Data plumbing provides a way for your company to manage, process, and store data efficiently so that it can be easily accessed and used to improve your company’s processes and organization. By having a well structured plumbing system, your company can increase business efficiency and productivity, reduce costs, and provide actionable insights promptly, with data to back-up your decision-making.

This week we’re continuing our series on the hottest of topics - Artificial Intelligence. In this week's episode, we have two Lixar experts coming in to discuss AI and the Government of Canada. We’ll chat about some of Lixar’s work in that sphere as well as well as how we could see widespread adoption of the technology.

In this episode we take a look at another one of our Lixar Community Partners. The Kids Help Phone and Lixar have partnered for a number of years to help provide essential support for youth in crisis. The charitable organization provides free online and telephone counselling to kids in need via a toll-free number and a myriad of other services, and it’s one we’re very proud to support. We chat with Jessica Pancoe, Manager of Eastern Ontario, Community Fundraising and Corporate Development at Kids Help Phone. about the organization, some of the tech that goes into providing this service, and what you can do to get involved.

In this exciting episode of the Lixar Podcast, we sit down with John Weigelt, National Technology Officer and AI expert at Microsoft Canada. We're joined by Jim Provost, lead data scientist at Lixar, to unpack what AI truly means for our society and how we can work together to see it used responsibly.

We tackle some misinformed speculation around AI, highlight what people need to pay attention to, lay out principles of ethical AI, and outline what people can do to participate in the conversation.

We’re sitting down with Jon Bartlett, founder and director of the Megaphono music festival and conference.

In this episode, we focus on one of our longstanding  Lixar community partners: The Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa. We’ll chat with Executive Director Colleen Mooney about the organization itself, it’s impact on Ottawa-area youth, and what you can do to get involved.  The BGCO is an organization that helps youth in marginalized communities, and one that we’re proud to support.

In this very special episode of The Lixar Podcast, we sit down with Lixar CEO Bill Syrros to get his take on the recently concluded technology showcase. We cover electrification, flying cars, VR, and how technology is starting to blend seamlessly with everyday life. We also talk AI and some of the applications we think could change the world.

In this special episode of the Lixar Podcast, we talk to Hamed Faghfoury - one of our contacts on the ground at last week's NAIAS and Automobili-d conferences in Detroit. NAIAS and Automobili-d give a glimpse into new and exciting auto tech being rolled out in the coming year, and we're happy to bring you this preview first-hand.  In our conversation, Hamed takes us through the auto tech trends he saw, with a focus on AI and ML in autonomous vehicles and auto manufacturing.

In this podcast, we sit down with one of our Lixar community partners - Maddy Mackenzie, someone who embodies some of the values we hold here at Lixar.

Here at Lixar we do a lot of work with automotive partners including data discovery workshops - that is, working with their team to analyze the data on hand and put it to actionable use; we believe in starting small and thinking big, so for companies who have a lot of data but aren't yet sure of it's best use we offer a two week assessment to get them on the path for data-driven success.

We also offer an IoT accelerator package - for those in the auto manufacturing industry who want to take their IoT implementation to the next level by leveraging cloud computing, Machine Learning, and AI.

If you want to chat in person, connect with Anthony and Paul at CES, the world's gathering place for all those who thrive on the business of consumer technologies. CES takes place from January 8th - 11th.