Five years ago, BC Tech published ‘A New Economic Narrative for BC’. The report provided a rigorous review of the data on BC’s economy and demonstrated that BC’s economy isn’t what we tell ourselves it is. We showed the massive shift that had taken place over three decades as BC became a knowledge and service-driven […]
BC Is Built for the AI Era — All Five Layers of It
British Columbia is better positioned for the AI revolution than most people realize. We have clean, abundant hydroelectric power. We have world-class research institutions and a deep pool of engineering talent. We have globally competitive companies in sectors from mining to genomics to enterprise software. And we have the natural resource industries that AI applications […]
Why BC’s Fiscal Future Depends on Tech
Four years ago, BC Tech sounded a warning bell with the second of our New Economic Narrative for BC reports, BC’s Fiscal Future. At the time we published the report BC enjoyed a triple A credit rating. Yesterday, Moody’s downgraded BC’s credit rating for the second time to Aa2. In our report we called for […]
Web Summit Is More Than a Tech Event—It’s BC’s Big Opportunity
Later this month, Vancouver will host one of the world’s most influential technology conferences – Web Summit – marking a powerful moment for BC’s tech sector. For local companies, this is more than just a global event arriving on our doorstep. It’s a once-in-a-decade opportunity to accelerate growth, scale partnerships, and showcase BC as a […]
BC’s Tech Adoption Gap: Traditional Industries Lag Behind
At a recent event BC Tech asked our members who sell products, solutions and services into non-tech businesses which industry is most advanced in its adoption of technology. Unsurprisingly, Finance, Insurance & Real Estate led the way, but it was good to see Manufacturing, Construction & Transportation as fast followers. This aligns with what we […]
Demystifying AI: How BC Tech Members Are Finding Real-World Applications for AI
In a 2023 paper McKinsey estimated that 75% of the overall economic impact from generative AI would come in 4 areas: customer operations, marketing and sales, software engineering, and research and development. But for many companies it is hard to know where to start. At a recent event BC Took took a poll of members […]
BC Tech Companies Struggle with Talent Shortage: New Report to Offer Solutions
At a recent event BC Tech took a poll of member experience with the current talent market in BC. The results showed that even in more challenging market conditions access to talent is the number one issue for tech companies. It isn’t surprising – tech is a people business and we are only as good […]
Jill Tipping’s 2021 Predictions for BC’s Tech Community
Predictions, eh? Asked to write about what I expect in 2021 I found myself wondering just how badly wrong I’d got it wrong for 2020! Turns out not so bad after all. I was definitely right with prediction #1: 2020 was indeed a year of change vs. more of the same and prediction #3: 2020 […]
Reflecting on International Women’s Day
Reflecting on International Women’s Day and what it means to me as a woman and as CEO of BC Tech I found myself curious as to why we picked this particular day, March 8th. With sunny skies and bulbs popping up, not to mention the clocks springing forward this weekend it’s certainly an optimistic and […]
Kirsten Sutton, Tamara Taggart, Jill Tipping: Ask Us Anything
New decades prompt reflection, and I’ve been doing plenty of that this last month. When we get caught up in the daily grind of deliverables, meetings and family commitments, it can be difficult to keep an eye on the big picture of what you’re trying to achieve day by day and year by year. Stepping […]