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Our Director of Housing Growth Innovation, Amy Vilis, MBA, joined over 600 delegates at the VIEA Summit in Nanaimo last week. Amy shared how DIGITAL’s Housing Growth Innovation Program is accelerating housing production in B.C. by focusing on three key areas: 🚀 Housing Growth Innovation Lab: This lab is the engine of innovation, bringing together stakeholders from various sectors to foster open collaboration and experimentation. It shapes new ideas and approaches that redefine housing development. 💡 Innovation Design Workshops: These workshops take bold ideas and turn them into practical solutions. By facilitating collaboration and problem-solving, they ensure that innovation translates into real-world benefits for every region in B.C. 🏡 Mission Innovation Projects: This project portfolio focuses on advancing housing design, production, and construction. By testing new methods and exploring innovative solutions, these projects aim to address barriers that slow housing production. Join our LinkedIn group, Housing Growth Innovation Lab, to share insights, engage in conversations, and collaborate on advancing B.C.'s housing sector: https://bit.ly/4dJIwSz.

NEW COLLABORATION📣: 𝗔𝗜 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮 𝗙𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀 The amount of information and material a pharma field professional is expected to know, understand, and use is overwhelming. Compounding this challenge is the sheer density of the resources field reps must navigate to find the answers they need. There is no quick and easy way for field reps to reference this information when they are preparing for an office visit or in a face-to-face interaction with a healthcare provider (HCP). This can lead to inaccurate information being shared, which puts the pharma company, the HCP, and most importantly, the patient at risk. This project will demonstrate the first commercial proof-of-concept for "LAICA Rep Assist," ACTO’s GenAI knowledge assistant. The project will provide Advanz Pharma sales reps with their very own mobile-friendly, voice-enabled knowledge assistant, LAICA, who will provide succinct, accurate answers to their questions based on approved, compliant and controlled content.       Learn more about the collaboration here: https://bit.ly/4eXSfos ACTO | ADVANZ PHARMA

We spent the night celebrating innovation – how did you spend yours? A big shoutout to BC Tech for hosting another fantastic Technology Impact Awards! DIGITAL was proud to partner once again to celebrate the B.C. companies making a global impact. Special congratulations to our amazing project partner, RaceRocks, for winning the Excellence in Company Culture Award. Every finalist last night embodied Canadian excellence and resilience. In the end, we all win when organizations like these drive reconciliation and inclusion, economic growth, and work toward a healthier, greener Canada. Cheryl Maitland Muir | Laurel Buss | Tiffany Baldwin, CPA | Zané D. _______ Nous avons passé la soirée à célébrer l'innovation – et vous, comment avez-vous passé la vôtre? Un grand bravo à BC Tech pour avoir organisé une autre superbe cérémonie des Technology Impact Awards! DIGITAL est fier d’avoir été partenaire une fois de plus pour célébrer les entreprises de la Colombie-Britannique qui ont un impact mondial. Félicitations particulières à notre incroyable partenaire de projet, RaceRocks, pour avoir remporté le prix de l’Excellence en Culture d’Entreprise. Tous les finalistes hier soir ont incarné l’excellence et la résilience canadiennes. Au final, nous sortons tous gagnants lorsque des organisations comme celles-ci œuvrent pour la réconciliation et l'inclusion, la croissance économique et un Canada plus sain et plus vert.

NEW COLLABORATION📣: 𝗘𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗩𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀 Autonomous vehicles (AVs) hold the promise of forever changing how we use cars, but before driverless cars become mainstream, we need to ensure they are safe. One of the most difficult challenges to overcome for AV and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) developers is the “simulation-to-real” gap, or how virtual training and testing conditions differ from the real world. One of the most promising solutions to this problem is using advanced AI behaviour models to simulate realistic human actions. This project will aim to form a consortium of innovators from across the sector to advance the development and adoption of behavioural models for simulation. In the first stage, the team will integrate Inverted AI’s modelling solutions into CARLA’s platform, one of the world’s leading open-source autonomous driving simulators, to launch an interoperable, scalable solution for commercial and academic research. This project is actively seeking new project partners to create a world-class human behavioural simulation consortium of autonomous vehicle developers and self-driving car manufacturers. Interested organizations are encouraged to click the link for more information. Learn more about the collaboration here: https://bit.ly/3Yirl3N Inverted AI | CARLA simulator

