Industry committee  The innovation gap you asked about is a big issue. We recognize, and I think many recognize, that there are the two solitudes of university research and industry needs, and yes, there is a gap between them. We're trying to resolve it in some ways. One is, we declared from the v

Industry committee  Thank you very much. Yes, certainly incentives, scholarships, and the like that have been provided have been very helpful. An additional comment from me would be to have some targeted incentives, if there are certain sectors you want to support, rather than across-the-board ince

Industry committee  Probably the same factors that would affect students, attraction as well as retention. The attraction is would they even consider manufacturing? If it is viewed as dirty assembly line work of the past, that's not exciting to them, and they'll run to other areas and they'll go to

Industry committee  Thank you. On the effects of the investments going on in the university and the region, because it's all beginning at this point, the plans are really long term and short term. In the long term, we're looking to set up a facility with the ability to provide paradigm-shifting

Industry committee  You've mentioned two issues that certainly are important. The first is getting students into school. Accessibility issues are a concern across the whole university sector, whether it's in manufacturing-related or other programs. We very much sympathize with student needs for help

Industry committee  I'm ready. Thank you very much. Sorry for running a bit late. I want to talk about three things. I want to tell you a little bit about where I'm speaking from, the background, the challenges that we see from an academic setting at the university level, and then talk about some r