A14Canada Summit - TECHNATION

May 22, 2024 | Full Day | HYBRID

Canada Science and Technology Museum | 1867 St. Laurent Blvd, Ottawa, ON

TECHNATION is hosting a full-day AI4Canada Summit – Accelerating Responsible AI Adoption on May 22^nd in Ottawa. TECHNATION is collaborating with government officials, technology executives and multi-stakeholder partners to help accelerate responsible AI adoption. This summit will feature three global technology visionary keynotes along with four multi-stakeholder panel discussions. Panels will engage leaders from both industry and government on important topics including:

For Canada to succeed in this hyper-evolving space, a new and updated national synchronized plan for AI adoption is critical. This requires on-going discussion, planning and action across all sectors to ensure Canada maintains its leadership position in Artificial Intelligence in the highly competitive global economy. AI4Canada will deliver a collaborative summit with engaging multi-stakeholder insight and dialogue as part of our ongoing initiative to develop an ‘AI Adoption Roadmap for Canada’.

Visionary Keynotes:

National Strategy Panel Discussions (industry & government):

Navigating Canada’s AI Skills Landscape: Upskilling, Collaboration, and Global Talent Strategies

Moderator – Larry Paquette, Sales Director, Pluralsight

Panelists:

Tony Holmes, Director, Public Sector Practice Lead for Solutions Consulting (North America)
Len Bastien, Senior Asst Deputy Minister, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Jennifer Flanagan, Co-founder, President and CEO, Actua
Jane Goodyer, Dean, Lassonde School of Engineering, York University

Buying the Future We Want

Moderator – Bob Willard, Founder and Chief Sustainability Champion, Sustainability Advantage

Panelists:

Annick Champoux, ESG Procurement Program Advisor, CBC/Radio-Canada
Matt Davies, Chief Technology Officer, Shared Services Canada
Frances Edmonds, Head of Sustainable Impact, HP Canada

AI Readiness – AI Readiness: Intentions Outpacing Ability

Moderator – Oleg Tolchinsky, Head of Solutions Engineering & Technology Strategy, Cisco Canada

Panelists:

Robert Barton, CTO, Cisco Canada
Sami Khoury, Head, Canadian Centre for Cyber Security
Craig McQueen, Vice President, AI Solutions, Softchoice
Ashok Krish, Global Head, AI. Cloud Advisory & Consulting, Tata Consultancy Services

Adopting GenAI in Your Enterprise: The ‘Inside Out’ Approach

Moderator – Jesslyn Dymond, Director of Data Ethics, TELUS

Panelists

Louis Lo, Data and AI Leader, Microsoft Canada
Mohammad Qureshi, Corporate Chief Information Officer and Associate Deputy Minister, Government Information Technology Ontario, Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery
Jaime Tatis, Chief Insights and Analytics Officer, TELUS