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releases/web announcements amita corporation awarded
2011 ocri health innovation award OTTAWA, Ontario, April 7, 2011
monica preston, sonny
lundahl, and gord wilson
AMITA was honoured,
along with our partners Ottawa Heart Institute,
Ottawa Public Health, 6 Ottawa-based Hospitals,
National Research Council and Carleton/Queens
Universities for developing and deploying
Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) Watch to assist
Ottawa Public Health to detect and manage
disease outbreaks like H1N1. ILI Watch is
a part of the Advanced Syndromic Surveillance
& Emergency Triage (ASSET) Project, funded
through the Chemical, Biological, Radiological-Nuclear
and Explosives (CBRNE) Research & Technology
Initiative (CRTI), led by the Defence R&D
Canada (DRDC) – Centre for Security
Science (CSS).
OCRI, Ottawa’s lead economic development agency,
honoured Ottawa’s best and brightest companies,
executives and students for their innovative work
and contributions to the city’s knowledge-based
sector this evening at the 16th annual OCRI Awards
gala at the Hilton Lac-Leamy. more...
testing tech in government
departments
OTTAWA, Ontario, April 6, 2011
monica preston, president
of AMITA corporation
photo by mark holleron
ottawa business
journal
article by: Krystle Chow
New federal innovation program a step forward,
but much work remains Local high-tech industry
players say they’re pleased with the
federal government’s new program to
allow innovative products to be tested within
the civil service, but there’s plenty
of work still to be done on the part of the
applying companies – and the organizations
that support them. more...
federal government helps
to kickstart canadian entrepreneurial businesses
OTTAWA, Ontario, March 9, 2011
The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Public
Works and Government Services and Minister for Status
of Women, and the Honourable Christian Paradis,
Minister of Natural Resources, today announced the
Government of Canada has pre-qualified its first
19 innovations which it may buy and test as part
of the Canadian Innovation Commercialization Program
(CICP). The announcement was made at AMITA Corporation.
"Across the country, there are now
Canadian businesses with innovative solutions
who have the opportunity to move their ideas
into action, and today I am pleased to announce
the first of four rounds of innovations that
our Government may be purchasing," said Minister
Ambrose. "This program will help to kickstart
innovative business ideas by helping them
move from late-stage research and development
into commercialization."
"The economy is the top priority of the Government
of Canada", said Minister Paradis. "The Government
of Canada is pleased to support entrepreneurs who
help to keep the Canadian economy moving, especially
during 2011: the year of the Entrepreneur."
This pre-qualification is a significant step of
the (CICP) process. These are the firms whose products
and services will be procured when and if a match
is found in government.
The (CICP) is a new $40-million program that was
created by the Government of Canada in response
to the needs of Canadian industry in order to help
businesses get their innovative products and services
from the lab to the marketplace. The successful
companies may see their pre-commercial products
and services tested within government operations,
and will be given relevant feedback from the departments
participating.
AMITA Corporation, a high-tech company, is one of
the nineteen Canadian companies that have successfully
pre-qualified for funding. AMITA's innovation, MedPost,
is a day-to day health information sharing software
that allows medical community decision makers to
identify, isolate and manage major health events
to help save lives.
"AMITA is pleased to have been among the first firms
pre-qualified under the (CICP). We believe we have
an outstanding, ground breaking "conceived in Canada"
product that we can now market directly to the federal
community of departments and agencies."
In total, nineteen innovations from Canadian companies
have pre-qualified for funding under the Canadian
Innovation Commercialization Program's first round.
(PWGSC) is working with government departments to
match innovations with the right test departments,
and will be entering into negotiations with the
selected companies to put contracts in place to
test their innovations, should the right department
be found. Their feedback will facilitate Canadian
companies in moving their innovations into domestic
and international markets.
The (CICP) procurement strategy for the first Call
for Proposals included two evaluation stages: the
first stage involved an independent review of proposals
by the National Research Council Industrial Research
Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP). The second and final
stage involved an Innovation Selection Committee
(ISC) that validated the rankings based on the reviews
of NRC-IRAP. Members of this committee, of which
seventy per cent were from the private sector, were
chosen based on their experience in investment and
entrepreneurship; knowledge of innovation and commercialization
trends; and knowledge of international business
practices.
The (CICP) is managed by (PWGSC)'s Office of Small
and Medium Enterprises (OSME, whose mandate is to
improve accessibility to government procurement
opportunities for small and medium enterprises.
Launched as part of the Government of Canada's Budget
2010, the (CICP) is a new Government of Canada initiative
to promote Canada's economic growth.
For the complete list of the successful innovations,
please refer to the backgrounder.
AMITA Corporation Founded in 1985, AMITA Corporation
is a public safety and emergency management solutions
company that offers IT consulting, commercialized
software solutions and expertise in CBRNE-based
research and development programs. Focusing on the
industries of law enforcement/first responders,
military/defence and public health, AMITA serves
the requirements of government, health care, public
safety and emergency management agencies in the
areas of counter-terrorism, surveillance systems,
mass casualty triage and CBRNE incidents. For more
information, visit www.amita.com.
Media Contact Shelley Bryen
SR Manager, Marketing Communications
AMITA Corporation and WorldReach Software
613-742-6482 x209 shelley.bryen@amita.com amita wins prestigious eu
bomb data system (ebds) contract OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA, April 28,
2010 – AMITA Corporation, a leader in public
safety and emergency management solutions, is pleased
to announce it has been awarded a contract by the
European Police Office (EUROPOL), the European Union’s
Law Enforcement Agency, to develop, implement and
integrate the EU Bomb Data System (EBDS).
more...
carleton partners
with industry and government to combat terrorism
and protect canadians in the event of a disaster (Ottawa, November 5, 2009) –
Ground-breaking software applications to combat
terrorism and protect Canadians in the event of
a disaster have been developed by Carleton University
and AMITA Corporation with planned deployment at
the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
more...
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