TECHNATION AI4Canada
AI4Canada Podcast as part of our AI4Canada initiative. In this podcast series, we bring #AI experts from Canada and around the globe to discuss the importance of AI adoption and the impact for the future in Canada.
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The Buying the Future We Want: AI, Sustainability & Procurement
04/26/2024
The Buying the Future We Want: AI, Sustainability & Procurement
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 round until Canada Day each year, carefully reviewed, and then honourees for four different types of awards are announced each fall. · 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.- · 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. · 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 · 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.
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The State of GenAI and Canada's Competitve Edge
04/19/2024
The State of GenAI and Canada's Competitve Edge
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 explores how nearly 1,300 companies around the world are looking at the strategic implications of AI technologies and how they are responding to its transformative potential. Timestamp 8:31 – A bespoke Generative AI for the world’s leading financial firms, making the most complex financial research and analysis simple. We partner with elite financial services organizations to develop state-of-the-art, AI-powered solutions. And rather than provide off-the-shelf tools, we collaborate with our partners to build custom, proprietary software that solves their specific problems. Timestamp 9:49 - UN E-Government Survey - Canada was ranked 3rd in 2010 and 32nd in 2022. E-Government Development Index (EGDI) measures the readiness and capacity of a country's national institutions to use information and communication technologies (ICTs) to deliver public services. A higher EGDI ranking indicates a stronger e-government development.
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