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EXHIBITION.

“You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time. All else is grandiose romanticism or politics.” – Charles Bukowski

The Electronic Recyling Association is a proud to present a series of intimate thought exchanges examining the most critical digital issues facing humanity.

Our post-pandemic expedition began online with ‘The Soft Machine’ in May 2020 as we welcomed digital luminaries from Suncor, Enbridge, Enmax, Syncrude, University of Alberta, SAIT, ATB Financial, Alberta Energy Regulator, AltaML and Attabotics to discuss the evolution of Canada’s digital economy. We continued our journey in September with the third chapter of ‘The Soft Machine’ exploring the state of digital ethics with AWS, OpenStack, Salesforce, Cobalt and Thomson Reuters.

The inaugural chapter of ‘Academic’ will commence on November 19 and will present a masterclass in the art of contemporary cloud computing with Jim Love, Chief Information Officer at IT World Canada and five of Montreal’s leading cloud authorities. The event will conclude with a live back-to-school laptop donation drive celebrating our successful ‘Lending a Lifeline by Lending a Lifeline’ program.

We hope you will join us on our path towards an enlightened future built on the endless possibilities of technology-driven innovation.

UPCOMING EVENTS.

ACADEMIC I A MASTERCLASS IN THE ART OF CONTEMPORARY CLOUD COMPUTING

November 19, 2020

INTERZONE I THE GENESIS OF AN ETHICAL DIGITAL BLUEPRINT FOR THE POST-PANDEMIC ECONOMY

December 1, 2 and 3, 2020

PAST EVENTS.

THE SOFT MACHINE I CHAPTER ONE

THE SOFT MACHINE I CHAPTER TWO

THE SOFT MACHINE I CHAPTER THREE

HISTORY.

PAST SPEAKERS

JEFF BARR
Chief Evangelist at Amazon Web Services

PETER COFFEE
Vice President for Strategic Research at Salesforce

IGGY DOMAGALSKI
CEO of Tundra Process Solutions

JIMMA ELLIOT-STEVENS
Chief Privacy Officer at Thomson-Reuters

SCOTT GRAVELLE
CEO of Attabotics

NATE GLUBISH
Minister of Service Alberta

SANDIP LALLI
CEO of Calgary Chamber of Commerce

JOSHUA MCKENTY
Co-Founder of OpenStack

MARY MORAN
CEO of Calgary Economic Development

NAHEED NENSHI
Mayor of Calgary

SHERRY WEAVER
Associate Dean of University of Calgary Haskayne School of Business

CAROLINE WONG
Chief Strategy Officer at Cobalt

RAYNIE WOOD
Dean of Information and Communication Technologies at SAIT

COMMUNITY PARTNERS

ALBERTA IOT
AIOT
CALGARY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
CALGARY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
CANADIAN BLOCKCHAIN CONSORTIUM
EDMONTON GLOBAL
OPENSTACK FOUNDATION

MEDIA PARTNERS

CTV
GLOBAL TELEVISION
IT WORLD CANADA
POLITIK

For additional information on the Electronic Recycling Association and our mission to solve the critical issue of e-waste while ensuring every citizen has access to the tools and skills required to participate in the digital economy, please visit us here. To check out footage from our past events, please visit us here.

THE PROGRAM

1:00 PM

OPENING REMARKS
Joshua McKenty, Co-Founder of Open Stack, Piston Cloud and EQ Labs

1:10 PM

THE DIGITAL ROUNDTABLE
An Exploration of Cloud Computing in the New Millennium

2:00 PM

THE DIGITAL TOWN HALL
Audience Q & A

2:25 PM

CLOSING REMARKS
Joshua McKenty, Co-Founder of Open Stack, Piston Cloud and EQ Labs

2:30 PM

END OF MAIN PROGRAM

2:40 PM

CONVERSATIONS IN THE AFTERLIFE I A Virtual Cocktail Reception
Featuring the sounds and vision of Owen Brierley.