IPCA Photonics Directory
Click here to start searching through the hundreds of companies in the US and Canada who can assist you in bringing your photonics-enabled technologies to market. Find the suppliers, collaborators, and other commercialization partners you need. These firms come from the various regions already participating in the IPCA. As additional cluster groups join, their members will also be added to this valuable tool.

Not on the list? Join the IPCA and your firm will be added. More features are on their way too, so be sure to check back often.

Templates for Your Business
Download various templates from SCORE to help you build a business plan, make bank loan requests, project a balance sheet and cash flow, or conduct a competitive analysis.

For a list of 16 valuable business templates, visit: http://www.score.org/template_gallery.html.

Presentations from IPCA Session: "Opportunities for Collaboration in the Biophotonics Arena"
Held in Canandaigua, NY on March 29, 2006, this program featured presentations from Elcan Optical Technologies (a Division of Raytheon), and small businesses from Canada and the US. For copies of available presentations from that program, click HERE.

Presentations from the 2nd Annual Executive Symposium on Photonics Commercialization
Held in Ottawa in Friday, June 2, 2006, the following presentations offer a glimpse into some of the largest photonics-enabled companies in the world. (Please note: these videos are presented in .mp4 format and are not recommended for download if you are not using broadband. Please feel free to email us a request for a copy of the presentations on CD.)

Presentation of Pierre Coulombe, President, National Research Council Canada

Presentation of David Atkinson, President, Carleton University

Overview of NRC/IMS and the Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre (CPFC) by Marie D'lorio, Director General, National Research Council Cananda

Extracting Value from Research by Feridun Hamdullahpur, VP Research International, Carleton University

North American perspective on photonics innovation and commercialization by Michael Lebby, President, Optoelectronoic Industry Development Association

Asian perspective on photonics innovation and commercialization by Y.S. Lui, Vice President, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan

European perspective on photonics innovation and commercialization including Photonics 21 initiative by Tom Pearsall, General Secretary, European Photonics Industry Consortium

Imaging & MEMS Enabling Technologies at DALSA by Ralf Brooks, President, Dalsa Semiconductor

Innovation in Photonics by Keynote speaker, Dr. Alastair Glass, Deputy Minister of Research and Innovation, Proovince of Ontario

New Technologies Enabling Agile Optical Networks by Dr. Barrie P. Keyworth, JDSU Subsystems Product Group

Opportunities and Challenges for Optics in the Information Processing Industry by Marc Taubenblatt, Senior Manager Optical Communications and High Speed Test Initiaties, IBM USA

Photonics for defense and security by Gregory Shelton, VP Engineering (retired), Raytheon

Next generation solid state lighting, illumination and display system opportunities by Govi Rao, VP & General Manager, Philips Solid State Lighting NA

Applications of photonics in medicine by Christian P. Schultz, Director, Molecular Imaging, Manager, Business Development, Principal Scientist, Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.

Venture Investment Climate by Andrew Waitman, Managing Partner, Celtic House

Regional Fabrication Capabilities
Click on the following links to find out more information on the fabrication centers currently members in IPCA. Contact information is also included.

Infotonics Technology Center
Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre
Photonics Center at Boston University

In addition, click HERE to learn about the services provided by one of our major sponsors, Jaeckle, Fleischmann & Mugel LLP.