Compass Call Ideas RSS FeedCompass Call Ideas RSS Feedtag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2012-05-17-09-28-20:/active_call_rss.xml2010-03-17T15:36:39ZPWC Compassinfo@pwc.com2010-04-26T08:53:18ZCanadian's have few choices available to them for online content. Many turn their attention south of the border to get the content they want (and often have to disguise their geographic location to do so). Advertisers know that that's where the eyeballs they seek can be found, and that's where they spend their dollars.
When purchasing advertising on foreign-owned video sites like YouTube, Vimeo, etc., Canadian companies are contributing to the economic drain of dollars from Canada. Let’s give them an alternative.
Implementing temporary federal tax credits for allowable expenditures on advertising at Canadian-owned new media content distribution sites would stimulate a) the development of additional Canadian distribution sites and b) increase the amount of content that could be made available to Canadians through Canadian-owned new media distribution sites, c) provide much-needed distribution channel for Canadian content where it could be promoted to Canadians and a global audience.
Today we’ve got a vicious cycle happening: Canadians don’t watch much content at Canadian-owned sites because the content they want often isn’t available. The content they want isn’t available because Canadian advertisers aren’t spending the money at the these sites to offset the distributors’ costs. Advertisers aren’t spending the money at these sites because Canadian eyeballs aren’t coming to Canadian-owned sites in sufficient numbers because the content they want isn’t available.
This problem isn’t going to fix itself and we’ll continue to see advertising dollars flow out of the country to foreign distributors.
In order to break this logjam, we need to incent advertisers to spend their dollars at home. When more advertising revenue is available to new media sites, more content will become available to Canadians. When more content becomes available, more Canadians will come to these sites. Once these sites establish a presence and attract an audience, the logjam will be broken and, in time, these stimulus tax credits can be removed.
Once foreign-owned sites "own" the Canadian consumer, any additional revenue from a la carte or subscription content payments will also flow out of the country.
Also, as Canadian consumers migrate from the regulated world into the unregulated new media space, we have a double-whammy: reduced tax revenue from cable and satellite operators and the advertising and consumer dollar drain out of the country.
There are still huge opportunities for innovation in content delivery but if Canadian companies aren't even in the game we stand no chance of succeeding.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-26-08-53-18:/call/policy/ideas.xmlNew Idea Implement temporary advertising tax credits to stimulate Canadian-based on-line video distribution by Alan Sawyer2010-04-25T19:40:42ZMission: Government efficiency
Vision: Government harness new technologies to put information about their operations and decisions online and readily available to the public. Any government department and agency uses public feedback to make the decisions.
Strategy: Transparency and Open Government (means that citizens have the access to the government information and participate in decision making).
Initiatives:
Tracking - all government activity such as decisions, spending, discussions, contracts, etc has to be recorded in all formats (video, text, image) and open to the public in real-time.
Exceptional People - All government positions must be field through the public services. All government employees has to be qualified and reemployed through the public contest every four years.
Smart Decision - Currently, the most decisions are the results of the primitive method of choice like voting. But in most cases the vote is based on emotional choice rather than rational. It could be misunderstanding, incompetence, cheating, alliance, personal interests, envy, revenge and etc. Any vote has to be explained by voter and open to the public review.
Social Map - Any relative, friendship, partnership, neighborhood and etc connections between government employees and between them and contractors has to be identified .
Case#1 "Open information": Buying the property I would like to know everything about the building. When it was build; who was the contractor; which government department is responsible for area; what is the crime rate in that area; when the last time was the communication reconstruction; what is the area development plan; how many police monitor the area; when the last time the fire department checked the building; etc.
Case #2 "The best solution": The city development department has to choice the new bus stops for the update. They posted all contract proposals on-line. It includes the development plan, cost and design. Public can recommend new contractor, criticize, ask questions or share information about the experience working with the contractor. After the approval, every project`s steps are posted on-line to the public review: spending, delays, issues, etc.
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Transparent Government is the concept what has to be discussed and developed. Your comments, recommendations and critics are very valuable.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-25-19-40-42:/call/policy/ideas.xmlNew Idea Transparency and Open Government by Strivan2010-04-24T16:15:49ZTax incentives for a broad base of Canadians to participate in early stage, entrepreneurial companies. Give friends and family investors (love capital) the same kind of tax advantages used for "flow-through" investments in the energy industry.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-24-16-15-49:/call/policy/ideas.xmlNew Idea Crowdsource for Capital by Trent Johnsen2010-04-23T23:18:28ZCanadians are inventive, but one obstacle to the advancement of this creative spirit is the financial hurdle of obtaining a patent. Obtaining a patent can cost roughly $20,000 per country in which protection is sought.
In order to provide practical help to entrepreneurs, the government should provide legal assistance to Canadians with viable designs/ideas. In return for this assistance, the government would receive a set percentage of future revenues associated with the patent (eg, 10%).tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-23-23-18-28:/call/policy/ideas.xmlNew Idea Provide Practical Help to Entrepreneurs by Subsidizing the Cost of Obtaining a Patent by Cece2010-04-23T13:02:32ZCurrently it is not clear who is responsible within the Government of Canada for promoting innovation and entrepreneurship. There are lots of elements that are required, such as having targets, measurable goals, etc... However, the very first step is making someone responsible for fostering a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-23-13-02-32:/call/policy/ideas.xmlNew Idea Create a Government Department Responsible for Innovation and Entrepreneurship by David Cooper2010-04-23T11:50:28ZMichael Robichaud – I suggest that Canadian Federal and Provincial governments establish a Policy of formally supporting Entrepreneurship Education in high schools colleges and universities combined a policy of funding annual , regional conferences for Startups to Share Lessons Learned and Best Practices on growing a successful start of business.
Entrepreneurship is the engine fueling economic growth , job creation and national reputations.
I suggest that the Canadian Federal government in collaboration with the Provincial governments establishes a universal policy to sponsor the creation of formal education classes starting in high schools and colleges and universities to advance Entrepreneurship Education.
In addition to the formal technology entrepreneurship courses policy would also support the establishment of ongoing Regional Annual Conferences for Startups sharing Lessons Learned and Best Practices to grow a startup business . These conferences would offer real-world real-time tuning and adjustments of the formal concepts learned in the formal technology entrepreneurship courses.
