Next Generation Manufacturing – Détails, épisodes et analyse

In this compelling episode hosted by Jay Myers, listeners gain invaluable insights into Canada's potential as a leader in advanced biomanufacturing, emphasizing cell and gene therapies. With a dynamic panel of industry experts, the conversation delves into strategic opportunities, the importance of developing skills, and how integrating advanced therapies into Canadian manufacturing could revolutionize patient care.

The dialogue highlights Canada's advantage due to its wealth of expertise and advances in regulatory processes. Each panelist brings a unique perspective on overcoming challenges from scaling academic research to commercial production and the importance of continuous learning due to rapidly evolving technology. With a focus on improving patient outcomes through personalized medicine, the podcast outlines the transformative power of cell and gene therapies.

Nathalie Bourgouin: Serving as the Vice President of Quality and Compliance at ExCellThera, Nathalie Bourgouin wears several hats in this emerging biotech company situated in Montreal. ExCellThera is expanding the scope of cord blood applications to develop treatments for various blood cancers. Bourgouin's leadership in quality and compliance is crucial as the company grows its pipeline in cell and gene therapies.

Panos Chrysanthopoulos: As the Chief Development Officer at Morphocell, Panos is leading the charge towards creating liver regeneration therapies using. Under his guidance, Morphocell stands at the frontier of acute and chronic liver failure treatment, transitioning from academic concepts to GMP-level development.

Jana Machan: With six years at CCRM, Jana Machan now helms the organization as the Senior Vice President of Operations. Her focus includes developing regenerative medicine and commercializing cell and gene therapies, attracting essential investment into Canada, and incubating new companies.

Adam Huys: As the Director of the Center for Advanced Therapeutic Cell Technology at CCRM, Adam oversees the development of bio-manufacturing platforms that are revolutionizing the field. He is a key figure in transitioning these platforms to commercialization in collaboration with Omniabio.

Patrick Daoust: The Chief Business Officer at CATTI, Patrick Daoust is shaping the future of biomanufacturing talent. CATTI focuses on hands-on training in cell and gene therapies, ensuring that the workforce meets the high standards of the industry.

• Canada has strategic opportunities to lead in cell and gene therapies, offering personalized medicine and potential cures for patients.
• The development of specialized facilities like Omniabio is essential for bridging the gap from research to commercial manufacturing.
• Training skilled professionals for GMP manufacturing environments remains a significant focus, with entities like CATTI driving this initiative.
• Strategic partnerships, funding, and global networking are crucial to maintaining Canada's competitive edge and stimulating sector growth.
• Regulatory, technical, and operational agility are vital for small companies in navigating the path to successful biomanufacturing.

"The complexity during the manufacturing in clean rooms, that's a very unique element that we're dealing with." - Panos Chrysanthopoulos

"Having a homegrown ability to manufacture essential medicines is of the utmost importance from a security perspective." - Patrick Daoust

"CCRM...is really, I think, building the whole ecosystem." - Jana Machan

"The simpler we make our products by understanding the processes, by building the right analytics...the more successful we will be." - Panos Chrysanthopoulos

"This is the leading edge of advanced manufacturing...a very important strategic opportunity for Canada." - Jay Myers

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In this insightful episode, host Jay Myers engages with a panel of AI and advanced manufacturing experts to remove the veil from the world of Artificial Intelligence in the manufacturing sector. The guests share their unique experiences, showcasing both the transformative impact and the practical challenges of integrating AI technologies into various manufacturing processes.

Throughout the episode, the conversation navigates through the intricacies of AI implementation, from the identification of business use cases to the collection and interpretation of data. Each expert provides a unique perspective on how AI can optimize processes, improve quality control, and address labor shortages. Joseph highlights the importance of meaningful data in AI execution, while Armin underscores the potential for AI to tackle repetitive tasks in manufacturing. Michael emphasizes the need for machine intuition, and Remi discusses human-AI collaboration as the future.

