Thales participates in Canada2020 round table on AI and its impact on the future of work

Thales participated in Canada2020 round table on AI and its impact on the future of work at the 4th annual conference that took place in Ottawa on June 14-16 2017.

The CANADA 2020 Conference is Canada’s premier event for inspiring, and forward-looking conversation about government, policy & Canada’s future.
Siegfried Usal, Vice President, Strategy, Research and Technology was a keynote speaker at a session dedicated to  A.I., automation & the future of work. 

Today, the Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) phenomenon is being boosted with dramatically increased connectivity, the exponential growth of computing power and Big Data.[...] Connected aircrafts, cars, trains, homes, wearables and personnal devices of the physical world are forming a vast web connected digitized environment that will soon be the ultimate new market place for a new generation of entrepreneurs and businessmen.[...] Artificial intelligence is making its way in and creates more value and productivity while reducing the complexity of things that humans face. It is transforming our physical world into an increased software defined world.