Designing Productivity 2014
The 2014 Designing Productivity conference was held May 23rd, 2014. With over 175 attendees representing over 50 organizations it was one of our largest conferences to date. We would like to thank all who attended and all the speakers who took time out of their busy schedules to share their knowledge and experience with us. Below are a number of pictures from the day. To see our speakers’ slide decks, click their names below.
Big Data Analytics
Stan Matwin
Canada Research Chair and Professor, Dalhousie University Faculty of Computer Science
Director, Institute for Big Data Analytics
Keynote Speaker & Panel
Irene d’Entremont
Commission Member, Nova Scotia Commission on Building our New Economy
President, ITG Information Management Inc.
Don Connolly, Moderator
Bill Black, Panelist
JP Deveau, Panelist
Colin Dickson, Panelist
Eldon Gunn, Panelist
Scotsburn Dairy
Andrea Friars, P.Eng.
Industrial Engineer, Scotsburn Dairy Group
Glen Caissie
Plant Analyst, Scotsburn Dairy Group
Barrington Consulting Group
Julie Grant
Barrington Consulting Group
Nadia Dajani
Barrington Consulting Group
The keynote panel session included (from left): Colin Dickson (Industrial Engineering Systems), Don Connolly (CBC Information Morning), JP Deveau (Acadian Seaplants), Irene d'Entremont (OneNS Commission Member), Bill Black (newstartns.ca), Eldon Gunn (Dalhousie University).
This year’s conference included an inaugural poster fair which included 22 undergraduate and graduate student posters.