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Schedule

#DXC26 | Apr 16, 5:00 p.m. – Apr 18, 6:00 p.m. TMU and OCADU, Multiple Locations
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  • 45 minutes

    DOORS OPEN & UTOPIA REWIRED ART EXHIBITION

    OCAD U Waterfront
  • 15 minutes

    DXC FOUNDERS WELCOME

    OCAD U Waterfront
  • 1 hour

    CORY DOCTOROW: DISENSHITTIFICATION NATION

    OCAD U Waterfront
    keynote
  • 1 hour

    GREETINGS & ARTIST ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

    OCAD U Waterfront

  • 15 minutes

    OPENING REMARKS

    UOF
  • 15 minutes

    CANADA’S IDENTITY IN A CHANGING WORLD

    UOF
  • 1 hour 45 minutes

    SPECIAL PRESENTATION

    UOF
  • 3 hours

    WORKSHOP: DEMOCRACY FUTURES

    OCAD U Waterfront
  • 3 hours

    WORKSHOP: EMERGING LEADERS

    UOF
  • 30 minutes

    DEMOCRACY’S SECOND ACT: WHY POLITICS NEEDS THE PUBLIC

    UOF
  • 2 hours

    DXC MIXER AT THE GREAT LAKES BREW PUB

    Great Lakes Brewpub
  • 2 hours 15 minutes

    THE GREAT DEMOCRACY TRIVIA GAME

    Great Lakes Brewpub

  • 15 minutes

    WELCOME & LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

    TRSM
  • 15 minutes

    OPENING REMARKS: DEMOCRACY IS A NATION BUILDING PROJECT

    TRSM
  • 45 minutes

    IN CONVERSATION WITH NOBEL LAUREATE DARON ACEMOGLU: WHAT HAPPENED TO LIBERAL DEMOCRACY?

    TRSM
    Keynote
  • 10 minutes

    COFFEE BREAK

    TRSM
  • 56 minutes

    PANEL A: THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL COOPERATION

    TRSM
  • 55 minutes

    PANEL B: UNLEASHING INDIGENOUS ECONOMIC POWER

    TRSM
  • 55 minutes

    PANEL C: CONTENT PROVENANCE AND THE MEDIA

    TRSM
  • 10 minutes

    COFFEE BREAK

    TRSM
  • 55 minutes

    PANEL A: SOVEREIGNTY BY DESIGN

    TRSM
  • 55 minutes

    PANEL B: SECURITY, DEFENCE AND RESILIENCE

    TRSM
  • 55 minutes

    PANEL C: IS INNOVATION CANADA’S SUPERPOWER?

    TRSM
  • 55 minutes

    PANEL D: CREATIVITY AND IDENTITY IN A CHANGING WORLD

    TRSM
  • 30 minutes

    WE THE DATA: HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE DIGITAL AGE

    TRSM
  • 15 minutes

    LUNCH PICKUP

  • 2 hours 5 minutes

    WORKSHOPS

    TRSM
  • 10 minutes

    COFFEE BREAK

    TRSM
  • 50 minutes

    BUILDING AN ECONOMY FROM PLACE, PEOPLE, AND PURPOSE

    TRSM
  • 50 minutes

    PANEL A: THE WEALTH GAP: BOLD IDEAS FOR GROWING SHARED PROSPERITY

    TRSM
  • 50 minutes

    PANEL B: CANADA’S FRANCOPHONE ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE

    TRSM
  • 50 minutes

    PANEL C: THE CASE FOR PUBLIC AI

    TRSM
  • 55 minutes

    DEMOCRACY IS A TEAM SPORT

    TRSM
  • 15 minutes

    CLOSING REMARKS

    TRSM

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