The AI presentation will cover the following topics: Understanding AI: From Basic to Advanced; The Rapid Rise of AI in Image Creation – A Visual Timeline; Spotting AI-Generated Photos Examples; and Tools & Techniques for Detecting AI Images.

Sheldon Boles is the CAPA Director of Competitions and has held this position for the past eight years. He has four decades of comprehensive experience in information technology (IT) areas such as computer programming, research analysis, computer simulations, leadership of an IT team dedicated to testing new initiatives, managing a province-wide technical support sections, and proven expertise in successfully managing multi-million dollar project implementations.

Don Komarechka is a Canadian nature, macro and landscape photographer now located near Varna, Bulgaria. From auroras to pollen, insects to infrared, much of Don’s photographic adventures reveal a deeper understanding of how the universe works. Exploring the world that we cannot see with our own eyes has been a common thread in Don’s career as a professional photographer. 

Always science-minded but never formally trained, Don uses photography as a way to explore and understand the world around him. Photographing something unusual or unknown is the perfect excuse to learn something new. Don’s work often pushes up against the technical limitations of modern camera equipment and the physical limitations of light itself.

Rob, originally from the small town of Hudson, Quebec, is an accomplished outdoors person carrying exceptional expertise in the world of photography. With a background in tourism, Rob has achieved International publication, award-winning photographs and a penchant for wilderness. Early in his career, Rob started out as a photographer’s assistance in Basel, Switzerland, which laid the foundation for his success today. He has photographed for Ontario Tourism, Parks Canada, Ontario Parks and many organizations actively supporting tourism. Over the last decade, Rob explored many remote and wilderness areas, including Antarctica, the Arctic, Northern Quebec, Northwest Territories as well as Greenland, all in the role of expedition photographer and photographer in residence.