Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, Science and Technology
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17
Chair: The Honourable KELVIN KENNETH OGILVIE
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Issue No. 23
Eleventh and twelfth meetings:
Study on the role of robotics, 3D printing and artificial intelligence in the healthcare system
WITNESSES
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Council of Canadian Innovators:
Mike Monteith, Representative, Co-Founder and CEO, Thoughtwire.
Kinova Robotics:
Charles Deguire, Co-Founder and President.
Thursday, May 11, 2017
As an individual:
Dr. Ivar Mendez, Chair of Surgery, University of Saskatchewan.
Humber River Hospital:
Barbara Collins, President and CEO;
Peter Bak, Chief Information Officer.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Kelvin Kenneth Ogilvie, Chair
The Honourable Art Eggleton, P.C., Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Cormier, Day, Dean, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare), Hartling, McIntyre, McPhedran, Mégie, Neufeld, Petitclerc, Seidman, *Smith (or Martin), Stewart Olsen, Unger
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5 and to the order of the Senate of December 7, 2016, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator McIntyre replaced the Honourable Senator Frum (May 10, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Frum replaced the Honourable Senator McIntyre (May 5, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Neufeld replaced the Honourable Senator Dagenais (May 5, 2017).