Begin by learning how the Built in Canada Innovation Program (BCIP) helps Canadian government departments get early access to state-of-the-art technologies and improve their operations. Next, learn about Glot, a website builder that improves the manual process of keeping all versions of a website is sync across languages. From tracking changes to source contents, to communicating with translation offices, and submitting, receiving and approving changes. Finish by learning about the Glot plugins, which add Member Management and Expert Networks capabilities to websites.

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Create multilingual websites
with a collaborative workflow
GLOT
The web builder for teams

2. Contents 1. Who we are
2. What is the BCIP program
3. The Glot innovation
4. Discussion
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This presentation is organized
in four main themes.

3. 3
Who are we
Proximify is an Ottawa-based
company. We make web-based
collaborative software.
UNIWeb is an institution-centric
research network. It's been used by
universities and hospitals around
Canada for the past 5 years.
Glot is our newest innovation.

4. What is
BCIP?
About the program
The program helps selected innovators:
• land a first major reference sale
• sell their innovation, but keep the
intellectual property
• get their innovation tested in a real-life
setting
• gain feedback to help get products to
market faster
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5. Why does
BCIP exist?
The program boosts Canada’s business
sector
BCIP addresses market challenges, while assisting the
Government of Canada fill innovation gaps.
It bridges the pre-commercial gap
It moves innovative goods/services from the final stages of
R&D into the market.
It improves the government's operations
Federal departments gain access to innovative goods and
services to improve their operations, and get early access
to state-of-the-art technologies they can use.
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6. How does
BCIP work?
For federal government
agencies and departments
The program covers up to $500,000 for
evaluating innovations.
After testing a company's innovation for up
to 12 months, federal departments provide
feedback on the innovation's performance
in an operational setting.
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7. What
happens
after the
evaluation?
Additional sales
It’s a procurement tool that allows testing
departments to buy extra units of an innovation.
Innovations can each have up to three
additional sales contracts (of up to $500K
each).
It applies to existing testing partners and to
new testing partners for up to two years after
the initial contract award.
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8. ★ Pre-release code name, from
Polyglot.
★ It is designed for creating and
maintaining multilingual websites.
★ It has tools that are normally not
part of web builders, such as
translation and job managers.
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GLOT
The web builder
for teams

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For the
whole team
Content
Content creators
Program
Web developers
Design
Graphic designers
Translate
Lang translators
Website
building is a
team effort

10. 10
Work
Cycle
Accessible,
Responsive
Metrics, SEO
Write
Translate
Design
Organize
A website is a
live document
that changes
over time

11. Web
Builder
Create many
websites and
many drafts
per site

12. Webpage
Editor
Edit webpages
without tech
knowledge.
All language
version stay
in sync!
Switch languages
at any time
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Webpage editor

13. Translation
Manager
Dedicated
translation tool.
Submission to
external
services.
Translation
status
Machine
translation
Third-party
Services

14. Job
Manager
Post translation,
design and
development jobs.
Track
conversations with
internal & external
contractors.

15. Widget
Editor
Create
reusable web
components.
Private or
open source.
Generate HTML based on
multilingual user choices
Code snippets

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Membership
Management
GLOT Plugin

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Manage member
accounts and profiles
The Membership
Management Plugin provides
organizations with a tool to
organize their members.
Adds Register and Sign In
functionality to your
websites.

18. What this
plugin offers ✓ Sign-up functionality for new members
✓ Sign-in functionality with individual profiles
✓ Email functionality, to individuals or in bulk
✓ Excel file uploading (to create accounts) and
downloading (to produce a member’s list)
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Add Sign Up / Sign In functionality to any page
Sign in

20. 20
Expert Network
GLOT Plugin

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Match experts with
potential partners
Members can showcase their
credentials and areas of
expertise.
Administrators can pinpoint
experts in their network.
Web visitors can learn about a
network’s potential.
Similar experts Social media
links
Enhances the functionality of the Member
Management Plugin

22. What this
plugin offers
✓ Enhanced web profiles for individuals with
connections based on interests, expertise and
other customizable attributes
✓ Tagging functionality, whereby individuals can
see who they are linked to, and where they
belong in larger clusters
✓ Dynamic filtering options for potential partners
and collaborators
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Discover implicit connections

24. Contact us
Phillip Desjardins
Business coordinator
phil@proximify.ca
Diego Macrini, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Proximity Inc
macrini@proximify.ca
http://proximify.ca
@proximify