation Institute.

Dr. Nejat’s research is focused on the development of intelligentassistive robotic aids and devices that can help in finding victims

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Assistant Professor,Dept. of Mechanical and

Industrial Engineering,University of Toronto

Founder and Director,Autonomous Systemsand Biomechatronics

Industrial Engineering

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in disaster scenarios, improve the quality of patient-centered care and transform the wayhospital wards and nursing / veteran homes function. In particular, Dr. Nejat and her researchteam focus on designing intelligent robots to address everyday problems to assist and aidpeople in a number of real-world situations, whether it be the elderly, the sick or injured, or victims trapped in rubble after a large earthquake. One main aspect of her research is to develop and integrate intelligent socially assistive robots into long-term care facilities. Dr. Nejat collaborates with international healthcare experts and a number of healthcarefacilities in order to develop these unique social robots. Her contributions in this area includethe development of a human-like social robot Brian to aid elderly individuals suffering fromdementia with activities of daily living. Dementia has become an epidemic, bringing forth asignificant medical, social and economic crisis. Brian is a social motivator and uses its life-likefeatures and expressions to interact with users by engaging them in memory games and brainfitness activities as well as providing prompts and reminders for daily tasks such as takingtheir medication, going to their doctor’s appointments and eating their meals. This research ishelping healthcare systems address the challenges posed by an aging population through theaid of robotic technology that can be integrated into people’s everyday lives. By providingrobotic assistance to individuals, healthcare staff can optimize their time in directing theircare efforts and the robots can help maintain the quality of care.

Dr. Nejat and her team have received considerable media attention for their innovative workin Assistive / Service Robotics due to its significant impacts on health and quality of life. Their robots have been regularly featured in the media – including the Discovery Channel, the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, The National on CBC, Canada AM, Zoomer Magazine, IT World Canada and IT Business. In particular, the robot Brian has been showcased as theperfect example of how robotic technology can be used to promote aging in place and assistour increasing elderly population with everyday activities. The robot has been identified as anew engineering innovation.

Dr. Nejat has numerous international publications in both the natural and health sciencesdomains. She has been invited to speak about her research to scientists, engineers andhealthcare professionals at many events in North America and Asia. She is also the recipientof grants from a number of funding agencies in both Canada and the U.S.

Dr. Nejat has served on the organizing and program committees of eight different internationalconferences on robotics, automation and medical devices. She also serves as an expertreferee on numerous occasions for different funding agencies in Canada and the U.S.

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speakerprofile Goldie Nejat

Raimond Wong

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Chair, Gastrointestinal Oncology Site Group

Juravinski Cancer Centre, Hamilton Health Sciences

Associate Professor, Department of Oncology

and Department of MedicineMcMaster University

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speakerprofile Raimond Wong

Dr. Raimond Wong is the chair of the GastrointestinalOncology Site Group at the Juravinski Cancer Centre,Hamilton Health Sciences. He is a Radiation Oncologistand certified Medical Acupuncturist, and an AssociateProfessor in the Department of Oncology, he holds a joint appointment in the Department of Medicine atMcMaster University.

Dr. Wong completed his undergraduate training andpostgraduate training in Diagnostic Radiology at the Universityof Hong Kong. He furthered his training in Radiation Oncologyat Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario and obtained aClinical/Research Fellowship at the Princess Margaret Hospital.He became an Active Staff member at the Juravinski CancerCentre in 1997. He obtained a Diploma in Chinese Herbologyfrom China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing.

His clinical expertise is gastrointestinal and skin cancers. Hismain research interest is in the integration of evidence-basedcomplementary medicine, in particular acupuncture andChinese Medicine into conventional oncology care. Hepublished extensively in this area and was awarded by theInternational Council of Medical Acupuncture and RelatedTechniques for his outstanding research work. He is currentlyprinciple investigator for multicentre and in-house trials toexamine the effect of acupuncture in treating cancer treatmentrelated complications.

Yael Kopelman

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Head of Advanced Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit,

Hadassah Medical Centre, Jerusalem, Isreal

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speakerprofile Yael Kopelman

Dr. Yael Kopelman is the head of advancedgastrointestinal endoscopy unit at Hadassah medicalCenter in Jerusalem. She received her medical degreefrom the Bruce Rappaport medical school of the Technion,Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. Dr. YaelKopelman completed two residencies in Internal Medicineand gastroenterology. Dr. Kopelman served as deputyhead of Gastroenterology institute at the Hillel - YaffeMedical Center in Hadera, Israel and since March 2011she is heading the advanced endoscopy unit at Hadassah.

