Nova Roma Horizon
Innovation Society

A Canadian non-profit bridging legacy institutions and an AI-native future.
We operate at the intersection of governance, education, and industry to bring about sustainable innovation for a more resilient future.

See Our Initiatives

Featured initiatives

Major works by the Nova Roma team and partners.

The Living ArchiveCommunity members exploring a large-scale visualization of connected projects and contributors

The Living Archive

Cross-generation collaboration that preserves context, enables knowledge succession, and sparks awe for young people entering complex organizations.

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Engineers and trainers at a digital manufacturing demonstration

Industry 4.0 Coalition

A multinational partnership for portable credentials and workforce training on Industry 4.0—building societal resilience through long-term vertical integration and economic sovereignty.

Capturing WaynismLecture notes and photographs arranged on a studio table

Capturing Waynism

A memorial project collecting unfinished works and alumni memories from Wayne Chang's lectures, and advancing research in work-integrated learning inside innovation practice.

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Workshop participants collaborating at laptops

AI-Native Workforce

A work-integrated learning model that bridges post-secondary training and emerging technology adoption through problem research, process mapping, and agentic system design.

Innovation Challenges

Open problem specifications backed by deep research. Join our coalition or attempt the challenge your own way.

Cooperathon 2026 Sustainability & Regeneration
Climate Action Knowledge Map An open, graph-based knowledge system that makes regenerative design patterns—from permaculture to indigenous land management to biodiversity conservation—accessible, composable, and actionable for communities worldwide.
SDG 13: Climate Action SDG 15: Life on Land SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities
Cooperathon 2026 Knowledge Architecture
Perceptiosphere: A Sovereign Knowledge Architecture An open-source, AI-augmented knowledge architecture that preserves institutional wisdom, enables composable collaboration, and maintains contextual integrity across generations.
SDG 4: Quality Education SDG 9: Innovation SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities
Governance & Foresight
Innovation Advisory Council Dashboard An interactive AI-augmented visualization platform that surfaces scenario trajectories and enables long-term strategic foresight through multi-model deliberation.
SDG 9: Innovation SDG 13: Climate Action SDG 11: Sustainable Cities
Cooperathon 2026 Digital Sovereignty & Infrastructure
Sovereign Distributed Energy and AI for Canada Building domestic AI infrastructure that leverages Canada's geographic and energy advantages to retain talent, reduce dependency on foreign compute, and prepare for a climate-shifted future.
SDG 9: Innovation SDG 7: Clean Energy SDG 12: Responsible Consumption
Education & Workforce
Work-Integrated Learning for the AI-Native Workforce Redesigning co-op and experiential learning for an era where AI automates entry-level roles, producing AI-native professionals who create value rather than compete with automation.
SDG 4: Quality Education SDG 8: Decent Work SDG 17: Partnerships

Communities

Communities, sponsors, and collaborators in the Nova Roma ecosystems.

BET300 & E-Coop Community

BET300 and E-COOP Community

Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business

Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business