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CIRANO – ADRIQ-RCTi Innovation Forum: Humans at the Centre of the Digital Transformation

Palais des congrès de Montréal

Thursday 6 Feb 2020
From 8:30AM To 5:30PM

                   

 

 

On February 6, 2020, CIRANO and ADRIQ-RCTi jointly organized a Forum on the theme of "Humans at the Centre of the Digital Transformation".

 

Conferences, panels and exchanges were on the agenda with discussions on skills development, training issues in the workplace, measures to help and support companies as well as factors favouring the digital transformation of companies.

 

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Look back at the event

Karine Blondin

Director of Training for Adults, Businesses and Organizations, Collège de Maisonneuve

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Nathalie de Marcellis-Warin

A CIRANO Researcher and Fellow since 2003, Nathalie de Marcellis-Warin has been President and Chief Executive Officer of CIRANO since 2016, has been leading the Baromètre CIRANO project on risk perception in Quebec, which annually collects data on Quebecers' concerns on 47 social issues since 2011, is responsible of the CIRANO Pole on the Socio-economic Impacts of Digital Intelligence and Main Researcher of the theme Innovation and Digital Transformation. Nathalie de Marcellis-Warin is Full Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Industrial Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal. She is also a Visiting Scientist at Harvard T. Chan School of Public Health and an associate researcher at the Institute for Data Valorization (IVADO).

Holding a Ph.D. in Management Science (in risks and insurance management) from École normale supérieure de Cachan, her research interests focus on risk management and decision-making in different risks and uncertainty contexts as well as public policies. Her research combines economic analysis, cost-benefit analysis, survey data analysis, and more recently massive unstructured data analysis.

In 2008 she created the RISQH network to raise awareness and share experiences on risks management, and patient safety and quality of care in health care facilities.

She participated in the creation of the Montreal Declaration for a Responsible Development of AI.

She is also co-PI of the "Monitoring and Surveys" function at the International Observatory on the Societal Impacts of AI and Digital Technology.

She has published numerous scientific articles, several books and more than 30 reports for government and other organizations. She has given more than a hundred conferences and is regularly solicited to speak in the media.

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Charles Deguire

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, Kinova

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Benoit Dostie

A CIRANO Researcher and Fellow since 2001, responsible of the CIRANO Pole on the Socio-economic Impacts of Digital Intelligence and Main Researcher of the theme Innovation and Digital Transformation, Benoit Dostie is Full Professor in the Department of Applied Economics at HEC Montréal and Academic Director of the Centre interuniversitaire québécois de statistiques sociales (CIQSS).

He also holds the Power Corporation of Canada Chair in Labour Relations, Compensation and Benefits.

Holding a Ph.D. in Economics from Cornell University, his research interests are labour economics and applied econometrics.

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Youssef El Hjaji

Coordinator - Financial Management, Executive Management, Human Capital, Business Development Division, Ministère de l’Économie et de l’Innovation

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Françoys Labonté

Executive Director, Computer Research Institute of Montréal
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Jean Matuszewski

President, E&B Data
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Pascal Monette

CEO, ADRIQ-RCTi
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Hany Moustapha

Professor and Director, Innovation 4.0 Hub, École de technologie supérieure

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Audrey Murray

President, Commission des partenaires du marché du travail (CPMT)
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Placide Poba-Nzaou

Professor, Department of Organization and Human Resources, UQAM
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Antoine Proteau

Data Science Manager, APN Inc.
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Nathalie Robitaille

Director of Marketing and Innovation, Digital Industries, PME MTL
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Program

8:30 - 9:00
Welcome
9:00 - 9:15
Opening Remarks and Overview
Nathalie de Marcellis-Warin, Pascal Monette
9:15 - 9:45
Lessons Learned from 4 Technology Sector Profiles
Jean Matuszewski
9:45 - 10:10
Labour Market Transformation: Challenges and Levers
Audrey Murray
10:10 - 10:30
Skills Development and Training Challenges in the Workplace
10:30 - 12:00
Panel and Discussions - Skills Development and Training Challenges in the Workplace
Antoine Proteau, Audrey Murray, Karine Blondin, Hany Moustapha
12:00 - 13:15
Networking Lunch
13:15 - 13:45
Conference by Charles Deguire, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, Kinova
Charles Deguire
13:45 - 14:05
Assistance Measures, Support Measures and Factors Favouring the Digital Transformation of Companies - Study and Context Setting
Placide Poba-Nzaou
14:05 - 15:30
Panel and Discussions - Assistance Measures, Support Measures and Factors Favouring the Digital Transformation of Companies - Study and Context Setting
Nathalie Robitaille, Louis Fortier, Françoys Labonté, Charles Deguire, Placide Poba-Nzaou, Youssef El Hjaji
15:30 - 16:00
Conclusions and Recommendations
16:00 - 17:30
ADRIQ's New Year's Cocktail

Location


1001 Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle, Montréal, QC H2Z 1H5, Canada