Joint press release: EU-Canada Leaders’ virtual meeting The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, held a Leaders’ Virtual Meeting on 29 October 2020. The leaders re-affirmed their determination to continue joint efforts to overcome the [...]
GCCIR and the EU Chamber of Commerce in Canada-West join the Enterprise Europe Network Facilitating Trade, Investment, and Innovation between Canada and the European Union The entry of Canada into the Enterprise Europe Network in June 2020 opens a completely new range of opportunities for European SMEs in North America. Enterprise Canada Network The [...]
Preparing for an icy year in the arctic: Interview with Bjela König The following interview was conducted in German by Sebastian Grote and originally published in the Helmholtz Perspektiven magazine in Fall 2019. It was translated by GCCIR staff members. Bjela König is the team leader for safety and logistics personnel for the MOSAiC [...]
Who is Santa Claus really? Research into his origin and history unmask a more realistic image December is a month that predominantly focuses on Christmas. Everybody is getting ready for the festivities, buying presents and Christmas trees, listening to songs and stories of Christmas, with children eagerly awaiting the arrival of Santa Claus, who [...]
Our Digital Future – Edmonton / Milan From 08:00 on November 29 until 08:00 November 30, 2019, 50 young minds will collide at Studio 96 in Edmonton to debate social relations in the digital age; technologies shifting everything from how we communicate with loved ones, to date and forge new friendships. In the format of a 24-hour [...]
GCCIR Award Recipient interns in the French Alps My name is Stefani Johnson and I am the 2019 recipient of the GCCIR award. I am a student in the combined Science/Education program at the University of Alberta, Campus Saint Jean. This summer I participated in an internship through the University of Alberta’s e3 French [...]
Interview with Prof. Vladimír Mařík from the Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics Since 2018, Prof. Mařík is the Scientific Director of the Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics, and Cybernetics (CIIRC), which is located at the Czech Technical University (CTU) in Prague. He was appointed Professor of Technical Cybernetics at CTU in 1990, and [...]
Exploring the Canadian AI Ecosystem: Edmonton & Montreal After organizing the “International Symposium on Applications of Artificial Intelligence” last fall, the GCCIR was approached by Edmonton Economic Development to provide some input about the AI landscape in Edmonton to RE•WORK (https://www.re-work.co/), a leading global events company specializing in AI and deep learning. Here is [...]
Europe United? – The EU in times of BREXIT We are only one month away from BREXIT (the United Kingdom leaving the European Union). It will be the first and only major break within the EU since its formal creation in 1945, an undertaking aimed at ending the frequent and bloody wars between neighboring [...]
Interview with Roderick Szarka Rod is an industry professional with a successful track record in research and development, sales team management, business development and corporate marketing. His first 16 years of his career were in Research & Development developing pharmaceuticals, vaccines and medical devices with ChemBioMed, Cytovax Technologies and Alberta Research Council respectively. Rod [...]