Dr. Kopelman practices all fields of advanced endoscopy and has a special expertise in Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS). Dr. Kopelman is involved in the research of novel endoscopictechnologies. Most of her research activities are based ontight multidisciplinary cooperation. These include novelendoscopic technologies of full thickness resection, newtherapeutic modalities for pancreatic cancer and clinicalresearch of endoscopic ultrasound.

Mark Knudson

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Founder, Chairman, President and CEO, EnteroMedics Inc.

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speakerprofile Mark Knudson

Dr. Knudson is Founder, Chairman, President and ChiefExecutive Officer of EnteroMedics Inc (NASDAQ:ETRM).He has served as managing partner of an early stageventure capital firm and as President of Johnson andJohnson Professional Diagnostics, a Johnson andJohnson Company, following Johnson and Johnson's(NYSE:JNJ) 1986 acquisition of Arden Medical Systems,a company he founded in 1983.

Subsequently, Dr. Knudson was the founder or involved in thefounding of over 20 healthcare companies and successfullyexited these companies via acquisitions or initial publicofferings (IPO) of the stock of the companies. He held positionsin Research and Development management at CardiacPacemakers, Inc. (CPI-Guidant) and was a member of thefaculty of the University of Washington School of Medicine.He was the recipient of an Individual Post-doctoral FellowshipAward from the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Knudsonreceived the Ph.D. degree in physiology from WashingtonState University and a B.S. degree in biology from PacificLutheran University. He holds numerous United States patents.He serves or has served on boards of several companies andinstitutions, both public and private. Dr. Knudson was electedto membership in Sigma Xi, the scientific research honorsociety of North America in 1975 and is a Fellow of theAmerican Heart Association.

Adam White

Adam White is the lead singer / songwriter and composerof the quintessential Canadian rock group “The Reason”.

The Reason is currently signed to Anthem / SROManagement, Warner Music Canada, and bookedthrough The Agency Group.

In 2011 the group had a breakout hit single with “The Longest Highway Home” off of the album "Fools". The songwas a top 5 single on Canadian rock radio for nearly 4 months,and was nominated for rock song of the year at the CanadianRadio Music Awards.

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Singer, Songwriter,

Lead singer for Canadian recording

artist The Reason

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“The Longest Highway Home” opened new doors for the band and the success of the albumresulted in The Reason playing nearly every major Canadian festival summer in 2011 andlanding national tours alongside groups like The Arkells and the Tea Party.

Adam White has always been the main songwriter in The Reason. His immensely popularsongs are insightful and engaging. They are derived from his personal experiences andobservations in life and as a recording artist and member of a popular rock band.

Themes of his music include; the challenges and joys of life on the road, working hard toachieve your dreams, the need to attain the balance in life to and the need to hold on to yourloved ones. He draws heavily on his personal experiences and astute observations of thesocial conditions that surround him.

Ambitious and hard working, Adam learned the business from the grass roots level, in theearly years; he booked all of the band’s tours, supervised the release of their records andacted as their media spokesman.

Adam’s key musical influences include Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, The Police, Led Zeppelin,Nirvana, Weezer, NOFX and countless other 90's punk rock, where the foundation of his desireto tour was born.

In his view the DIY mentality was something that taught him how the business works andplayed a big role in many of the decisions made for the direction and growth band. The bandhas toured Canada 3-4 times a year for the past 10 years in venues ranging from clubs andtheatres, to major festivals.

Born and raised in Windsor, Ontario, Adam White moved to Hamilton at age 20 to be closer tothe Toronto music scene.

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speakerprofile Adam White

Eileen McMahon

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Partner, Torys

Co-Chair of Torys Intellectual Property and Food and

Drug Regulatory Practices

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speakerprofile Eileen McMahon

Eileen McMahon is the co-chair of Torys' IntellectualProperty and Food and Drug Regulatory Practices.Practising exclusively in these areas, Eileen is one of a handful of Canadian lawyers who advise on intellectualproperty protection and regulatory clearance for productsin Canada. Eileen is recognized as a leading cross-border

practitioner in the life sciences sector (medical devices,pharmaceuticals, foods) in various publications nationally andinternationally, including in Chambers Global, Which Lawyer?Yearbook, Lexpert Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers inCanada and Best Lawyers in Canada. Further information isfound on www.torys.com.

