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Wireless private networks are actively being used in industries such as mining, energy, manufacturing, and critical infrastructure. The capabilities of these networks create new opportunities to meet demand through scale, innovation and improved safety.
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Panel Discussion | Expanding Wireless Private Networks: How 5G is helping Canadian business scale capabilities
Robin Kaushik,
VP Cloud & Enterprise, Ericsson
Stephanie Holko,
Director Of Project Development,
Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen)
Eric L’Heureux,
President, CEO and Founder,
Ambra Solutions Inc.
Raymond Yip
Vice President - Digital Transformation,
Agnico Eagle Mines
Alexandra Posadzki
Telecom Reporter, The Globe and Mail
Ericsson has been helping make a Connected Canada possible for 70 years. We partner with leading telecommunication companies and academia to accelerate R&D, build 5G infrastructure and bring connectivity to all Canadians. We are committed to advancing the country’s digital agenda through turning point technologies such as 5G. This means enabling Canada’s industries to lead on the world stage, supporting major service providers on their path to nationwide 5G rollout and collaborating with leading players from both academia and wider industry. It’s all part of our long-standing dedication to drive innovation and ensure digital inclusion for all Canadians. Ericsson is a $27B global company, operating in 180 countries with over 100,000 employees. Ericsson has more than 170 5G commercial agreements or contracts with unique service providers globally. In Canada, Ericsson provides 5G infrastructure products and services for Bell, EastLink, Rogers, TELUS, Videotron and Xplornet and live 5G commercial networks across the country. We enable private network solutions as well as transport and critical infrastructure to remote mines and utilities across the country through client partnerships with Ambra, Hydro BC, Hydro One, Hydro Quebec and more
Robin has a varied global experience by working in multiple roles across continents. Currently he leads the cloud & enterprise business in Ericsson Canada. He is actively involved in bringing the latest connectivity technologies into Canadian connectivity ecosystem. Robin believes connectivity & education are great leveler and thus loves to give back by working with schools & universities in advising on curriculum, speaking events & mentoring Ericsson Innovation Award students.
Alexandra Posadzki is an award-winning business journalist based in Toronto. She covers the Canadian telecom industry for The Globe and Mail's Report on Business.
Her industry-leading coverage of the dramatic power struggle at Rogers Communications Inc. was recognized with several Canada Best in Business Awards from the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing, including gold medals in the “scoop” and “beat reporting” categories. Throughout the two-year long regulatory review of Rogers’ $20-billion takeover of Shaw Communications Inc., investors came to rely on Alexandra’s unparalleled coverage and consistent scoops. She is also a regular guest on The Globe’s daily news podcast, The Decibel.
Before taking on the telecom beat, Alexandra was The Globe’s capital markets reporter and wrote extensively about Canada’s fledgling cryptocurrency industry, particularly through a regulatory lens. Her network of contacts and deep knowledge of the space proved valuable during the collapse of Canada’s largest virtual currency exchange, QuadrigaCX. Alexandra’s contributions to The Globe’s award-winning coverage of the massive cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme led to her being prominently featured in multiple documentaries, podcasts and radio shows on the topic, including a 2022 Netflix documentary called Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King.
Alexandra is a graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University’s Master of Journalism program and has an honours B.A. in psychology and literature from York University. She has also completed the Canadian Securities Course.
Prior to joining The Globe in 2017, Alexandra spent three years as a multimedia business reporter at the Canadian Press newswire, where she wrote about banking, real estate and the burgeoning cannabis industry, and produced a series of investigative stories on Canada’s lax anti-money laundering regime. She has also worked at the Toronto Star, Business News Network, Global News and The Globe's B.C. bureau. Alexandra got her start in journalism at York University’s student newspaper, the Excalibur.
Her first book, Rogers vs. Rogers, is set to be published by McClelland & Stewart in 2024.
Stephanie is the Director of Project Development at Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen). She has 17 years of experience leading teams and projects in the steel industry. She loves connecting emerging technologies with existing manufacturing problems and believes the future of manufacturing is in the adoption of new ways of working. Stephanie holds a BASc – Chemical Engineering (University of Waterloo), and an MBA specializing in the Management of Innovation and New Technology (McMaster University). Stephanie is a licensed Professional Engineer in Ontario and is currently the President and Chair of the Board of the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers.
Mr. Yip is Vice President, Digital Transformation. Previously, he served as Vice President, Business Intelligence for Kirkland Lake Gold (2016 – 2022).
Prior to this, he held the position of Director, Information Systems for Lake Shore Gold (2011-2016). Mr. Yip has a diverse IT background, having held progressively senior positions at a major Canadian telecommunications company, where he provided advisory and consulting services to various companies in the mining, financial, healthcare and automotive industries across both the private and public sectors.
Mr. Yip is a computer engineer with over 20 years of experience in the IT industry, 15 years in the mining sector and holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree (Queen’s University).