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SUMMARY:Economic Forecast from RBC Dominion Securities Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Results from our June survey show that the state of the economy is among the top 5 concerns for manufacturers.  We’ve got some insights for you! \nPlease join us for an informative webinar: \nEconomic Forecast from RBC Dominion Securities \nA review of the Canadian\, US and global economic outlook related to the manufacturing sector \nJuly 13\, 2020      11:30am-12:30pm \nRegister HERE. \nSpeaker: \nJoseph Wu\, CFA. VP & Portfolio Mgr\, Multi-Asset Strategy: \nJoseph is a member of RBC Wealth Management’s Global Portfolio Advisory Committee\, which provides strategic analysis of financial markets and asset class recommendations. Serving as the co-chair of PAG’s Asset Allocation Committee\, he is involved with the management of the firm’s multi-asset portfolios. Joseph holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Toronto in the finance specialist program and is a CFA charter holder. \nRegister HERE.   Its Free! \nThank you Jason Smith for providing the speaker
URL:https://automatecanada.org/event/economic-forecast-from-rbc-dominion-securities-webinar/
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SUMMARY:Member Webinar: Conducting Essential Business and Crossing the Border during COVID-19
DESCRIPTION:This webinar is brought to you by the WindsorEssex Economic Development Corporation in partnership with Automate Canada\, the Canadian Association of Mold Makers\, the Canadian Tooling and Machining Association and the Consulate General of Canada – Detroit.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\nCross-border supply chains are vital to ensure the continued flow of goods between Canada and the USA. Manufacturing companies located in the Windsor-Essex Region and Detroit/Southeastern Michigan and beyond rely on a strong and integrated supply chain that transcends the US-Canada border. \nThe impact of COVID-19 has been quite disruptive to our local and regional economies. While the decision to close the border to non-essential travel has been well-received and understood\, with economies opening up on both sides of the border\, there are increasing questions by manufacturing companies on how best to facilitate cross-border commercial trade. \nIf you are a manufacturing company that conducts cross-border business you will not want to miss this webinar. CBSA Chiefs Bonnie Lucier and Eric Beck will offer guidance on what is needed by American Business Travelers to enter Canada and what Canadian Business Travelers can expect when they return to Canada so that essential business can be conducted in a safe manner. To that end\, Chief Lucier and Beck will help clarify the difference between self-monitoring versus self-isolation. \nPlease join us for this webinar\, moderated by Automate Canada\, CAMM\, and CTMA as Chiefs Beck and Lucier provide guidance and offer tips on what you need to know to cross the border for essential business. \nNote: Should you wish to pre-submit any questions\, please use the registration form to do so and they will be forwarded to CBSA officials.
URL:https://automatecanada.org/event/free-webinar-conducting-essential-business-and-crossing-the-border-during-covid-19/
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SUMMARY:Automate to Innovate: Panel Discussion with Manufacturing Automation Mag.
