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CCOM Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association

From July 5 to 9, 2021, the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) headquarters hosted a conference on the Fourth Industrial Revolution (industry 4.0) entitled CPA Virtual Conference:

The 4th Industrial Revolution. Each day covered a different theme and consisted of panel sessions covering different topics. Presenters included parliamentarians, academics and industry experts. The objective of the conference was to challenge participants to think about how the Commonwealth, parliaments and democracies will evolve in the next 10, 50 or even 100 years.

The conference was attended by the following members of the Canadian Branch of the CPA: The Honourable Terry M. Mercer, Senator, Mr. Terry Duguid, M.P., and Ms. Brenda Shanahan, M.P.

The themes of the conference were:

• What is the 4th Industrial Revolution?

• The 4th Industrial Revolution and Environmental Stewardship

• Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Algorithms

• Big Data and Blockchain

• Cybersecurity and the Internet of Things

During a panel session (Regulating at Speed and Scale), the Honourable Terry M. Mercer, Senator, discussed the findings of the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications’ study on automated vehicles, which were published in its 2018 report entitled Driving Change: Technology and the future of the automated vehicle.

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