This full day workshop will consider: 1) How standardization practices can foster innovation, promote competitiveness, and support the growth of industries and entrepreneurial ventures, 2) The challenges and potential barriers faced by entrepreneurs in implementing standards within their businesses, 3) How standards influence research projects, particularly in interdisciplinary and collaborative contexts, 4) How to address the importance of standards education and its relevance to industry needs, 5)  The relationship between standardization and regulatory compliance for entrepreneurs, and 6) How entrepreneurs and industries can adopt and implement standards to address sustainability challenges.

We all have creative problem solving abilities, which are best nurtured and deployed in a well managed team environment, harnessing diverse elements of expertise, viewpoints, cognitive styles, and motivation. This interactive workshop will include presentations, video clips, short competitions, hands-on exploration of ideas and process ‘take-aways’ for team based creative intelligence.

Presenter: Cosme Loi, IEEE Canada vTools Coordinator