Ontario recently announced an investment of $146 million in the Life Sciences sector — this will help increase jobs, advance research, and position us as the top supplier in North America to advance Cancer treatments. (https://lnkd.in/gRHiTMQt) We dove into this theme for the latest episode of #rbcdisruptors (https://lnkd.in/gsNMrJ5G). Sonia Sennik (CEO of Creative Destruction Lab) and I discuss how Canada can leverage its strengths and help us lead in global drug discovery and healthcare innovation. We speak with three guests who are at the forefront of this revolution. 👇 Anne Woods, MA, CFA (Managing Director, Life Sciences, RBCx) Sue Paish (CEO, Digital) Dr. Christine Allen (CEO, Intrepid Labs) Listen here: https://lnkd.in/gsNMrJ5G

NEW COLLABORATION📣: 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗹𝗹: 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗜-𝗘𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 Agriculture, specifically for specialty crops, is becoming increasingly challenging due to climate events, labour shortages and the prohibitive cost and limited availability of land. This project will aim to reshape the specialty crop sector by deploying an AI-enabled agricultural data platform with crop prediction capabilities. Through a combination of computer vision system and machine learning (ML) algorithms, the platform will assist farmers in making informed decisions to optimize crop health, predict and maximize yields, increase efficiency and reduce environmental impacts. From Vivid’s commercial success in apples, this project will develop a prototype to extend their commercialized apples-trained computer vision system into various permanent crops, subsequently expanding to specialty and general agricultural applications. Learn more about the collaboration here: https://bit.ly/3YcDOG9 Vivid Machines | IDEAS: The Center for Intelligent, Distributed, Embedded Applications and Systems

A small note for a mighty achievement! Huge congratulations to our unstoppable project partners—AlayaCare, Gotcare, PointClickCare, IDENTOS Inc., Smile Digital Health, PLATO Testing, and MDA Space—on being featured in The Globe & Mail’s Top Growing Canadian Companies of 2024! We’re excited to witness your incredible growth and success, and we wish you many more years of innovation and milestones ahead. _______ Un petit message pour un grand accomplissement ! Félicitations chaleureuses à nos partenaires de projet infatigables — AlayaCare, Gotcare, PointClickCare, IDENTOS Inc., Smile Digital Health, PLATO Testing et MDA Space — pour avoir été reconnus parmi les entreprises canadiennes à la plus forte croissance de 2024 par le Globe & Mail ! Nous sommes ravis de suivre votre incroyable croissance et succès, et nous vous souhaitons encore de nombreuses années d’innovation et de réalisations à venir.

NEW COLLABORATION📣: 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗔𝗜 Even by pre-pandemic forecasting, Canada is set to face a shortage of over 100,000 nurses by 2030. There is an ever-growing opportunity to automate and streamline the workflows and workforces of distributed models of care used to combat these labour shortages, while providing highly efficient and effective care. The CareAI project aims to develop a comprehensive AI-driven commercial platform that manages both virtual and human agents for telemedicine and patient contact centers, enabling world-class patient experiences. Using two modules able to be deployed together or separately, the project team will address critical inefficiencies in the healthcare sector, improve patient experiences and reduce operational costs using generative AI technology – with the ultimate goal of creating a unified, optimal and streamlined experience for both patients and the healthcare providers supporting them. Learn more about the collaboration here: https://bit.ly/4eZAchC Calabrio, Inc. | ORX | Queen's University | WELL Health Technologies Corp. (TSX: WELL)

Thank you to our #2024TIAs sponsors! BC Tech is proud to partner with so many exceptional companies to bring the TIAs together each year and highlight BC’s incredible tech community! Amazon, CIBC, KPMG, Digital, Electronic Arts (EA), Accenture, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Clio - Cloud-Based Legal Technology, Export Development Canada | Exportation et développement Canada, MDA Space, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, PwC, SAP, BFL CANADA, BIV News, Hudson Pacific Properties, KPU Melville School of Business, Launchpad Technologies Inc., Low Tide Properties, Microsoft, Providence Health Care Ventures, Vancouver Airport Authority Join us in honoring the outstanding achievements in tech on Oct 23rd! Get your tickets today: https://lnkd.in/g7eup6Zq #TechnologyImpactAwards #ThankYou #Innovation #Partnership

NEW COLLABORATION📣: 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀: 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Healthcare professionals can spend up to two-thirds of their time on administrative tasks; time that could be better spent on direct patient care. AI agents can be used to manage much of this routine work, but current solutions often lack industry-specific application, systems integration and governance safeguards. In collaboration with InnerQore Health: Psychology and Wellness and iClerk, Expeflow Inc. will develop AI agents that work alongside mental health professionals automating time-consuming administrative tasks, protecting patient data and freeing up valuable clinician time. This project aims to help position Canada as a global leader in the emergent product category of Agentic AI augmenting human capabilities. Learn more about the collaboration here: https://bit.ly/3YqQ1Ik Expeflow Inc. | InnerQore Health: Psychology and Wellness | iClerk