Canadian ocean observation technology co-innovation mission France

Canadian companies wishing to apply to participate in the delegation to France must meet the following conditions:

• for-profit SMEs incorporated in Canada
• experience in commercializing a technology on national or international markets
• ability and interest in collaborating on technology development with French partners
• strong desire to expand into the French and European markets
• sufficient working capital and personnel to conduct a multi-year co-innovation collaboration and commercialize the results

Technologies and products of particular interest to this delegation include:

• remote sensing technologies (e.g. satellite oceanography, high-frequency (HF) radar)
• autonomous vehicles and robotics (e.g. autonomous or remotely operated underwater vehicles, ocean gliders, underwater drones)
• mooring and floating instruments (e.g. oceanographic buoys, profiling floats, global drifting buoys)
• acoustic technologies (e.g.: SONAR)
• advanced sensor networks (e.g. pCO2 sensors, water quality sensors)
• data integration and analysis technologies (e.g. big data and artificial intelligence)

The integration and use of artificial intelligence associated with the technologies and use cases presented will be a particular asset.