Events for February 2, 2021 – Digital Nova Scotia – Leading Digital Industry

Smart Mobility & the Future City: A Digital Think Tank by ICTC Presentation

The Digital Think Tank by ICTC invites you to a Virtual Presentation on Smart Mobility and the Future City. About this Event You’re invited to join the Digital Think Tank by ICTC for two world-class presentations on Smart Mobility and the Future City. How do modern technologies and their implementation in emerging smart cities play a vital role in shaping the future of transportation? Join us for an hour of thought-provoking presentations as we dive into how people are working to make mobility smarter for the future of our cities. Our distinguished guests are: Graham Cavanagh - Senior Planner, New Mobility at TransLink Marie-France Laurin - Director of Business Development, Generation AV, Stantec Autonomy   Agenda: 1:00 pm - 1:05 pm ET: Opening remarks 1:05 pm - 1:25 pm ET: The New Mobility: Policies & Strategies for Transportation Innovation - Graham Cavanagh 1:25 pm - 1:45 pm ET: New Mobility, a Cocktail of Solutions - Marie-France Laurin 1:45 pm - 2:00 pm ET: Question and Answer You will have the opportunity to directly engage with our speakers on this content through an online chat.   Graham Cavanagh Senior Planner, New Mobility at TransLink Graham Cavanagh is a Senior Planner at […]

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Blue Innovation Symposium

The Blue Innovation Symposium, 2021’s kickoff event for the Blue Economy, is being held virtually on February 2, from 2-4PM. This, the sixth edition of the Blue Innovation Symposium, will gather ocean industry leaders, blue tech startups, government officials and key marine tech associations to discuss the conference’s theme: The Next Wave in Ocean Tech. The Blue Innovation Symposium has developed an exciting, concise, virtual program which brings global innovators in ocean technology to our historic regional audience and beyond. This year’s agenda begins with a keynote from Professor Matthew Dunbabin, Queensland University of Technology, who will present recent results of robotics applied to the restoration of coral reefs. This will be followed by a panel of emerging ocean technology innovators and entrepreneurs. Building on the conference’s long-standing relationship with Canada this panel will be moderated by Melanie Nadeau, CEO of the Center for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship (COVE), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Panel participants will include representatives from Seahawk Robotics, Dartmouth Ocean Technologies, BAE Systems (Riptide), and Ocius. These participants from Canada, the USA and Australia will speak to Uncrewed Undersea Vehicles (UUVs), Uncrewed Surface Vehicles (USVs), Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) and novel instrumentation. “For this year’s conference, we […]