David Caddey

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Executive Vice President, Special Projects, MDA

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speakerprofile David Caddey

Mr. Caddey joined MacDonald Dettwiler in 1986 as the Project Manager of all Major Programs within thecompany. He was appointed as the Vice-President andGeneral Manager of the fast growing business divisionGeo-information Systems in 1989 and in 1994 took on thesame role for the Space and Defense Systems Division.In 1998, MacDonald Dettwiler won the prime contractorrole for RADARSAT-2, Canada's next generation of earthobservation satellite and Mr. Caddey became theProgram Manager for RADARSAT-2.

In May 1999, Mr. Caddey became Executive Vice-Presidentand General Manager of the Space Missions Group that wasformed following MacDonald Dettwiler's acquisition of SparAerospace’s Robotics Division. With the further growth andexpansion of the Space Missions Group, Mr. Caddey becameGroup President in 2002.

In December 2004, Mr. Caddey decided to reduce his workloadand responsibilities and became Executive Vice Presidentresponsible for various Special Projects at MDA.

Prior to joining MacDonald Dettwiler, Mr. Caddey spent 19years holding various technical and engineering positions in the Canadian Air Force. He graduated from the Royal MilitaryCollege of Canada with a Bachelor degree in Applied Sciences.Dave was Director and past President of the H.R. MacMillanSpace Centre in Vancouver and a Director and past Chair of theAerospace Industry Association of Canada (AIAC) and is Chairof the AIAC Space Committee.

Doron Kopelman

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Head of General Surgery B at HaEmek Medical Centre

and the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology

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speakerprofile Doron Kopelman

Prof. Doron Kopelman is the Head of General Surgery Bat “HaEmek” Medical Center, and the Technion, IsraelInstitute of Technology. He received his medical degreefrom the Hebrew University Medical School in Jerusalemand completed two residencies in General Surgery andin Vascular Surgery at the Rambam Medical Center, Israel.

Prof. Kopelman practices minimally invasive surgery of the GItract and has a special expertise in Hepato-Billiary-Pancreaticsurgery. "The high-tech medical industry and the clinical expertiseshould be closely cooperating in the R & D processes of newmedical technologies and devices." According to this moto,Prof. Kopelman is a leader of these efforts in Israel for the last15 years. In the late 90’s he initiated the "Izmel” consortium.“Izmel” was founded to support and enhance projects ofresearch and development of generic technologies in the fieldof Image Guided Surgery. Most of his research activities sincethen are based on tight multidisciplinary cooperation with thehigh-tech medical industry companies in Israel and abroad.Prof. Kopelman has conducted both basic science research andclinical research regarding Image Guided Surgery, MR GuidedFocused Ultrasound Surgery, future operating room technologiesand developing novel technologies such as: Intra-operativehand-held nuclear camera, compression anastomosis of bowel,biological haemostatic glue and sealants.

Jeff Berkley

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Founder, Chairman and CEO of

Mimic Technologies

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speakerprofile Jeff Berkley

Dr. Jeff Berkley is the founder, Chairman and CEO ofMimic Technologies, which is both a pioneer and leaderin Robotic Surgery Simulation. Jeff brings decades ofexperience in the mathematics, engineering andhealthcare disciplines focused on technology and virtualreality applications.

Jeff has applied his knowledge of haptic feedback and continuummechanic-based tissue modeling to surgery simulation.

He is well known as a leader in the fields of haptics, surgerysimulation, and real-time finite element modeling. He haspublished numerous articles and has spoken at a wide varietyof academic conferences. He has published and served as areviewer for various journals such as IEEE Transactions onVisualization and Computer Modeling, Virtual Reality, and theElectronic Journal of Haptics Research and Medical Imaging.

Rita Carrey

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Sister of Comedian Jim Carrey

Radio Personality (Giant FM) Singer, Songwriter

Author of Growing up Carrey

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speakerprofile Rita Carrey

Rita is a Canadian television and radio personality andalso is the older sister to comedian Jim Carrey. Born inCanada, she grew up in Toronto and Burlington, Ontario and is anaccomplished singer/songwriter and public speaker. Rita isheavily involved in community events such as Dreams TakeFlight which helps terminally ill and under-privileged childrenlive their dreams. She is also on the board of directors for theLight Of Day Niagara which helps raise money to fightParkinsons Disease. She has her own rock band which you canfind playing many Niagara area clubs. In her spare time shespeaks with children at local community schools. You cancheck out her quick wit and talent every afternoon on 91.7Giant FM in Niagara.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We would like to acknowledge the Corporations and Individuals that contributed to the Student Gift bags.

