I call to order the 45th meeting of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), a continuation of our study of Canadian science and technology.
First of all, I apologize to the witnesses for the delay on the start of the committee, but we had a vote we had to attend to. We have four organizations with us here today.
From the Advanced Foods and Materials Network, we have the scientific director, Mr. Rickey Yada.
Secondly, from AUTO21, we have a witness who has appeared before us before, the CEO and scientific director, Mr. Peter Frise.
From the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, we have two witnesses: the president and CEO, Mr. Andrew McKee; and a board member, Mr. Robert Hindle.
The fourth organization is Research Canada: An Alliance for Health Discovery. We have the president and CEO, Ms. Deborah Gordon-El-Bihbety; and the chair, Michael Julius.
We will have five minutes for each organization, and we'll present in that order.
We'll start with the Advanced Foods and Materials Network.