Consul General Nick Baker

Nick Baker

Consul General, Montreal

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16th November 2017 Montreal, Canada

Consul General Nick Baker

by Nick Baker

Consul General, Montreal

Le prochain boom technologique : l’intelligence artificielle (I.A.)

L’intelligence artificielle est en plein essor à Montréal, et de façon plus générale, au Canada. Les algorithmes informatiques peuvent analyser d’énormes quantités de données et déterminer les tendances ; découlant sur une multitude d’applications possibles. Le potentiel est étonnant : la reconnaissance vocale, les services de traduction, le guidage des véhicules autonomes, le  renseignement de la police […]

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16th November 2017 Montreal, Canada

Consul General Nick Baker

by Nick Baker

Consul General, Montreal

The next tech boom: Artificial Intelligence (A.I.)

Artificial Intelligence is booming in Montréal, and Canada more broadly.  Computer algorithms can analyse vast quantities of data and establish patterns, with a myriad of potential applications. From voice recognition, translation services and directing autonomous vehicles to informing policing through crime analysis and diagnostics in healthcare, the potential is enormous.   Google, Microsoft, IBM, and […]

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16th November 2017 Montreal, Canada

Consul General Nick Baker

by Nick Baker

Consul General, Montreal

La réalité virtuelle: Un tout autre monde

Plus question d’être assis sur votre canapé devant un téléviseur à écran plat. La prochaine génération de matériel audiovisuel vous met en plein dans l’action.  En portant un casque on est complètement plongé dans un monde virtuel avec lequel on peut interagir.  Cependant les usages de cette nouvelle technologie vont bien au-delà des jeux vidéo […]

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8th November 2017 Montreal, Canada

Consul General Nick Baker

by Nick Baker

Consul General, Montreal

Virtual Reality: A whole other world

Virtual hands holding a ball with 'A Colossal Wave!' text in blue in front

Forget sitting on your couch watching a flat screen. The next generation of audiovisual hardware puts you right in the action!  Wearing a headset you are completely immersed in a virtual world that you can interact with.  But this new technology can be applied to far more than video games or entertainment. We recently brought […]

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4th August 2016 Montreal, Canada

Consul General Nick Baker

by Nick Baker

Consul General, Montreal

Electrify your drive

I took my initial spin in an exhaustless car whilst visiting the Institut de recherche d’Hydro-Québec (IREQ), where Quebec’s power utility is doing ground-breaking research into batteries for electric vehicles.

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11th December 2015 Montreal, Canada

Consul General Nick Baker

by Nick Baker

Consul General, Montreal

Climate Change Gets Personal

The climate change conference in Paris wrapped up today. Over the past two weeks there has been an array of commitments by governments around the World, including the UK’s, to tackle the climate change phenomenon and reduce the emissions that contribute to it. But what action are we all going to take as individuals?

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17th November 2015 Montreal, Canada

Consul General Nick Baker

by Nick Baker

Consul General, Montreal

Plan Nord: sustainable development in action

Inspiring, fascinating, stunning, challenging, desolate – just some of the adjectives that my trip to the far North of Quebec conjured up. The visit was my first to the region and was organised for the diplomatic corps by Quebec’s Ministry for International Relations, hosted by the foreign minister Christine St. Pierre. The destination for our […]

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About Nick Baker

Nick took up his appointment as Consul General, Montreal in July 2014. Nick joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2001.