Dan Ruby

Business Development Manager, Team Northeast

ONTARIO CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE
January 2019
 ABOUT OCE
• A not-for-profit funded primarily by the Government of Ontario
• Works in partnership with government, industry and academia to
support SMEs and entrepreneurs
• Supports projects that create jobs and exports, attract local and
international co-investment and make Ontario more globally
competitive
• Top three measures of success: jobs created/retained; industry
co-investment; and private sector follow-on investment

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 OCE supports high-potential projects
across Ontario on behalf of the Province

Over the last 5 years,

OCE has supported
projects in 160
communities across
Ontario

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 WHAT WE DO

We support projects that create jobs,

drive economic growth and make Ontario
companies more competitive globally

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 WHAT WE DO
Collaborative R&D
• Bringing colleges, universities and research hospitals
together with industry to solve key industry challenges
that result in increased employment and industry sales
• Providing Ontario’s students and recent graduates with
the training and industry experience that they need
for today’s and tomorrow’s jobs
Commercialization
• Moving technologies from the research lab to the
marketplace
• Connecting Ontario SMEs to first customers and early
adopters across the provincial government and industry
• De-risking early-stage companies by providing funding
and support that is not readily available from investment
community at that early stage
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Entrepreneurship
• Supporting entrepreneurship activities by students and
youth through:
> Seed financing to high-potential, youth-led start-ups
> Campus accelerators and incubators to help the next
generation of entrepreneurs at an early stage
> High School Entrepreneurship Competition – Young
Entrepreneurs, Make Your Pitch
Advanced Technology Platform (ATP)
• Working with industry sectors that are of priority to the
Province to help SMEs build new products and services
by providing access to advanced technology platforms
that would not otherwise be available to them (e.g. AI,
5G, connected and autonomous vehicles, next
generation networks, cybersecurity, etc.)
 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
PLATFORM (ATP)
• OCE is moving into some exciting new areas as Ontario rolls out
several major initiatives focusing on a high-impact, advanced
technology platform (ATP)
• Opportunities for academic researchers and students will expand.
Programs include:
> Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Network (AVIN)
> Evolution of Networked Services through a Corridor in Quebec and
Ontario for Research and Innovation (5G ENCQOR)
> IBM Innovation Incubator Project
> Next Generation Network Program (NGNP)

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 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
PLATFORM (ATP)
Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Network
(AVIN)
• Provides a competitive advantage to
Ontario-based connected and
autonomous vehicle companies through
a demonstration zone, sites for the
development of products and
technologies, talent development and
an R&D partnership fund to foster
collaboration among automakers,
technology leaders and Ontario-based
SMEs
IBM Innovation Incubator Project
• Provides Ontario SMEs access to IBM
services and global supply chains, and
drives SME economic development
through adoption of disruptive IBM
technologies
Evolution of Networked Services through a Corridor
in Quebec and Ontario for Research and Innovation
(5G ENCQOR)
• Partnership that is building the first Canadian
pre-commercial 5G wireless testbed
• Supports SMEs through proof-of-concept projects,
talent development, export development support and
access to technical and business support personnel
and services
Next Generation Network Program (NGNP)
• Supports the development and implementation of a
multi-site, state-of-the-art, multi-vendor open platform
network and cloud testbed in partnership with CENGN
• Support SMEs through proof-of-concept projects,
talent develop, export development support activities
and access to technical and business support
personnel and services

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 THANK YOU
For more information, please contact:
Dan Ruby, Business Development Manager
dan.ruby@oce-ontario.org

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 Driving Ontario’s Prosperity
CENGN Programs:
 Tech validation: Scaling up SMEs
 Bridging talent gap
 Student internships
 HQP training
 Advancing traditional industries including:
 Smart mining
 Smart agriculture
 eHealth World class
infrastructure –
 Digital Government 18 innovation
 Rural & Northern Broadband connectivity solutions centres across
Ontario
SOLIDIFYING CANADA’S LEADERSHIP IN
NETWORKING

Innovative SME Products Faster Commercialization GDP Growth

Professionals & Highly Qualified ICT Job Growth

Students Industry Support Professionals
ENCQOR: 5G WIRELESS
INNOVATION NETWORK FOR
CANADIAN SME’S

Mal Raddalgoda MBA B.Eng.