8:10 am .....Seneca RoboticsSeneca College, Toronto, Ontario 37

8:40 am .....Kinetic KnightsKincardine and District Secondary School, Kincardine, Ontario 39

9:10 am .....York University Rover TeamYork University, Toronto, Ontario 41

9:40 am .....NovarumCardinal Newman Secondary School, Hamilton, Ontario 43

10:10 am....BeaverworXOur Lady of Lourdes CHS, Guelph, Ontario 45

8:00 pm .....WELCOME TO COMPETITORS & GUESTS: Mehran Anvari

10:40 pm....REFRESHMENT BREAK

11:00 am....Twisted MetalJohn Polanyi Collegiate, Toronto, Ontario 47

11:30 pm....GHGTSir John A. Macdonald Secondary School, Hamilton, Ontario 49

12:00 pm....Laurentian LunaboticsLaurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario 51

12:30 pm....JUDGES REVIEW PANEL

12:50 pm....ROBOTICS AWARDS, PRESENTATIONS & PHOTOS

1:15 pm .....CLOSING REMARKS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Mehran Anvari

ROBOTICS COMPETITORS

robotics competitionprogramJULY 10th, 2012PORT CARLING ROOM

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Seneca Robotics competitorprofiles

Seneca Robotics: Assistant RobotSeneca College, Toronto

Team

Amir Ansari

Siavash Amouzadeh

Shady Khouzam

Michael Durham

Perrin Perry

Anne Marie Supersad

Robot Description

The robot is a large rectangular rover with on board trayscontaining medical equipment as well as supplies. This roveris designed for medical institutions and can be used by nurses,doctors, caregivers and visitors of the institution. This isdesigned to follow nurses during their rounds to patient roomscarrying supplies and equipment as well as storing data.Nurses can use this rover to allow them to interact with morepatients at a given time and increase efficiency in a medicalinstitution. This rover can also be used to do patrols around theinstitution and visitors can request it to come to a specificlocation or approach it. Visitors can interact with the touchscreen to get information regarding their appointments, mapof the institution with respect to their location and other usefulinformation. Users can also connect to the rover's web serviceand find its location and other information that the rover isstoring without having to use the touch screen interface or bein presence of the rover. The great thing about the rover is thatit can be equipped with numerous amounts of medical suppliesand equipment and software can be updated to provide evenmore useful tools to meet a specific institutions needs.

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Kinetic Knights competitorprofiles

Kinetic Knights: Rebound RumbleKincardine and District Secondary School, Kinecardine

Team

Alden O’Cain

James Jackson

Bradley Reid

Robot Description

"Rebound Rumble" was designed to shoot a foam basketballinto a hoop 98" high. Our robot shoots balls by passing themthrough 2 sets of high speed wheels with one set at a constantspeed, and the top set to variable speeds to change distancebut always less than the bottom to create backspin on the ball.To obtain balls from the playing field, our driver drives balls intoa gap in our robot's frame with the aid of a camera, where theballs are then driven by our polyurethane round bets.Photosensors detect what positions the balls are in, which thentell specific belts to stop moving to keep them in the right place.When our driver decides to shoot, they aim with anothercamera above our shooter wheels and then the belts bring theballs into the shooter. The shooter is on a rotatable ball bearingto aim our shots. On the front of the robot there is a pneumaticpower bridge tipper. The bridges are another major part of thegame, and our tipper made of hockey sticks creates an inclineplane shape that allows us on the bridge quickly. When itdeploys, door latches lock it into place with servomotor"handles" to unlock the latches and allows the tipper to moveback into place.