This would be similar to a combination of two global initiatives in world economic forum embarking on a process to advance entrepreneurship education in a recent series of North American conferences on lessons learned and best practices to grow successful startups led by proven industry leaders in the establishment of the startup businesses .
Entrepreneurship Education
Entrepreneurship education This would be similar to the initiatives embarked upon by the World Economic Forum create formal education to spur higher levels and more successful endeavors around the entrepreneurship.
World Economic Forum embarked on a process to advance
Entrepreneurship Education as one of the key drivers
of sustained social development and economic recovery
World Economic Forum Report Quotation
“Entrepreneurship and education are two such extraordinary
opportunities that need to be leveraged and interconnected
if we are to develop the human capital required for building
the societies of the future. Entrepreneurship is the engine
fuelling innovation, employment generation and economic
growth”
Under this policy the government to establish a framework of research and development money in collaboration with leading industries and universities to develop a curriculum and tools and delivery mechanisms both digital and in classroom to offer concrete hands-on case study driven classes proven best practices and proven advice on how to create lean , successful startups.
In order to better illustrate what I mean, one example would be Technology Entrepreneurship Classes similar to Stanford University engineering course 145.
Technology Entrepreneurship Classes - Teaching university students entrepreneurship using latest business entrepreneurship theoretical frameworks combined with Technology start-up Industry veteran “proven” methodologies and best practices to show students how to develop a new business . This “Know How” would accelerate students own personal vision around new potential products/services/ business ideas.
Technology Entrepreneurship Classes Courses offer introduction to concepts and tools essential to the entrepreneurial process, overview of the technology enterprise, and the role of the individual within these high-impact ventures. Case studies, lectures, workshops and projects covering high-growth ventures involving technology working with mentors from industry-leading companies from across the country. tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-23-11-50-28:/call/policy/ideas.xmlNew Idea Policy Establshing Entrepreneurship Education in High School, College, & Universities by dmrobic2010-04-22T22:51:45ZIn order to combat the brain drain, offer grants to further subsidize the education of those students willing to make a commitment to stay in-province or in-country for a set number of years after graduation. I propose a revenue-neutral solution, that provides an option for those intending to seek opportunities abroad, while providing an incentive to stay for others. If the province currently pays 2/3 of the cost, offer to pay 4/5 in exchange for a commitment to stay in-province or in-country for 5 years after graduation. The additional funds could come from reducing the subsidy of those students who don't wish to have that constraint from 2/3 to 1/2, or whatever amount would be required to balance the books.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-22-22-51-45:/call/policy/ideas.xmlNew Idea The Commitment To Canada Scholarship by Brian Alkerton2010-04-22T18:37:34ZFilm and Television drive culture. The Canadian Media Fund handles Television and it is administered by Telefilm Canada. Telefilm Canada handles film in Canada. Telefilm Canada could set up a Co-production Fund, and then they could double or triple the size of the feature film fund....tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-22-18-37-34:/call/policy/ideas.xmlNew Idea FUNDIND CRISIS by RKH2010-04-22T11:21:15ZFor software start-ups, legal fees are one of the largest costs related to creating new products and services and commercializing new technologies. The costs involved in registering trademarks, patents, and other Intellectual Property are so high that new technology companies often have to take a gamble and take their products to market without having access to any of the legal protections afforded by the law.
I believe the Government of Canada is in a great position to help companies with the commercialization and protection of innovations by instituting some type of Tax Credit for fees that lead to the creation of a verifiable Intellectual Property (IP) asset such as a trademark or a patent.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-22-11-21-15:/call/policy/ideas.xmlNew Idea Tax Credits for Innovations that Lead to the Creation of Verifiable Intellectual Property Assets by rtcdesigns2010-04-22T10:10:23ZWe need to build a place where we can talk, exhibit, workshop, develop policies, share Ideas, find funding, work and develop skills. Welcome to The Collage of Digital Transformation, I think if there was a place where we could bring together stakeholders everyday of the week, we could develop a framework for industry success. Not unlike what could happen here with a few changes.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-22-10-10-23:/call/policy/ideas.xmlNew Idea The Collage of Digital Transformation by Michael Evask2010-04-22T03:36:33ZThe ICSP (Integrated Community Sustainability Plan) is an existing government program directed at 'Green investments', that could be easily enhanced into an overall "Innovation Nation" program.
Ideally an innovation policy should be proactive and all-inclusive in terms of social engagement, and linking this type of public participation to local government infrastructure spending is the purpose of the ICSP.
This means it is an existing structure for linking public ideas to $$ funding, thus can enable the innovation lifecycle.
Principally the challenge is the lack of 'crowd sourcing' tools to best enable this collective process, but as sites like this one demonstrate, they're now easily available in the web 2.0 age.
Therefore my idea for ICSP 2.0 is to combine these two, to use Web 2.0 communities for the ICSP process at local government level.
