Mr. Kell is an experienced IT professional adept at using technology to solve business and social challenges. Jason draws on his previous experience in the telecommunications, oil and gas, manufacturing, recycling, and professional services sectors and is driven by opportunities that leverage technology to improve the lives of people in local communities and around the world.

Jason is a graduate from the University of Regina Computer Science program and is currently the Project Manager at Alberta IoT working on projects that connect the world to Alberta to solve challenges of global significance.

Main Stage Presentation

Topic: A Virtual Science Park: Efficiency to Innovation

Description:

Brick-and-mortar science parks offer stimulating, mentorship environments that provide startups with access to infrastructure, office space, and innovation support. Science parks are typically owned by post-secondary institutions, large corporations, and/or government. They are limited by borders and the collaboration network created by those involved.

A virtual science park can add efficiency to innovation projects by matching solution seekers to solution providers. It is not defined by borders between provinces or nations and is not dependent upon a network of colleagues and partnerships. The Science Park powered by Alberta IoT has been designed to use machine learning to quickly identify the best potential candidates to solve a challenge. It removes the necessity of pre-existing relationships and provides access to talent and lab assets to solve challenges impacting business today.