Accelerating Innovation For Jobs and Growth
Dave Robitaille, IBM Canada
The Canadian Innovation Climate
1. Broad Industry trends in innovation– What is IBM doing in Canada to drive and support innovation
The Canadian Innovation Climate
2. How will Niagara succeed over the next 10-20 years in this environment?
The Canadian Innovation Climate
3. What can individuals and organizations do to be in front of these trends?
1 Sweden2 Denmark3 Finland
4 U.S.A.5 Ontario6 Switzerland7 Netherlands8 Quebec9 Austria10 British Columbia11 Norway
12 Canada13 Germany14 Japan15 Alberta16 Australia17 Belgium18 U.K.19 France
Grade A
Grade B
Grade C
Innovation Report Card
1. Public policies block small companies from becoming biggerCanada has tax barriers and policies in place that keep its small businesses from growing into big businesses with more resources to hire, invest and innovate.
2. Canada is vulnerable to cyber crimeCanada loses $3.12 billion to cyber crime per year, and nearly half of all small businesses have been the victim of a cyber attack because they are less equipped to handle attacks.
3. Canada needs a more aggressive and effective innovation strategyCanada needs to reinvest in an innovation ecosystem that supports the capability of business to rapidly respond to change.
4. Canada’s trade agenda—new agreements are just the startCanada has been aggressive in pursuing new trade agreements over the past few years but its businesses continue to face substantial barriers expanding abroad, and Canadian exporters are falling behind in key markets like China.
5. Canadian resources cannot get to world marketsCanada’s trade and foreign investment flows depend on natural resources and its future economic prosperity depends upon its ability to provide reliable infrastructure to allow Canadian energy resources to fuel Asian economic growth at world market prices.
6. Poor literacy, numeracy and digital skills are limiting productivity in segments of Canada’s workforceHalf of Canadians do not have the levels of literacy, numeracy and digital problem solving skills they need to compete in today’s economy.
7. Canada is not ready for climate changeCanada must keep pace to maintain its competitiveness as a location for investment and a source of products.
8. Internal barriers to trade cost Canadians billions and restrict investmentThe Canadian economy remains divided by artificial barriers to trade and labour mobility that frustrate business investment and cost consumers billions of dollars every year.
9. Lack of clarity regarding businesses’ responsibilities to Aboriginal peoples constrains investmentCanada needs meaningful reconciliation with its Aboriginal peoples.
10. Canada’s brand does not support business competitivenessA strong business brand would encourage foreign direct investment in Canada, increase awareness of Canadian export products and support Canada’s tourism industry.
Canada needs a more aggressive and effective innovation strategyCanada needs to reinvest in an innovation ecosystem that supports the capability of business to rapidly respond to change.3.
The Canadian Economic ClimateCanadian Chamber of Commerce TOP 10
Barriers to Competitiveness
2016
1. All true innovation must have broad, multi-sector collaboration to achieve speed and scale
§ Public-Private Partnerships§ Academia, Government, Private Sectors§ Commitment to growing Canadian innovation and speed to market
The New Trends in Driving Innovation
Addressing Canadian challenges and driving IBM Strategy
Collaborative Innovation Centres
Expand and Accelerate Research
Accelerate commercialization of
“Made in Canada” products and services
Attract Investment
To make IBM essential and relevant in Canada by providing IBM technologies that change the business landscape and drive new discoveries / products.
VISIONTo collaborate with academia, industry and government to accelerate research, drive new innovation, incubate ideas and commercialize outcomes both inside and outside IBM.
MISSION
2. The move to ‘Demand-Pull’ Disruptive Innovation§ Extreme client intimacy, and developing solutions to real problems, not just
upgrading to the next level of whiz-bang technology§ Putting more disruptive technologies in more hands, faster, to assist human
creativity. Leveraging decision-assisting tools like IBM Watson§ If you can buy it at the local electronics store, it is not disruptive. But many of
today’s disruptive quickly becomes tomorrow’s commodity
The New Trends in Driving Innovation
Disruptive Technologies/Platform
• AdvancedSoftwareTools:Platform asaService(PaaS)tobuild,run,deployandmanageapplicationsonthecloud.
