November 4, 2020  9:30 PM – 10:30 PM
Topic Room

FWD50 Topic Rooms

An opportunity for open dialogue around relevant themes. The FWD50 Topic rooms bring the conversation to our attendees. Each room will be hosted by curated experts, promoting open, collaborative and productive conversations around pre-determined themes. Pick the theme that’s of interest to you and start talking!

 

TOPICS

The Digital Learning Exchange: Democratizing Learning and why YOU need to do it!

Imagine a place where digital learning content is shared freely and in a manner simple to adopt thus driving to easy to consume, broad digital learning, across many jurisdictions? The Digital Academy, of the Canada School of the Public Service is all about Living the Digital Standards. As such, working in the Open by Default is the norm. Come learn about the Digital Learning Exchange, influence its design, and ultimately become part of a community that shares its learning content.

Strengthening the Digital Workforce of the Future

Strengthening the Digital Workforce of the Future is not a solo role. Our collective success for a digital tomorrow is resting on our people as the cornerstone. Come join this interactive conversation and hear of the impact a coalition of the willing can have and share your insights and experiences on what more can be done – together.

Designing COVID Alert

Come chat with the designers, content designers and translators who built Canada's Exposure Notification Service COVID Alert. The team will share details on how they iterated on the service and how user research with over 6000 participants helped shape how the service looks, feels and sounds.

Faculty
Digital Academy, Canada School of Public Service
Product Owner Digital Academy
Canada School of Public Service (CSPS)
Issues Manager
DGO | Digital Academy IPSB | CSPS
Chief Information Officer
Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC)
Director General of the Enterprise Solutions Directorate
Transport Canada
Senior Director, Digital Services Branch
Digital Services Branch, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Associate Professor
University of Toronto
Program Director, Applied Computer Science Co-Director Learning Equity & Access Research Network (LEARN)
Dalhousie University
Accessibility and Inclusive Design Lead
Canadian Digital Service (CDS)
Head of Design
Canadian Digital Service (CDS)
Lead Content Designer
Canadian Digital Service (CDS)
Lead Service Designer
Canadian Digital Service (CDS)
Content designer
Canadian Digital Service (CDS)
Translator
Canadian Digital Service (CDS)
Interaction designer, CDS Platform
Canadian Digital Service (CDS)
Service designer
Canadian Digital Service (CDS)
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