• Joseph Lafleur: Joseph serves as the CEO of Polyalgorithm, a company specializing in tehs and data, machine learning with a focus on visual aspects. His expertise lays in partnering with companies to optimize technology use in manufacturing, evidenced by the joint venture with Martin Raya to commercialize innovative welding technology.

• Michael Mohseni: Michael is the CEO of Autometrics, a startup that pioneers industrial AI solutions, particularly in intelligent quality monitoring for complex processing operations like industrial welding and the manufacturing of battery cells for electric vehicles.

• Armin Khatoonabadi: Co-founder and COO of Apera AI, Armin leads his company in creating 4D Vision technology that empowers industrial robots with human-like vision enabling them to handle complex tasks. His technology is adopted across North America in various manufacturing settings, including companies like Ford and GM.

• Remi Duquette: As the Vice President of Maya HTT, Remi leads the charge in providing AI professional services in the manufacturing and industrial AI sector. He is also the president of a cluster aiding manufacturers in understanding and integrating AI into their environments.

• AI is extensively improving manufacturing processes by optimizing operations and addressing labor shortages.

• The application of AI should be problem-focused, with the aim to deliver measurable business value and efficiency improvements.

• Start small with AI integration, focusing on a manageable problem to tackle first and scale over time.

• Data quality and management are critical in effectively deploying machine learning algorithms in manufacturing.

• Future trends in AI may revolve around further automating repetitive tasks, capturing human expertise, and advancing human-AI collaboration.

• "AI can improve a lot on process optimization, which is tied to energy efficiency gains on the sustainability side." - Remi

• "The technology that we are supplying doesn't need readiness. It's not any different from buying a robot and installing it in your production line." - Armin

• "You have to learn on these corner cases and understand what to do about them because they will happen whether you like it or not." - Remi

• "AI is going to help us automate these tedious and dumb operations so that humans can focus on what they are really good at, which is creativity." - Armin

• "AI is offering a great opportunity to bring that intuition into a machine and make it a scalable tool or solution for a broader market." - Michael

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On this episode Jay Myers is joined by Mitch Debora. Mitch is the Co-founder and CEO at Mosaic Manufacturing.

Mosaic is pushing the boundaries of 3D printing at scale and working to bring 3D printing to the factory floor.

 In this episode:

• Mitch's introduction to 3D printing and the birth of Mosaic
• Brining additive manufacturing into your processes
• Higher throughput, lower cost
• Printing PPE in response to supply chain issues
• Projects and partners
• Creating a win-win with collaboration
• NGen's scale-up and development support
• SWERVE
• Careers of impact
• The next step for Mosaic

Connect with Mosaic :

Website: https://www.mosaicmfg.com

Mitch on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitch-debora-46334557/?originalSubdomain=ca

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On this episode Jay Myers is joined by Kevin Fernandes. President at Macrodyne Technologies Inc.

Macrodyne Technologies Inc. manufactures heavy duty, hydraulic presses up to 30,000 tons, fully automated hydraulic press lines and die handling equipment for dies and molds weighing in excess of 100 tons. They produce custom hydraulic presses & press lines for general metalforming applications, hot stamping, deep draw, forging, transfer, extrusion, coining, die spotting, hydroforming, elastoforming, superplastic forming, compression molding, high pressure laminates, rubber transfer molding and many more.

 In this episode:

• Projects and partners
• Environmental responsibility
• Collaboration
• A lack of skilled labourers
• Where is advanced manufacturing is going?
• What can Canada do to keep moving forward
• Working with NGen
• The next step forward for Macrodyne

Connect with Macrodyne :

Website: https://macrodynepress.com

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On this episode Jay Myers is joined by Luna You, CEO at Genecis.

Genecis’ biological processes convert food waste destined for landfill into valuable materials.

They are on a mission to drive the world towards a circular economy, where major brands utilize eco-friendly PHA plastics in packaging, food services, agriculture, textiles and many other areas to reduce the 18 billion pounds of plastic polluting our oceans every year.

