ITEMS INTERNATIONAL
Items International is an international consulting firm based in Paris, dedicated to Information & Communication Technologies strategies. ITEMS International is specialized in digital technologies and services: broadband, Internet, broadcast and software.
ITEMS proposes a various range of consulting assistance: Strategic studies, Market analysis, International benchmarks, Technological Analysis, Business plans, Due diligence, Roll out assistance.
Created in 1994, the company has a long experience in strategic and marketing consulting, networking, knowledge sharing and transfer. ITEMS has launched a strategic activity in smart grids and smart cities (including contactless, open data, e-Gov, mobility and smart energy). ITEMS operates with public and private institutions, including the European Commission and the French government. The different backgrounds and the versatility of our consultants lead to a unique company’s expertise in the areas of ICT strategies, project management, services
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City of Winnipeg
Twice ranked a ‘Top7 Intelligent Community’ in the world by the Intelligent Community Forum, Winnipeg leads, innovates and inspires—and not just in one field but in many. There’s much more to our Prairie city than you might think.
Get connected to a dynamic cluster of information, communications and technology (ICT) innovators that include telecommunications firms, film and animation studios, computer system designers, electronic component manufacturers, aerospace industry, computer equipment providers and wire/cable suppliers. Winnipeg’s advanced fibre optics and digital switching platforms support geographic information systems, health informatics, agri informatics, consulting services and software development. Innovation and creativity are plugged into every industry, supported by Winnipeg’s economic advantages, talented professionals, and telecommunications infrastructure.
The information and communication technology (ICT) industry is critical to the global digital economy in Winnipeg and constitutes a key driver of productivity growth in the knowledge-based economy. The competitively low costs of doing business in Winnipeg help ICT companies achieve better profit margins, allowing them to reinvest more of their earning toward the development of new intellectual property assets or other growth strategies. The city’s highly skilled labour force, well-connected and innovative developer community, and world-class education infrastructure strengthen the advantage ICT firms experience in Winnipeg.
ICT firms in Winnipeg are able to address multiple vertical markets because of the rich diversity of experience, expertise and skills in Winnipeg’s ICT workforce. There are a variety of high-tech employers in Winnipeg in the finance, insurance, manufacturing, life sciences and health-care sectors.
More than ever, ICT startups are loving Winnipeg. SkipTheDishes is disrupting North America’s food-delivery business with its proprietary algorithms, Bold Commerce is helping online retailers sell goods through its Shopify and YouTube applications, Permission Click is revolutionizing the way parents give consent for their children to participate in school-led field trips, and Farmers Edge is using big data to develop predictive modelling that helps farmers make more money.
Winnipeg’s strength is its diversity, and its newest champions are writing history. In October, you’re invited to see how Winnipeg’s past and present have primed the city for an even more remarkable tomorrow.
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UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG
The University of Winnipeg is a dynamic campus and a downtown Winnipeg hub that connects people from diverse cultures and nurtures global citizens. It offers high-quality undergraduate and graduate programming across a range of academic disciplines including bioscience, environmental science, technology, political science and public policy among others. The UWinnipeg is engaged in several research activities relevant to digitization and public policy, for example, applied research in collaborative technology, high performance computing and the development of rural and remote communities. The UWinnipeg is also an active partner in the Enterprise Machine Intelligence and Learning Initiative (EMILI) through research collaborations as well as workforce training and development. These activities serve the evolving realities and industry commercialization activities involving artificial intelligence and machine learning. The UWinnipeg equally plays an active role in informing public policy with evidence-based information pertaining to urban planning and socio-economic issues through work undertaken by its independent research arm the Institute of Urban Studies. These teaching and research activities are complemented by efforts on the part of the University’s Faculty of Business and Economics, and through its recently established partnership with Manitoba Technology Accelerator. As part of these efforts new developments in science and technology are identified and aligned to activities that develop the business and entrepreneurial capabilities of UWinnipeg students to best meet the demands of an increasingly digitized world.
