By: Kyoko Kobayashi This session started with presentations of real-life experiences implementing AI. The presenters talked about what they went through identifying, planning, implementing and maintaining their AI, automation and Machine Learning cases. What was very useful were their lessons learned and tips on best practices. The presentations were followed by a panel discussion where …
By: Yoko Onuma How many of you are currently working on Artificial Intelligence (AI) projects? If not now, are you going to be within 5 years? Did you know Canada ranked 9th out of 10 countries in successful deployment of AI? According to a Forbes Insights report, the top challenges are lack of skills (54%), …
By: Atamjeet Kaur Brandon Nott, Vice President of Customer Success at UI Path emphasized on automation first approach, i.e. changing the approach we look at work in today’s era. Digital transformation in any organization should start with automation first. Today’s era is the dawn of AI (Artificial Intelligence) and organizations that see the future in …
By: Ammar Mustafa Andrew McCormack has an extensive background, from leading blockchain research, specifically, Project Jasper to being a leader at Payments Canada as a CIO. Today he joined us to present a modern payment system. A modern payment system is fast, flexible, and secure. As of 2015, dozens of countries were focused on real …
By: Atamjeet Kaur Dr. Poppy Crum, Chief Scientist at Dolby Laboratories, left the audience awestruck in the opening keynote session on day 2 of CIOCAN conference held in Toronto, Ontario. She mentioned how at the core; our human experiences are vastly different based on information available to us as per the environment we live in. …
By: Kristel Lee-Hon-Siong The Modern Workspace: Putting Employees at the Centre of Company Culture In an ecosystem where competition is relentless, how do you attract and retain talent? Companies need to enable, empower, and engage their greatest assets in order to remain competitive. How do modern workspaces help in achieving this? By creating a modern …
By: Kristel Lee-Hon-Siong The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security Collaborating for Success The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security is an organization that is achieving successful cyber risk mitigation through collaboration and partnerships. Francis Catonguay, Director General of Partnerships and Risk Mitigation at the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, debunked some myths about this organization at …
By: Vladimir Vracaric The number of connected devices is expected to grow exponentially from 11 to 80 billion in the next decade. It seems that every device is being upgraded into an IoT device, from smart light bulbs that conserve electricity when no one is around, to biological sensors that detect changes in the human …
By: Shane Schick, Editor-in-Chief of B2B News Network Steve Stone admits he’s still trying to figure out exactly what it means to be CIO in residence at MuleSoft. “I think that means you get the title but none of the benefits or pay,” he joked to an audience of his peers at CIO Peer Forum, …
By: Brian Jackson, Editorial Director, IT World Canada. In the 12 hours before taking the stage to deliver his keynote speech at the CIO Peer Forum in Toronto, author and Blockchain Research Institute co-founder Don Tapscott learned of two new grand-children brought into the world. And they weren’t twins. Tapscott’s son Alex (the other co-founder …
Authored by: Bill Keyworth, Vice President of Research, IDC Track Speaker, April 10, 2018, CIO Peer Forum Digital technologies and the new business models they fuel have significantly impacted most enterprises. Executives are called upon to leverage digital transformation (DX) to change and disrupt their business, customers, markets, and competitors. This shift is driving tremendous changes …
The theme of TED2018 was “The Age of Amazement”. It took place in Vancouver over 2 days in April and brought together 132 speakers from 57 countries. Poppy Crum was one of them. The CIO Peer Forum is thrilled that she will be joining us in April in Toronto as a keynote speaker. The TED …