 In this episode:

• What does Genecis do? 
• A circular economy
• Managing food waste
• The core objective
• Challenges in scaling
• Attracting the right people with the right skills
• What's the next step?
• Producing a quality product

Connect with Genecis:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/genecis-envirotech-inc./

Website: https://genecis.co

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On this episode Jay Myers is joined by Billy Rideout, CEO at Exergy. Billy is the head creator, solver, and game-changer. His fixation on making things work better and faster is what sparked the founding of Exergy back in 2015. Today, he leads the Exergy team in strategy and business development

 In this episode:

• Billy's journey to Exergy
• Challenges and solutions
• Canada Makes network
• Hannover Fair
• Creating the Centre of Excellence
• Young people want to work with the emerging technologies
• Bringing Canada together

Connect with Exergy: https://exergysolutions.com

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On this episode Jay Myers is joined by members of the Indigenous Manufacturing & Contracting Network. The panel includes:

• Kayla Paul, Operations Manager at Xtended Hydraulics & Machine Inc.
• Toni Dumais, Chief Operating Officer at KIHEW FabCo Ltd.
• Treena Amyotte, Director Of Business Development at PFN Group of Companies.
• John Desjarlais, General Manager at Great Plains Contracting.

The Indigenous Manufacturing & Contracting Network seeks to improve the quality of life of Indigenous people and generate long-term prosperity through the support and promotion of Indigenous business and individuals in the manufacturing and contracting sectors.

In this episode:

• Panel introductions
• The purpose and benefits of IMCN
• Being a role model for Indigenous youth
• Feather Project
• Challenges and opportunities
• Joining the network
• Problem solving with Indigenous values and prospective
• The future vision for IMCN

Connect with the guests: https://imcn.ca

https://xtended.ca

https://kihew.com

https://pfngroupinc.com

http://greatplainscontracting.ca

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On this episode Jay Myers is joined by Chris Stern, CEO and co-Founder of CarbiCrete.

CarbiCrete has created a cement-free, carbon negative process of making pre-cast concrete using industrial waste by-products from the steel making industry.

 In this episode:

• A unique technology that is benefiting the environment
• Challenges along the journey
• Scaling and partnerships
• Carbicrete blocks vs. Concrete blocks
• Carbicrete's 10-year vision
• The path to commercialization
• The importance of collaboration

Connect with CarbiCrete: https://carbicrete.com

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On this episode Jay Myers is joined by Louis-Antoine Genin-Brien, Head of Business Development at DeepSight, Augmented Reality. 

DeepSight believes Augmented Reality will impact our lives just as much as smartphones have had in the last decades. Although AR is used mostly on tablets and smartphones right now, we will observe a societal change with the spread of smart glasses. No longer confined to a 2D screen, it will alter how we interact with content as the digital world gradually merges with the physical world.

In this episode:

• The evolution of sharing information
• Virtual Reality vs. Augmented Reality
• Communication
• Use cases
• Overcoming challenges
• Real-time work instruction
• What will Augmented Reality replace?
• Implementing AR
• Awards and recognition
• Return on Investment
• Coming up next for DeepSight

Connect with DeepSight: https://www.deepsight.ca

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On this episode Jay Myers is joined by Barry Hunt. Barry is the President of Canadian Association of PPE Manufacturers (CAPPEM) as well as the President & CEO of Prescientx.

The Canadian Association of PPE Manufacturers is dedicated to protecting Canadians with the best possible PPE manufactured in Canada by Canadian owned and operated companies.

In this episode:

• A new paradigm to clean the air & surfaces in healthcare
• Violet : Prescientx autonomous UV disinfection robot
• Compostable and biodegradable filtration materials for masks
• CAPPEM (Canadian Association of PPE Manufacturers) 
• Challenges of commercializing PPE
• Innovation opportunities and challenges moving forward

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