RSI

Leadership Series - April 23, 2019
2019-04-23 17:00 - 22:00 UTC | EY Tower, 100 Adelaide St. West, 40th floor, Toronto, ON, M5H 1S3, Canada
Why is CEO trust in AI imperative to the future of business and society?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is predicted to drive 95% of all customer interactions by 2025. It’s already having a transformative impact across every industry – including financial services, manufacturing, retail, transportation, agriculture and healthcare – and disrupting business as usual. Some studies calculate that the global GDP will be 14 percent higher by 2030 as a result of AI adoption, contributing an additional $15.7 trillion to the global economy. Recognizing this shift, early adopters are using AI and other emerging technologies to drive innovative business models, practices, services and customer experiences that allow them to obtain or sustain a competitive advantage now and into the future.
Despite its transformative potential, a lack of trust is limiting AI’s growth. To capitalize on its value, building trust in AI needs to be treated as a strategic imperative.
To explore how trusted AI can advance and sustain the competitive advantage of your business and the markets you serve, join our AI-focused dinner and dialogue for C-suite executives.
To kick-start the dialogue, three global business leaders will share how they propelled their customer-centric organizations forward with AI – and how they build trust in AI.

Cathy Cobey, Global Trusted AI Advisory Leader, EY
Cindy Gordon, Founder & CEO and SalesChoice Inc., and EY/CATA Sara Kirke Award recipient
Troy Wright, Founder & CEO, Lendified

To those who register, we’ll be sending a C-suite AI readiness survey. Please complete the survey prior to the event to help guide our evening session.

Agenda:

5:00–5:30 pm
Registration and cocktail reception

5:30–7:00 pm
Opening remarks, keynote speakers, open forum

7:00-8:00 pm
Dinner and discussion about how AI relates to your business, and recommendations for advancing your organization and a more sustainable and resilient future for the communities you serve

8:00–8:40 pm
After-dinner rounds of five-minute report-outs (one person per table)

8:40–8:50 pm
Closing remarks

8:50–10:00 pm
Drinks and networking

Speakers:

Cathy Cobey, Global Trusted AI Advisory Leader
EY
POV: Professional Services
Drawing on 25 years as a technology risk advisor, Cathy oversees a global team that works on the ethical and control implications of AI and autonomous systems. Cathy leverages her unique background as a CPA and her involvement with the EY Climate Change and Sustainability Services practice to consider the full spectrum of technological and societal implications in intelligent automation development. She serves on a number of technical advisory committees to develop industry and regulatory standards for emerging technologies.

Cindy Gordon, Founder & CEO
SalesChoice
POV: Technology
Dr. Gordon is the innovation leader behind SalesChoice Inc., an award-winning AI advanced analytics sales enablement company. A recognized expert in innovation, advanced analytics and AI and digital convergence, she has a 25-year track record in leadership roles as a former partner of Accenture; vice president of Citicorp; director of GM Xerox; and as a founding partner in venture capital and angel associations. She is the co-founder of the AI Directory, a leading global AI hub, and serves on international boards, including Forbes Business School. She’s also the National STEM CATA spokesperson to improve Canada’s inclusion gaps in the technology sector. Her 14th book, The AI Split: The Perfect World or The Perfect Storm, will be released this year. She is very concerned about Canada’s declining productivity ratios and lag in AI applied innovation resilience gaps in intellectual property (patent filings), and is passionate about innovation and sustainability.

Troy Wright, Founder & CEO
Lendified Inc.
POV: Financial Services/Fintech
Troy is a globally recognized leader and trusted expert with a proven 30-plus-year track record in the financial services industry. Prior to launching Lendified in 2015, Troy was president and CEO of Scotiabank Group Mexico, the largest subsidiary of Scotiabank outside Canada and a full-service bank with 2.4 million customers, US$23 billion in assets, 900 branches and 15,000 employees. Lendified has pioneered the use of AI to develop automated lending systems that use the power of data and analytics to replace traditional manual processes with a better, more predictive outcome.
Moderator:
Yasmin Glanville, RSI Founder, and Chief Igniter of Re-Ignite.ca
A recognized innovation, future-readiness and communication leader for forward thinking leaders and organizations

Sponsors:

Leadership Dinner & Dialogue
2019-02-19 17:30 - 21:30 (America/Toronto) | The Faculty Club, 41 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G3, Canada
Take action in the age of disruption to advance your future readiness
Event Invitation
Join an elite group of exceptional leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators for the launch event in our RSI Dinner and Dialogue Series on February 19th, 2019, in Toronto.
Discover and share actionable future-ready strategies and solutions to key challenges impacting business and society in an era of change and disruption with other senior leaders and thought leaders and experts.
To optimize your experience, the knowledge exchange will be ignited by three internationally recognized and awarded speakers who will discuss how to thrive in our age of disruption. It will then move into a deep dive dialogue that will tap into the collective intelligence of a dynamic group of other recognized leaders while you share future-ready challenges, strategies and solutions.
Gourmet dinner will be served. As a bonus, everyone will receive an executive summary of key takeaways.
Keynote Speakers

Sanjay Khanna,
Director and Futurist
Whitespace Legal Collab by Baker McKenzie
Presentation: Future proofing the people side of business in the era of disruption
Organizations must shift from neutral to high gear in order to address multiple operational and organizational risks associated with climate change, including significant risks to their people’s well-being. Sanjay Khanna will explore how potential mental health impacts of environmental and climatic change—such as anxiety, depression and eco-anxiety—might affect organizations’ productivity and performance. And, how people and businesses can prepare for the what’s up ahead, starting today. Sanjay’s presentation will be complemented by these fellow speakers, with a focus on future-proofing climate adaptation and resiliency strategies for businesses and communities.

Dr. Blair Feltmate
Head, Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation, University of Waterloo
Presentation: Hotter, Wetter, Wilder: How Canada Must Prepare for Climate Change and Extreme Weather Risk
Climate change is real and irreversible – accordingly, the financial and social costs of extreme weather are becoming increasingly problematic across virtually all regions of Canada. In response to these growing threats, Blair will highlight how Canada is preparing to limit the impacts of extreme weather through the development and deployment of national Standards that will limit flood, fire and heat risk going forward. He will emphasize that Canada’s adaptation deficit is growing, and that the time to act to limit what will inevitably be an unsustainable future is now – not 2030, not 2040 and not 2050 – but NOW.

Elliott Cappell, Chief Resilience Officer, City of Toronto
He leads the development of Toronto’s first Resilience Strategy and the City’s participation in the global 100 Resilient Cities network.
Presentation: Strategy and Actions for making a more resilient city for residents and businesses
Cities are on the front lines of climate action. As part of the global 100 Resilient Cities network, Elliott is leading the development of Toronto’s first Resilience Strategy. He will highlight how the priority actions the City will take to combat the risks of flooding, heat, extreme cold, and explain why our actions need to focus on the most vulnerable residents. The Resilience Strategy will propose immediate actions for People and Neighbourhoods, Infrastructure, and for ‘Leading a Resilient City’.

This promises to be an evening of important action-focused conversation. On behalf of the RSI Board, we hope you can join us for dinner, dialogue and real solutions.

For more information:

Email: Communications@rethinksustainability.ca
Sponsorship Opportunities: Call/Text Yasmin at 416 970-6600
Thought Leadership Report: RSI 2018 Sustainable Futures Thought Leadership Report

Event Sponsors

InterGEN Leadership Action Learning
2016-09-27 17:30 - 22:00 UTC | The Faculty Club, 41 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G3, Canada
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