The first policy report by SILICAN — the Semiconductor Industry Leadership and Innovation Canada Action Network, presenting a roadmap for future policy to grow the Canadian semiconductor sector.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be a defining challenge for policymakers in our time. Canada has an opportunity to define itself as a leader in responsible AI development and deployment and export a flexible approach that allows for innovation while protecting citizen and user rights.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be a defining challenge for policymakers in our time. Canada has an opportunity to define itself as a leader in responsible AI development and deployment and export a flexible approach that allows for innovation while protecting citizen and user rights.
On March 22, 2017, the Government of Canada released its “Innovation Budget”, in which it proposed, “To invest up to $950 million over five years, starting in 2017–18, to be provided on a competitive basis in support of a small number of business-led innovation ‘superclusters’ that have the greatest potential to accelerate economic growth.”
It is in this context that leaders of industry, industry associations, research, and post-secondary education from across British Columbia have come together to discuss BC’s global positioning, competitive strengths, and cluster capabilities.
The objective of this document is to describe the existing set of strengths and capabilities in BC that are foundational to the growth of a digital technology supercluster in the province.
This document is intended to serve as a key input to the national discussion on creating world-leading clusters and partnerships in Canada.
It is a precursor to any formal letter of intent or proposal to the national supercluster competition announced by Canada in the March 2017 budget.
Read more on how BC is paving the way for Canada’s economic growth as a global supercluster in digital technology. http://bit.ly/BCsuperC
Advanced Manufacturing Supercluster meeting with Jayson Myers, CEO of NGM CanadaChris Herbert
NGM Canada will create new opportunities for firms, supply chains, communities, and thousands of Canadians employed in key industry segments like automotive, steel production, wood products, food and beverage production, microelectronics, and Information and Communications Technologies.
This presentation deck was part of a briefing set up by Milton Chamber of Commerce and presented by Jayson Myers, CEO of NGM Canada.
innovation and digital transformation of SMEs of PakistanMir Dost
Talk explains the current state of Pakistani SMEs and discusses how strategy of innovation and digital transformation can help them to become leaders in the region and compete globally....
BC Tech Policy Recommendations March 2020ChadParent3
It is no surprise that BC’s fast-growing tech sec- tor is a leading economic driver of growth in BC; technology is a tool empowering businesses, people, and governments to tackle important problems and improve lives.
If you are a company looking to achieve scale and become more innovative and competitive, or a research institution or college wanting to support company growth, then being part of a cluster can help achieve that goal. To find out more about clusters and how they can drive individual company growth, join us at our conference where international speakers from Norway, Canada, Denmark and Spain will share their success stories.
You will hear also hear more about what makes a good cluster and have an opportunity to engage with local companies who are already working collaboratively to deliver results.
The conference is being hosted jointly by Invest NI and the Department of the Economy, both of which are partners in the Interreg-funded CLUSTERS3 project, which focuses on improving cluster policies to boost regional growth and job creation.
Pakistan Software and Information Technology PakistanWajid Hassan
Pakistan can help establish its name as a leader in quality software and IT Services in the world. Pakistan is in a decisive stage. Decisions that are taken now will have a strong impact on the future of Pakistan. The need of the hour is to invest in making Pakistan a service-based economy. IT industry is an example of service industry that can significantly boost the economy of Pakistan as demonstrated by other developing countries like Philippines, India and Singapore. IT industry unlike other industries does not require heavy machineries. Over 100,000 people are officially employed in IT industry of Pakistan and many more are employed informally. Unfortunately, IT industry in Pakistan is not given the same industry status as textile and this in some way impacted the development of this industry in the country. Pakistan has only a share of 0.9 percent of the global IT sector that is approximately 303.8 billion dollars. If significant steps are taken by the Government then it can have great effect on the GDP and foreign investment.
Karachi being the ‘New York of Pakistan’ is highly favorable place to establish an IT park. The metropolitan area of Karachi has a population of more than 15 million, dozens of HEC-recognized universities and great concentration of IT firms. Karachi is an International travel and financial hub. It is famous for its sea port and is the heart-beat of economy of the country.
Together with our partners at KPMG, we have released the latest installment of our BC Technology Report Card for 2020, a comprehensive analysis that compares the BC tech sector against other sectors in the province and against tech sectors in other jurisdictions.
Welcome to the first live UiPath Community Day Dubai! Join us for this unique occasion to meet our local and global UiPath Community and leaders. You will get a full view of the MEA region's automation landscape and the AI Powered automation technology capabilities of UiPath. Also, hosted by our local partners Marc Ellis, you will enjoy a half-day packed with industry insights and automation peers networking.
