DATES
This program follows a cohort model with fixed start and end dates. It requires about 4 hours per week to complete.
- Cohort 1: September 15 - November 7, 2025
- Cohort 2: October 6 - November 28, 2025
- Cohort 3: October 27 - December 19, 2025
AI for Decision-Makers in Advanced Manufacturing
PROGRAM
Overview
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer optional for manufacturers — it’s a competitive necessity. Despite this, only 3.7 per cent of Canadian manufacturers have begun adopting AI, leaving an overwhelming majority vulnerable to disruption.1
AI for Decision-Makers in Advanced Manufacturing cuts through the complexity of adoption by guiding you through the real-world process of integrating AI where it matters most: in your strategy, on the floor and across your operations. Through a learn-and-apply format, you’ll develop a customized roadmap to address your specific business challenges while receiving personalized mentorship from AI leaders at Canada’s most innovative institutions.
Built by Bold New Edge (BNE) and delivered in partnership with DIGITAL, Concordia University’s Applied AI Institute (AI2), CMC Microsystems, NGEN and Syntronic Canada, this program helps you turn uncertainty into opportunity to lead with AI before your competitors do.
This program is designed for Canadian-based decision-makers in the advanced manufacturing field. Ideal candidates include:
- C-suite executives
- Innovation officers
- Entrepreneurial leaders
Through this program, you will:
- Implement a practical AI solution that directly addresses your business needs
- Gain hands-on experience with AI tools through an immersive applied AI sprint
- Develop AI-driven workflows to optimize operations and reduce inefficiencies
- Manage AI projects in your organization without a background in tech
- Join an exclusive network of forward-thinking leaders ready to implement impactful AI initiatives
Visées grant available: Save on training fees
This program is eligible for the Visées grant, which helps employers finance their employees’ professional development. The grant reimburses up to $8,000 per employee, covering the fees for this course and up to 50 per cent of the employee’s salary during training.
Our unique approach
Mentorship on your project
Get one-on-one guidance from AI experts at Concordia's Applied AI Institute (AI2) as you build a custom AI roadmap and design an AI solution to implement within your company at the end of the program.
Guidance on measuring ROI
After completing your project, you’ll learn how to measure AI’s impact and optimize its performance in future initiatives.
Post-program opportunities
Upon completion, you’ll maintain access to AI experts, funding opportunities to deploy your projects and possibilities for AI research collaboration within the exclusive AI practitioners network you'll join.
Program structure
This eight-week online experience blends theory, hands-on practice and expert guidance to give you a clear blueprint for integrating AI into your organization. It's divided into two phases, with an optional third.
AI road mapping (Online, self-paced — weeks 1-4)
Build essential AI literacy while gaining strategic foresight. Master core concepts (including generative AI), develop actionable AI roadmaps aligned with business goals, learn how to address infrastructure needs and navigate ethical considerations.
Hands-on project (Online, live — weeks 5-8)
Turn knowledge into action. Get 10 hours of one-on-one expert mentorship from the Applied AI Institute to define, prototype, test and refine a practical AI solution that solves your specific manufacturing challenge.
Post-program support (Optional)
Take AI adoption a step further by connecting with researchers after the program — your chance to refine your AI project and maximize its long-term impact.
Dates & cost
COST
Rate: $6,249*
The fee includes:
- 10 hours of expert mentorship
- Access to an exclusive AI practitioners network
- Support for project funding
*Grant for employers
Employers may be eligible for financial support through the Visées grant. Applications can be submitted directly with Visées before or after employees apply for the program.
