Economic Development Matters / Edmonton Global: Recent Episodes
Edmonton Global
Economic Development Matters is a podcast presented by Edmonton Global, the economic development agency for the Edmonton Metropolitan Region in Alberta, Canada. It is a platform to discuss strategies for investment attraction, how to be globally competitive, and other matters related to economic development and growth.
Hosted by Brianna Morris and Sherri Bouslama.
Sherri and Brianna speak with Adam Legge, President of the Business Council of Alberta. We talk about their ongoing work to support business-friendly policies for the province and about their latest report, Future Unbuilt, which provides recommendations to the federal government on how to improve Canada's regulatory processes to build major infrastructure that enables us to achieve ambitious environmental and economic targets.
Brianna and Sherri speak with Stan Wraight, President and CEO of SASI World, Charles Edwards, VP of SASI World, and Alex Lowe, from the Edmonton International Airport (YEG). They discuss the ongoing work to build out cargo capacity at the Edmonton International Airport and what trends are happening globally that impact global logistics and cargo transport.
https://www.sasiworld.com/
Sherri and Brianna chat with Rachel Connell, VP of the North American Strategy for Competitiveness (NASCO) about their upcoming reunion event taking place in Edmonton, August 29-31, 2023. The event will see Canada, U.S., and Mexico business and political leaders gather to discuss the future of our North American trading relationships.
Learn more about the event here.
Sherri and Brianna were invited by UDI - Edmonton Metro to their event to launch their State of Growth report. The report was jointly produced with the Edmonton Metropolitan Region Board and provides a compelling snapshot of the region’s diverse assets and offerings around four themes: people and housing, economic competitiveness and employment, land use and development opportunities, and quality of life. The full report can be found here or at https://www.udiedmonton.com/reports.
We speak to Andrew MacIsaac, CEO of Applied Pharmaceutical Innovation (API) about supporting the life sciences sector by linking post-secondary institutions and industry and facilitating commercialization. We also talk about the Canadian Critical Drug Initiative and the work being done to build the Edmonton region into a pharmaceutical R & D and manufacturing hub.
Applied Pharmaceutical Innovation: https://appliedpharma.ca/
Andrew can be followed on Twitter: @andrewkm
We chat with Dr. Sebastian Knebel and Vladimir Srezoski from Smyze, based in Switzerland, and James Johnson, founder of Vender Convenience, a cashless convenience store opening in downtown Edmonton. Smyze is investing to install their robotic barista in the store - their first North American location.
https://www.venderconvenience.com/
https://smyze.com/en/
Mark manages the economic development corporation for another region in Alberta: the Harvest Sky Region. Brianna and Sherri ask about some of the region's past challenges and current initiatives. Learn more at: https://harvestsky.ca/
Sherri and Brianna talk with guests Sheila Chauvet and Ashley Clark about a program that connects small businesses in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region with a student consultant that helps the business develop an online presence. To learn more about program, check out: www.yourdep.ca To learn more about Sheila's business (and see the website she created with Ashley's help), check out: https://www.steppingforwardpsychology.com/ To learn more about the University of Alberta School of Business Consulting Group, check out: https://www.schoolofbusinesscg.com/
We chat with Todd Babiuk about place branding that goes beyond buzzwords. Todd, a former Edmontonian, is now the CEO of Brand Tasmania in Australia.
Website: https://www.toddbabiak.com/ Twitter: @babiak
Brand Tasmania website: https://tasmanian.com.au/ Twitter: @BrandTasmania
Jade Chiles, CEO & Co-Founder of Ordr, tell us about the new Ordr app, why he developed it, his career journey, and future plans for the company.
Website: https://ordr.io/ Twitter: @ORDReats
We chat with Edmonton Global's Jeff Bell about his career journey and about how data collection and analytics are used in economic development.
Sherri and Brianna share information about themselves, discuss past episodes and guests, and ideas for the podcast moving forward.
We discuss an upcoming event hosted by Edmonton Global with guests Hana Marinkovic, Director of Corporate Affairs at Applied Pharmaceutical Innovation, and Chris McLeod, VP of Global Marketing and Communications at Edmonton Global.
