As a longtime observer of business innovation, Progress Media is launching an awards program to recognize, reward, and promote innovation in the public sector. Here is your opportunity to nominate!

Governments at every level influence business, education, social and cultural institutions right across Atlantic Canada.  Now governments face unprecedented challenges - housing, jobs, rising health care costs, environmental issues, demographic shifts, and the confluence of falling revenues, and increased social welfare spending.

Governments need to embrace innovative approaches to daunting problems.

With innovation as a priority objective, our region will become more productive, competitive, and resilient.

An efficient, effective public service sector is integral to Atlantic Canada's prosperity.

With government focused on creating an innovation driven region it is possible for scientists, entrepreneurs, investors, and policy makers to collaborate in building a new era of opportunity and prosperity.

In addition, facing long-term budget constraints, governments will come to depend upon social innovation - social entrepreneurs and creative public sector initiatives - to face the incumbent emerging challenges.

Any organization in the public sector in Atlantic Canada, which includes provincial, federal, municipal governments, crown corporations, agencies, educational institutions, NGOs - not for profits/industry associations, economic development agencies, military, universities, school boards, health boards, is eligible.

There will be a celebration of Innovation in Practice - Public Sector workshop and awards reception for finalists representatives on April 25, 2012, presented by Cisco.  All finalist representatives, sponsors, and very special guests will engage in an Innovation Laboratory, and finish the day with a keynote by the President of Cisco Canada, and the presentation of awards. Progress print and online will feature finalists, winners and photos. Nominate the public castor of your choice for an exciting, fun, productive experience!

Click here to submit your nomination.

Nominations are due by Monday, March 5th at 5:00 pm.

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To read this eCaseNote in full, click here or visit www.bensonmyles.com for more.

As an incentive, HKTDC has reserved a booth and will offer these 6 companies free exhibition space, pay for 4 nights per company, and offer a position on the industry panel. This is offered on a first come, first serve basis, so interested parties should act quickly in contacting Gerry Whalen at gerry.whalen@acoa-aepca.ca to discuss.

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Monitoring Technologies for Northern & Oil Sands Applications

 LOOKNorth, a Canadian Centre of Excellence for Commercialization and Research (CECR) hosted by C-CORE, is soliciting Expressions of Interest (EOI) from small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) based in Newfoundland & Labrador that have developed remote sensing or other monitoring technologies that can provide significant positive impacts on the sustainable development of Canada's Northern natural resources and oil sands. 

This request for EOIs is the first phase of a proposal process intended to identify a maximum of three (3) projects.  Successful projects should demonstrate or validate technologies that will provide impacts such as an increase in operational safety, operational cost effectiveness, increased environmental responsibility, accelerated regulatory process for permits and other benefits as described in the LN-EOI Detailed Description Fall 2011 document.

EOIs are accepted until 23:59, 14 November 2011 Newfoundland Time via email at proposals@LOOKNorth.org or fax at 709-864-4021.  Successful candidates will be required to submit a complete proposal by 23 January 2012.

For EOI submission details and template please go to www.looknorth.org/tvp. 

Tuesday, October 25
Accounting
with John Dearin,
Business Management Services Inc.

Wednesday, October 26
Business Planning
with Mike Green, BDC

Thursday, October 27
Small Business Banking
with Carson Chafe, TD Canada Trust

Friday, October 28
Legal Consultation
with David S. Williams, O'Dea, Earle

Location:

Boardroom
90 O'Leary Avenue
St. John's, NL
October 2011

To make an appointment call:
1-888-576-4444
or Email info.cb.nl@acoa-apeca.gc.ca

Appointments are from 1-4 pm