• CloudTechnology:Computerhardwareandsoftwareresourcesdeliveredoverthenetwork,oftenasaservice
• ArtificialIntelligence:cognitivecomputingasasetofroutines,protocols,andtoolsforbuildingsoftwareapps
• InternetofThings:Networksofsensorsandactuatorsfordatacollection,monitoring,decisionmaking
• MobileInternet:IncreasinglyinexpensiveandcapablemobilecomputingdevicesandInternetconnectivity
• High-PerformanceComputingPlatforms: Supercomputer,dataanalyticscloudcomputingcluster,Agile/FPGA
environmentandLargeMemorySystem(LMS)
3. Increased focus on scale§ Canada has tremendous university capacity delivering world-class research and
prototyping§ Need to increase focus on global competitiveness§ Bringing Canadian ingenuity to full-scale
The New Trends in Driving Innovation
IBM Incubator Initiatives
3600 (Venture Lab, UHN
SOSCIP 1.0
SOSCIP 2.0
CARET 1.0
Nova Scotia
Nfld: Centre for Health Informatics & Analytics
Smart Ocean’s BCOcean Networks
C2MI
SOWC
IBM Canada Innovation Strategic Initiatives 2012 - 2015
Alberta Centre for Advanced Studies
(CAS)
IBM Incubator Initiatives
3600 (Venture Lab, UHN
SOSCIP 1.0
SOSCIP 2.0
CARET 1.0
Nova Scotia Caret 2.0
Nova Scotia
NS: DeepsenseOcean’s COE
PCIP + BCIC NB: McCain /
UNB/SOC
Nfld: Centre for Health Informatics & Analytics
Smart Ocean’s BCOcean Networks
C2MI
SOWCIBM Innov Incubator (I3)
185 Spadina and 3600DMZ Bluemix Garage
CommunitechMaRS
Venture Labs Invest Ottawa
LiKaShing Res Inst(with SOSCIP)
Hamilton Healthcare
COE
IBM Canada Innovation Initiatives2017
Alberta Centre for Advanced Studies
(CAS)
OBI(Parkinsons)
CANet
CIMVHR(with BTIL)
Venture Labs(@3600)
J&J + MaRs(Jlabs
Incubator)
Alta Child Hosp Res Inst (ACHRI)
McGill (MNI)
Aquahacking(expansion)
UdeM Bengio(with IBM Res)
NS CIC +
CFREF : 7 of 13 and $450M of $900M
EncQor
District Ventures
Inc/Accelerator
NB Cyber COE
QCIP
PQ CIC
CGLR
Connected Car
QueensCognitive
MAN MTI
Sask CIP
CAS Renew
CENGN
IBM “Big Play”
+ ~50 Individual Innovation Files / Pursuits / Engagements
COLLABORATION BETWEEN GOVERNMENT/INDUSTRY/ACADEMICS
Bolster skills and economic development through a ground-breaking collaborative research models focused on important aspects of Canadian society/economics
ACCESS TO DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
Provide collaborators with support and access to a unique and globally leading technology and research infrastructure to expand and accelerate research scope and outcomes
DEMAND PULL vs SUPPLY PUSH
Accelerate commercialization of “Made in Canada” new products and services, by linking small-med sized businesses to large industry customers – DEMAND PULL
ENTERPRISE SCALE @ Start-up AGILITY
Investment in global and enterprise scale solutions
Canadian Innovation Ecosystemaddressing Canadian challenges…
3
1. Focus on Youth Retention and Attraction§ One of the oldest populations in Canada§ Opportunity for campaign to ‘poach’ talent from the GTA and beyond§ Develop the conditions for economic success by supporting the entrepreneurial
marketspace
How Will Niagara Succeed Over the Next 10-20 years?
2. Focus on skills development§ Starting at K-12 to develop a culture of post-secondary completion§ The technology is the curriculum§ Youth retention is critical
How Will Niagara Succeed Over the Next 10-20 years?
Niagara school makes the grade for at-risk students trying to attend college, universityEntire graduating class has been accepted to college or university, blazing trails in their own families
3. Focus on Entrepreneurship, and start-up culture§ Starting in K-12, teaching students the skills to operate their own businesses§ Working with youth on collaborative problem-solving as economic opportunity§ Orienting local economic development activity to small business
How Will Niagara Succeed Over the Next 10-20 years?
1. Constantly seek innovation in your business2. Invest in new markets and products/services2. Embrace the new economy – don’t fight it
What Can Individuals and Organizations Do?
Thank You!