DESCRIPTION:The global manufacturing industry has long touted the benefits of Industry 4.0 technologies – improved productivity and product quality\, reduced operating costs\, competitive advantage. For many Canadian manufacturers\, the list of reasons not to automate was long\, topped by perceived expense and insufficient testing at scale. \nBut the COVID-19 pandemic is necessitating rapid change. \nDuring the height of the lockdowns\, manufacturers were forced to close\, reduce operations or furlough workers. Consumer demand shifted unpredictably and supply chains\, particularly those concentrated in gravely affected regions\, suffered bottlenecking so great shelves were left empty for weeks. \nOperations have now mostly reopened\, and manufacturers have had to make accommodations. Production requirements remain the same but have been hampered by staffing challenges and increased safety measures. \nTo help manufacturers prepare for a potential second wave of the coronavirus and long-term competitiveness\, Manufacturing AUTOMATION and Canadian Plastics have partnered to bring industry experts together in a FREE virtual summit focused on how automation will prove integral to our “new normal\,” and on how to implement it. \n  \n  \nModerator: Kristina Urquhart\nPanelists:\nBernadeen McLeod\, President & Founder\, Mentor Works\nBlair de Verteuil\, Vice-President Operations\, Life Sciences\, ATS Automation\nDavid Jeffrey\, Regional Vice-President\, Central Canada\, Salesforce\nShelley Fellows\, Chair\, Automate Canada \n\nOur presenter will be joined by industry experts to discuss how manufacturers can enable Industry 4.0 technologies in a roundtable and audience Q&A led by Kristina Urquhart\, editor of Manufacturing AUTOMATION. Topics will include funding\, planning an innovation strategy\, determining primary investments\, best practices for testing and scaling\, enterprise risk management\, and automation’s true cost. \n\nBernadeen McLeod\, President and Founder\, Mentor Works \nBernadeen McLeod is the president and founder of Mentor Works\, which works with Canadian businesses to develop government funding plans. Bernadeen worked in the corporate arena for 18 years as an executive and general manager in the manufacturing sector. \nWith considerable expertise in government funding\, both on a federal and provincial level\, Bernadeen understands the aspects most critical to a successful Proactive Funding Plan™. She plays to win\, and recognizes the importance of cash flow and margins. This enables her clients to succeed and access larger government funding wins than otherwise available. \n\nBlair de Verteuil\, Vice-President Operations\, Life Sciences\, ATS Automation\n \nBlair de Verteuil is vice-president of operations of the Cambridge Life Sciences Division of ATS Automation Tooling\, Inc. \nBlair is a Professional Engineer and graduate of the Bachelor of Science\, Mechanical Engineering program from Queens University. He began his career with ATS in 2001 as an automation engineer and has held progressive roles since then as an applications engineer\, project manager\, director of program management\, general manager and most recently as VP of operations. \nBlair is a dynamic and passionate leader that believes in empowering people to create an engaged team culture. He is a strong advocate of leveraging innovative ideas and technologies to advance ATS Automation’s product and service offerings. \n\nDavid Jeffrey\, Regional Vice-President\, Central Canada\, Salesforce \nDavid Jeffrey is a regional vice-president at Salesforce Canada\, where he guides a team of enterprise account executives covering Central Canada. Salesforce is a cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) software that helps Canadian businesses find\, win\, keep\, grow and track information about their customer base. \nDuring his 11-year career at Salesforce and as both an individual contributor and RVP\, he has helped customers transform their business with Salesforce. His work helped reach customers and lead to some of the largest\, commercial new business transactions in Canadian commercial sector. \nDavid’s career prior to Salesforce included roles with other SaaS leaders such as Eloqua and Google (acquired Postini). He also spent over seven years with Adobe\, during which time they acquired Ottawa-based Jetform Corp.\, where he covered the financial services sector and Big Five banks in Canada. David’s sales career started over 20 years ago at Xerox Canada. \n\nShelley Fellows\, Chair\, Automate Canada \nOne of the founders of Radix (now AIS Technologies Group) and a graduate of the University of Windsor\, Shelley was part of the management team that led Radix to be recognized as one of Profit’s Fastest Growing Companies in Canada in 2006 and 2016\, to receive Product Innovation Awards in 2007 and 2015 from the Windsor Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards\, and to acquisition by mold-making leaders\, Active Industrial Solutions\, in 2016. \nShelley was recognized in 2019 as one of the “Canadians to Watch in the Automotive Industry” by Automotive News and was a 2016 recipient of the ATHENA Award for her work supporting women in science\, technology\, engineering and math careers. Shelley has held positions on many boards and committees\, including WETech Alliance\, Workforce WindsorEssex\, WindsorEssex Economic Development Corporation and the Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce. \nShelley is currently the chair of the Automate Canada industry association and is on the leadership council for ProsperUs\, a regional “cradle-to-career” transformation initiative.
URL:https://automatecanada.org/event/automate-to-innovate-panel-discussion-with-manufacturing-automation-mag/
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