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Kinetic Knights

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York University Rover Team competitorprofiles

York University Rover Team: Multipurpose RoverYork University, Toronto

Team

Dennis Liu

Glen Berseth

Isaac DeSouza

Oyindamola Daramola

Shailja Sahani

Valerie McCarrol

Mrunal Amin

Alexander Estermann

Robot Description

Ares MCR-5, a rover prototype, can be used for remoteoperations to perform simple tasks. The rover can becustomized to user specifications, due to its modular nature.The chassis, its main body, is used to mount the drive system,the vision system, the excavation system, the arm and/or anyother payload such as a surveying platform or scientificinstruments. Ares is mobile and remotely operates on a 4 wheeldrive with variable suspension for all types of terrain. The driveis controlled by 4DC motors and the remote operations areperformed using a 900 MHz Wi-Fi system. Alternatively, it canbe programmed for use with a gaming controller and thus canbe driven by anyone. Ares can see using cameras mounted ona mast, giving it a bird's eye field of view. There are alsodedicated drive cameras and excavator/arm cameras tonavigate and provide visual feedback. These camera stream onthe IP medium, are encoded using H264 and can be addressedindividually.

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Novarum competitorprofiles

Novarum: Multi-Purpose Memory AidCardinal Newman Secondary School, Hamilton

Team

Martin Skot

Matthew Pateman

Michael Kerr

Jeff Tweedle

Robot Description

The Voice in My Head (VIMH) is a multi-purpose memory aid.It consists of a small Pandaboard computer, a battery pack, awireless Bluetooth headset, and a small camera. The computerhousing is designed with belt loops so that it can easily be slidonto the waist of any business person. The purpose of theVIMH is to assist people with remembering faces, recordingimportant conversations for playback at a later time, or forscheduling meetings or appointments. it is designed to be usedduring the day and to be charged at night. We are also hopingto implement a function that allows the user to sync the VIMHto a computer, to download/upload a calendar or images withcommon programs.

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Novarum

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BeaverworX competitorprofiles

BeaverworX: Material Collection and DeliveryOur Lady of Lourdes CHS, Guelph

Team

Ben McCarron

Royce Vuong

Robot Description

Boomer is a robot designed for the Skills Canada challenge“Panning for Gold”. We were tasked with creating a robot thatcould place the nuggets(wooden cubes) into the pan, while thepan could possibly be moving. We designed our robot withsimplicity in mind. Starting with a 3D Solidworks model of the robot, we designed a basic parallel arm system, and a quick claw. Our robot is 18.5 inches tall allowing us to escapetouching the top rail, missing it by only 1/2 of an inch. We builtcustom made transmissions to allow us to have the perfectspeed to pick up as well as place the blocks. In this challengespeed was not the only factor we had to deal with. We madea custom frame out of welded one inch aluminum tube. This was because if boomer were to get hit the internalstructure would not be damaged. With software we createdlimits for the claw and arm, as well as have a variable speedsystem. By combining all of these features of the robot we wereable to create a fast nimble robot that can place nuggetsquickly but also defend when necessary. From all of this boomerwas created.

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BeaverworX

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Twisted Metal competitorprofiles

Team

Dylan Dhanasar

Jacob Schweitzer

Sebastian Mazzuca

Sam Zhou

Sara Santos

Ukie Ly

Samantha Soukhavongsa

Hindia Basha

Robot Description

The robot is a rectangular prism, as that is the shape that wouldbe the most efficient in crushing recyclables. Also, we wouldbe mirroring the shape of a recycle box. One of the functionsof the robot is that we can use a recycling box as the storageand mount the robot on top of it so that when a person throwsa can or recyclable in the robot, it will be crushed and dumpedin the recycling bin. We use a vertical motion set which allowsus to move the steel plate to crush the recyclables.

Twisted Metal: Recyclable Plastic Bottle and Can CrusherJohn Polanyi Collegiate, Toronto

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Twisted Metal

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GHGT competitorprofiles

GHGT: Visually Impaired / Tour GuideSir John A. Macdonald Secondary School, Hamilton

Team

Colin Gagich

Andy Quach

Human Shwaikh

Jesse Guarascia

Aidan Young-Brodgesell

Nabil Abdur

Danny Eng

Robot Description

A futuristic concept robot known as the BajGuide has thepurpose of replacing conventional guided audio tours with afully automated system. The modern day museum go-er will beable to elevate their museum experience by taking a fullycustomizable guided tour around a museum seeing only exactlywhat they wish to see.

