dalinnovation.com Contact Person: Bernadette Malone Contact Information: Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2 Phone: 902.494.3509 Fax: 902.494.5189 email

The Office of Industry Liaison and Innovation (ILO) is the business development arm of Dalhousie University. The office facilitates the transfer of Dalhousie's scientific knowledge and technology for public use and benefit; promotes research by facilitating appropriate relationships between Dalhousie and industrial collaborators; generates income to support research at Dalhousie, and advances the school's reputation as a leading research university both nationally and internationally.

Products and Services

ILO offers a wide variety of products and services to the research community including:

• Technology evaluation
• Intellectual property protection including copyrights, trade-marks and patents
• Management of such intellectual property
• Contract negotiation
• Ongoing contract compliance
• Funding advice (federal and provincial government)
• Management of research agreements, including confidentiality and material transfer agreements.
• Assistance with industry-researcher matching for its commercial partners.