The additional element would be new Innovation Management best practices, such as linking public feedback about to improve their local community to 'Idea-to-Launch' workflows, Community Patents and so forth.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-22-03-36-33:/call/policy/ideas.xmlNew Idea ICSP 2.0 - Framework for a Green Innovation Nation by Neil McEvoy2010-04-20T13:38:28ZFoster this type of culture by changing the way innovation is taught/fostered within the elementary/secondary schooling system. By adding in more leadership-type conferences, events, guest speakers to attend schools, and create new classes focusing on small business management, leadership development, and a focus on higher learning, the future of Canada will become more entrepreneurial and advanced than ever before.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-20-13-38-28:/call/policy/ideas.xmlNew Idea Leaders in Action by smawani2010-04-19T17:00:00ZGoal is to maximize the creative fusion of ideas and digital technology to enhance the collective Canadian community. Establish a fund and events that show case the creative entrepreneurs and social causes that use technology to promote the welfare and enhance the quality of life for all Canadians. A Blending of the X Prizes and Ted awards these events would provide a venue for the best and brightest to inspire and inform the audience. Prospective ideas can be submitted via any digital media format to reviewed by a selection panel. The attendees be the industry leaders, thought leaders from wide ranges of disciplines including the entertainment, arts, design, science, social leaders, philanthropist and of course technological innovators and leaders. The funding would come from annual dues, donations from industry, federal and provincial governments as well and private donations. Winners would be selected from a diverse blue ribbon panel and funding would apportioned to seed fund the initiative, spurring both technological innovation, leadership and social advocacy within Canada.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-19-17-00-00:/call/policy/ideas.xmlNew Idea Digital innovation incubation project by ralphmercer2010-04-19T17:00:00ZAs we live more of our lives online, the issue of what is private and what is public becomes blurred. However, ultimately users should be the ones who determine to what extent their information is public and what can be shared with the broader community. Different websites and organizations have different privacy policies, but a universal, enforceable privacy policy would turn this grey area into black and white.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-19-17-00-00:/call/policy/ideas.xmlNew Idea Privacy and Personal Information by Russell Fordham2010-04-19T17:00:00ZTo be a world leader, Canada must enable the kind of research and development in the digital space that takes place in large organizations as part of their product pipeline. However, this kind of innovation typically falls into a funding gap between universities, founder's investments and VC or angel funding. While these may be higher risk endeavors, an appetite to fund these kinds of initiatives will be necessary so that Canada is not simply a follower in the industry.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-19-17-00-00:/call/policy/ideas.xmlNew Idea Funding Programs to Address Gap Between Research Stage and VC/Angel Funding by Russell Fordham2010-04-19T17:00:00ZIf the true spirit of copyright is that artists and creators are entitled to be compensated for their work, digital distribution methods are forcing a new way to carry it out effectively. The new digital economy provides an opportunity for artists to select how they are compensated, in the same way that internet advertising is billed by pay-per-click or cost per impressions.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-19-17-00-00:/call/policy/ideas.xmlNew Idea A Copyright Model for the Digital Age by Jerry Brown2010-04-19T14:14:30ZTo lead the Digital Economy Canada has to build the nationwide telecommunication infrastructure that will be capable to provide such digital services as:
- Digital Public Services: e-Health, e-Education, e-Voting, e-Government, e-Libraries, etc
- Digital Infrastructure: Real-time transport tracking, energy control, e-utilities, cloud networks, etc
- Digital Media: digital content, VoD, Interactive TV, e-Books, e-News, music, video, etc.
- Unified Communications: video-phone, messaging, voice, etc
- Digital Products: on-line services, data-bases, applications, mapping, ecommerce, mobile payments, finance, etc
Governments consider Internet to be an Universal Digital Platform, but the obsolete technology DOES NOT guarantee the service quality, information delivery, business legality, privacy and security
The National Digital Service Network is the faster, cheaper, secure, efficient and innovative solution of the Digital Economy platform. Simply, you can call it as Canadian Internet, Web Alternative or National Cloud
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There are now technologies that can utilize the unexploited radio spectrum from the UHF television band. These technologies enable the access to high-speed internet to residential and business users in digitally disadvantaged regions, and at market competitive costs.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-19-12-04-04:/call/connectivity/ideas.xmlNew Idea Whitespace broadband for remote and northern communities by StuartJack2010-04-18T18:26:36ZWe need to build micro and macro environment ecosystems tie together through project micro funding.
"The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them." Albert Einstein
Based on Einstein's quote we need to think differently about these problems and not assume Government nor the private secot can solve these problems individually. If you look at the power of social networking you can see the power of a controlled micro and macro ecosystem. The examples i refer to are the Seti project, Wikipedia.org, OpenStreeMap.org and countless others.
Canada needs to develop and support similar initiatives and in conjunction with the private sector provide funding for micro projects that connect business and people including physical hardware and software that distribute, create, store, and share data. This would allow Canadaians to innovate, create and explore allowing Canada to lead in the 21st century
The model to follow would be a business incubation model along with a micro funding model (similar to Kiva.org) where individuals or self forming groups can leverage funding, tap into industry experts (through a network of published experts in academia, industry and governement).tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-18-18-26-36:/call/connectivity/ideas.xmlNew Idea Micro and macro environment ecosystems by r0ss2010-04-15T08:41:07ZElectronic commerce has always suffered through the lack of trust & integrity (and anonymity) in verifying who you’re trading with. Despite this, trading through sites like ebay and Kijiji still operates, but nowhere near the levels it could if there were a ‘verified’ user forum that everyone could sign up to, with genuine consequences for fraudsters. Canada has a higher propensity than most nations to be online and trade online, - and a ‘secure’ digital trading forum could see multiple benefits in driving economic efficiencies that would be envied and replicated across the World.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-15-08-41-07:/call/connectivity/ideas.xmlNew Idea Connecting Communities Through Secure Digital Forums by Andrew Light2010-04-15T03:50:55ZDo you see Clouds everywhere? Me too, and one great way to capitalize on growth markets like this is to define and specialize in a specific niche within it.
How UC (Unified Communications) technologies can be advanced and applied through another overall trend, Cloud computing, is one opportunity to do this.
UC products include software applications from vendors like Microsoft and so are available to be hosted and delivered as Cloud services. Similarly Cloud-based methods for single sign-on via cell phones and other devices will also soon be a huge trend, so this is a rich area for product innovation.
An innovation program would build a collaboration network across research units and major vendors to fast-track new technology ideas, within this targetted domain.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-15-03-50-55:/call/connectivity/ideas.xmlNew Idea Launch a UC Cloud innovation program by Neil McEvoy2010-04-13T23:17:42ZCanada runs the risk of lagging behind other nations in the information age if we fail to have the infrastructure to deliver fast internet connections to all citizens. Government should enter into arrangements with telecom providers to ensure that bleeding-edge internet speeds are available to all citizens at fair prices, and that availability should not be geographically constrained. 4G LTE is the key to doing just that. It's a wireless technology that offers transmission speeds doubling those of the Fibe network just launched by Bell, and extending the offer to assist with financing this network's construction would give government some much need leverage to institute meaningful reforms in the telecom industry (system access fees, clear billing, etc.)tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-13-23-17-42:/call/connectivity/ideas.xmlNew Idea Public-Private Partnerships To Deliver Nationwide 4G LTE Connectivity by Brian Alkerton2010-04-13T16:06:44ZGovernments at all levels need to take steps to stimulate, encourage and reward investment in communications infrastructure. This requires changes in tax policy, government purchasing, zoning and municipal planning, access to rights of way.
