(R)evolutions? Four days to explore our digital transformations, debate, and find inspiration.
Revolutions or evolutions? Positive or worrying? Transformative or fragmented?
Woven throughout the entire program is a central theme: the future of work in the age of AI.
The impact of artificial intelligence on jobs, organizations, and professional identities will be at the heart of the discussions.
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2025 Themes
To transform, yes — but under what conditions?
- Automation, creativity, productivity: how AI is redefining roles within organizations
- Digital production chains: performance boost or growing dependence on generative tools?
- Algorithmic governance: who decides, who is accountable?
- AI in public services: ensuring transparency, fairness, and trust
Protecting our organizations, our identities, our democracy
- Digital resilience: training and equipping workplaces
- Disinformation & deepfakes: regulating malicious uses of AI
- Technological sovereignty: critical infrastructures and strategic autonomy
- Consent & inclusion: toward an informed digital citizenship
Is AI an ally or a threat to cultural diversity?
- Augmented or standardized creation: what are the consequences for the plurality of voices?
- Artistic discoverability: surviving in an algorithm-driven ecosystem
- Rights, ownership, and revenue: toward a new cultural contract?
- Cultural professions: balancing adaptation, reskilling, and reinvention
What kind of territories do we want to build in the digital age?
- Smart cities & clean technologies: towards sustainable urban living
- Digital inclusion: reskilling and education for all
- Enhanced citizen participation: digital tools and local democracy
- Regional work: new economic models, rootedness, and local vitality
In the coming weeks, we’ll unveil our keynote speakers and highlight the key themes of their talks. Stay tuned for our upcoming announcements!
Thank you to our partners
This year, key players in the innovation ecosystem are coming together to showcase local expertise and drive digital transformation at MTL connect 2025.
Among them are Tourisme Montréal, the Government of Québec, the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC), and the Computer Research Institute of Montréal (CRIM), all joining forces with MTL connect. Their involvement underscores the strategic importance of this event for the technological future of the province.
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