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Connect 2012: Innovations and technologies creating sustainability and economic growth. Investment INTO Models for ICT Innovation as a driver for Growth. Stephen Ibaraki, sibaraki@cips.ca Industry Chairman Microsoft Strategic Advisor & MVP (2006-2012)
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Connect 2012: Innovations and technologies creating sustainability and economic growth Investment INTO Models for ICT Innovation as a driver for Growth Stephen Ibaraki, sibaraki@cips.ca Industry Chairman Microsoft Strategic Advisor & MVP (2006-2012) ICT: Fellow, Distinguished Fellow, Global Fellow, Hall of Fame Writer, Investor
Agenda • Current State of ICT Trends • Models for Innovation: • Global Innovation Policy Index • Education • Entrepreneurship • Power of Communities • Workforce Professionalism
Trends--Imagine Solar Max engulfing the Earth and Eliminating ICT
Trends: ICT Usage +10% Broadband = +1.3% Economic Growth
Trends: Convergence Mass Collaboration Generation Z: Digital Natives Singularity: Moore’s Law and Maslow Ubiquitous Connectivity Augmented Reality Source: Sean O’Driscoll http://communitygrouptherapy.com/2007/12/15/podcast-on-social-media-communities-and-influencers
Trends: Technology • Security & Cybersecurity • Big Data: Data mining, BI, analytics, pattern detection • 90% last 2 years, ~2 zettabytes • Cloud: 14m new jobs by 2015 • Mobile • 4G/LTE; Spectrum Whitespace • Social Networking • Consumerization of IT • Gamification • Sustainability & Green IT • Healthcare IT • Judea Pearl: http://tinyurl.com/JudeaPearl • Terry Erdle: http://tinyurl.com/TerryErdle
Trends: Workforce, Where is it heading? 35M growing 30% yearly Added 50% in IT but not counted
ITIF Global Innovation Policy Index Seven Core Policies: • Market access and foreign direct investment • Science and R&D • Domestic competition and new firm entry • Intellectual property rights • Digital / ICT • Government procurement • High-skill immigration • Leadership: Japan, Korea, Finland, Canada/Singapore, US/Australia, Estonia, US/Sweden, Taiwan/Finland • Rob Atkinson: http://tinyurl.com/RobertAtkinson
Innovation: Education • MITx, Carnegie Melon, OLIN • MOOCs: Massively open online courses • Khan Academy • P3--Public Private Partnerships:CCICT (Coalition for Tomorrows ICT Skills) • Career Mash, University programs, Accreditation • Innovator’s DNA: online test, app • Seoul Accord • Global accreditation for Computing Education
Innovation: Entrepreneurship • Pretotyping.org • StartupGenome.com: success framework • StartupCompass.co—active feedback • BlackBox—accelerator • Eliezer Manor Innovation Program • Incubators, Hi-Tech Parks, Technology Transfer Platforms, Participative Management • Jump-start Our Business Start-ups • US: JOBS Act Model (Regulated crowdfunding) • Waterloo Communitech (Incubator) Hub • Offices, networking, mentoring, business services, capital
Innovation: Community Power • CIONET.com • 3,500 CIOs and IT leaders • ACM.org: global research • Largest educational, research organization • Federations: • IFIP.org • FEAPO.org • GITCA.org • CompTIA.org • OpenGroup.org
Innovation: Professionalism IT Profession / Certification based on common standards • AFTER: Professionalism • Global standards • Quality, Protecting Public • Professionalism/Trust/EthicsStronger voice/Common-ID • Engineer /Executive • Business solutions • Career path • Growing GDP and innovation BEFORE: • No consistency • Failures, growing risks • Poor perceptionGeek / Pirate? • Technical features • Job • Skill shortages • Education: STEM shortages
Results—Industry Support • IFIP World CIO Forum, Global CIO Joint Declarations“We strive to support [the] IT Industry and professionalism of IT career.” “We will ensure the highest standards in our work, and with both quality and ethics…” • CTO Toyota:“[IFIP] IP3 [International Professional Practice Partnership] is the start of this kind of important global activity.” • This is a key acknowledgement of the importance of ethics and IT professionalism which lays the foundation for IT as a recognized profession.
Thank you • Resources—discussions with over 500 experts: http://tinyurl.com/SI-chats