📕 Curious on our agenda? Wait no more!
10:00 Welcome note - UiPath Community in Dubai
Lovely Sinha, UiPath Community Chapter Leader, UiPath MVPx3, Hyper-automation Consultant, First Abu Dhabi Bank
10:20 A UiPath cross-region MEA overview
Ashraf El Zarka, VP and Managing Director MEA, UiPath
10:35: Customer Success Journey
Deepthi Deepak, Head of Intelligent Automation CoE, First Abu Dhabi Bank
11:15 The UiPath approach to GenAI with our three principles: improve accuracy, supercharge productivity, and automate more
Boris Krumrey, Global VP, Automation Innovation, UiPath
12:15 To discover how Marc Ellis leverages tech-driven solutions in recruitment and managed services.
Brendan Lingam, Director of Sales and Business Development, Marc Ellis
On March 22, 2017, the Government of Canada released its “Innovation Budget”, in which it proposed, “To invest up to $950 million over five years, starting in 2017–18, to be provided on a competitive basis in support of a small number of business-led innovation ‘superclusters’ that have the greatest potential to accelerate economic growth.”
It is in this context that leaders of industry, industry associations, research, and post-secondary education from across British Columbia have come together to discuss BC’s global positioning, competitive strengths, and cluster capabilities.
The objective of this document is to describe the existing set of strengths and capabilities in BC that are foundational to the growth of a digital technology supercluster in the province.
This document is intended to serve as a key input to the national discussion on creating world-leading clusters and partnerships in Canada.
It is a precursor to any formal letter of intent or proposal to the national supercluster competition announced by Canada in the March 2017 budget.
Read more on how BC is paving the way for Canada’s economic growth as a global supercluster in digital technology. http://bit.ly/BCsuperC
Advanced Manufacturing Supercluster meeting with Jayson Myers, CEO of NGM CanadaChris Herbert
NGM Canada will create new opportunities for firms, supply chains, communities, and thousands of Canadians employed in key industry segments like automotive, steel production, wood products, food and beverage production, microelectronics, and Information and Communications Technologies.
This presentation deck was part of a briefing set up by Milton Chamber of Commerce and presented by Jayson Myers, CEO of NGM Canada.
innovation and digital transformation of SMEs of PakistanMir Dost
Talk explains the current state of Pakistani SMEs and discusses how strategy of innovation and digital transformation can help them to become leaders in the region and compete globally....
BC Tech Policy Recommendations March 2020ChadParent3
It is no surprise that BC’s fast-growing tech sec- tor is a leading economic driver of growth in BC; technology is a tool empowering businesses, people, and governments to tackle important problems and improve lives.
If you are a company looking to achieve scale and become more innovative and competitive, or a research institution or college wanting to support company growth, then being part of a cluster can help achieve that goal. To find out more about clusters and how they can drive individual company growth, join us at our conference where international speakers from Norway, Canada, Denmark and Spain will share their success stories.
You will hear also hear more about what makes a good cluster and have an opportunity to engage with local companies who are already working collaboratively to deliver results.
The conference is being hosted jointly by Invest NI and the Department of the Economy, both of which are partners in the Interreg-funded CLUSTERS3 project, which focuses on improving cluster policies to boost regional growth and job creation.
Pakistan Software and Information Technology PakistanWajid Hassan
Pakistan can help establish its name as a leader in quality software and IT Services in the world. Pakistan is in a decisive stage. Decisions that are taken now will have a strong impact on the future of Pakistan. The need of the hour is to invest in making Pakistan a service-based economy. IT industry is an example of service industry that can significantly boost the economy of Pakistan as demonstrated by other developing countries like Philippines, India and Singapore. IT industry unlike other industries does not require heavy machineries. Over 100,000 people are officially employed in IT industry of Pakistan and many more are employed informally. Unfortunately, IT industry in Pakistan is not given the same industry status as textile and this in some way impacted the development of this industry in the country. Pakistan has only a share of 0.9 percent of the global IT sector that is approximately 303.8 billion dollars. If significant steps are taken by the Government then it can have great effect on the GDP and foreign investment.
Karachi being the ‘New York of Pakistan’ is highly favorable place to establish an IT park. The metropolitan area of Karachi has a population of more than 15 million, dozens of HEC-recognized universities and great concentration of IT firms. Karachi is an International travel and financial hub. It is famous for its sea port and is the heart-beat of economy of the country.
Together with our partners at KPMG, we have released the latest installment of our BC Technology Report Card for 2020, a comprehensive analysis that compares the BC tech sector against other sectors in the province and against tech sectors in other jurisdictions.