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GHGT

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Laurentian Lunabotics competitorprofiles

Laurentian Lunabotics Excavate Lunar RegolithLaurentian University, Sudbury

Team

Karim Omri

Stephen Fingas

Benjamen Nguyen

Robot Description

The Laurentian Lunabot is a machine that is designed to mineon the moon. The machine can excavate lunar regolith anddump it to a collection area. The lunabot will have to passthrough an obstacle area which includes large rocks as well ascraters. The lunabot that was designed this year consists of anexcavator that can be doubled up as an unloader system and alive bottom which will permit the flow of regolith in bothdirections. The robot’s mobility system consists of 3 wheels oneach side powered by 2 independent motors. This providesgreat float ability on the lunar regolith making the robot verymaneuverable.

The robots systems are controlled by a laptop interface thatsends command to all the drive motors and gets input fromcameras. The commands are sent via a router from anotherlaptop in the control room. The mechanical perspectives as wellas the control systems are making it a very reliable system.

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Laurentian Lunabotics

CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS

Thank You to our sponsors for your generous contributions.

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CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS

Ethicon Endo-Surgerydevelops and markets advanced medical

devices for minimally invasive and open

surgical procedures, focusing on procedure-

enabling devices for the interventional

diagnosis and treatment of conditions in

general and bariatric surgery, as well as

gastrointestinal health, gynecology and

surgical oncology. More information can be

found at www.ethiconendosurgery.com.

GOLD SPONSORS

MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates Ltd.MDA’s Information Systems Group is one of Canada’s

best known and highly regarded technology leaders.

Since entering the space business more than four

decades ago, the company has accomplished a

number of pioneering technologies in space and

here on Earth.

Building on the flight heritage and success of the

Shuttle’s robotic arm and the next generation

robotics for the ISS, we are applying our world-

renowned robotic technologies for autonomous

satellite rendezvous, satellite servicing, and planetary

missions to explore the moon and Mars.

On Earth we are taking our experience in space

robotics and vision systems into applications in

the medical and nuclear markets.

Our medical developments focus on specialized

robotics that enable surgeons to perform highly

complex and difficult tasks in a minimally

invasive way.

GOLD SPONSORS

SILVER SPONSORS

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Centre for Minimal Access SurgeryThe Centre for Minimal Access Surgery (CMAS),

a McMaster University Centre, located at St. Joseph’s

Healthcare in Hamilton, was established in October

1999 as a state-of-the-art, multi-disciplinary, technological

education and research centre. CMAS was designed to

support the research and development of specialized

techniques in minimal access surgery and surgical

innovation and to increase the awareness and

understanding of the use of minimal access surgery as

an option in all surgical specialties.

Our vision is three-fold: education and skills training

to advance the caliber and scope of minimal access

training; research and development in robotics and

surgical innovations; and telehealth through the

development of mission critical, telehealth

applications that will incorporate the newly

developed innovations to support surgeons and

the communities in which they practice.

The Centre currently runs 20 to 25 courses

every year to train surgeons, fellows, residents,

nurses and allied healthcare professionals on

the latest techniques of minimal access surgery,

and provides a mentorship program to assist

and support surgeons in adopting these

innovative techniques.

SILVER SPONSORS

McMaster Department of SurgeryThe large faculty of the Department of Surgery at

McMaster University contributes extensively to

the Department’s ability to provide specialty care

for Hamilton and the surrounding communities

through St. Joseph’s Healthcare and the Hamilton

Health Sciences. Committed to integrating innovative

clinical care, world-leading research and outstanding

educational resources, the Department of Surgery

aspires to continue to be a leading Department in

academic surgery nationally and internationally.

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Minogue Medical Inc.Founded in 1986, Minogue Medical Inc. is the

exclusive Canadian distributor of the Intuitive

Surgical da Vinci® Si HD™ Surgical System.

Applications include use in General, Thoracic,

Cardiac, Head and Neck, Urology and

GYN Surgery. These surgical specialties are

driving rapid adoption of Robotic Surgery in

Canada and around the world. There have

been over 5,000 robotic procedures done in

Canada and there are currently 13 installed

da Vinci® Surgical Robots.

BRONZE SPONSORS

We help regional technology professionals

learn and network through more than 30

functional peer groups. Our monthly groups

connect Communitech members in discrete

functional areas as well in professional

interests.

Communitechis a not-for-profit organization that supports

technology companies in the Waterloo Region that

promotes the region as a technology cluster. Our

programs and events connect professionals, share

ideas, and strengthen companies.

