The Buying the Future We Want: AI, Sustainability & Procurement
Release Date: 04/26/2024
AI4Canada Podcast – AI Readiness: Intentions Outpacing Ability
TECHNATION AI4Canada
Robert Barton, CTO, Cisco and Angela Mondou ICD.D., President and CEO, TECHNATION, discuss Canada’s AI readiness, what we need to do to accelerate AI adoption, and what developments in AI we can expect. Time Stamp 1:07 - Cisco AI Readiness Index - Time Stamp 5:24 - In June 2023, there were 1.35 million businesses in Canada with paid employees. The overwhelming majority (98% of the total) were conventionally classified as “small” businesses, which collectively employed over 11 million people. Time Stamp 20:06 - Voluntary Code of Conduct on the Responsible Development and...
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The Buying the Future We Want: AI, Sustainability & Procurement
TECHNATION AI4Canada
Join us for the next AI4Canada podcast where Angela Mondou, President and CEO of TECHNATION Canada had an in-depth conversation with Frances Edmonds, Head of Sustainable Impact at HP Canada. In this episode, Angela and Frances discuss GenAI as a strategy for sustainability and what AI innovation exists to support the management of net-zero targets. Episode Notes · Time Stamp 2:23 - Canada’s Clean50 annually offers recognition to Canada’s leaders in sustainability for their contributions over the prior two years.. Nominations are collected year...
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The State of GenAI and Canada's Competitve Edge
TECHNATION AI4Canada
Join us for the first AI4Canada podcast where , President and CEO of TECHNATION Canada had an in-depth conversation with who leads the AI.Cloud Advisory & Consulting function at . In this episode, they discuss how enterprises globally are adopting GenAI and the unique advantages Canadian businesses possess. Episode Notes Time Stamp 5:10 - Canada’s leadership in AI – 1st countries to launch Pan Canadian AI Strategy; AI talent pool; lead in # patents Timestamp 5:38 - The recent AI technology revolution has taken the world by storm, including business. Our AI for Business Study...
info_outlineJoin us for the next AI4Canada podcast where Angela Mondou, President and CEO of TECHNATION Canada had an in-depth conversation with Frances Edmonds, Head of Sustainable Impact at HP Canada. In this episode, Angela and Frances discuss GenAI as a strategy for sustainability and what AI innovation exists to support the management of net-zero targets.
Episode Notes
· Time Stamp 2:23 - Canada’s Clean50 annually offers recognition to Canada’s leaders in sustainability for their contributions over the prior two years.. Nominations are collected year round until Canada Day each year, carefully reviewed, and then honourees for four different types of awards are announced each fall. Full Article
· Timestamp 5:50 supply chain emissions are on average 11.4 times higher than operational emissions, more than double previous estimates, due to suppliers improving their emissions accounting.- Full Article
· Timestamp 6:50 The new Treasury Board Standard on the Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Setting of Reduction Targets outlines that federal government procurements over $25M should incent suppliers to disclose their GHG emissions and set reduction targets. Full Article
· Timestamp 11:51 By combining this data, de Vries calculates that by 2027 the AI sector could consume between 85 to 134 terawatt hours each year. That's about the same as the annual energy demand of de Vries' home country, the Netherlands Full Article
· Timestamp 19:55 The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that by 2030 all people enjoy peace and prosperity. Full Article