The government doesn't need to hand out money to stimulate infrastructure - its best policy may be to just get out of the way.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-13-16-06-44:/call/connectivity/ideas.xmlNew Idea Declaration of Canada as friendly to communications infrastructure investment by Mark Goldberg2010-04-13T10:36:06ZThe OnePassTax service innovation automates the collection of all transaction taxes (GST, PST, Excise, Local, Import and Export). The instant funds transfer from buyer-to-seller; transaction taxes are deposited directly to the bank accounts of the taxing jurisdictions that are authorized to register their interest in the transaction.
Merchants install the OnePassTax assessment and collection agents in their Point of Sale devices. Merchants that have the OnePassTax agents installed are relieved of any further collection and filing duties or liabilities associated with the assessment and collection of transaction taxes.
The tax rates are maintained directly by the taxing jurisdictions and rate changes take effect immediately in merchants’ Point of Sale devices.
The accuracy of the tax collected is directly controlled and monitored by the taxing jurisdiction.
Statistics are generated in near-real time from captured transactions that can be shared with the electorate (TV, web etc) to demonstrate the effects or potential effects of any taxing policy change.
By incorporating the OnePassTax service as an extension to Canada’s GST, Canada will, over a short time, transition to an automated solution and create an enviable asset that Canada can choose to export to the rest of the world.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-13-10-36-06:/call/connectivity/ideas.xmlNew Idea Directing economic growth by automating the collection of transaction taxes - GST/HST/PST by William Olders2010-04-13T10:30:24ZUniversities often share resources with another to tackle large scale computing efforts in areas such as physics or engineering for high performance data crunching. Another resource that could be pooled for research is their IT infrastructures themselves. Many universities have populations similar in size to smaller cities and towns and its students are often early adopters of mobile and connectivity products and services.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-13-10-30-24:/call/connectivity/ideas.xmlNew Idea Infrastructure Research with Universities IT Networks as Prototypes by Lucy Eskedjian2010-04-13T10:04:32ZCanada's hydroelectrical system is aging and for all of those who experienced the big blackout several years ago, not having a stable and reliable power resource is now more top of mind than ever. However, smart grid technology can alleviate many of the challenges facing not only Canadian power suppliers, but around the world. Think of California and their rolling brown-outs.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-13-10-04-32:/call/connectivity/ideas.xmlNew Idea Heal the Burdened Power Grid with a Smart Grid by Lucy Eskedjian2010-04-13T09:55:29ZIf connectivity at its core is about linking people together, than programs to digitize government or public information and therefore giving universal access to Canadians could be an opportunity for Canada to lead in open access to citizens. This data will help connect the diverse regions of Canada and could include everything as information about government services and programs to election information and voting.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-13-09-55-29:/call/connectivity/ideas.xmlNew Idea Digitizing Public Information for Universal Access by Russell Fordham2010-04-13T09:53:10ZWhen we shifted much of our banking online, from bill payments to account statements, banks took the lead in developing the services and security needed to make this what we now consider to be a standard approach. The development of mobile payment systems in Canada has been largely driven by the wireless companies in partnership with credit card companies, but a push from the banks themselves could help Canada overcome the lag in this area in comparison with other regions and help us to emerge as a global leader.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-13-09-53-10:/call/connectivity/ideas.xmlNew Idea Canadian Banks Take Prominent Role in Mobile Payment Development by Russell Fordham2010-04-13T09:51:17ZSeveral years ago a plan to make the town of Chapleau, Ontario into a state of the art connected city was conceived. For various reasons, the experiment is no longer being carried out in Chapleau, however reinvigorating this idea could help drive Canada into a leadership position in digital and create a new future for smaller cities in town in need of new opportunities. Communities hard hit by the decline of some traditional industries like manufacturing or one industry towns could be developed as real life prototypes that are then scaled to the rest of the country.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-13-09-51-17:/call/connectivity/ideas.xmlNew Idea Recreate the Chapleau Project in Towns Across Canada by Russell Fordham2010-04-12T15:09:49ZOne of the newest and most successful business models in the digital world is that of the social/online games producer. Gamemakers Zygna and Playfish may continue to war between themselves - but they point to one potiential business model for the whole of the creative industry. Create a number of low-cost, partically-developed products each will the ability to be expanded upon (i.e. Betas), then follow the uptake of these products - and invest only where users go. I argue for beta-movies, beta-TV programs (aka pilots), beta books - all in the spirit of expmentation and innovation.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-12-15-09-49:/call/media/ideas.xmlNew Idea Content in Beta Testing by Kristian Roberts Nordicity2010-04-11T13:06:14ZMission: Show to the World the significance of Canada's role in the Digital Economy
Vision: The Canadian content is the most recognizable content in the world by 2017. You can see the Canadian Brand Logo everywhere: Internet pages, Apple`s apps, games, software, blogs, videos, news, broadcast, books, etc.
Strategy: Brand Canadian Content Globally
Initiatives:
1. Create the Canadian digital brand (logo, placement, banners, etc)
2. Promote the use of these standards with any Canadian content and digital services
3. Develop the platform (system), supporting the distribution of Canadian contenttag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-11-13-06-14:/call/media/ideas.xmlNew Idea Brand: Made In Canada by Strivan2010-04-09T16:35:01ZMuch content is inaccessible to the hearing impaired and when closed-captioning does exist, the quality is often poor. That's true of professionally produced content but even more so for the growing plethora of content that is produced outside of the conventional broadcasting system. By making content available for screening (and existing captioning available for editing, where applicable) and providing appropriate tools to individuals, we can change that, with each volunteer contributing to the cause to the extent they wish -- from providing minor corrections to existing captioning through to doing extensive captioning work on a long-form video. Like Wikipedia, it would be a crowd-sourced and crowd-powered community effort and, also like Wikipedia, it can develop its own self-policing and quality control measures to prevent abuse and ensure very high quality results.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-09-16-35-01:/call/media/ideas.xmlNew Idea Crowd-powered closed-captioning services by Alan Sawyer2010-04-07T17:05:42ZAny cultural content created with the assistance of public funding should be licensed in such a way that people who wish to remix, reuse, and build upon it to create new cultural works can do so. Artists who receive public funding should have the right to stipulate (if they choose) that derivative works be non-commercial, that credit be given to the original creator, and that subsequent creations be subject to the same license terms, but they should not have the right to deny the creation of derivative works or demand exorbitant payment in order to permit their creation.
