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The Conference Board of Canada facilitates innovation—from inspiration to implementation—through impactful peer-to-peer learning and research. Our goal is to increase Canada’s global competitiveness by improving private and public sector innovation performance and technology creation and adoption. We achieve this by fostering Canada’s innovation ecosystem and studying the impact of technology on society.
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Alain Francq
Director, Innovation and Technology
Alain advances and implements the Innovation and Technology teams’ research agenda and takes an enterprise-wide approach to strategy implementation. Alain is the primary subject matter expert and spokesperson for emerging trends and critical challenges that Canadian leaders face in the realms of innovation and technology.
Blue Occupation Pathways
January 30, 2023
The global ocean economy is expected to double in size to $3 trillion between 2016 and 2030. Given the increase in activity and Canada’s enormous coastline, the sustainable blue economy (SBE) is an area of high economic potential for Canada.
32-min read • Impact paper
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