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Jayson Myers

CEO, NGM Canada

Jayson Myers is the Chief Executive Officer of Next Generation Manufacturing Canada, an industry-led not-for-profit corporation dedicated to building world-class advanced manufacturing capabilities in Canada and the organization responsible for leading the federal government’s Advanced Manufacturing Supercluster initiative.

His career has spanned the worlds of industry, government, and research. An award-winning business economist and formerly CEO of the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters Association and Chair of the Canadian Manufacturing Coalition, he has been recognized as one of the most influential public policy advocates in Canada, particularly in the fields of international trade, industrial and technological change. He has held lectureships and research fellowships at Oxford University and the University of Warwick. He is also Principal of his own consulting firm which helps organizations identify and manage opportunities arising from changes reshaping industry and international business.

The Advanced Manufacturing Supercluster: Taking a Lead Advanced Manufacturing

The Advanced Manufacturing Supercluster is one of five Supercluster initiatives that will be funded by the federal government. The Supercluster provides a unique opportunity to leverage the technology and manufacturing strengths of Canada’s innovation corridor to help companies become world leaders in the adoption, scale-up, and production of advanced technologies in manufacturing.

It will leverage private and public funding to boost investments in:

• Groundbreaking Process Transformation: game changing technologies applied in today’s manufacturing;
• High Potential Technology Development: scaling Ontario technologies for next generation manufacturing; and
• Ecosystem Development: creating a network of support and services that accelerate technology adoption in manufacturing and generate new customers and scale-up opportunities for technology firms.

The Supercluster will help to address some of the competitive challenges facing both manufacturing and technology sectors in Canada. It will also create opportunities for collaborative research, training, and business development. The objective will be to transform manufacturing and business processes, build new technologies, and grow new industries – especially in the field of smart textiles and flexible electronics – in Canada.