For financial reasons it would likely be necessary to permit artists a certain timeframe of license exclusivity so that they can sustain themselves on their work, but the current copyright length of life + 50 years needs to go. 5-10 years, a period comparable to drug patent exclusivity, would be much more reasonable.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-07-17-05-42:/call/media/ideas.xmlNew Idea Creative Commons Licensing For All Publicly-Funded Cultural Content by Brian Alkerton2010-04-07T07:24:14ZThe TM Forum (tmforum.org) is the global forum for telco, cable and mobile service providers, and the 'Content Encounter' program is their initiative to engineer a cross-platform digital media supply chain. Key challenges to achieve this end-to-end integration are not yet addressed, and so PwC has the opportunity to position 'Transform' based best practices for doing so.
Pooling the collective wisdom of Canada's brightest media telecomms gurus into the 'to be' technical designs for a Business Transformation would create an asset and toolset for PwC that could be used to create next generation multimedia 'ecosystems'.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-07-07-24-14:/call/media/ideas.xmlNew Idea Transform the Content Encounter by Neil McEvoy2010-04-07T00:21:34ZCalgary's iStockphoto (now owned by Getty, but still HQ'd in Calgary) is the world's biggest supplier of crowd-supplied images (royalty-free stock). But (aside from photo sales) their biz model and platform has mastered micropayments, credit bundling, crowd/community production & management, smart search, etc. It could be the home of artful, crowd-produced content (i.e. design + tv + youtube + itunes = iStockMedia) and become the epicentre of a creative web channel emergence.
Here are a few examples of iStock's "small step" forays into media partnership distribution: Partnership with Google Blogger, ToonBoom partnership, HP partnership, contest iStock is running with the Guardian newspaper in the UK, etc. ... (see links below)tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-07-00-21-34:/call/media/ideas.xmlNew Idea iStockMedia :-) ... leverage the iStockphoto micropayment crowdsourcing system by Sharon M McIntyre2010-04-06T14:07:55ZOne net. Skynet. No, really - and AI system to ominvioiusly store, serve and protect its content. Affiliatied and with traceable verification that promotes responsible citizenship. Users can post, retrieve, view what you want into and from categories and medium. Majority public user funded it with membership - like a co-op. But corporation can post, newspaper can post, tv can post, Giller prize writers can post, kindergarden kids can post. Secured cloud storage really - with a finance system and a mediator/guardian.
One point. Universal access point to allow public media access and display, recharging, renewal and reshapping. A media booth. Integrated with public facilities, of various sizes for access and display for various purpose and users varying from emergency broadcast system, news and mail updates, Sunday service, book launch, massive visual art projections, watch a major movie release in private booth, or watch your videos in semi-public venue. Probably using an HDMI cable.
One device. Or device function s/w protocl. To tie this all in is a Digital Wallet - that houses everything but personable : from loose change to iPod, quality aspherical camera, biometric identification, projection capable, credit card to business email pushes as well as travel passport.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-06-14-07-55:/call/media/ideas.xmlNew Idea One net, one point, one device. by dsdf2010-04-06T13:08:51ZIts time for Canada to realize app developers will distribute content from all sectors. Or should I say it is time for all sectors to start thinking as app developers. Apps have the ability to develop markets for the Video, Film, Broadcast, Literature, Games and Music Industry while securing copyright and building a revenue stream. tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-06-13-08-51:/call/media/ideas.xmlNew Idea It’s An App World by Michael Evask2010-04-06T07:32:32ZThe good news for media developers and content produces is that the demand for content is not decreasing, it is in fact increasing. Meeting this demand for content is a challenge for media companies who are struggling to maintain revenue while the industry changes. Instead of simply growing larger through industry consolidation or mergers, media companies should embrace a partnership business model, as other industries have successfully done.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-06-07-32-32:/call/media/ideas.xmlNew Idea New Business Models Based on Partnerships by Russell Fordham2010-04-06T07:31:40ZFor several years, the expectation has been that mobile will become the new mass media. High penetration of users and deep device integration in people’s lives, the ideas was that it will join other mediums such as television and radio in reaching the mass market. However, the lack of one operating system or development language has fragmented the market by device and complicated the issue for developers who have to choose which device they will develop for or recreate an application to port to a different device. Regardless of whether it is an open source standard or a proprietary standard, there is an opportunity to finally reach mobile’s potential as the newest mass medium.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-06-07-31-40:/call/media/ideas.xmlNew Idea Industry Standards for Mobile Phones by Russell Fordham2010-04-05T20:27:15ZWe live in a time of unparalleled technological change, and that change only accelerates with each passing year. Any commitment to ensure that our students are trained on the latest and greatest technology is a commitment to costs that will never stop spiraling upwards, and is ultimately unsustainable. In simplest terms, people need to have the knowledge and skillset to be able to adapt to whatever technologies emerge in the future. This won't happen by feeding them every new technology that comes out while they're in K-12 and then casting them off to fend for themselves, but by making media literacy, critical thinking, and communication primary objectives of K-12 curricula across Canada.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-05-20-27-15:/call/education/ideas.xmlNew Idea If The Media Are The Messages, Let's Teach People How To Read Them. by Brian Alkerton2010-04-05T20:17:43ZDigital Economy operates services rather than products. Current education is the product. You invested time and money and you have received the diploma - product. After than, nobody care about you education. I offer to change the education system and make it service, where professional has to be re-educated every five years due the whole career-life and prove their creditability.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-05-20-17-43:/call/education/ideas.xmlNew Idea Long-Life-Education System (LLE) by Strivan2010-04-05T17:08:34ZIn the early PC era, many video games were focused on problem solving or strategy skills with an underlying focus on educational skills. In the last few years gaming applications that serve an educational or business purpose have been gaining in popularity. Canada could champion this new/old focus for video games, leveraging both our game development expertise, creative writing talent and academic resources to capture this growing market.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-05-17-08-34:/call/media/ideas.xmlNew Idea Revisiting Gaming’s Past to Create the Future by Andrew Light2010-04-05T17:02:25ZOne of the great things about digital is the ability for companies to get closer to their customers to gain a better understanding of their wants and needs and then develop creative products or services. This tension between creativity and control could be relieved by a kind of “ISO for Taxonomy” of the classification and organization of rights, ownership and distribution of content.