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Advanced Skills Development Training at AREA X.O by Invest Ottawa

Date and Time: Monday, July 10, 2023: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Michael Tremblay 

President and CEO, Board Member, Invest Ottawa, Bayview Yards, AREA X.O
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-t-0150461b

Presentation Description

Invest Ottawa founded and operates AREA X.O, an R&D complex in Canada's Capital that enables and accelerates the safe and secure development, testing, training and adoption of next-generation smart mobility, autonomy, and connectivity technologies.

In partnership with Ontario’s AVIN and industry leaders, Invest Ottawa delivered the Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) Pilot Program at AREA X.O: an advanced skills development initiative to help create a globally competitive, future-ready workforce in Ontario. This initiative was successfully completed in the fall of 2021.

Unveiled in June of 2023, the Drone and Advanced Robotics Testing and Training (DARTT) Zone is a high-tech R&D obstacle course at the AREA X.O Futureplex. DARTT features specialized infrastructure designed to put aerial and ground robots through many rigorous tests and challenges to assess and advance their technical performance, safety, and market readiness.

This presentation will provide an executive summary of these advanced skills development initiatives at AREA X.O - outcomes and learnings from the CAV Pilot Program and fresh directions underway for the DARTT Zone.

Speaker Biography

Michael Tremblay joined Invest Ottawa & Bayview Yards as President and Chief Executive Officer in March of 2017. Prior to joining Invest Ottawa, he was the Vice President of Public Sector for Microsoft Canada from April 2007. In 2020, Mike was appointed to the Board of Directors for both organizations which was fiscally integrated into one company in 2022.

Mike has 39 years of sales, marketing, operations, and general management experience, with considerable experience serving public sector clients. Mike has also held senior executive positions with SAP, Fujitsu Consulting, JDS Uniphase, EDS Systemhouse and Digital Equipment Corporation.

In 2023, Mike was appointed a World Economic Forum Fellow as part of the Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution related to Invest Ottawa’s leadership work in urban transformation with AREA X.O – Canada’s mobility Futureplex of innovation and collaboration.

He has an MBA from Concordia University in Montreal and is a graduate of Computer Technology from Algonquin College. Michael completed the Directors Education Program and is ICD.D certified with the Institute of Corporate Directors where he is a member of the Ottawa Chapter Executive. Mike has served as a director with the Institute on Governance (2017-2020) and the Canadian Council for Aboriginal business (2005-2007). From 2004-2017, Michael served as a member of Algonquin College’s Board of Governors and served as Chair of the College’s Foundation Board.

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