Experts Examine Modernizing NAFTA, Serving the Human Element

Conference focuses on digital disruption's impact on business, government, and consumers

Scotty Greenwood, CEO of the Canadian American Business Council (L), and Lena Trudeau of Nuage Strategies discuss ideas on the modernization of NAFTA to address the digital economy, at Bayview Yards in Ottawa on June 6, 2018. Rahul Vaidyanath/The Epoch Times

OTTAWA—Business leaders explored how digital disruption is changing companies, government, and people in the context of NAFTA modernization at a one-day conference in Ottawa on June 6.

But in an increasingly data-driven world, the human quality and its need for privacy, security, and convenience cannot be forgotten, according to the panellists at “Digital Disruption—Analog to Algorithm,” held at the Bayview Yards innovation centre.