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-05-17-02-25:/call/media/ideas.xmlNew Idea Creating a Universal iTunes Store by Jerry Brown2010-04-04T12:07:38ZMost Canadian citizens receive the foundations of their education in the public K-12 system. This early education sets up the interests, expectations, initiatives and goals of the students. We must ensure that the foundations that are set early in terms of technology, creativity and business skills and interests are well-laid.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-04-12-07-38:/call/education/ideas.xmlNew Idea Ensure public K-12 is fostering knowledge-based economy skills by LynnSutherland2010-04-03T17:44:32ZBuild a network of Collaborative Innovation in Business Learning Environments (CIBLE) for undergraduates in Canada's post-secondary institutions. Today, undergraduate students (and often post-graduate students), in design, engineering, and business faculties still learn in silos; sometimes taking the odd elective classes from each other’s disciplines, but not collaborating with each other in their daily learning. Collaborative learning centres (and corresponding integrative curriculum) would encourage interdisciplinary groups of students to creative, problem solve and innovate together. These learning centres would move beyond the traditional rows of desks and textbook-based undergraduate learning to an immersive environment which provides students with the digital tools, case studies, challenges, mentoring and opportunities to collaborate, innovate and thrive in a borderless world. Business incubation centres have had limited success in North America, with measurement mostly based upon activities and not outcomes. We need to reach students earlier in their educational and career paths to foster the attitudes and aptitudes that drive successful innovation tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-03-17-44-32:/call/education/ideas.xmlNew Idea Network of Collaborative Innovation in Business Learning Environments (CIBLE) by Sharon M McIntyre2010-04-02T15:22:09ZThere's a huge gap between what academia thinks the economy needs, the quality of what schools produce, and what business actually needs.
We need a website that a) scrapes job ad sites and business websites for skills being requested in Canada and *especially* abroad for comparison, b) solicited input from businesses on the same, c) did a Maclean's magazine style ranking of the various academic offerings in Canada *and* abroad related to the new economy, d) did a business survey ranking on the actual quality and "utility" (hireability?) of graduates produced by these schools.
Making use of geo-tagging for all of the above would also provide key data about regional needs.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-02-15-22-09:/call/education/ideas.xmlNew Idea Bridging the Gap between Business and Education Using a Web 2.0 Solution by Chandra Clarke2010-04-02T14:34:49ZIn my opinion, the biggest failing in tech education is simply the irrelevance of much of the skills a student acquires in university/college by the time they graduate and enter the work force.
Curricula at most institutions, in a best-case scenario, are a year or two behind what's "current". In today's volatile technological landscape, what a student learns in his or her first year or two of post-secondary education is often entering the twilight of its life cycle by the time the student graduates.
While the need to keep learning and stay current is a reality in any career in technology, we can give students a leg up right out of the gate by embracing emerging technologies in our schools and focusing on the standards of tomorrow instead of the practices of today.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-02-14-34-49:/call/education/ideas.xmlNew Idea Aggressively Update Technical Curricula by Mike Barnlund2010-04-01T13:41:32ZOver the last few years, the practice of “design thinking” has evolved as an important discipline, using the concepts of problem solving used by designers to create more effective businesses. The discipline of design thinking has shown that you can teach creativity, similarly we should be able to give students the skills to be a successful entrepreneur. While you can’t teach passion, you can give students an experiential learning environment through digital to help them develop the skills to create and grow successful companies.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-01-13-41-32:/call/education/ideas.xmlNew Idea Curriculum Development to Foster Digital Entrepreneurs by Russell Fordham2010-04-01T11:26:48ZLarge and complex problems (or opportunities) require people from many different technical and functional areas to share their knowledge and to be able to work effectively together.
But people are much more comfortable talking to other like themsleves - because the shared vocabulary and frameworks makes it so much easier.
The problem is that, taking this approach, we end up with silos of knowledge with people tossing information over the "walls".
We need to build our people's - and our organizations' - "knowledge integration" capabilities - to improve the exchange of ideas and perspectives.
tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-01-11-26-48:/call/education/ideas.xmlNew Idea Knoweldge Integration - the key is putting it all together by Gordon ValaWebb2010-04-01T11:25:14ZJust as reading and writing is seen as key to development and empowerment of citizens, there needs to be a focus on ensuring that Canadians of all ages are digitally literate. The focus of many international programs is for school programs to ensure children have the necessary digital skills, but the success of the Nintendo Wii, for example, with a wide range of demographics, shows that older generations can engage with new mediums and can benefit from this kind of development.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-01-11-25-14:/call/education/ideas.xmlNew Idea Digital Literacy for All Canadians by Russell Fordham2010-04-01T07:53:05ZThe title, a quotation from D J Boorstin in the 1960s or early 1970s tells us that becoming educated requires an open mind willing to listen, think about things and apply new-found knowledge. Albert Einstein remarked that one should "make things as simple as possible, but no simpler". Sadly many educators fail in this either by being too complex in the material they present and in the presentations themselves or by over-simplifying and losing the essence of the concepts being explored. Today we live in the era of Ubiquitous Participation (UP!), a PwC Canada term which emphasizes that one-way communication is "out" and that dialogue is "in". This is especially important in education where, each day, both student and instructor should ask themselves, "what have I learned today, and what have I taught today". Digital Media in Canada can play a huge role in accelerating and improving education by 1. Reaching residents wherever they may be in this vast country; Providing materials to individual persons which match their level of education, their requirements and their abilities; 3. Illustrate using multimedia the concepts to be learned in engaging ways which capture the imagination and attention of the student as never before; Enable real two-way participation between educator and learner as never before. We should build our Educational System and train our Educators around these principles if we want an educated population suited to the decades ahead.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-01-07-53-05:/call/education/ideas.xmlNew Idea Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know by David Jacobson2010-04-01T06:44:10ZThe X games for the minds by discipline and age - whether creative in terms of art, science or business. A venue for practicing of ideas, competition and avenue of exposure. Growth and advancement requires a infrastructure like the hockey networks, or OFSAA. Begins at a young age, and move up, not necessary by age group but by talent and/or interest/expertise level. Will need help from mentors, sponsors, activists, judges and mediators.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-04-01-06-44-10:/call/education/ideas.xmlNew Idea Imagination Olympics by dsdf2010-03-31T15:45:56ZMeasured against its peers, Canada has historically had among the lowest number of PhD graduates per 100,000 population: in many cases, this may be because our top graduate students head abroad to obtain advanced degrees.
