Accelerating Innovation in the Public Sector through Data Transformation and Artificial Intelligence
The Public Sector AI & Data Showcase provides a comprehensive forum to educate Canadian government executives and practitioners on proven strategies and tactics to deploy AI and cognitive technologies.
The Public Sector AI & Data Showcase will cover how Canadian government agencies and departments are advancing their data and analytics work and their thinking around deploying and integrating AI and data-driven government services. The conference convenes experts from our nation’s strong innovation ecosystem across government, technology, business, and research to present the latest strategies and state of technology to assist the public sector in leveraging advanced intelligent technologies to meet the missions of our government agencies.
Your Expert Speakers

Dr. Vik Pant
Chief Scientist and Chief Science Advisor
Natural Resources Canada

Jake Van der Laan
Chief Information Officer, Director, Information Technology and Regulatory Informatics
Financial and Consumer Services Commission, New Brunswick

Yvan Gauthier
Head, Artificial Intelligence Accelerator, Data Analytics Centre, NRC Digital Technologies
National Research Council, Government of Canada

Christiana Cavazzoni
Associate Assistant Deputy Minister and Deputy CIO
Department of National Defence

Pauline Martin
Senior Industry Manager, Government
Microsoft

Christopher Clissold
Chief Information Officer, Director General IT/IM Administration and Privacy
Veterans Affairs Canada

Sylvain Bélanger
Senior Director General, Digital Services, CIO, CDO
Office of the Librarian and Archivist of Canada, Library and Archives Canada / Government of Canada

Taka Ariga
Chief Data Scientist | Director
Innovation Lab, U.S. Government Accountability Office

Bob Osborn
MinisterCTO Global Governments
ServiceNow (Federal)

Maryam Haghighi, PhD
Director, Data Science
Bank of Canada

André Loranger
Assistant Chief Statistician and Chief Data Officer, Strategic Data Management, Methods and Analysis
Statistics Canada

Shannon Drew
Acting Director General, Research and innovation Lab, Service, Innovation and Integration Branch
Canada Revenue Agency

John Walsh
Chief Data Officer, Director General Data
Analytics, Strategy and Innovation Department of National Defence
Key Takeaways
A must-attend event for public sector organisations looking to:



Agenda
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9:00am PT / 12:00pm ET
Welcome from PSN
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9:05am PT /12:05pm ET
Opening Remarks from the Chair
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9:20am PT / 12:20pm ET
Government Keynote: Securing Canada’s Future: Addressing the Nation’s challenges with AI
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9:35am PT / 12:35pm ET
Partner Session: Building Resilience and Sustainable Strategies through AI innovation
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9:50am PT / 12:50am ET
Government Keynote: Getting your agency AI ready
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10:05am PT / 1:05pm ET
Government Keynote: Building out your AI capacity and capabilities
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10:20am PT / 1:20pm ET
Break
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10:25am PT / 1:25pm ET
Partner Session: Engineering your AI Platform
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10:40am PT / 1:40pm ET
Panel Discussion: Overcoming the Barriers to Scaling and Operationalizing AI
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11:15am PT / 1:15pm ET
Closing Remarks from the Chair & End of session
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9:00am PT / 12:00pm ET
Welcome from PSN
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9:05am PT /12:05pm ET
Opening Remarks from the Chair
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9:20am PT / 12:20pm ET
Government Keynote: Ethics and Privacy in an AI World
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9:35am PT / 12:35pm ET
Partner Session: Managing the Complexity of Adopting AI in Government
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9:50am PT / 12:50am ET
Government Keynote: Developing and Implementing your AI use Cases
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10:05am PT / 1:05pm ET
Government Keynote: Best Practices for Implementing AI at Scale – AI Case Study
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10:20am PT / 1:20pm ET
Break
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10:25am PT / 1:25pm ET
Partner Session: AI Fireside chat
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10:40am PT / 1:40pm ET
Panel Discussion: What does the Future of Government look like with AI?
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11:10am PT
Closing Remarks from the Chair & End of session
Registration
What’s included in your registration:

Virtual Presentations
Hear from public sector leaders about the latest trends and exploring how to instantly apply these insights and gaining unique perspectives

Interactivity
An opportunity to engage with the inspiring speaker panel and peers in the live Q&A and polling to discover answers to shared challenges

Leading Technology Solutions
Hear from solutions providers in the government space as they explore key technologies to improve citizen services

On-Demand
Receive on-demand access to session content after the conference on the complimentary Public Sector Network social learning platform
Complimentary for public sector employees only *
Event Partners
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