FITC Sessions: Inside the Covid Alert App

with James Eberhardt 
Senior Software Developer, Canadian Digital Service

Countries across the world are looking for solutions in modern technology to stave off our current pandemic. Leveraging the ubiquity of cell phones, health departments implement a variety of approaches to deliver digital contact tracing, to help alert people to potential exposure to coronavirus and flatten the curve.

Join James Eberhardt, a software developer on the team building the Canadian Covid Alert app, as he talks about the solution implemented by Canada compared to solutions created by other countries. Learn about Apple and Google’s part in developing a framework that is helping countries launch apps as quickly as possible, giving people more tools to fight COVID-19. Along with a thorough overview of the technology, he will also address issues such as implementation, effectiveness, public perception, criticisms of the app, and of course – privacy.