Welcome to the first live UiPath Community Day Dubai! Join us for this unique occasion to meet our local and global UiPath Community and leaders. You will get a full view of the MEA region's automation landscape and the AI Powered automation technology capabilities of UiPath. Also, hosted by our local partners Marc Ellis, you will enjoy a half-day packed with industry insights and automation peers networking.
📕 Curious on our agenda? Wait no more!
10:00 Welcome note - UiPath Community in Dubai
Lovely Sinha, UiPath Community Chapter Leader, UiPath MVPx3, Hyper-automation Consultant, First Abu Dhabi Bank
10:20 A UiPath cross-region MEA overview
Ashraf El Zarka, VP and Managing Director MEA, UiPath
10:35: Customer Success Journey
Deepthi Deepak, Head of Intelligent Automation CoE, First Abu Dhabi Bank
11:15 The UiPath approach to GenAI with our three principles: improve accuracy, supercharge productivity, and automate more
Boris Krumrey, Global VP, Automation Innovation, UiPath
12:15 To discover how Marc Ellis leverages tech-driven solutions in recruitment and managed services.
Brendan Lingam, Director of Sales and Business Development, Marc Ellis
In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
The Metaverse and AI: how can decision-makers harness the Metaverse for their...Jen Stirrup
The Metaverse is popularized in science fiction, and now it is becoming closer to being a part of our daily lives through the use of social media and shopping companies. How can businesses survive in a world where Artificial Intelligence is becoming the present as well as the future of technology, and how does the Metaverse fit into business strategy when futurist ideas are developing into reality at accelerated rates? How do we do this when our data isn't up to scratch? How can we move towards success with our data so we are set up for the Metaverse when it arrives?
How can you help your company evolve, adapt, and succeed using Artificial Intelligence and the Metaverse to stay ahead of the competition? What are the potential issues, complications, and benefits that these technologies could bring to us and our organizations? In this session, Jen Stirrup will explain how to start thinking about these technologies as an organisation.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and Sales
First Steps for Canada — SILICAN
1. FIRST STEPS FOR
CANADA
Semiconductor Industry Leadership and Innovation Canada Action Network
POLICY PROPOSALS FROM
LEADING CANADIAN EXPERTS
WHAT CAN CANADA DO?
WHY CHIPS?
OCTOBER 2023
2. SILICAN is an alliance of chip industry and post-
secondary associations coming together to
ensure that Canada seizes the moment on North
American semiconductor re-shoring and sets the
industry on a path to sustainable success that
builds Canadian prosperity for the long term.
SILICAN brings together the Council of Canadian
Innovators, CMC Microsystems, Deep Tech
Canada, Canada’s Semiconductor Council,
Alliance for Semiconductor Innovation Canada
(ASIC), Optonique, U15 Group of Research
Universities, Canadian Innovation Network,
Colleges and Institutes Canada, and SECTR.
SILICAN will work with federal and provincial
governments, to advocate for semiconductor
industry priorities, and co-develop a made-in-
Canada action plan for strategic leadership in the
global semiconductor value chain.
SILICAN Membership
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Contact SILICAN:
Laurent Carbonneau, Director of Policy &
Research, Council of Canadian Innovators
lcarbonneau@canadianinnovators.org
3. Following historic investments in re-shoring chip manufacturing by the Biden
administration in 2022, Canada has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to bolster our
chip industry, create direct and indirect jobs, and to avoid a generational threat of brain
drain to the United States. The outlook for growth in the chip industry – which
generated $600 billion in sales globally in 2021 and is due to hit $1.3 trillion by 2030
thanks to increased demand from new technologies like AI – is extremely positive.
Geopolitical developments in Asia have also created an urgent imperative to bolster
domestic chip capacity to protect Canada’s economic and national security and
sovereignty.
With AI, quantum, net zero and increasing deployment of connected devices, we are
on the cusp of a generational transformation of the industry with huge potential for
disruption of existing players. An opportunity like this might not again come for a
generation or more.
The federal government has made considerable investments in clean tech, AI, EVs and
other fields entirely reliant on advanced chip technology – investing in bolstering the
domestic chip industry will enhance the value of all of these investments and boost
innovation by connecting producers and end users of chips.
There is significant risk in inaction – US investments through the CHIPS Act, much
like clean tech investments in the Inflation Reduction Act, are a significant draw for
companies. Losing new investments, existing industrial expertise and Canadian
semiconductor talent to other jurisdictions are all very real prospects.
The development of the chip industry should be an urgent priority for the federal
government, following a targeted approach to support industry and meet Canada’s
domestic and diplomatic agendas.
