Events for April 8, 2021 › Webinar › – Digital Nova Scotia – Leading Digital Industry

Fostering a More Diverse and Inclusive Workforce

Elite business cultures thrive when all employees feel respected, included, and a sense of belonging. Creating a more inclusive organization increases productivity, retention, performance, and attracts a stronger and more diverse talent pool. Why now? Your future organization depends on it. Join Veronica Utton and David Osborne of Predictive Success and begin the journey towards building an inclusive, safe culture of belonging.   Veronica Utton, Managing Director & Facilitator of Predictive Success Veronica is a seasoned talent management professional who is a specialist in Diversity and Inclusions. Her clients rave about how Veronica is able to instill others to change their behaviours towards a more diverse and inclusive workplace. Veronica is a former VP HR for UNICEF Canada where she led a team to dramatic success creating a diverse and inclusive workplace way ahead of her time. Veronica is also a former Professor at Seneca College where she taught Human Resources for several years to emerging leaders. Veronica is known to be a challenger of the status quo, with an ability to influence and create practices that are people-centric—to ultimately foster and celebrate diverse and inclusive workplaces. David Osborne, Vice President of Predictive Success David W. Osborne is the Vice […]

The Data Behind Shopping Local

Business Support Series The Business Support Webinar Series will explore timely topics with  industry experts to provide key insights and answers on the best ways to succeed as a business.  Hosted by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce, this series will feature a wide range of topics on how to survive and thrive. THE DATA BEHIND SHOPPING LOCAL: ARE WE REALLY SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESS AS MUCH AS WE THINK WE ARE? Join Margaret Brigley and Margaret Chapman from Narrative Research to explore the data behind what shopping local truly means. While supporting and shopping local is a widespread concept, they will present data that challenges popular opinion and answers the question of whether or not Atlantic Canadians are actually putting their money where their mouths are. Register today and submit a question in advance! Register

Creating Content to Engage Customers on Social Media

Join Tourism Nova Scotia, Digital Nova Scotia and Ingrid Deon, owner of word-craft, for an interactive session on creating engaging content for your social media channels. Ingrid will share some simple tips to get you started writing content for Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. This webinar is relevant to tourism businesses and organizations interested in engaging more with their loyal customers and learning how to curate content to expand their reach to new customers. Learn how to create a content plan that will help guide you on when, where and what to post. Tourism Nova Scotia is offering a Spring Tune-up series of webinars each week in April with a lineup of fantastic presenters who will help you freshen up your business and get ready for the peak tourism season. Register

AI-driven IGT Technologies: Augmented Reality for Therapy Delivery

In this lecture Nissan Elimelech, Founder and CEO of Augmedics, will provide an overview of the current state of artificial intelligence (AI) in image-guided therapy with a special focus on combining AI and augmented reality (AR) to advance image-guided surgery. Nissan will discuss key points in starting a company and commercializing a technology in the AR and surgical navigation space, drawing reference to his experience in founding Augmedics, a Chicago-based company that is currently developing the first AR navigation technology to be used in surgery, allowing surgeons to see the patient’s anatomy through skin and tissues. Topics will include the role of AI in image-guided surgery and surgical navigation, current and potential AR applications and technological developments in image-guided surgery, and potential commercialization gaps, challenges and rewards. ​ This webinar will be presented in English. A recording will be available with English and French subtitles. Register