Praxiem is active in the Canadian IoT community. That includes speaking about IoT, powering IoT North and its events and podcasts, and contributing to AIoT Canada on its board of directors. We believe IoT is poised to underpin growth in the Canadian economy, but it also requires appropriate governance to amplify benefits and mitigate any ill effects. And to that, we lend our support through praxiemTALKS.
For questions about past praxiemTalks or our availability to speak at your next event, please send us a message from this page.
For deeper IoT knowledge check out the following workshop, and events and podcasts we’re hosting.
Do you have questions, comments, or inquiries about our talks or event facilitation, ask or have your say here 
Training
Course Digital-Physical Transformation for the Public Sector
Event Hosting
Ongoing periodic events consisting of Fast-Fire Four-Minute Short-Talks on the Internet of Things from Canada’s IoT provides, users, innovators, and thinkers.
EVENT: https://iotnorth.ca/thingkfest/
Podcast Hosting
Ongoing podcasts featuring conversations with Canada’s IoT provides, users, innovators, policymakers, and thinkers.
PODCAST HOME: https://iotnorth.ca/thingshappen/
See Our Past praxiemTalks Below
Moderator
AIoT Canada – Roundtable on National AIoT Strategy
EVENT: IoT North Conference
DATE: November 15-16, 2022
VENUE: BMO Centre – Stampede Park, Calgary Alberta
Speaker
IoT Literacy – Navigating the IoT Space and its Business, Adoption, and Governance
EVENT: IoT North Conference
DATE: November 15-16, 2022
VENUE: BMO Centre – Stampede Park, Calgary Alberta
Speaker
Disrupting Organizations through 5G and the Internet of Things
EVENT: Telfer Executive MBA Fall Master Class
DATE: Wednesday, October 26, 2022
VENUE: Telfer, uOttawa, Downtown, Ottawa
DESCRIPTION:
Master Class for Telfer Executive MBA alumni on disrupting organization through new technologies, including IoT, AI, 5G and a exploration of Moore’s law by Hojjat Salemi.
Speaker/Panelist
AIoT Ecosystem Lays Foundation for Automated Freight
EVENT: Supply Chain and Automated Freight in Canada
DATE: Wednesday, October 5, 2022
VENUE: Online
DESCRIPTION:
Webinar on supply chain and automated freight in Canada, a collaboration by five organizations, exploring opportunities for automating freight and supply chain to mitigate effects of global stresses including the pandemic and a war.
This event was sponsored by Praxiem and CAVCOE
Speaker
Dissecting Risk and Resilience Impacts of the Internet of Things
CONFERENCE: ASQ Canada – A National Bilingual Quality Conference
DATE: October 4-5, 2021
LOCATION: Virtual – hosted from Montreal
Moderator at CircleSquare
EVENT: FWD50 2019
DATE: Thursday November 6, 2019
VENUE: Aberdeen Pavillion in Lansdowne Park. Ottawa
DESCRIPTION:
As moderator in the Sensors and Internet of Things technologies corner of CircleSquare, guided a series of conversations between subject matter experts in this corner and subject matter experts from various domains, including
Climate, disaster, and emergency
Regulation and compliance
Finance and spending
Records and Information Management
Speaker
Internet of Things – Cornerstone of Digital Disruption
CONFERENCE: GeoIgnite 2019
DATE: June 18-19, 2019
LOCATION: Ottawa, ON, Canada
Panelist
IoT CyberSecurity – a fragmented challenge
CONFERENCE: IT CONNECT 2019
DATE: June 7, 2019
LOCATION: Montreal, QC, Canada
Conference Organizer,
MC/Moderator for Business of IoT Workshop,
Conference Opening Address
CONFERENCE: IoT613 Conference 2019
DATE: May 8-9, 2019
LOCATION: National Capital Region, Canada
Workshop leader
Digital Literacy through Internet of Things and Design Thinking
PRESENTERS:
Walter Knitl, CEO – Praxiem
Nilufer Erdebil, CEO – Spring2 Innovation
DATE: March 27, 2019
LOCATION: Ottawa, ON, Canada
Subject Matter Expert at CircleSquare
EVENT: FWD50 2018
DATE: Thursday November 8, 2018
VENUE: Aberdeen Pavillion in Lansdowne Park. Ottawa
DESCRIPTION:
As subject matter expert (SME) on Sensors, Mobility and Internet of Things technologies, engaged in a series of conversations about the role of these technologies in various application domains involving domain SMEs and the audience. The application domains covered included transportation, health, procurement & service delivery, security, defence, justice and policing.
Professional Development Talk and Workshop
Innovating Internet of Things with Design Thinking
PRESENTERS:
Walter Knitl, Principal – Praxiem
Nilufer Erdebil, CEO – Spring2 Innovation
HOSTED BY: ASQ Canada Montreal Section
DATE: Wednesday, September 26, 2018
VENUE: Thanjai Restaurant, Montreal, QC
DESCRIPTION:
The Internet of Things (IoT) is here. Whether applied to industrial automation, wearables, connected transportation, drones or smart cities, it’s poised to deliver great benefits along with new challenges. Benefits including improved revenue, costs, quality of life and convenience are often confounded by challenges such as privacy, security, social disruption and new demands on quality.
To fully deliver on the benefits and tackle the challenges, Design Thinking is critical for creating and de-risking innovative solutions.
This seminar presents what you need to know about Internet of Things and shows you how to apply Design Thinking to innovate IoT solutions. It will cover IoT architecture, application verticals, benefits, challenges, and quality imperatives, and the Design Thinking rationale and methodology through guided interactive participation.