Canada needs to develop more world class academic programmes, with leading researchers attracting top students, leading to industrial research grants.
Universities can generate a gravitational attraction to help incubate a digital economy ecosystem.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-03-31-15-45-56:/call/education/ideas.xmlNew Idea Create Canadian Institutes of ICT by Mark Goldberg2010-03-31T15:44:13ZThe traditional liberal arts education was designed around the idea of giving post secondary education a breadth of knowledge and analytical skills in a variety of fields. As digital has evolved into every aspect of business, preparing students to be competent in areas such as engineering, programming, content creation and storytelling would enable them to excel and lead Canada in the digital economy.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-03-31-15-44-13:/call/education/ideas.xmlNew Idea Evolving Liberal Arts Education into Digital Arts by Russell Fordham2010-03-30T12:22:42ZThe biggest barrier to entry for Canadians is not education or skill but rather capital investment opportunities for startups. Compared to the U.S. Canada has very little in the way of Venture Capital that is available.
Open Capital Network would allow for an online network to be established to bring great ideas that need funding to those who have capital and want to do something with it. In a Social Network environment you can allow the process to grow organically without the barriers of RFP style submissions. People can comment, add to the discussion, critique and ultimately get financially involved in an idea. A Facebook for Entrepreneurs tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-03-30-12-22-42:/call/education/ideas.xmlNew Idea Open Capital Network by scorgie2010-03-30T05:42:37ZDesign Ignites Change is a US-based initiative for involving youth in more social activism, including 'School: By Design'. I'd propose creating a Canadian version with the same principles.
See: http://www.designigniteschange.org/tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-03-30-05-42-37:/call/education/ideas.xmlNew Idea Create a Canadian 'Design Ignites Change' initiative by Neil McEvoy2010-03-29T12:00:00ZThe digital world connects people from all over the world instantaneously to communicate and share ideas. At the same time, education has often been named as a key factor in achieving success and prosperity. The combination of education and digital to create virtual learning environments and leverage eLearning is the ultimate chance to advance both an individual’s opportunity for growth and development and the creation of new industries and a broader knowledge base in communities.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-03-29-12-00-00:/call/education/ideas.xmlNew Idea Virtual Learning Environments and ELearning to Build Strong Communities by Andrew Light2010-03-29T09:56:54ZCanada needs a broadband program that provides funds and government incentives similar to what exists in the U.S. to bring advanced broadband services to rural and small communities.
For too long most urban Canadians have been captive to a sub-standard definition of “broadband” in which incumbent service providers throttle and traffic shape bandwidth to overcome the shortcomings of the traditional copper and hybrid co-axial networks over which they deliver high speed Internet, HD TV and telephone services. This situation is much worse for rural and smaller urban communities that remain stuck with legacy DSL service. The $250 million that Canada invests in broadband initiatives has favoured low cost solutions that attempt to milk the most out of this aging copper and co-axial technology, rather than build the next-generation networks required for the 21st century.
For rural and smaller urban communities, we need government incentives to provide city-like broadband services. Advanced broadband should be treated as another basic utility in which Canadians are guaranteed the right of equal access.
Only fiber-optic cable to the home and the business premises (FTTH/FTTB) can deliver the future-proof networks necessary to provide the quality and reliability Canadians should expect now and in years to come. Existing fiber networks in the U.S. commonly deliver dedicated transmission speeds of 20 mbs/s or higher, whereas copper and hybrid struggle to deliver even a fraction of this on a consistent basis.
Over the past decade, the costs of deploying FTTH have dropped, while the expert resources available to help small communities make the right choices to build an economical, future-proof and profitable broadband network have grown considerably. tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-03-29-09-56-54:/call/technology/ideas.xmlNew Idea Why Canada needs Fiber-to-the-Home by Peter Kallai Enablence2010-03-28T16:58:57ZMobile applicationstag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-03-28-16-58-57:/call/technology/ideas.xmlNew Idea Mobile applications by Chad Jones2010-03-28T15:21:01ZModern big ideas are those that can turn into multi billion dollar industries and have hundreds of millions of potential customers. Strategic initiatives should be those that are transformational to the human experience. Truly innovative ideas make the world forever different and better.
To select one idea to lead Canada’s digital future is an impossible task. Canada will need to be competitive on many fronts but I believe that a great mission could be to focus the creativity of many on finding ways to enhance health care.
Digital Health Care is the merger of traditional healthcare with new ideas born of digital technology, the evolving web and apps approached to solving complex problems and the infusion of “net style” innovation into complicated real problems.
