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Nicole Foster (she/her)

Director of Global AI/ML & Canada Public Policy, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Nicole Foster is Director of AWS Global AI/ML and Canada Public Policy at Amazon, where she leads the direction and strategy of artificial intelligence public policy for Amazon Web Services (AWS) around the world as well as the company’s public policy efforts in support of the AWS business in Canada. In this role, she focuses on issues related to emerging technology, digital modernization, cloud computing, cyber security, data protection and privacy, government procurement, economic development, skilled immigration, workforce development, and renewable energy policy. Prior to joining Amazon in 2018, Nicole led the Toronto office for Global Public Affairs, providing senior public affairs counsel to clients. Before joining Global in 2004, Nicole worked for a number of years in political roles in Ottawa. Nicole is the immediate Past National Chair of Equal Voice, a multi-partisan group dedicated to raising the issue of women’s under-representation in Canadian legislatures.

Sessions

Building a digital-savvy public service

November 4, 2021  6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
This executive session will shed light on the challenges the civil service faces, at the federal and provincial levels, in recruiting and skilling talent—and the best strategies to address those challenges. See more.
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