U of G News

Holocaust Education Week: Cattle Car Exhibit
2017-11-06 - 2017-11-10 | Branion Plaza, Branion Plaza, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
For the third consecutive year, Guelph Hillel will showcase a replica of a German cattle car in Branion Plaza, similar to the ones used by the Nazis to transport Jews and others to concentration camps during World War II. The cattle car houses an exhibit giving students, faculty and other members of the campus and Guelph community the opportunity to learn about the atrocities of the Holocaust in a powerful way.
Holocaust Education Week runs Nov. 6 – 10

The Derry Dialogues: Living Among Intelligent Machines
2017-11-06 17:30 - 19:00 (America/Toronto) | Thornbrough Building, 80 South Ring Road East, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
As artificial intelligence (AI) moves into our homes, workplaces and public spaces, everyone wants to know: What will our future look like, living amongst intelligent machines?
On November 6, a diverse set of experts, all working in various facets of AI, will converge on Guelph to discuss, debate and explore our future during the second annual Derry Dialogue. Our panel will include one of the few economists focused on AI, a Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce law, a roboethicist, a researcher who studies the social implications of technology, and a member of the newly formed Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence.
Panel Members:

Ajay Agrawal, Peter Munk Professor of Entrepreneurship, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto and Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA
Rozita Dara, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, University of Guelph
Rebecca Finlay (Moderator), Vice-President, Engagement & Public Policy, CIFAR
Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair, Internet and E-commerce Law and Law professor, University of Ottawa
AJung Moon, Director of the Open Roboethics Institute (ORi); Technology Analyst and CEO, Generation R Consulting; and Vanier Scholar, UBC
Graham Taylor, Associate Professor, School of Engineering, University of Guelph and Academic Director, Next Al

Thornborough Building, Room 1200