We also champion innovation and collaboration on

a provincial and national level. The Communitech

Hub is a unique digital media ecosystem and one

of many commercialization facilities that make up

the Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN),

which we proudly steward.

We accelerate the growth of digital media

companies and bring academics, global enterprise

and service organizations together in the

groundbreaking Communitech Hub.

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The Hamilton Spectatoris one of Canada’s most historic and award-

winning newspapers, with a daily circulation

in excess of 100,000 and more than 400

employees. The Spectator- part of the Torstar

group of media companies – also publishes a

portfolio of related print and digital products

including The Free Press, a weekly free

distribution publication reaching more than

90,000 homes and thespec.com, the dominant

online local news site in Hamilton

BRONZE SPONSORS

• mergers & acquisitions• corporate & capital

markets• litigation & dispute

resolution• competition & antitrust• project development

and finance• debt finance & lending• infrastructure & energy• climate change &

emissions trading• financial institutions• taxation• managed assets

• intellectual property• life sciences• environmental, health

& safety• merchant banking• private equity & venture

capital• technology, media

& telecom• real estate• restructuring & insolvency• personal client services• pensions, benefits,

employment & compensation

Torys’ LLPis an international business law firm with offices in

Toronto, New York and Calgary, offering seamless

cross-border services to clients on both sides of

the U.S. - Canada border and globally. Torys serves

clients in a range of areas for which it is recognized

internationally, including in:

Torys’ Intellectual Property Practicecomprises more than 30 lawyers, patent and

trademark agents, and technical consultants,

many of whom are recognized leaders in

their field. Most of the firm’s IP lawyers have

advanced scientific degrees and have studied

in various disciplines. Their broad technical

expertise, combined with their legal and industry

experience, enables them to understand and

effectively protect their clients’ most complex

and valuable intellectual property assets.

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PARTICIPANTS

HTX aims to generate the following results

for Ontario:

The Health Technology ExchangeFrom Invention through to Innovation to

International Invoice, HTX supports emerging and

established Ontario-based companies to develop,

produce and commercialize innovative market-

leading advanced health technologies. HTX is

funded by the Government of Ontario through the

Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation.

HTX is a member of the Ontario Network of

Excellence (oneinnovation.ca).

HTX supports the growth of a dynamic, prosperous

Ontario medical and assistive technologies industry

sector that aligns with and advances world class

health care, enabling enhanced healthy living for

its citizens.

• An enhanced Small and Medium Sized Enterprise (SME) base, creating export ready products and companies and ultimately more high growth international marketing companies.

• More well founded and financed start-up companies with the capability of negotiating global marketing partnerships and attracting inward investment and research collaborations.

• Greater capitalization of publicly funded research, creating more market focused innovative medical and assistive technology products validated by effective utilization of technology evaluation, appraisal and assessment.

McMaster Department of International AffairsMcMaster University has become increasingly

involved around the world in exchange agreements,

institutional linkages and externally funded

international projects and programs. These various

partnerships focus upon collaborative research,

education and human resource development and

methods of improving service delivery in areas such

as business, environmental protection, community

health, engineering and technology development

and transfer. The Office of International Affairs has

taken on an expanded international role that seeks

to co-ordinate and facilitate McMaster's expertise

in a highly complex and changing global

environment. We at the Office of International

Affairs facilitate international collaboration and

PARTICIPANTS

co-ordinate activities that bring McMaster

University closer to its vision of being

internationally acclaimed for research,

education and community service.

Our Mandate continues to grow within the

four defined areas:

• International Development Projects• International Programs• International Student Recruitment• International Alumni Communications

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Samsungis one of the most forward-thinking, most recognized

brands in the world. Because it's the goal of every

person who works at Samsung to create a better

product today than we created yesterday and a

better product tomorrow than we create today.

We're driven to continually reinvent our own

successful products and keep striving for ever more

innovative solutions.

And all of our hard work and innovation and

dedicated to our customers. We want you to come

away from a Samsung experience feeling more

inspired than you were before. These beliefs can be

summed up in our Corporate Philosophy:

We will devote our people and technology to

create superior products and services, thereby

contributing to a better global society.

www.innovation-nation.ca

JW MARRIOTTThe Rosseau Muskoka

Minnett, Ontario

INNOVATION CONFERENCE:Muskoka Ballroom July 9, 2012

ROBOTIC COMPETITION:Port Carling Room July 10, 2012