Ontario Centre for Engineering and Public PolicyPolicy Engagement Series

November 24, 2009, noon to 2 p.m.
Registration required

Dr. Peter Frise of AUTO21 Network of Centres of Excellence will examine a number of pressing issues, including the major technological and business trends and how they affect Ontario's automotive industry;  the  role of research and development and innovation; and what path Ontario should take to ensure that it continues to contribute to the future auto industry as well as benefit from its involvement .

As the scientific director and CEO of the AUTO21 Network of Centres of Excellence, Canada's national automotive research and development program, Dr. Frise works with a number of automotive companies. After launching his career as an oil well wire line data logging engineer for a company in Nigeria, Dr. Frise took up a teaching position at Carleton University. He then moved to the University of Windsor, to take up the Chrysler Canada/NSERC/University of Windsor Senior Industrial Research Chair in Mechanical Design. Dr. Frise was instrumental in founding Canada's first university program in automotive engineering in 1998. He participates on numerous boards, including those of the National Research Council of Canada, the Defence Science Advisory Board of Canada, and the Stronach Centre for Innovation. 

The presentation fee is $25.00.

Register at: http://ontariosautomotivefuture.eventbrite.com

Donald Wallace
Executive Director
Ontario Centre for Engineering and Public Policy
25 Sheppard Avenue West, Suite 1000 
Toronto, Ontario  M2N 6S9 
416-840-1078
www.ocepp.ca