Multi-Employer Benefit Plan Council of Canada
George S. Takach
George S. Takach has undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Toronto, and an MA from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. He practiced technology law for more than 35 years as a partner at McCarthy Tetrault. During his legal career he was also an Adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School for 22 years, a columnist for Lexpert Magazine, and wrote three books on tech/law topics. Currently he writes books on technology and geopolitics for a general audience, including Cold War 2.0: Artificial Intelligence in the New Battle Between China, Russia, and America; a Chinese language version of Cold War 2.0 which came out in 2025.
In Mr. Takach’s keynote he discusses how pension and asset managers need to understand the major trends in geopolitics and technology. With wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, and rising tensions around Taiwan and in the South China Sea, author and geopolitical analyst George will explain what ties all these events together. George believes we are in a new cold war, and that technology and innovation - and especially artificial intelligence - will be key to whether the democracies or the autocracies win this struggle. He will also address how the new Trump administration figures in Cold War 2.0.