1. Work Force Training in Disruptive Industry
A Kootenay Association for Science & Technology Project based in Trail BC

2. The MIDAS Project
Problem: industry capacity to learn & adopt new prototyping technology and process Solution: MIDAS Lab, training and commercialization services

3. Training to date
High schools: 10 tours high school tours = 300 Gr students College: 3 weeks of Pathways to Employment with 12 program participants
University: Capstones: MITACs: 6 PhD
Industry: 3 commercial clients Peer to Peer: 100’s peer to peer learning hours
Public: 60 Highly Qualified Personnel trained
What is the foundation of MIDAS training development and what is next ?

4. Industry Disruption: Faster bigger change

5. Industry Disruption: Faster, larger change

6. Tech companies and Tech enabled companies
Technology Company: primary business is the production of technology product or services.
Technology Enabled Company: uses technology to manage, manufacture, sell products and services.
Companies have to adopt technology or lose advantage
MIDAS has a one stop shop to help industry understand the business case, learn the technology, create the prototypes and commercialize.

7. The MIDAS speciality: rapid prototyping, advanced manufacturing, materials
In line with regional gap analysis …

8. State of the regional advanced manufacturers
We asked them ;) via LMP survey with RDI and LCIC -

9. MIDAS responds with modular training
Job specific
Provide return on investment ie. Standard training vs. hybrid production training
On or offsite and on demand
Customizable modules
20 new courses are in development in 3 main areas:
1) Equipment and software; 2) Prototyping production series; 3) Prototyping business series

10. Products to support Metal Tech Alley cluster
Commercial learning in: advanced materials, AR/VR, rapid prototyping

11. MIDAS Impact
to date
and we are just getting started

12. Stay tuned www.midaslab.ca