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Bloom is a podcast about innovation in Edmonton. Learn about the opportunities available in the Edmonton region and hear from local innovators tackling some of the world's biggest challenges. Hosted by Karen Unland.

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Bloom is a podcast about innovation in Edmonton. Learn about the opportunities available in the Edmonton region and hear from local innovators tackling some of the world's biggest challenges. Hosted by Karen Unland.

    Highlights from a trip to Upper Bound

    Highlights from a trip to Upper Bound

    Taproot reporters Shayne Giles and Ashley Lavallee-Koenig join Karen Unland to recap what they heard at Upper Bound, Edmonton's annual AI week, and share their thoughts on how artificial intelligence is changing their world.
    Here are the relevant links for this episode:
    Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii)Upper Bound ran from May 23 to 26, 2023What we saw and heard at Upper BoundDuckietownUniversity of Alberta instructor Matt Taylor's talk on DuckietownPanel on cellular agricultureNew HarvestNew Harvest and Amii to explore AI's uses in lab-grown foodRouteiqueSession on how Routeique uses machine learningAlberta AI pioneer plans new research institute in EdmontonRichard Sutton's keynoteMore Upper Bound session recordingsBloom is produced by Taproot Edmonton, a source of curiosity-driven original stories, curated newsletters on various topics, and locally focused podcasts, all in the service of informing Edmontonians about what is going on in their community.
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    Editing by Shayne Giles; theme music by Dave Von Bieker; cover art by Vikki Wiercinski.


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    • 31 min
    Amii aims to bridge research and industry

    Amii aims to bridge research and industry

    Steph Enders of the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) joins Karen Unland to discuss collaborations with TELUS and other partners to harness the power of AI. They also discuss how ChatGPT has ignited an important conversation around ethics.

    • 43 min
    RUNWITHIT Synthetics dials forward into the future

    RUNWITHIT Synthetics dials forward into the future

    Myrna Bittner of RUNWITHIT Synthetics tells Karen Unland visualizing the future, and guest co-host Lazina Mckenzie of ThresholdImpact Venture Mentoring Service offers insight on what has helped RUNWITHIT succeed.

    • 56 min
    Making connections and drawing attention with Gail Powley

    Making connections and drawing attention with Gail Powley

    Guest co-host Gail Powley of Technology Alberta joins Karen Unland to discuss what innovators need and what she does to provide it, in addition to catching up on news about Gummy Nutrition Lab, Nanoprecise Sci Corp, Deeleeo, and RUNWITHIT Synthetics.

    • 42 min
    Looking back at 2022 and ahead to 2023

    Looking back at 2022 and ahead to 2023

    Faaiza Ramji and Karen Unland are joined by Taproot co-founder Mack Male to look back at some of last year's innovation highlights and consider what's to come this year.

    • 45 min
    Shawn Kanungo goes boldly into the book business

    Shawn Kanungo goes boldly into the book business

    Head into the holiday season with Faaiza Ramji's conversation with Shawn Kanungo, author of The Bold Ones. You'll also hear some other business book recommendations and catch up on a couple of innovation-oriented stories.

    • 48 min

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