Keynotes, Public Lectures and Industry Talks

Last update: November 2023

 

"Technology collisions." Technology Horizons Executive Forum. November 8 2023. Toronto.

 

"From past tech to present AI: how our economy is set to be disrupted." International Value of Data Conference. November 2 2023.

 

"Understanding technological change; opportunities for Canada in the age of AI disruption.” Ontario Universities Strategic Communications Council. Oct 31 2023.

 

"How to disrupt an industry using generative AI.” Big Data and AI Conference, Oct 19 2023, Toronto.

 

"Understanding technological change; opportunities for Canada in the age of AI disruption.” Business + Higher Education Roundtable. Oct 5 2023, Toronto.

 

“Societal Impact of AI.” Public debate on whether AI will be transformational. CBC’s Glenn Gould Studio. Toronto. June 28, 2023.

 

“How to disrupt an industry using generative AI.” Masterclass at Collision Conference, Toronto, June 27, 2023.

 

“Understanding technological change.” Certificate Program in Public Sector Leadership and Governance, Centre for International Governance Innovation, June 9, 2023.

 

“ChatGPT: what executives need to know.” Briefing for Argus Executive Leadership Team, May 2, 2023.

 

ChatGPT: what executives really need to know.” Moderator, WatSpeed Executive Webinar, February 16, 2023.

 

“Strategy in the age of technological disruption,” CEO Virtual Roundtable: building the capabilities to manage ongoing technology disruptions,” WatSpeed, Nov. 22, 2022.

 

“Canada’s innovation gap and how we might address it,” WatSpeed Dinner, Institute of Public Administration of Canada Conference, Feb. 24, 2022.

 

“COVID-19 and the future of work: working from home, reallocation, and automation.” The workplace revolution: envisioning the future of employment, Research Talks, Waterloo, Nov. 24, 2021

 

“Automation and the future of work,” Mitsubishi Robotics and Automation Workshop, RoboHub, Waterloo, Nov. 24, 2021.

“Strategy in the age of artificial intelligence disruption,” AI Institute Industry Day, Waterloo, March 25, 2021.

“Automation and reallocation: COVID-19 and the future of work,” Waterloo Region, Aug. 2020.

 

“Toward an optimal Canadian patents regime,” Keynote Address, Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) Canada Annual Meeting, Toronto, 2019.

 

“Automation and the future of work: scenarios and policy options,” AI Institute Annual Partner Meeting, Waterloo, Oct. 16, 2019.

 

“Automation and the future of work: scenarios and policy options,” Dean of Arts Public Lecture, Cambridge, March 2019.

 

“Automation and the future of work: scenarios and policy options,” Guelph Men’s Club, Guelph, Nov. 2019.

 

“Automation and the future of work: scenarios and policy options,” Summit for responsible innovation, Waterloo, 2019.

 

“Automation and the future of work: scenarios and policy options,” Dean of Arts Public Lecture, Kitchener Public Library, Kitchener, Nov. 2018.