Growing innovation in Atlantic Canada
The Springboard Network moves knowledge and technologies from universities and colleges to the economy. We connect industry with researchers to solve real-world problems and help entrepreneurs protect their IP.
Who are we?
Springboard Network
Industry Engagement Professionals from 14 universities and 5 colleges in Atlantic Canada
IP Advantage
Providing support and information on protecting your start-up or SME with intellectual property
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Meet our logistics and programming team in Springboard’s headquarters
To celebrate our 20th anniversary, Springboard has compiled this collection of our most impactful stories of research commercialization and industry collaborations over the past two decades
Our Stories
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Professor Moulay Akhloufi to hold Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence in Health at Université de Moncton
CategoriesNewsThe Université de Moncton is proud to announce the appointment of Professor Moulay Akhloufi as the Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence in Health. This Chair will focus on innovative interdisciplinary topics and aims to strengthen synergies between the various players in the health sector.
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Honouring the veterans of Springboard
CategoriesNewsSpringboard honoured some of the individuals in Nova Scotia who have contributed to our mission of growing the economy and making lives better through innovation. Over the past 20 years, these former Springboard members grew the innovation ecosystem through research commercialization and industry engagement. They have worked to bridge our 19 post-secondary institutions with industry and communities and have helped move brilliant ideas from the laboratory and into the market economy.
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Springboard honours NS Industry Engagement Professionals
Springboard Atlantic celebrated two decades of collaboration, innovation and economic impact of our Network during an a 20th Anniversary showcase at the Westin Nova Scotian in Halifax in September. Over the years, our Industry Engagement Professionals (IEPs) have worked in the hallways of our 19 Network member institutions, making relationships with students and researchers with promising ideas that can be turned into commercial collaborations, startups and spinouts.
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NSCAD Flaxmobile hits the road to revitalize a sustainable fibre industry
CategoriesSpringboard Greatest HitsA professor at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD) has converted a small cargo van into a “Flaxmobile” and is travelling around the province in a quest to revitalize the flax fibre industry in the province. Jennifer Green, NSCAD Associate Professor of Craft, is spending two years on the road in her Flaxmobile to show farmers how to grow flax and teach crafts people how flax can be used to make sustainable textiles.
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How Adaptiiv became a global MedTech company
CategoriesSpringboard Greatest HitsAdaptiiv Medical Technologies was founded in Halifax in 2016 to make radiation treatment more accurate and humane for patients. Dr. James Robar, a Chief of Medical Physics at Dalhousie University, invented software that improves the patient’s experience during radiation treatment. The technology uses 3D imaging and 3D printing to produce devices that fit the patient’s body surface or within the anatomy of patients during radiation therapy for cancer treatment.