J. Adam Holbrook, P.Eng.

Biography:
Adam Holbrook is an adjunct professor and Associate Director of the Centre for Policy Research on Science and Technology (CPROST), at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, BC. Prof. Holbrook was trained as a physicist and electrical engineer and is a registered professional engineer in the provinces of Ontario and BC.

After starting his career at Telesat Canada, he joined the federal government of Canada as the program officer for S&T programs at the Treasury Board Secretariat. He later transferred to the Ministry of State for Science and Technology (MOSST), and remained involved in science policy activities for the federal government after MOSST was absorbed into Industry Canada. In 1995 he moved to Simon Fraser University to join CPROST.

At CPROST his research activities centre on the analysis of science, technology and innovation activities in both the public and private sector. He is a member of the management committee of the national Innovation Systems Research Network. He has published extensively in academic journals and has edited three books on regional innovation systems in Canada and has carried out teaching and consulting activities in S&T and innovation policy for several international development agencies.

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