Fast Track Cities: Building Sustainable Supply Chains
February 15, 2024
PRESENTED BY
With support from
Building Sustainable Supply Chains for a Net Zero Future
Cities across Canada are working harder than ever to meet climate action goals, from decarbonization to improving infrastructure sustainability. Much of this work focuses on innovating the way people move across cities. An often overlooked challenge is how can cities build sustainable, Net Zero supply chains that include the raw materials, finished products and other goods.
With our partners at Communitech, we’re addressing the challenges cities currently face in moving goods sustainably, efficiently and economically. We’ll be talking about a broad spectrum of innovations for last-mile delivery, from drones to autonomous vehicles to micro-fulfillment centers.
Join us at Fast Track Cities: Building Sustainable Supply Chains with leaders from the public and private sectors for a 90-minute digital event focusing on how supply chain innovations will help get us to a Net Zero future.
SPEAKERS & GUESTS
AARON LEIBTAG
CEO,
Pentavere
MARA LEDERMAN
Co-founder and COO,
Signal 1
MUHAMMAD MAMDANI
Vice President - Data Science and Advanced Analytics,
Unity Health Toronto
LAURA ROSELLA
Education Lead,
Temerty Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research and Education in Medicine (T-CAIREM)
STEVEN TAM
Former General Counsel,
Chief Data Governance and
Privacy Officer at Vancouver Coastal Health
ELISSA STROME
Executive Director,
Pan-Canadian AI Strategy,
CIFAR
PETER AP ZAKAROW
President,
Alexynn Group
MOHAMED NOFAL
Customer Engineer - Public Sector & Healthcare,
Google Cloud
JOYCE DROHAN
Chief Technology Officer,
Government of Ontario
With support from
PROGRAM
Host Welcome and Introduction
Opening Presentation: The Changing Dynamics of Smart Supply Chain
Uncover the future of smart supply chains, integrating novel technologies like drones and e-cargo bikes, while examining the pivotal role of urban planning in synchronizing schedules, systems, and loading zones for efficient goods and people movement.
- Speaker : Timothy Papandreou, Founder and CEO, ETA Advisors
Fireside chat: Ethical Tech in the Public Space
Ethical AI implementation is critical when planning the future of the supply chain. Join the conversation on navigating how to responsibly increase technology use in public spaces for the benefit of governments, businesses, and municipalities.
- Jean-Simon Venne, CTO and Co-Founder, BrainBox AI
- Shingai Manjengwa, Head of AI Education, Chain ML
- Moderator: Somaieh Nikpoor, Lead Data Science and AI Strategy, Transport Canada
Panel: Transforming Last-Mile Delivery: Sustainable and Efficient Innovations
What is the future of last-mile delivery? Join our panel to hear about practical approaches for sustainability and efficiency in the final stretch of supply chains.
- Karthik Srinivasan, MBA, Manager – Transportation & Asset Disposal, CPKC
- Usman Ahmed, Postdoctoral Fellow, City Logistics for the Urban Economy, University of Toronto
- Dariusz Grabka, Head of Purolator’s Digital Lab, Purolator
- Moderator: Homeira Afshar, Research and Insights Analyst, Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network
Closing Comments by Communitech
Find out more about Communitech’s Fast Track Cities program and how to join the next cycle focused on supply chain.
- Carleigh Johnston, Program Manager, Strategic Initiatives, Communitech
Event Conclusion