Edmonton snags tech crowds for SingularityU Canada summit

Pioneers in fields from robotics to artificial intelligence to digital biology are in Edmonton this week for a conference that seeks to tackle some of the world’s biggest problems through technology.
About 2,500 people piled into the Edmonton Convention Centre Tuesday for the SingularityU Summit. Affiliated with global organization Singularity University, this is the second event of its kind in Canada.
Mayor Don Iveson, often a cheerleader for growing the city’s technology industry,