Dr. Laurier Schramm is an industrial research scientist and executive with over 35 years of R&D experience spanning each of the industry, not-for-profit, university, and government sectors. He is currently President and CEO of the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC). His interests include technological innovation, management and leadership, colloid & interface science, and nanotechnology. He holds 17 patents, and has published 13 books and over 350 other publications and proprietary reports. Many of his inventions have been adopted into commercial practice. He has served on many expert advisory panels and Boards, is co-founder of Innoventures Canada Inc. (I-CAN), and co-founder of Canada’s Innovation School(TM). He has received numerous national awards for his work, and is a Fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada and an honourary Member of the Engineering Institute of Canada.