Please join Toronto’s
business community on Tuesday, December 16, when Ian Black, General
Manager of Uber Toronto, discusses the advent of new on-demand transportation
and ridesharing companies in conversation with the CBC’s Peter Armstrong. Mr. Black will share his insights on new innovations
in urban transportation and the impact this is having on city and economic
life. The open discussion will also explore what regulatory solutions should be considered and
adopted here in Canada to welcome new transportation network companies.
Uber
is evolving the way the world moves. By seamlessly connecting riders to drivers
through its mobile application, the company is making cities more accessible,
opening up more possibilities for riders and more business for drivers. From
its founding in 2009 to its launches in over 250 cities today, Uber’s rapidly
expanding global presence continues to bring people and their cities closer.
Ian
Black has served as General Manager for Uber’s Toronto operations since May of
2014. His remarks will focus on how transportation network companies operate
and the impact they can have here in Canada. Mr. Black will also address the
need to find progressive regulatory solutions that help ensure public safety
and expand urban transportation options.
Mark
your calendars and join this timely conversation on the convergence of
technology and transportation.
Ian Black – Bio
Ian
Black is the General Manager – Toronto of Uber, a technology company that
is reinventing urban transportation in Toronto and around the globe. Not only
has Uber transformed the traditional taxi and limo industry in just 4 years, it
has pioneered inexpensive on-demand transportation with uberX ridesharing and
uberPOOL. Before Uber, Mr. Black developed his business and startup acumen at
Bain & Co, Google, INSEAD and Helios Solar Energy.
Peter Armstrong – Bio
Peter Armstrong is the economics reporter for CBC News.
Armstrong was previously the host of World Report on CBC Radio. He has been a foreign correspondent for CBC Television and CBC Newsworld, based in Jerusalem. He covered the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. Armstrong was a parliamentary correspondent based on Parliament Hill. An award-winning journalist, he has covered three wars and reported in French and English from four continents.
Armstrong has reported from the frontlines in Afghanistan, embedded with Canadian, U.S. and British Troops. He has traveled extensively through the Middle East, reporting from Israel, Lebanon, Syria and the Palestinian Territories. He also reported live from Barack Obama’s ancestral village in Kenya the night of the American presidential election in 2008.
Armstrong has worked in CBC locations across Canada, beginning in Quebec City with stops in Saint John, Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver. He has covered some of the biggest events of the last two decades including the tsunami and ensuing nuclear disaster in Japan, three federal elections and the Sochi Olympics.
Originally from Oakville, Ont., Armstrong is bilingual in French and English, and speaks some Arabic. He is a graduate of Acadia University in Nova Scotia and completed his journalism studies at l’Universite Laval in Quebec City.
Armstrong is married to Canadian journalist Piya Chattopadhyay.
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