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SUMMARY:Spring Dinner: AI in Practice: Working Smarter
DESCRIPTION:The fourth industrial revolution is here\, and it’s changing how we do business\, how we interact with each other\, and how we learn. To make sure Halifax is ready and able to take full advantage of this exciting opportunity\, join the Halifax Chamber of Commerce at the 2026 Spring Dinner for a discussion on real-world applications of AI. Speakers will highlight how Nova Scotia-based organizations are already using AI to drive productivity\, innovation\, and impact through practical and human-centred approaches. \nLearn how AI is being applied across sectors in Nova Scotia while recognizing effective AI adoption depends on human skills like strong critical thinking\, ethics\, and leadership. You’ll hear from experts on broad reflections on AI and the future of work\, and move into a conversation on tangible success stories\, starting with the adoption of AI in post-secondary education to increasing productivity for local companies. \nFeaturing presentations from: \n\nMatt Symes\, Symplicity Designs\nPractical examples of how AI tools are being used in business today for productivity\, systems improvement\, and making a difference in the bottom line. \n\nMike Smit\, Dalhousie University Faculty of Management\nHow educational institutions are adapting to AI\, how it’s changing how and what we learn\, and the ways we can ensure the next generation has the skills they need. \n\nKaren Bedard\, PhD\, FCCMG (fellow of the Canadian College of Medical Geneticists) \nMolecular and Cyto Geneticist\, IWK Clinical Genomics Laboratory \nAssociate Professor\, Dept of Pathology\, Dalhousie University \nHow AI is enhancing research and healthcare possibilities by increasing capacity: creating new jobs\, more opportunities\, and high-level qualified\, expert jobs \n\nVictor Martinez\, Lead Data Analytics (Precision Medicine)\, IWK Health \nHow AI is enhancing research and healthcare possibilities by increasing capacity: creating new jobs\, more opportunities\, and high-level qualified\, expert jobs
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LOCATION:Halifax Convention Centre\, Nova Scotia\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Workshop: AI in the Workplace - A Practical Guide for Business Leaders
DESCRIPTION:Join the Halifax Chamber of Commerce as Symplicity Designs offers their 1-day training on AI in the Workplace\, covering best practices on how to leverage its use in each core area of your business (Marketing\, Sales\, Operations\, HR\, and Leadership). \nThis comprehensive training will provide current best practices and risk mitigation when employing artificial intelligence in a business setting\, beginning with practical ground rules regarding AI’s use as a co-pilot. \nThe training is designed to include every level of eagerness and reluctance in the face of AI\, with hands-on activities\, and open Q&A periods at the end of each section. \nMEET YOUR FACILITATOR\nMatt Symes\, CEO & Founding Partner\nSymplicity Designs \nMatt Symes is the CEO and founding partner of Symplicity Designs. He has guided 600+ private and public-sector organizations through strategic transformation\, unlocking over $1B in profitable growth and helping Symplicity earn and sustain B-Corp certification—with impact that places the firm among the global top decile for the triple bottom line. As a serial company builder\, he has started\, acquired\, and scaled a diversified portfolio—from a specialty coffee roastery to professional services—giving him credibility that most consultants can only reference. \nHe is the AI Entrepreneur-in-Residence at UNB’s Technology Management & Entrepreneurship (TME) program\, a transformation strategist\, and an AI-first organizational architect. Matt’s point of view is direct: AI is no longer an IT project; it’s a management discipline. Since 2023\, he and the Symplicity team have introduced practical AI to more than 300 organizational leaders. Their deeper deployments have produced millions of dollars in unlocked productivity and capacity by redesigning workflows\, compressing cycle times\, and instrumenting decisions with data. His playbook blends leadership behaviors\, change mechanics\, and hands-on systems integration so teams can ship value on Monday—not someday. \nHis operating experience includes stepping in as COO to help scale a CPG firm from $20M to $155M in revenue\, doubling a global IT firm’s revenue in less than three years\, and has supported systemic performance improvements in education and healthcare. His grandfather was a roofer who started a roofing company and his heart lies with helping small business owners. That breadth informs how he mentors founders and executives: align on a compelling future\, make the few hard choices that matter\, and build an environment where execution becomes routine. \nAn award-winning CEO and award-winning educator\, Matt was named Business Leader of the Year by the Halifax Chamber in 2021 for his role in helping the region navigate the Covid-19 pandemic and he has been recognized four times as Atlantic Canada’s Top 50 CEOs (2022–2025). Through keynotes\, workshops\, and his 12-month Levership™ cohort\, he distills what works in the field into pragmatic tools leaders can use immediately to scale—without sacrificing their desired lifestyle. Offstage\, you’ll find him enjoying his own espresso\, logging miles as he works toward seven marathons on seven continents\, and living a life of intention and adventure with his partner Emily and their two young daughters. Matt’s a business builder\, a curious human\, and proud girl dad—committed to showing up with purpose (and not just talking about it). \n  \nAs per the guidelines for LSI funding\, there is eligibility criteria for participants. **\nA business is eligible to participate if it: \n\nis located in Nova Scotia\nis registered and active in the Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies or incorporated by an Act of the Nova Scotia Legislature\nhas a direct workforce development need (like upskilling employees\, adopting new technologies or addressing critical skills gaps within their industry)
