CoBS-JDA at CAOT 2026: A Milestone Conference and the Road to Launch

May 2026 | SkillSync Technologies Inc.

The Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists chose Montreal as the backdrop for its Centennial Conference this spring, and we could not have asked for a more fitting stage for our own milestone moment. For the first time, SkillSync Technologies Inc. brought the Cognitive Behavioural and Sensory Job Demands Analysis to the national OT community, and the response confirmed what we have long believed: the profession is ready for this tool.

Carl and Carlyn connecting with OTs to demonstrate the power of the CoBS-JDA in the Exhibitor Hall at the CAOT Conference.

What We Heard at the Conference

The conversations at our booth were energizing. Occupational therapists from across the country stopped to talk about the gaps they navigate every day when assessing non-physical job demands. The challenge of translating the full cognitive, behavioural, and sensory complexity of a job into documentation that is clear, consistent, and defensible came up again and again. So did the time it takes to do it well.

We also heard from clinicians working at the intersection of neurodiversity and workplace accommodation, from university programs looking for better ways to support students and optimize clinical placement matching, and from large rehabilitation organizations managing high volumes of job demands analyses who need tools that work at scale.

The interest was national in scope, with clinicians engaging from British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan.

Five Founding Clinicians

We offered a limited number of Early Adopter spots at the conference, and we are proud to have welcomed five clinicians into the CoBS-JDA Founding Clinician Network. These are occupational therapists who do this work every day and who recognized the potential of a standardized, AI-assisted platform to change how it gets done. Their commitment, and their feedback, will shape the platform before it launches.

Growing Momentum Beyond the Clinic

The conference also opened doors with organizations and institutions that stand to benefit from better job demands analysis infrastructure. We came away with meaningful conversations underway with university programs exploring applications in student accommodation and clinical placement, large rehabilitation networks looking for tools that can work efficiently across teams of clinicians, and academic partners interested in integrating CoBS-JDA into professional education.

We are also actively meeting with employers, insurers, and other stakeholders across sectors who are navigating the same fundamental challenge: understanding the true demands of a job in a way that supports better decisions about who can do it, what accommodations make it accessible, and how to match people to roles where they can thrive.

What Comes Next

We are making great progress with our software developer, Fabled Solutions, building toward a fall 2026 launch of CoBS-JDA Version 2.0, developed with the support of Alberta Innovates. Our Founding Clinician Forum is planned for early September, where our Early Adopters will get a first look at the platform in action and the opportunity to shape it before it goes live.

If you are interested in Early Adopter access, or if you would like to stay informed as we move toward launch, we would love to hear from you.

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