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Canadian Executive CEO-P2P UWaterloo WatSPEED Thought Leadership Roundtable - AI Disruption Driving Urgency to Upskill Canadians

  • Canadian Executive Connections 210-137 Glasgow Street Kitchener, ON, N2G 4X8 Canada (map)

Join Todd Bissett (Gowling WLG), April Philpotts (UW WatSPEED), Uvaro SVP Greg Boyd and our Global Canadian Executive Connections (CEC) Community in an interactive & insightful CanadianExecs.com CEO-P2P Executive Roundtable on Thu.Jun.13th @ 12pm.

This is the 3rd in our series of CEC Thought Leadership Roundtables focused on the AI Tsunami and the urgent need for Upskilling Canada's Tech Ecosystem.

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TOPIC

• Urgency for Reskilling Canadians (AI Disruption & Beyond)

• University of Waterloo WatSPEED Career Accelerator

Programs:

(1) Cybersecurity (Programmers)

(2) Digital Transformation & AI (Managers, Project Leaders and Influencers)


FEATURED SPEAKERS

• Todd Bissett (Partner @ Gowling WLG)

• Greg Boyd (SVP Revenue @ Uvaro)

• April Philpotts (Strategy & Special Projects, WatSPEED @ University of Waterloo)


CANADIAN EXECUTIVE CONNECTIONS INC.

• Bob Kyryliuk (CEO & Co-Founder)

• Richard McClurg (CMO)

• Tom Heiber (CTO)

• Daniel Manary (CSO & AI Exec)


DISRUPTION

• Now and in the coming years, hundreds of millions of jobs are being created, eliminated or dramatically changed while generating trillions of dollars in annual GDP growth! OPPORTUNITY

• Bring your challenges, opportunities & requirements for both upskilling and reskilling your staff as well as recruiting talent for in-demand roles.

• Benefit from insights from industry executives with expertise on AI & Digital Transformation.


STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP

WatSPEED at the University of Waterloo and CEC have established a Strategic Partnership to maximize the impact of two new, ground-breaking Career Accelerator Programs (CAP). University of Waterloo's professional and executive education arm - WatSPEED has secured $3.1M in funding to launch two industry-focused career accelerators to empower and reskill Canadians across the country.

This WatSPEED initiative is part of the $250 million Upskill Canada funding by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) previously announced by the federal government to help 15,000 mid-career workers to transition into new positions in high-growth sectors.



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June 25

CEC Thought Leadership Roundtable with UWaterloo WatSPEED & Communitech Outposts - "AI Disruption Opportunities - Digital Transformation & Global Growth"