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These leaders understand the tremendous opportunities to multiply impact by working together to maximize efforts.
The AIC is committed to: coordinating programs and services to increase company success, speaking with one voice, marketing to attract global investment in Alberta. Work that drives the economic prosperity of our province.
The AIC is focused on four near-term priorities to drive provincial prosperity forward:
Innovation ecosystems move at a rapid pace. The AIC is focused on four near-term priorities to drive provincial prosperity forward:
New tech founders and seasoned business leaders alike agree that securing an artificial intelligence accelerator is a major milestone in attracting investment to our province, while fostering the next generation of high potential startups.
No innovation ecosystem thrives in isolation. Joint marketing pursuits by the AIC will make discovery easier for local residents, and allow for greater shared presence at marquee tech events across North America.
Three organizations make up the founding funders of the Corridor partnership – Calgary Economic Development, Innovate Edmonton, a division of Edmonton Economic Development, and Platform Calgary. These organizations have committed to equally invest and resource the Corridor programs and initiatives.
Many organizations have stepped forward to show their support of the Corridor partnership. By signing on as partners they are committed to support the Corridor principles and, when appropriate, agree to advocate in support of programs, policies and funding recommendations.
Dr. Terry Rock is a champion of Alberta’s tech scene, and a foundational partner in the creation of the Alberta Innovation Corridor.
Terry comes from a background covering a span of industries and contexts, including Principal of Rock Strategy & Leadership, Executive Director of the Alberta Small Brewers Association, and Strategic Advisor to Alberta Music Cities. Other work included being the founding CEO of the Calgary Arts Development Authority, and bringing this wide variety of experiences to consulting for high-potential ventures, governments and government relations, marketing and sector development and working to establish Calgary’s place as a global innovation hub.
Terry is a passionate advocate of “the new Calgary,” moving the city from being known as “the oil capital of Canada” to a global innovation hub and looks to leverage Alberta’s strengths in traditional industries as a means of expanding into a more diverse economy.
Cheryll Watson is a transformational changemaker advancing the conversion from potential to prosperity in the tech ecosystems of Edmonton and Alberta.
Cheryll has achieved repeated success in spearheading global business evolution for Intuit, a Fortune 500, Silicon Valley based tech company. She brings over 15 years of leadership experience in change leadership and communications strategy.
As a business strategist with proven expertise in tech innovation, entrepreneurship and global market entry in both public and private sector, she has successfully launched products in India, the UK, Australia, Canada and Singapore. In 2009 she was selected to be a leader in Intuit’s development of a global business division. The outcome scaled Intuit from two markets outside of North America to paying customers in 100+ countries. Key ingredients to this success were a relentless focus on customer needs and commitment to deliberate disruption.
Cheryll’s focus as leader of Innovate Edmonton is to set the vision and strategy for a team that contributes to cultivating the energy, innovation and investment needed to build a resilient and wealth generating economy and drive the economic prosperity of the province.
Alberta is one of the world’s best places to do business and build a life. We have been blessed with abundant natural resources and the creativity, determination and capital to turn them into products that drive prosperity, not just here, but everywhere. But Albertans don’t rest. The world’s economy is shifting. Exciting new avenues to create jobs and build an economy have opened up, and a new mix of sectors is putting Alberta on the global map…Alberta is one of the world’s best places to do business and build a life. We have been blessed with abundant natural resources and the creativity, determination and capital to turn them into products that drive prosperity, not just here, but everywhere. But Albertans don’t rest. The world’s economy is shifting. Exciting new avenues to create jobs and build an economy have opened up, and a new mix of sectors is putting Alberta on the global map…
A case for change, and rationale for the Alberta AI centre ambition.
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