Digital Health Care will be the framework from which we build a more accountable results oriented health care system in Canada. tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-03-28-15-21-01:/call/technology/ideas.xmlNew Idea World Leadership in Digital Health Care. by Brady Gilchrist2010-03-27T08:25:56ZThe Cloud is the next stage in the evolution of the Internet. The Cloud makes information available to a mass market. By using remote server capabilities to deliver information, the Cloud is “the PC that never breaks”. The Cloud is an always-on repository and delivery agency for a limitless amount of digital information. The Mobile Development Cluster is the central coordinating agency for innovations and alliances that promote the more rapid adoption of Cloud Computing for mobile devices and applications, by organizations and the general public.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-03-27-08-25-56:/call/technology/ideas.xmlNew Idea Program to Develop the "Mobile Cloud" ICT sector by Barry Gander2010-03-26T08:11:08ZLike water, like hydro electricity - and almost as valuable - digital media needs a meter. Some device or service that measures digital media content consumption bit by bit. It tracks the who, how, where and what of media usage, so content creators are not only aware, they are compensated.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-03-26-08-11-08:/call/technology/ideas.xmlNew Idea Digital Media Taxi Meter by meded2010-03-25T22:20:30ZHaving everything stored digitally is convenient, but having dozens of different passwords and PINs is not. There are sites where you can manage all your logins, but having some sort of universal digital identity, in the same way that your social insurance number or other data confirms your identity that is secure and reliable would make it easier to fully utilize all the opportunities of the cloud and digital to keep your individual information, everything from health records to mobile payments to your email password.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-03-25-22-20-30:/call/technology/ideas.xmlNew Idea Creating a Unique Digital Identity by Russell Fordham2010-03-25T09:26:19ZIn 1967, Michael Polanyi, distinguished philosopher and scientist famously remarked, "we know more than we can tell" or, put a little differently, we know more than we know how to tell. He was referring to the fact that Tacit Knowledge, which is the knowledge that we carry in our heads and on our persons is not easily accessed and shared. The Tacit Knowledge "walking database" is the most valuable database in any organization because it is so rich in its diversity of combined genetics, education, experience and skills. We are hired for our particular Tacit Knowledge and we earn our salaries and bonuses by applying this knowledge. Entrepreneurs use their Tacit Knowledge to create businesses and invent new products and services. Classical ways of accessing and sharing one another's Tacit Knowledge include meetings, cocktail-party networking, conference calls, symposia and "water cooler chatter". But now we have a new powerful way of sharing Tacit Knowledge - digital social networking in business. While social networking in society and leisure has seen widespread adoption (there are some 400m users of Facebook), we are only at the beginning of harnessing digital social networking to access and share Tacit Knowledge in a business context. Now is the time, now is the opportunity for Canada to lead in this newly emerging business field!tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-03-25-09-26-19:/call/technology/ideas.xmlNew Idea Unlocking and Sharing "Tacit Knowledge" in Business by David Jacobson2010-03-25T07:17:48ZGoal is to maximize the creative fusion of ideas and digital technology to enhance the collective Canadian community. Establish a fund and events that show case the creative entrepreneurs and social causes that use technology to promote the welfare and enhance the quality of life for all Canadians. A Blending of the X Prizes and Ted awards these events would provide a venue for the best and brightest to inspire and inform the audience. Prospective ideas can be submitted via any digital media format to reviewed by a selection panel. The attendees be the industry leaders, thought leaders from wide ranges of disciplines including the entertainment, arts, design, science, social leaders, philanthropist and of course technological innovators and leaders. The funding would come from annual dues, donations from industry, federal and provincial governments as well and private donations. Winners would be selected from a diverse blue ribbon panel and funding would apportioned to seed fund the initiative, spurring both technological innovation, leadership and social advocacy within Canadatag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-03-25-07-17-48:/call/technology/ideas.xmlNew Idea Digital innovation incubation project by ralphmercer2010-03-24T13:44:06ZA significant proportion of Canada's geography is inhabited with population densities that cannot economically support conventional wireline broadband connectivity, let alone more advanced speeds that could be required by next generation applications. While most other countries have a rural / urban digital divide, few have such a dramatically diverse and challenging topography. A focus on developing a range of technology solutions could provide improved connectivity for Canadians and export opportunities for technology and know-how.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-03-24-13-44-06:/call/technology/ideas.xmlNew Idea The rural and remote divide by Mark Goldberg2010-03-24T08:35:16ZAdaptation to rapidly emerging/obsolescing technological environments by abandoning traditional hierarchal modes of teaching in favour of leveraging the latent, collective abilities of an entire cohort of students. Redefine roles to allow students and teachers to transform unsupportable, vertical, silo-style of learning to a distributed, ecosystem model.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-03-24-08-35-16:/call/technology/ideas.xmlNew Idea Rapid Integration of Skills & Knowledge (RISK) and The Knowledge Garden by Jim Kinney2010-03-19T09:18:40ZWireless network operators are facing a capacity crunch because of new data demands on wireless networks. Many operators and equipment suppliers are talking about the need for mobile data offload. Integrating Wifi and new white space spectrum with existing 3G/4G networks could provide significant more capacity and reduce costs. Such a network could also be entirely built using renewable energy such as micro windmils and solar panels to power nodes. More details can be found at http://billstarnaud.blogspot.com/2010/03/more-on-building-5g-wireless-r.htmltag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-03-19-09-18-40:/call/technology/ideas.xmlNew Idea Building next generation 5G wireless network by Bill St Arnaud2010-03-19T09:11:55ZCanada needs to focus on innovation in wireless. Whether it is infrastructure (will we get left behind in the race to LTE?), handsets, applications or carrier costs, we should look at fostering innovation.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-03-19-09-11-55:/call/technology/ideas.xmlNew Idea Support Canadian wireless innovation by funding research and development by Sarah Blue2010-03-17T17:00:00ZAs cloud computing becomes the norm, all the digital data being transmitted needs a home, typically massive data servers. By combining Canada's unique wealth of resources including land and engineering talent with sustainable power resources (e.g. hydroelectric power), Canada could be home to massive infrastructure (such as server farms), needed for hosting the world's digital information.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-03-17-17-00-00:/call/technology/ideas.xmlNew Idea Canada Plays Host to International Cloud Infrastructure Powered by Natural Resources by Andrew Light2010-03-17T15:36:39ZBeyond the addictive performance of RIM's Blackberries is a push message system that holds possibility far beyond the real-time reliable email to BB subscribers as they roam. What about opening up the RIM push infrastructure for other applications that could leverage the system.tag:http://pwc-compass.chaordix.com,2010-03-17-15-36-39:/call/technology/ideas.xmlNew Idea Open Applications on RIM push technology by Claudia Moore