ABCtech #157 20FEB13 Special Interests Identified of ABCtech members

ABCtech #157 20FEB13 Special Interests Identified of ABCtech members

Invited Editorial.  Corey Wentzel, Executive Director of the Department of Extension at the University of Alberta, was asked to comment on the blurring of public and private sector boundaries and the implications for regulated professions as analytics enables services to become increasingly customized. His response now follows.

“As the needs and wants, of individual consumers, within the context of the private sector, become ever personalized, de-fragmentation of traditional market segments results; in the case of public service, big data and open government, need to move towards even higher levels of collective sets of values which defined the more common purpose of a democratic, foundation of government in a jurisdiction. FOR  THE COMPLETE  EDITORIAL

Shared Insight.  “Creating Value Here” – Stuart Lomas, President – Alberta Council of Technologies has launched a new Blog  re “Technology, Innovation and Productivity. Or, Are We Doing It Wrong?”  VISIT INNOVATION BLOG

SPECIAL INTERESTS (ABCtech’s 11,000 Subscribers)

Agriculture & Food Processing (159)

Re-thinking the Future of Agriculture?  The future of Agriculture cannot improve by referencing the past; it requires us to bring forth a future that is entirely new,  FOR MORE  Contributor – Yvonne Fizer

Communications & Marketing (599) 

Online Advertizing Trends in Canada. FOR MORE  Contributor – Victor Panlilio

Stop selling – And Start Telling. The most valuable overall skill is for futureCEOs and world changers—the ability to tell a story. FOR MORE  Contributor – Yvonne Fizer

800 million unique users visit Youtube each month – watching over 4 billion hours of video?72 hours of video are uploaded EVERY MINUTE. On-line video has come of age. How will you take advantage of the latest innovation and technology? What makes you unique? Let video show it. Cooperative Communications has what you are looking for. Start sharing your message in effective, creative and informative ways. 30 second Instamercials starting at $300. Limited capacity. For more call 780-984-1201 or e-mail info@co-opcom.ca  FOR MORE  Contributor – Benjamin Ryder

Construction & Real Estate (427)

Designing Spaces & Our Relationship To Them. For architects, designers, urban planners, or others loving to learn TedX Edmonton Salon #3. Thu, Feb 28th, 7:30 pm.  FOR MORE  Contributor – Start-up Edmonton

Education & Research (1,265)

MOOC – A College Education On-line? MOOC is actually an acronym for Massive Open Online Courses. Depending on whom you ask, they point the way to the future of higher education, the end of higher education as we know it, both, or neither.  FOR MORE Contributor – Haley Simons

Radical Thinking Needed on Campus.  Is there an opportunity for all universities to work more closely in areas like technology infrastructure, MOOCs, and ultimately their academic programs?  John Eger proposes ‘Only Radical Thinking Will Make University Education Affordable. FOR MORE  Contributor – Haley Simons

After-school 2.0: How Technology Can Create a Learning Community.  Curtis Hougland is “noodling ideas on how to use technology to facilitate after-school community”. FOR MORE  Contributor – Haley Simons

Energy & Distribution (679)

Fusion R&D will continue because it is important.  Inertial fusion research is now set on a new 3-year program at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.  While “ignition” was not achieved by the end of a funding cycle last October, stimulating much controversy, science doesn’t move according to political timetables.  FOR MORE  Contributor – Allan Offenberger

Geothermal energy in 2012 was up 5%. This uptick is due in part to pioneering developments in geothermal technology.  FOR MORE  Contributor – Perry Eddy

Environment & CleanTech (780)

The Future of the World’s Environment.  If you want to imagine the future of our world’s environment, according to Dr. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, you need to embrace the tenets of “e-science.”  FOR MORE  Contributor –  Troy Media  EDMONTON, AB, Feb. 6, 2013

Water Management in Alberta.  An invitation for Albertans to “get involved.”  Andy Ridge, Director of Water Policy, Environment & Sustainable Resources. FOR MORE  Contributor – Victoria Pleavin

Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCEMC) Corporation. Learn about The GRAND CHALLENGE and view CCEMC’s Annual report.  FOR MORE  Contributor – Kirk Andries

Finance & Accounting (811)

Dodge Brand Introduces Crowd Sourcing for Buying a Car with Innovative Online Dodge Dart Gift Registry.  The Dart Registry, allows consumers to configure and customize a Dodge Dart, and set a goal for the amount of money they want to raise to fund it. It then itemizes components of the car-like a steering wheel, shifter, seat, or engine-allowing friends, family or anyone to sponsor the specific parts.  FOR MORE Contributor – Nathan Amstrong

Government & Policy (857)

Alberta Government’s Inflection Point – Go Big or Go Home. Jim Prentice’s 5-point priorities. for the Redford Summit.  FOR MORE  Contributor – Don Diduck

Health & BioTech (714)

Stem cells in the News.  The Japanese government made known its plan to spend ¥110 billion (approx. $1.2 billion) over the next 10 years to promote regenerative medicine through IPS cell technology. FOR MORE  Contributor – Derrick Rancourt

A Digital Shift on Health Data Swells Profits in an Industry.  As doctors and hospitals in the US struggle to make new records systems work, the winners are big companies that lobbied for the health records legislation that allowed their sales to soar.  FOR MORE  Contributor – Perry Kinkaide

Improving Global Health & Welfare.  Bill Gate’s advocates for the use of analytics for improving health and welfare of more of the world’s people. FOR MORE and MORE   Contributor – Brant Coghlan