Canada needs a staged, methodical approach focused on both people and capital to
compete in this strategic sector. A national approach should focus on growing
Canada’s manufacturing capacity in defined areas of specialization by investing in
cost-effective manufacturing niches, helping to scale up Canadian entrepreneurship,
and promoting talent development and research to strengthen the industry’s base of
human capital.
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4. Create a dedicated office or strategy table responsible for chips policy within government or the new
Canadian Innovation Corporation to ensure that Canada’s strategy remains focused on expanding and
supporting commercial excellence.
Seize a generational opportunity, keep deep industrial expertise in Canada and give domestic companies
a significant edge through clustering effects by investing in upscaling the NRC’s Canadian Photonics
Fabrication Centre (CPFC) and allowing it to operate as a standalone world-class commercial pure-play
fab independent of government.
The CPFC is a leading global facility in compound semiconductors (a $112 billion global market),
with few competitors currently operating at significant scale.
As a pure-play fab, the CPFC serves a range of commercial customers instead of one company.
It is currently operating close to capacity and in a few years will be unable to meet the demands of
scaling Canadian companies and international clients.
An upscaled CPFC should maintain reserved research and prototyping capacity for start-ups and
commercialization.
Enhance the Canadian portion of the Northeast Microelectronics Corridor from Montreal to New York
that capitalizes on existing facilities and capabilities delivering advanced packaging and MEMS expertise
in the Bromont cluster, and pursue closer commercial integration of major facilities in Ontario and
Quebec.
Plan to support, in the coming years, professionally managed fabrication and assembly capacity in
research and start-up hubs in Quebec, Ontario, and Alberta that either currently lack the infrastructure to
scale cost-effectively or whose major existing facilities would benefit from modernization or expansion.
The value chain for chips is global and divided into countless specific niches, including many that are a bad
match for Canada or where other countries have insurmountable leads. As a first step, Canada should build
on areas of strength where we can compete and win on a global scale – especially compound
semiconductors and photonics integrated circuits (PICs), as well as micro-electromechanical systems
(MEMS) and sensors, design, and advanced packaging, assembly and testing, as well as in chip applications
of emerging technologies like AI.
In stages, the government should:
Choosing smart areas of focus will help ensure that investments in the chip industry mutually reinforce each
other’s prospects of breakthrough success and foster the growth of a strong, specialized and well-integrated
industry.
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5. Directly addressing capital gaps by making targeted, direct
investments in scaling firms through tools like the SIF and its
semiconductor challenge or the Canada Account.
Equipping government with industrial and strategic expertise
by leveraging existing assets like the NRC’s IRAP ITA
workforce, especially as IRAP gains access to new strategic
flexibility within the new Canadian Innovation Corporation.
Deepening domestic capital pools around the semiconductor
industry through credit instruments at institutions such as the
Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) and Export
Development Canada (EDC).
Meeting the government’s own needs, such as for federal
data centres or compute capacity, with more Canadian
products through a streamlined procurement channel.
The semiconductor industry is globally integrated, and every
company in the sector has clients or suppliers across national
borders. Even given that important reality, Canada should
concentrate on scaling up competitive domestically
headquartered firms into global players with a range of policy
levers.
Strong Canadian companies are the nucleus around which
further investments and talent can be leveraged over the
medium- and long-term to maximize important economic benefits
for Canada, including investment flywheels, innovation spillover
effects, and resilience to business cycle fluctuations.
There are a number of ways Canada could bolster domestic
entrepreneurship and commercialization efforts. Overall, Canada’s
approach should double down on existing industrial strength and
focus, especially in the short term, on export discipline.
The government’s first steps should include:
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6. Making the industry an attractive choice for students and workers by investing in creating scholarships,
co-ops and internships across the talent spectrum, from chip design to fabrication plant construction
and maintenance to packaging, assembly and testing.
Support workforce development by providing institutions the information they need to plan to fill talent
needs, including for skilled operators and technicians, by working proactively with industry to
dynamically forecast demand.
Enhancing Canada’s long-term capacity to develop skilled research talent and advance research in
advanced materials critical to the success of the chip industry by boosting support for research in
semiconductor fields through the federal research granting councils or other mechanisms.
Identifying ways to bring top entrepreneurial and technical talent to Canada.
With a disciplined approach around defined specialization areas, having the right people is the next step to
catalyze the growth of Canada’s semiconductor sector. Deloitte research forecasts the global
semiconductor workforce growing by 100,000 people a year to meet growing demand.
Canada should build a robust ‘braided river’ of talent at all levels of the industry by funding top talent
development through advanced basic and applied research as well as identifying and working with
provinces, industry and post-secondary institutions to fill workforce training gaps.
This could include:
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