Thanks to the foresight of its founding partners (Province of Ontario, Queen’s University, Novelis), Innovation Park has quickly become Kingston’s key gathering place and technology hub for organizations at the forefront of driving research, innovation, commercialization and economic development activities and investments.
Launched in June 2008, the Park (Phase I) has surpassed 75% occupancy:  34 organizations, including 15 companies, call Innovation Park home today.  In addition to serving numerous local clients, the Park has successfully attracted clients and investments from British Columbia, California, France, and Korea as a result of the availability of unique infrastructure and access to resources, enabled by the Park, University and Novelis, and the strategic partnership with KEDCO, the Kingston Economic Development Corporation.  Clients enjoy secure and equipped facilities that meet their business, research and development requirements; combined with the beauty, accessibility and centrality of the Kingston region, the Park offers distinct advantages that potential tenants will not find elsewhere in South Eastern Ontario.
Founded on the principles of co-location, interaction and access to resources, Innovation Park enables industry to establish or strengthen relationships with the region’s academic institutions and with other local businesses.  The Park serves as a catalyst to attract and support the emergence of new technologies and the growth of existing technologies, such as that pioneered by Pathogen Detection Systems.  Innovation Park is home to national research and commercialization initiatives, such as CMC Microsystems, and has demonstrated its ability to serve as a launch pad for new national technology initiatives, such as GreenCentre Canada.
Innovation Park’s vision is to build a vibrant innovation community where discoveries are transformed, markets are shifted and worlds are changed, every day.  Focused on building leading technology clusters, the Park is attracting academic and industry partners with interests and expertise in advanced materials technologies, environmental and alternative energy technologies, communications technologies and medical technologies.  Through linkages with local and national academic institutions, the Park’s community has access to faculty and students who conduct world-class research in numerous complementary fields. 
Strategic partnerships, with organizations such as the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE), PARTEQ Innovations, KEDCO, The Greater Kingston Chamber of Commerce, and the Eastern Lake Ontario Regional Innovation Network (ELORIN), enhance the value and provision of innovation acceleration services offered to the Park’s community and guide the development of the Park in a manner that complements other initiatives championed by the City, region and province.
Innovation Park at Queen’s University is revealing the “Power of Place” – learn more at www.innovationpark.ca.