APPENDIX C:
SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED
IN THE REPORT OF THE EXPERT PANEL
ON COMMERCIALIZATION, 2006[64]

• establish a business-led Commercialization Partnership Board (CPB). The CPB would create a new role for the private sector as a full partner in charting the course for, and developing policy related to, commercialization.
  
  
• increase business demand for talent, through the development of a new Canada Commercialization Fellowships Program;
  
  
• spur private sector hiring of highly qualified personnel with commercialization talents;
  
  
• encourage and celebrate young Canadians who aim for success in science, technology and business;
  
  
• develop and retain talent for success in the global marketplace;
  
  
• create a Commercialization Superfund to address key commercialization challenges;
  
  
• expand federal programs that support seed and start-up firms in proving their business ideas;
  
  
• increase the commercialization involvement of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), through a Canadian SME Partnerships Initiative;
  
  
• improve access to early-stage angel financing and expertise;
  
  
• review and identify improvements in Canada's expansion-stage venture capital market; and
  
  
• remove barriers to investment for foreign venture capital investors.