Sale Engagement Manager, Internet of Things (IoT)
Mal Raddalgoda EDCO Conference – 2019 2019-01-30
Ericsson Technology & Emerging Business
5G – ENABLING THE INTERNET
OF THINGS (IOT)
~15 years
50 29 billion connected
devices
Connections (billion)

40
25 years
5 billion connected
30
people

20
100 years
10 1 billion connected
places

1875 1975 2000 2020

© Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
2016
 10-
100x 1000x 5x 100x Cost 10+ +20dB
END-USER DEVICE COST YEARS
MOBILE DATA LOWER MORE BETTER
DATA RATES REDUCTION BATTERY
VOLUMES LATENCY DEVICES COVERAGE
LIFE

Enhanced mobile broadband

and media everywhere

Automotive, smart vehicles,

transport

5G
Energy & utilities

Manufacturing, Critical control

of remote devices

USE CASES
Healthcare human
machine interaction

Sensor networks
 5G REVENUE POTENTIAL FOR
OPERATORS ADDRESSING
INDUSTRY DIGITALIZATION
USDbn, 2026
5G addressable
B2B2X

415
619* Adding an
204 addressable

36%
Current service revenues

revenue growth
1 736
potential

Service enabler and service creator revenue potential

Network developer revenue potential
2026

*Total addressable as Service creator operator role

 ENCQOR:
 Competitive Strategic Advantage:
 Provide SMEs pre-commercial access to 5G wireless
network & development environment
 Provide SMEs with a strategic advantage to build the next
generation of products/services that 5G networks will
enable
 R&D Funding Support:
 $400 million dollar public-private partnership
 Multiple ways for SMEs to participate in funded projects
 Program delivery partners: OCE (Ontario), CEFRIO &
PROMPT (Quebec)
 Global Sales Channels Partners:
 A Selection of SME projects will have access to the sales
channels of multi-national industry partners:
 Ericsson, Ciena, Thales, CGI and IBM
 Goals of ENCQOR:
 Provide an open 5G ecosystem where industries can
leverage ICT competence and innovation
 Enable the emergence of disruptive 5G & IoT applications
and services in Canada
 Create economic growth and job creation around 5G
networks for 1,000 SME’s in Ontario & Quebec
ericsson.com/5g
MEET THE
TEAM
Nima Ashtari Mit Perinpanyagam
CEO & Founder CFO
Ex-Tesla, Honda, Magna Ex-PwC, Dream Unlimited
CPA, CA

Mahdi Mohammadi Wilfrid Ngo

AI Lead Hardware Lead
PhD. ML, AI Think2Thing, Sentry
Msc. Comp Sci. Scientific Inc.
 MISSION
Bring Level 3 autonomy to
Commercial Vehicles

Cars with active cruise

0.18%
control on the road (L2)

New cars with some driver

1.25%
assistance on board (L2)

26M annual new

commercial vehicle sales

335M commercial vehicles

on the road
LANECRUISE
Hardware Suite
Universally applicable, to
the vast majority of vehicles
Wheel Controller Xylem
on the road today (Patent Pending) Brain+Camera+GUI

Senses the driver’s every Gas Pedal Controller

input, enabling driver
learning, assistance and
monitoring Brake Pedal Controller
Takes digital control of the
vehicle, without hacking the
car’s electronics, enabling
autonomy, remote control,
and ADAS on any vehicle

Powerful Embedded
CPU+GPU with
GPS+GNSS, camera and
optional touch-screen,
packaged in a compact
heads up unit (Xylem)
Xylem
The Data Miner

Wifi Uplink to cloud

providing data mining
and software update
capabilities

Data from all sensors,

telematics and driver
behavior

Applications
 X-Matik car apps
 Insurance
 Advertising
 Governments
 V2V and V2C
 COMMERCIAL
MARKET
Overall Commercial
Vehicle Market is $1.7T

By 2022, the global

commercial vehicle
telematics market size
expected to be $80.6B

Annual Telematics sales

expected to grow to $15B by
2026.
City of
To r o n t o P i l o t

Install LaneCruise
on up to 10 City of
Toronto Vehicles

Collect over 1M km
of Human and
Machine driven
Data

Validate/quantify
the reduction in
fatigue and
accident rate
LEVELS Level Features Liability
OF AUTOMATION
Takes control of Gas and Brake Pedals
L1 Brakes behind vehicles on the highway. Driver
AKA. Active Cruise Control Responsible
Takes control of wheel and pedals
Will take over fully on highway and in
Driver
L2 bumper-to-bumper traffic, not for city Responsible
Driver Active Monitoring
Takes control of wheel and pedals
Will take over fully on highway and in Driver/Machine
L3 bumper-to-bumper traffic, not for city Responsible
Driver Passive Monitoring

Completely automated Machine

L4 Driver chooses destination
Responsible
Driver needs to be present in car
Completely automated
Machine
L5 passenger chooses destination
No driver needs to be present Responsible
 X-MATIK
TIMELINE
Start Project Kicked Off V.2 V2. Demo Ready V3. On the Road
Start of system Start Beta hardware Showcase 2nd -Install 100x kits in Almon,
design and development prototype product in Toronto, King cars
build for first sync with Dragon’s - Series A financing for
prototype Den show air date mass production units

Sept 2019
May 2017
Feb 2016

April 2019
May 2018
Apr 2015

Dec 2017
Sep 2017
Jan 2017

X-Matik Inc. Unveiled Prototype V2.Design LaneCruise Pilot LaneCruise Volume

Incorporated Showed functional Complete -Secured Seed Round Sales
company and prototype @CES2017 Complete 2nd - Inked City Of Begin volume (1000+ units)
began field Iteration of hardware Toronto Pilot project deliveries to new customers
research & software