Featured Healthcare Executive. Executive Leader in Edmonton with over 20 years in Business, IT, Public Sector and Health and over 10 yrs at the Senior level.  Leader in strategic planning, operations and technology management, including service delivery and innovation. Celebrated expert in Change and Program Management. Seeking a challenging, strategic leadership role.  CONTACTinfo@ABCtech.ca  Ref. DB-20-02

Leah Hostalet Helps Find Kidney Transplant Matches on Facebook.   Find a Kidney Central is a hub for kidney donation pages that now is home to 161 people who are in need of a new kidney. In the year the page has been up and running it has linked donors for 38 transplants, and has grown from a bulletin board of information into a vibrant support community for those waiting for transplants. FOR MORE  Contributor – Nathan Armstrong

Human Resources & Recruiting (489)

Summer Opps For Students. The feds are funding up to 36,000 jobs for students this 2013 summer. The public sector, non-profits and small businesses with less than 50 employees are eligible. APPLICATION FORM  Contributor – John F. McLaughlin

InfoTech & Analytics (1,744)

WISPNet Newsletter – a single source for rural communications information. Accurate and up-to-date information allows the rural communication stakeholders to make sound decisions. REGISTER  To learn about the Five Mile Community Initiative  VISIT  Contributor – Allan Bly

Iterative Product Development.  The days are over when you build a product once, and it just works,” said Aaron Batalion, CTO for online shopping service LivingSocial. “You have to take ideas, test them, iterate them, use data and analytics to understand what works and what doesn’t in order to be successful. And that’s how we use our big data infrastructure.”  FOR MORE Contributor – Peter Kelly

ICT Missions to Hong Kong and Taiwan.  Alberta International and Intergovernmental Relations is organizing the following ICT Missions to Hong Kong and Taiwan in April and June respectively.  FOR MORE  Contributor – Julia Mah

Open Government Data.  White House Spurs Entrepreneurship and Jobs. FOR MORE  Contributor – Perry Kinkaide

Management & Strategy (477)

Understanding Innovation & Enterprise – Five-select articles.  FOR MORE  Contributor – Peter Kelly

Workshop – Supporting entrepreneurs contributes to a self-reliant diversified economy.  Calgary Economic Development May 14-15. FOR MORE Contributor – Yvonne Fizer

Key Account / Operations Manager (Packaging or Engineering) – seeking relocation and employment opportunity to Canada   BTech graduate in Business Management with flexo, operations and project management experience and strengths in the flexographic packaging and tooling engineering industries. I manage two divisions, ensure high levels of client satisfaction and will excel for the benefit of any organization.  Resume available. CONTACT sueraysmith@gmail.com or+27825623642 (South Africa)

Manufacturing & Export (151)

A sober look at 3D printing.  3D printing isn’t quite ready for factory life on a mass scale, but it’s getting there. FOR MORE  Contributor – Perry Kinkaide

Nanotechnology (“New”)

Using viruses to construct energy sources. Angela Belcher programs viruses to make elegant nanoscale structures for people. Selecting  high- performing genes through directed evolution, she’s produced viruses that can construct powerful new batteries, clean hydrogen fuels and record-breaking solar cells. TED TALK      Contributor – Brant Coghlan

nanoNEXUS is an evening mixer.  Bringing Alberta’s nanotech industry professionals and students together. Joins us on March 7, 6:00-9:00 pm to learn more about Alberta’s growing industry.The evening will include a reception, networkingNeda Dalili  sessions, information booths by our industry partners and a pitch competition.  FOR MORE Contributor – Neda  Dalili

Transportation & Logistics (216)

Seeking Mentor for Developing A Car Sharing Network.  Wanting to develop a better car sharing network in Edmonton involving a feasibility study on the opportunities for car sharing based on density, mixed use, and alternative transportation. I am looking for assistance in the process, advice, connections to stakeholders and funding. Interested?  Contact – hammer.evan@gmail.com

Low-cost self-driving car system. Oxford University’s Mobile Robotics Group (MRG) has developed an autonomous navigation system for cars at a build cost of only £5,000 (US$7,700). Installed in a production Nissan LEAF, the robot car uses off the shelf components and is designed to take over driving while traveling on frequently used routes. FOR MORE  Contributor – Cliff Soper

About ABCtech

The Alberta Council of Technologies Society – “Creating Value Here!” is comprised of over 11,000 individual subscribers sharing a common interest in the commercialization of emerging technologies. Our annual themes are selected to help demystify emerging technologies and advocate for the resolution of all-industry issues impeding their commercialization.

ABCtech’s theme for 2013 is Innovation & Enterprise – The people.  The passion.  The intent is to form an all-industry communications network dedicated to stories about Alberta entrepreneurs and enterprise; their lessons learned in traversing the Valley of Death.

The 2012 theme Analytics, Big Data, and The Cloud  featured conduct of the co-hosted Conference featuring over 100 Analytics applications for resolving issues facing a wide range of Alberta industries and the assembly of 5 resolutions for advancing Alberta’s Analytics industry.  The follow-on Conference May 13-15, 2013 Analytics, Big Data, and The Cloud Conference II in BOTH Edmonton and Calgary will feature live webTV broadcasting of internationally renown keynotes, dozens of insightful, engaging panel discussions and a wrap-up Convention debate on Resolutions for further advancing Alberta’s Analytics industry. FOR MORE  Sponsorships and panelist positions open.  Contact – info@ABCtech.ca

ABCtech’s all-industry summer networking BBQ is scheduled for August 20th – the renown “Moonlight in the Meadows” on the occasion of a full-moon arising, will feature again a status report on Alberta’s diversification, the renown BBQ and lite entertainment.  Reserve your hospitality suite now! Contact –info@ABCtech.ca or Phone 780-990-5874 or 1-866-241-7535 TF