Canada-US AI Symposium on Economic Innovation (Public Forum)
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January 16 Public Forum Agenda
Time Agenda Item
9:00 a.m.                       Welcome and opening remarks
9:15 a.m.

Presentation: AI Policy and Innovation

Presented by Gillian Hadfield, Professor, University of Toronto, and Director, Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society

9:30 a.m.

Panel: AI Policy and Economic Growth

Moderator: Jennifer Miller, Director General, Marketplace Framework Policy Branch, Strategy and Innovation Policy Sector, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

Speakers: 

Jane Fountain, Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Trooper Sanders, Chief Executive Officer, Benefits Data Trust

John Weigelt, National Technology Officer, Microsoft Canada

10:30 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m.

Panel: AI Policy and Responsible Innovation

Moderator: Sara Jordan, Assistant Professor, Virgina Polytechnic Institute and State University

Speakers:

Karen Bhatia, Senior Vice-President, Center for Urban Innovation, NYC Economic Development Coroporation

Yong Suk Lee, SK Center Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Marc-Etienne Ouimette, Director of Public Policy & Government Relations, Element AI

12:00 p.m. Networking break
12:30 p.m. Close