ORGANIZER, MC/MODERATOR
The Business of IoT Workshop at IoT613 Conference 2018
VENUE : Canadian Museum of History
DATE : April 18, 2018
DESCRIPTION: Full day of workshops at IoT613 Conference 2018 covering various topics on the business of IoT presented by business experts in Ottawa, including
IoT Business Innovation Through Design Thinking
By Nilufer Erdebil, CEO, Spring2 Innovation
Building Your IoT Business Case
By Frank Rayal, Founding Partner, Xona Partners
Building Privacy into IoT Design: Meeting the Legal Challenge
By Megan Cornell Founder, CEO & Lawyer, Momentum Law
Funding IoT Projects Through Grants and Private Capital
By Kevin Fernandes, CEO, SRED Solutions
Speaker
Demystifying Internet of Things
TALK DATE: Saturday, February 24, 2018
HOSTED BY: Global Legal Hackathon – Ottawa
VENUE: Innovation Centre, Bayview Yards, 7 Bayview Road, Ottawa
Professional Development Event:
Workshop on Internet of Things (IoT) & Design Thinking
PRESENTERS:
Walter Knitl, Principal – Praxiem
Nilufer Erdebil, CEO – Spring2 Innovation
HOSTED BY: ASQ Canada Ottawa Valley Section
DATE: Thursday, November 23, 2017
VENUE: Innovation Centre, Bayview Yards, 7 Bayview Road, Ottawa
DESCRIPTION:
The Internet of Things (IoT) is here. Whether applied to wearables, connected transportation, industrial automation, drones or smart cities, it’s poised to deliver great benefits along with new challenges.
Presentation by Praxiem introduced participants to IoT – its architecture, verticals, some technologies as well as IoT benefits and challenges.
Spring2 Innovation then introduced attendees to the Design Thinking as a way to fully deliver on the benefits and tackle the challenges. Teams of workshop participants practiced Design Thinking to solve a couple of IoT use cases – “Attack of the Drones” and “Daycare Wearables”.
Speaker
Internet of Things – the What, Why and Hyperbole
HOSTED BY: Telfer School of Management
CONFERENCE: Telfer MBA Conference Series – The Future of Cybersecurity
DATE: Saturday, November 18, 2017
VENUE: Telfer School of Management – University of Ottawa, Desmarais Building
Speaker
Internet of Things – Opportunity for Design
HOSTED BY: Carleton University School of Industrial Design
CONFERENCE: Four x Four: Design & the Fourth Industrial Revolution
DATE: Thursday, November 16, 2017
VENUE: La Charrette, 460 West Hunt Club Road, Ottawa
Seminar Speaker
Internet of Things – Things You Need to Know
HOSTED BY : TiE Institute Ottawa
VENUE: Centurion Conference & Event Center, Ottawa
PRESENTERS:
Walter Knitl, Principal – Praxiem
Nilufer Erdebil, CEO – Spring2 Innovation
ABSTRACT:
The Internet of Things (IoT) will touch all of us and is poised to deliver great benefits and opportunities for innovation, as well as some cautionary risks. So – what is it, how can we maximize its benefits and minimize the risks.
The presentation delivered by Praxiem broke down the siloed impressions of IoT and exposed the full scope of the IoT space. Borrowing from Praxiem’s full IoT workshop, it also covered aspects of IoT architecture, several application verticals and other topics to help attendees discover IoT opportunities and pitfalls.
Spring2 Innovation then introduced attendees to the Design Thinking method for innovating and de-risking solutions. With further guidance from Spring2 Innovation attendees used design thinking in groups to solve several IoT use cases based on the verticals discussed in the first part of the seminar.
Speaker
Internet of Things – Things You Need to Know
VENUE: The Marshes Golf Club, Ottawa
ABSTRACT: The Internet of Things (IoT) is upon us and with it the beginnings of the biggest techno-socio-economic paradigm shift since the printing press. It will touch us all irrespective of our sphere of endeavour or way of life. It’s poised to deliver great benefits, but also some cautionary side effects. So what is it? The answer is likely coloured by your background, biases and your first touchpoints with IoT, resulting in many siloed perspectives. Individual silos may separately hold that IoT is mainly about sensors, or data, or 5G, or machine learning, or security risk, or social risk, and so on. A hardware designer’s silo is different from the data scientist’s, which is different from that of the government policy wonk. Ever hear of “to a hammer everything’s a nail” or “six blind men and the elephant” – it also applies to IoT. This seminar breaks down the siloes by exploring the full IoT space through its several dimensions, and its impacts.
Speaker
Internet of Things – Impact and Opportunity as Civic Tech
VENUE: OpenConcept Consulting Inc., Ottawa
ABSTRACT: The Internet of Things (IoT) age is upon us with disruptive impact on business, work life, economy and society. But what is it exactly, what impact can it have on society, and what opportunities does it present for social good?
Speaker
Internet of Things
VENUE: Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Ottawa
ABSTRACT: The Internet of Things (IoT) age is upon us with disruptive impact on business, work life, economy and society. It’s poised to deliver both great benefits and cautionary side effects. But, what is it exactly? Get the 360 degree view of IoT encompassing the architecture and verticals (or solutions) dimensions, as well as some key domains of interest such as technology, security and societal impacts. To get the most out of IoT, knowing is half the battle.
Workshop MC/Moderator
The Business of IoT
VENUE: Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa
DESCRIPTION: Full day workshop covering various topics on the business of IoT presented by business experts in Ottawa, including
Is Your Idea Feasible?
Getting Funded
Legal & Privacy Considerations
High Growth Considerations: Finance & Tax
Concept to Production
Key Messages and Brand Development
Panelist
How To Get to 5G
VENUE: Ottawa Marriott Hotel, Ottawa
DESCRIPTION: Panel discussion on how to get to 5G including its importance and interplay with Internet of Things.