We chat with Myron Keehn, VP of Air Service, Business Development, ESG and Stakeholder Relations at the Edmonton International Airport (EIA). We discuss how airports are economic drivers for a region, the history of the EIA, and the EIA's sustainability initiatives. Follow the EIA on Twitter: @FlyEIA
We chat with Janet Lane, Director of Human Capital Centre at the Canada West Foundation about their recent report "Work to Live: Alberta Youth Mobility" and how youth perceptions impact a region's ability to attract and retain talent. https://cwf.ca/research/publications/new-report-work-to-live-alberta-youth-mobility/
In this episode we speak with Dr. Riya Ganguly, the University of Alberta's Associate Vice President, Enterprise. We discuss the special role that university's play in IP and how to support commercialization of innovation and the role this plays in economic development. We also chat about career pathways in economic development and how to pivot into this exciting industry. Dr. Ganguly: rgangul1@ualberta.ca Brianna: bmorris@edmontonglobal.ca Sherri: sbouslama@edmontonglobal.ca Website: edmontonglobal.ca
We chat with Adam O'Brien, CEO and founder of Bitcoin Well, the first publicly traded bitcoin company in the world. https://bitcoinwell.com/
We chat with Zack Storms of Startup TNT about angel investing and building community within the startup ecosystem.
www.startuptnt.com/ www.startuptnt.com/events Twitter: @Startup_TNT
We chat with Dr. Bob Murray about challenges in economic development and about post-secondary institutions as economic drivers. http://www.drbobmurray.ca/
On this episode we discuss the recent Canadian Hydrogen Convention, ESG, and economic development with Alberta's Associate Minister Dale Nally.
Dorothy can be found at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dorothy-chan-cpa-ca-2baa8125/
Saurabh can be found at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saurabhkumar7/
Brianna: bmorris@edmontonglobal.ca
Sherri: sbouslama@edmontonglobal.ca
Website: edmontonglobal.ca
Brianna: bmorris@edmontonglobal.ca
Sherri: sbouslama@edmontonglobal.ca
Website: edmontonglobal.ca
We speak to Edmonton Global's Executive Vice President, Mustafa Sahin about building relationships with strategic regions to drive local growth and prosperity.
Brianna: bmorris@edmontonglobal.ca
Sherri: sbouslama@edmontonglobal.ca
Website: edmontonglobal.ca
We interview Stephen Lund, CEO of Toronto Global. He shares highlights and lessons learned over the course of his career in economic development.
Brianna: bmorris@edmontonglobal.ca
Sherri: sbouslama@edmontonglobal.ca
Website: edmontonglobal.ca
We discuss the potential of the hydrogen industry with Brent Lakeman and what’s happening to encourage a transition to hydrogen energy.
Brent Lakeman: blakeman@edmontonglobal.ca
Brianna: bmorris@edmontonglobal.ca
Sherri: sbouslama@edmontonglobal.ca
Website: edmontonglobal.ca
We learn from Dr. Kerri Holland about exciting developments in the agriculture sector and what can be done to foster its growth and attract investment, especially in value-added agriculture.
Brianna: bmorris@edmontonglobal.ca
Sherri: sbouslama@edmontonglobal.ca
Website: edmontonglobal.ca
We interview Chris Steele, who has worked as a corporate site selector and has assisted dozens of companies as they decided where in the world to invest. We ask him how much government incentives matter, how they’re best used, and what governments should not do.
Chris can be contacted at chris.steele@ebp-us.com
Brianna: bmorris@edmontonglobal.ca
Sherri: sbouslama@edmontonglobal.ca
Website: edmontonglobal.ca
On today's inaugural episode Brianna and Sherri chat with the CEO of Edmonton Global Malcolm Bruce.
Brianna: bmorris@edmontonglobal.ca
Sherri: sbouslama@edmontonglobal.ca
Website: edmontonglobal.ca
Economic Development Matters is a new podcast coming soon presented by Edmonton Global, the economic development agency for the Edmonton Metropolitan Region in Canada. Hosted by Brianna Morris and Sherri Bouslama. We launch on Monday, February 7th at 12:00p MST
On today's episode, Brianna and Sherri introduce themselves. They discuss why they wanted to start this podcast and what they envision for it.
Brianna: bmorris@edmontonglobal.ca
Sherri: sbouslama@edmontonglobal.ca
Website: edmontonglobal.ca