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Derrick Rancourt is a Professor at the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary and Director of Biotechnology & Cell Therapies for the Board of the Alberta Council of Technologies Socie

ABCtech #88 04-APR-17 Alberta's New Investor's Tax Credit Program - Feedback We asked you during March to share your experience with Alberta's new Investor's Tax Credit Program (AITC) . In summary, th

Resilience of Alberta’s Economy AND Measuring the Effectiveness of Innovation Ecosystems The Alberta Council of Technologies conducts a spring and fall survey of its followers for assessing the "Resil

It is Alberta's second largest manufacturing sector. As such, it is commendable that the Standing Committee on Alberta’s Economic Future, a body comprised of 15 provincial legislators, is working to p

Getting to know you and your views is core to our collective strength as the Alberta Council of Technologies. Your views guide us and give us influence as Alberta's independent voice of technologies.

ABCtech #86 09-MAR-17 Are We Really Innovating ... Is Alberta's innovation ecosystem effective? CLICK for Alberta's Clean Technologies Conference - March 23/24 A MUST read ... CLICK Globe & Mail today

When I think of family, there are many that I care about and care about me: they are at home, the office, the club, from school, even on-line, past and present. Family" has been adapting to social cha

The relationship between the public and private sector has suffered from the perception that government decisions are based more on anecdotes than data. The problem is not a lack of data, but rather a

So I've done some homework, that may save you the effort. For some my views are bound to be provocative, for others down right wrong. But for most of you, I hope "appreciated". There is a lot to be le

ABCtech #82 25JAN17 Monitoring Fusion Energy Many of our subscribers have expressed interest in learning more about Fusion Energy as the ultimate change agent for decarbonizing energy. Over the coming

ABCtech #81 18-JAN-17 ICT Strategy Needed Now The knowledge economy is a self-perpetuating where wealth and jobs are generated by wave after wave of advances in information and communications technolo

Sweden will stop using fossil fuels for electricity by 2040 Communications & Marketing - Media companies need to reinvent themselves to survive Construction & Real Estate - Cement-making isn’t as bad