{"id":9013,"date":"2025-05-13T05:01:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T09:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/?post_type=cu_event&#038;p=9013"},"modified":"2025-05-13T05:10:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T09:10:57","slug":"tech-thursday","status":"publish","type":"cu_event","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/event\/tech-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Thursday &#8211; What&#8217;s Holding us Back? A Candid Look at Productivity, Policy, &amp; Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        \n    <\/h1>\n    \n        <\/header>\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    <div class=\"cu-buttongroup cu-component-updated flex flex-wrap md:flex-1 gap-3 md:gap-5 justify-start\">\n                                                                        <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"what-is-tech-thursday\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Tech Thursday?&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Tech Thursday is a weekly event series that connects the boldest builders in Canadian tech\u2014from founders and engineers to investors and policymakers. It\u2019s like a live, in-person podcast meets high-impact networking, designed to spark meaningful collisions, share actionable insights, and grow the ecosystem city by city, coast to coast. We\u2019re not just hosting events\u2014we\u2019re building the infrastructure for Canada\u2019s next wave of innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"whats-holding-us-back-a-candid-look-at-productivity-policy-tech\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">What&#8217;s Holding us Back? A Candid Look at Productivity, Policy, &amp; Tech<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For our third event in the Tech Thursday Ottawa series, we\u2019re tackling a pressing national issue: Is there a productivity crisis in Canada?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200bIn 2024, the Bank of Canada broke the glass on what it called Canada\u2019s deepening productivity challenges\u2014warning that our lagging output per worker threatens long-term growth, competitiveness, and living standards. But what does this mean in real terms? For tech? For capital? For policy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200bThis panel will bring together voices from government, venture, and industry to explore the root causes and what can actually be done about it. Is it a question of innovation? Talent? Regulation? Or all of the above?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200bWe\u2019re excited to welcome:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u200bAdriana Vega, VP of Government Affairs at CVCA \u2013 bringing a policy and capital markets lens to the issue<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u200bHendrik Brakel, Director at Sussex Strategy Group<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u200bRuwan Hapuarachchi, Managing Director, BP&amp;M Consulting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u200bModerated by: Dr. Paul Newton, Master Storyteller and Entrepreneur<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200bTech Thursday is a space for real conversations\u2014no sales, no fluff. 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