URL:https://digitalnovascotia.com/event/workshop-ai-in-the-workplace-a-practical-guide-for-business-leaders-4/
LOCATION:Halifax Chamber of Commerce Building 32 Akerley Blvd\, Dartmouth NS B3B 1N1\, Halifax Chamber of Commerce Building 32 Akerley Blvd\, Dartmouth NS\, Dartmouth\, Nova Scotia\, B3B 1N1\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Workshop: What If Your Pricing is Your Biggest Profit Problem? An AI-Amplified Masterclass for Business leaders
DESCRIPTION:Is your current pricing strategy based on data or guesswork? “What If Your Pricing is Your Biggest Profit Problem? An AI-Amplified Masterclass for Business leaders” is a high-impact\, one-day session that equips leaders with the architecture to align features\, benefits\, and human psychology\, then shows you how AI amplifies every step of the process. \nThis session will dive deep into value discovery and segmentation to uncover what your customers are actually willing to pay\, using AI tools to accelerate research\, surface competitor pricing signals\, and model value scenarios faster than any manual process could. Because AI doesn’t fix broken pricing systems\, it scales whatever system you already have. You’ll make sure yours is worth scaling. \nSymplicity Designs will deliver a hands-on Pricing Masterclass that teaches leaders how to turn price into their most powerful profit lever. Participants will learn to rapidly uncover customer value signals and segments\, apply core pricing models\, and architect price structures that align benefits with buyer psychology. We’ll also show you how to use AI as a co-pilot throughout\, from running OSINT competitor analyses and generating pricing hypotheses\, to drafting value-based proposals and designing 90-day pilots with governance dashboards. \nYou’ll leave with a Value-Based Pricing Ladder framework\, a Pricing KPI Dashboard template\, a Price Test Design guide\, a detailed 90-Day Action Roadmap with roles and milestones\, and ready-to-use AI prompts for competitive pricing research and value-based pricing conversations. \nThese frameworks recently drove a 17% gross-margin lift on a core service line within six months. Bring AI into the equation\, and you move faster from insight to implementation. \nMEET YOUR FACILITATOR\nMatt Symes\, CEO & Founding Partner\nSymplicity Designs\nMatt Symes is the CEO and founding partner of Symplicity Designs. He has guided 600+ private and public-sector organizations through strategic transformation\, unlocking over $1B in profitable growth and helping Symplicity earn and sustain B-Corp certification—with impact that places the firm among the global top decile for the triple bottom line. As a serial company builder\, he has started\, acquired\, and scaled a diversified portfolio—from a specialty coffee roastery to professional services—giving him credibility that most consultants can only reference. \nHe is the AI Entrepreneur-in-Residence at UNB’s Technology Management & Entrepreneurship (TME) program\, a transformation strategist\, and an AI-first organizational architect. Matt’s point of view is direct: AI is no longer an IT project; it’s a management discipline. Since 2023\, he and the Symplicity team have introduced practical AI to more than 300 organizational leaders. Their deeper deployments have produced millions of dollars in unlocked productivity and capacity by redesigning workflows\, compressing cycle times\, and instrumenting decisions with data. His playbook blends leadership behaviors\, change mechanics\, and hands-on systems integration so teams can ship value on Monday—not someday. \nHis operating experience includes stepping in as COO to help scale a CPG firm from $20M to $155M in revenue\, doubling a global IT firm’s revenue in less than three years\, and has supported systemic performance improvements in education and healthcare. His grandfather was a roofer who started a roofing company and his heart lies with helping small business owners. That breadth informs how he mentors founders and executives: align on a compelling future\, make the few hard choices that matter\, and build an environment where execution becomes routine. \nAn award-winning CEO and award-winning educator\, Matt was named Business Leader of the Year by the Halifax Chamber in 2021 for his role in helping the region navigate the Covid-19 pandemic and he has been recognized four times as Atlantic Canada’s Top 50 CEOs (2022–2025). Through keynotes\, workshops\, and his 12-month Levership™ cohort\, he distills what works in the field into pragmatic tools leaders can use immediately to scale—without sacrificing their desired lifestyle. Offstage\, you’ll find him enjoying his own espresso\, logging miles as he works toward seven marathons on seven continents\, and living a life of intention and adventure with his partner Emily and their two young daughters. Matt’s a business builder\, a curious human\, and proud girl dad—committed to showing up with purpose (and not just talking about it).
URL:https://digitalnovascotia.com/event/workshop-what-if-your-pricing-is-your-biggest-profit-problem-an-ai-amplified-masterclass-for-business-leaders/
LOCATION:Halifax Chamber of Commerce Building 32 Akerley Blvd\, Dartmouth NS B3B 1N1\, Halifax Chamber of Commerce Building 32 Akerley Blvd\, Dartmouth NS\, Dartmouth\, Nova Scotia\, B3B 1N1\, Canada
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