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Highrise Founder Named as Ambassador for the Meaningful Business 100
The founder of Highrise has been named an Ambassador of the The Meaningful Business 100 (MB100) which focuses on the individual, cutting through the corporate messaging to uncover which leaders are driving truly impactful, purpose-led business to align with the United...
Canada Needs a Unified National Digital Strategy for its Unpredictable Digital Future
How do you see the evolution of the Internet, the digital economy and our collective digital future? When we established the Canadian Cloud Council in 2011, the word “cloud” was very much a technology-related term. Over the last decade, the word “cloud”, which has...
The Canadian Cloud Council’s Robert Brennan Hart Joins DocuSign Global Advisory Board
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada -- The Canadian Cloud Council (www.theccc.io) is pleased to announce that Robert Brennan Hart, the organization’s founder and CEO, has joined DocuSign’s Global Advisory Board (https://www.docusign.com/company/advisory-board). DocuSign...
A Bell is a Cup Until it is Struck
An interview with three of Canada’s leading cybersecurity experts on how to stay ahead of emergent threats to our democracy With politically polarizing elections in Ottawa and Edmonton just around the corner, the direct correlation between technology, privacy,...
Three Women Technology Titans Discuss The Past, Present, and Future at the Canadian Cloud Council’s Control
Throughout history, women have had an often overlooked, but crucial role in the development of technology. There are countless examples of women who were pioneers in their fields. These women, through tireless effort and solidarity, give us all an example to live by...
The Canadian Cloud Council Examines the Future of Humanity at Enterprise Tech Control Conference
Anthropocentrism has become our centre of ethical gravity. It is dying a painful and protracted death, but it is most certainly dying. Our cosmos harbours abundant life, and given the statistics, this includes intelligent life. And yet, here we are, onboard Apollo 13,...
Shark Tank’s Robert Herjavec On AI, Ambient Computing, Cybersecurity, And Edward Snowden
In his day job, entrepreneur and investor Robert Herjavec works hard to prevent security breaches. At least when he's not investing in ugly sweaters, hand-held breathometers, or books that turn into lights on ABC's hit entrepreneurship and investment show, Shark Tank....
Substance Conference Wants to Debug the Connection Between Tech and Government
In the US, Uber’s CEO has quit the Trump administration’s tech advisory council that includes the top names in Silicon Valley, citing huge pressure from citizens and customers. The promise of ‘smart cities’ of the near future is being undermined by deep concerns over...
Substance Conference Wants to Examine How Fintech Will Impact the Future Economy
Vancouver-based Politik, a tech media company also behind the city’s Interzone conference, is launching another event in Toronto tackling the ways that FinTech will impact the economy. Substance, which will be held at the York Mills Gallery on November 9, will look at...
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May 14,2020
Electronic Recycling Association presents The Soft Machine: Chapter 1 | A Deep Exploration into Alberta’s Digital Economy
Calgary, the historical heart of the Canadian oil and gas industry, is at a once-in-an-epoch inflection point that will determine our destiny for this next millennium and beyond. Traditional energy sources and technologies that have powered the creation of wealth and opportunity in Canada for multiple generations are now caught in an existential struggle between the past and the future. For us to compete, indeed, to survive, in the 21st century, all of us – oil and gas enterprises, governments, civic society organizations; must come together in a common purpose to define our universal future.
May 21,2020
Electronic Recycling Association presents The Soft Machine: Chapter 2 | A Reimagination of Canada’s Alberta’s Digital Future
The Digital Age presents an opportunity that extends well beyond the development of new technologies built with the singular objective of
advancing corporate profits and deep into the realm of solving humanity’s most critical issues. Technological innovations can remove the barriers of cost, access, and exclusion that have prevented the vast majority of people from full and equal participation in our economy; and we, as Canadians, have a once in a generation opportunity to redefine our society with the objective of reconciling growth with equality, profits with people and privacy with security.