The City of Estevan hosted delegates from both sides of the border Thursday at the Southeast College's Estevan campus for the Trade, Transportation and Technology Conference.
About 50 people gathered to hear from speakers who offered their thoughts on how changes in technology are affecting business, security, education and more.
Greg Bawden, an instruction designer from the University of Regina, opened the seminar with a talk on distance learning technology. Nicole Davis, the owner of local farm Daybreak Mill, shared her experiences with e-commerce.
Then Dr. Paul Gunderson, the director emeritus of the Dakota Precision Agriculture Center and Lake Region State College in Devils Lake, N.D., discussed agriculture and technology, with a look at non-traditional products and services.
Marlo Anderson, a talk show host and founder of National Day Calendar in North Dakota, talked about the impact of social media, and David Blair, the CEO of Network Solutions and Services in Bismarck, N.D., looked at the impact of autonomous vehicle technologies.
After lunch, John Nagel, the CEO and founder of CyberNet Security in North Dakota, discussed cyber security awareness, and Norbert Beaujot, the founder of president of Saskatchewan agriculture company SeedMaster, talked about robotics and artificial intelligence in farming.
The final speakers were Ed Sargeant and Annette Wills from MABU in Bismarck. They talked about augmented reality and how the technology is changing business.
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