Date: Tuesday February 10, 2015.

Time: Refreshments, Registration and Networking: 06:00 p.m.; Seminar: 06:30 p.m. – 07:30 p.m.

Place: Algonquin College, 1385 Woodroffe Ave., School of Advanced Technology, T-Building,

Ciena-Optophotonics Lab (Room T129)

Parking: No fee after 5:00 p.m. at the Visitors’ Parking Lots 8 & 9. Please respect restricted areas.

Admission: Free. Registration required. To ensure a seat, please register by e-mail contacting:

Xiao Qinghan  or Sreeraman Rajan.

Organized by: The IEEE Ottawa, IEEE Ottawa Joint Chapter of Communications Society, Consumer Electronics Society,and Broadcast Technology Society (ComSoc/CESoc/BTS), IEEE Ottawa Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), IEEE Ottawa Power and Energy Society (PES), IEEE Ottawa– Joint Chapter of Computational Intelligence Society and Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society (CI/SMC), IEEE Ottawa Computers Society (CS), IEEE Ottawa Joint Chapter of Reliability Society and Power Electronics Society

(RS/PELS), IEEE Ottawa Alliance of IEEE Consultant Network (AICN), IEEE Ottawa Women in Engineering

(WIE), IEEE Ottawa Educational Activities (EA), and Algonquin College Student Branch (ACSB) in

conjunction with School of Advanced Technology, Algonquin College

Abstract:

Created to bolster innovation in Canada’s business sector, the Build in Canada Innovation Program (BCIP) helps Companies Bridge the pre-commercialization gap by procuring and testing late stage innovative goods and services within the federal government before launching them into the commercial market. The BCIP is a new $40 million program which aims to promote innovation and support Canadian business development. It was announced in Budget 2010 and made permanent in Budget 2012 with the addition of a military procurement component. The BCIP is a unique program that focuses on innovations that are at a stage of development where they can participate in an operational testing environment.

Speaker’s Bio:

Helen Braiter has been with PWGSC for 15 years and is the Director of the Build in Canada Innovation Program (BCIP) in the Office of Small and Medium Enterprises and Strategic Engagement (OSMESE). An environmental engineer by training, Helen has worked in many areas within the Acquisitions Branch of PWGSC including policy, risk management and supplier

engagement. She was recently awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for fostering a culture of innovation in the government and for supporting innovative Canadian businesses.