The CityAge Cube
We want to introduce you to The CityAge Cube — a new way of meeting that launches Dec. 9th on a computer, laptop or tablet near you.. When the pandemic hit, CityAge had a bit of an existential crisis. Who didn’t? We’ve long been an organization that brings together people to meet and exchange ideas. […]
CrossOver: AI — CityAge Explores Artificial Intelligence for 2020
Crossover: AI — Artificial Intelligence Perspective for 2021 CrossOver: AI 2020 kicked off on December 9th with The Great Acceleration. With over 500 registrants, we gathered in our brand new CityAge Cube for a discussion focused on how the pandemic has accelerated the pace of digital change. Our all-star group of speakers spoke to how now […]
Think it Was Crowded Before? Just Wait for the Post-Pandemic’s Mega Crowds
Our post-pandemic future will bring us together like never before — with gatherings in the tens of millions, predict some of the world’s experts in design and events. That’s the vision of Michael Lockwood, an architect at Populous, outlined at CityAge’s Bringing the Crowds Back. Technology has historically changed the dynamics of human gathering, he said, from […]
New online portal makes machine learning in Canadian agriculture a reality
TerraByte, a research group from the University of Winnipeg, is launching an online portal later this month to share their data sets and pave the way for machine learning in Canadian agriculture. Led by Professor Christopher Henry and Professor Christopher Bidinosti, TerraByte started collecting data in 2020 using an imaging robot that captures and automatically […]
The Big Apple Needs a Mayor For Tech
New York’s back. And it needs to get into Tech. That’s the recommendation of Cornell University’s Urban Tech Hub as the Big Apple comes back from the pandemic.. Through talks with experts and policy makers the team, led by Rohit Aggarwala, the Urban Tech Hub drafted a list of recommendations for the city’s newly elected […]
10 Canadians using data to build the health care system of the future
In 1961, Tommy Douglas’ Saskatchewan government innovated a vital Canadian institution when he introduced Canada’s first universal publicly funded medical care. Sixty years later, a group of Canadians are reinventing health care all over again. And they’re doing it using the ascendant tool of the digital age: data. Deploying data holds risks. But it can […]
Canada Should Reach for the Moon and more: MDA CEO
Fifty years ago Canada emerged as a leader in the space race, and according to space tech company MDA’s Chief Executive Officer, Mike Greenley, we can do it again if we get organized. In the 1970s Canada stepped up and provided the robotics technology — the Canadarm — for the Space Shuttle. Canada was the third […]
Great Lakes: the leader in future mobility
The ICE age — the era of the internal combustion engine — is ending. The future is electrification — and the members of the US-Canada AutoPact are hoping to be its leaders. Ever since the 1965 AutoPact united the American and Canadian auto industry, the Great Lakes region has enjoyed years as the global hub […]
Q&A with Dr. Jonathan Reichental
Dr. Jonathan Reichental is the founder of Human Future, a global business and technology advisory, investment, and education firm. He’s also the author of Smart Cities for Dummies and, more recently, Data Governance for Dummies. He was also CIO of the City of Palo Alto for seven years. We caught up with Jonathan to talk […]
When it rains, it pours: water leaders tackle the worsening climate crisis
Hurricane Ida wasn’t just a freak accident. It was a consequence of our changing climate, and a glimpse into our future. But water experts know the way forward — act together, and quickly, to update aging infrastructure. “We got six to eight inches of rain in less than 24 hours, and we designed our infrastructure […]