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Cyber Summit

Business Event

Starts:
Tue, November 7th @ 8:00 AM
Ends:

Thu, November 9th @ 4:00 PM

Email

[email protected]

Website

Cyber Summit

Location

The Banff Centre 107 Tunnel Mountain Dr Banff, AB T1L 1H5

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Starts: November 7, 2017 8:00 am Ends: November 9, 2017 4:00 pm

Author William Gibson reportedly made this statement in 1993, but his words could just as easily apply to 2017. Throughout Canada, and across the globe, there exists major disparities in access to data and access to technology, including internet connectivity and computing resources. There is a growing concern that these gaps will hold back entire communities.

Cyber Summit 2017 will focus on the issues surrounding technology disparities, and how they affect different regions, and different sectors. The event will help public organizations, tech leaders, and everyday citizens understand and communicate the need for unrestricted access to digital resources. And it will highlight the organizations, tools and services that are helping to close those technological gaps.

The Summit will take place November 8-9, 2017 at The Banff Centre in Banff, Alberta, with pre-conference workshops being held on November 7.

Sessions will cover:

  • Benefits of technology access for rural education and business
  • Examples (and potential) of technologies/software/platforms that are accessed via web browser
  • Improving organizational digital literacy
  • Preparing for artificial intelligence at all levels
  • Advancing privacy and security
  • And more…

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Keynote Speakers

Greg Wyler, Founder & Executive Chairman, OneWeb

A successful telecommunications entrepreneur, Wyler founded OneWeb in 2012 with the mission of connecting every unconnected school in the world by 2022. OneWeb’s new satellite constellation, a major component to achieving this goal, will launch in 2019.

Previously, Wyler spent three years developing telecommunications for rural locations in Africa. He built a local team and connected over 200 schools to the internet; provided the first 3G and fibre-to-the-home connections on the continent; and focused heavily on developing local operational skills.

“Internet access is critical for digital government, health and education, and lack of access impairs financial growth when markets cannot develop, trade and become economically relevant to each other. This issue impacts everyone, and together we can solve it.” – Greg Wyler  @greg_wyler


Heather Payne, Founder, Ladies Learning Code

Heather Payne is the Founder of Ladies Learning Code, a national not-for-profit that is encouraging thousands of women and girls to learn to code. Since 2011, Ladies Learning Code has expanded from its Toronto headquarters to 22+ cities across Canada.

Payne is the founding director of Toronto’s Mozilla-backed youth digital literacy initiative and was named one of Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women by the Women’s Executive Network.

“If software is created only by a small portion of the population, how is it going to be reflective of society’s needs, and an entire population’s needs?” – Heather Payne

 


Accommodations

Book your accommodations at The Banff Centre to receive our group discount. Click here to book your room.

Questions?

Contact [email protected] or learn more about Cyber Summit at http://www.cybera.ca/cyber-summit-2017/home/ 

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Event Hashtag: #CyberSummit17
Twitter Handle: @Cybera
Facebook page: @CyberaInc

Location

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, AB, Canada

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, AB, Canada

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
Tunnel Mountain Drive,
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Canada