Find Your Edge
Five years ago, leaders from Western University, Robarts Research Institute and Lawson Health Research Institute elected to combine each of their respective business development offices, mandates and resources under one banner called WORLDiscoveries®.
Five years later, the intended outcomes from what some considered a bold experiment have been largely realized and in many cases exceeded; outcomes that we affectionately call “The Edge Effect”.
Quick Facts for 2010 Fiscal Year
45 patents issued
8 spin-off companies
$5.1 million in revenue
Stories
Statement
It is with great with pleasure that I share with you our second Annual Report...
New dimension in imaging
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in Canadian men – one male in six will be afflicted with...
From crisis comes opportunity
The University of Western Ontario has a number of well-respected service-based research centres...
Training that’s more lifelike
Practise makes perfect. And for surgeons-in-training the skill to make tight, accurate stitches at high speed...
The ‘Fun’ in Fundamentals
We sometimes forget that even adult students don’t always enjoy doing school assignments...
Safer medical imaging
Digital medical imaging systems detect everything from tumours to cavities, and are in such frequent...
Finding Value in Organic Waste
Ten cubic metres of low-value biomass becomes three cubic metres of high-value oil...
Expanding boundaries and opportunities
WORLDiscoveries first ventured to Asia in 2007 in pursuit of business development opportunities...
Going worldwide
How did JSR, a billion dollar Japanese company and industry leader in synthetic rubber products...
Creating opportunity globally and locally
Defect-free coatings are tricky for manufacturers – even the hint of an ‘orange peel’ finish can...
Supporting Start-ups
Renix is a new Londonbased start-up that has developed an innovative, ion-exchange process to...
A sweeping new innovation in sport
The 2010 Canadian Women’s Olympic Curling team swept their way to silver in Vancouver with...
Funding Innovation
Getting any business off the ground is daunting on the best of days. But for an innovative medical or scientific...
Our Team
Executive Director
Paul Paolatto
Executive Director
Asia Operations
Ling Ting
Director
Engineering and Natural Sciences (ENS) & Social Innovation
Patrick Therrien
Senior Business Development Manager
Jaipreet Bindra
Senior Business Development Manager
Life Sciences
Souzan Armstrong
Senior Business Development Manager
Kirk Brown
Senior Business Development Manager
Sandy Vascotto,
Senior Business Development Manager
Support Services
Nadine Weedmark
Manager, Intellectual Property & Admin
Jan Payne
Patent and Market Analyst
Thurman Sawyer
Agreements Advisor
Lori Lariviere
Program Coordinator
Mona Wuytenburg,
Administrative Assistant
Fabian Folias,
Electronic Media Channel Coordinator
Jonathan Deeks,
Inventions and Patents Manager
Board of Directors
John Capone, Chair
Western University
David Hill
Lawson Health Research Institute
Mike Irwin
3M
Kevin Robertson
PriceWaterhouseCoopers
Dwayne Martins
Western University
Paul Paolatto
WORLDiscoveries
Janice McMichael-Dennis
Bluewater Power