“Closing the AI Knowledge Gap”

The development and practical implementation of Artificial Intelligence is increasing more and more. To empower academia to enable the growth of AI, we need to invest in the skills of the current and coming generations. It is key that we use the capabilities and power of AI as a learning tool, and with its help, making human performance more effective, productive and sustainable.

 

Brief Event Agenda Overview
13:30 – 14:00 Pre-event networking and check-in
14:00 – 15:45 Keynotes and use cases
15:45 – 16:15 Networking break
16:20 – 17:05 Workshops
17:05 – 17:35 Networking Break
17:35 – 18:30 Keynote & panel discussion
18:30 – 20:00 Networking flying dinner

Please find the DETAILED AGENDA here.

Organisation

Date & Time

6th February 2020, @13:30

Registration / Pre-Event Networking

13:30 – 14:00

Event Agenda

14:00 – 18:30 Event Program
18:30 – 20:30 Networking Dinner

DETAILED AGENDA

Host & Location

ETH Zurich, RETHINK OpenLab, Hönggerberg
Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 27, 8049 Zurich, Switzerland  
HIT building
http://www.rethink.ethz.ch

How to find
Accessible from Bahnhofquai HB with Tram #11 and then change to Bus #69 at Bucheggplatz until ETH Hönggerberg.

RETHINK / ETH

Languages

Presentations are held in German and English
All slides are in English

Entry

Event participation is by invitation only

Keynote Speakers

Gisbert Schneider

Gisbert Schneider

Director & Professor
RETHINK & ETH

Rethinking Design with AI

Priska Burkard

Priska Burkard

Co-Founder TechFace.ch
Co-Founder & Managing Director SKILLS FINDER

Closing the AI Knowledge Gap – Perspectives from Industry & Education

Stéphane Mingot

Stéphane Mingot

Innovation Engineer
AdNovum Incubator

Collaborative ML – Applications, challenges and solutions

Rebecca Page 3

Rebecca Page

Development Engineer
Endress+Hauser Group

Making our Drinking Water Safer with AI

Valérie Hug

Valérie Hug

Student – ISTF 2019 Participant
University of Basel

Creative robots and the intricacies of intellectual property ownership

Heinz Mueller

Heinz Müller

Professor & Patent Expert
Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property

Creative robots and the intricacies of intellectual property ownership

Michael M. Fischer

Michael Fischer

German and European Patent Attorney
Venner Shipley LLP

AI meets IP: Legal Protection for AI in Europe

Andy Fitze

Andy Fitze

AI Influencer, Co-Founder
SwissCognitive – The Global AI Hub

Interconnected Humanity – When all Things are Sensing, Connected & Intelligent

Dietmar Treichel

Dietmar Treichel

Managing Director
Institute für Kommunikation und Führung

Closing the AI Knowledge Gap – Perspectives from Industry & Education

Henrique Säuberli

Henrique Säuberli

Founder & Executive Briefing Consultant
Youth Intelligence Agency

Closing the AI Knowledge Gap – Perspectives from Industry & Education

Fabien Lopez

Fabien Lopez

Head of AI Strategy
Deloitte

Learning in the Age of AI

Alexander Büsser

Alexander Büsser

Data Science Lead & Digital Health
IBM

Barriers to scaling AI in the enterprise – A Swiss Case Study

 

Georgios Chaloulos

Georgios Chaloulos

Managing Consultant & Lead Data Scientist
IBM

Scaling AI in Your Business – Practical Insights

Hartmut Keil

Hartmut Keil

Expert Software Engineer
AdNovum Incubator

Collaborative ML – Applications, challenges and solutions

Eric Slottke

Eric Slottke

Senior AI Consultant
IBM

Barriers to scaling AI in the enterprise – A Swiss Case Study

 

Leila Toplic

Leila Toplic

Lead for Emerging Technologies Initiative
NetHope – a nonprofit technology consortium of 57 global NGOs

Closing the AI knowledge gap for the non-profit sector

Dalith Steiger

Dalith Steiger

AI Influencer, Co-Founder
SwissCognitive – The Global AI Hub

Interconnected Humanity – When all Things are Sensing, Connected & Intelligent

Maxime Gabella

Maxime Gabella

Founder
MAGMA Learning

Human learning enhanced by machine learning

Hongjie Liu

Hongjie Liu

Co-Founder
Reexen

Edge Computing for Intelligent & Autarkic Traffic Monitoring

 

Michael Schlapbach

Michael Schlapbach

Product Designer – freelancer / Carpenter
ISTF 2019 Participant

Creative robots and the intricacies of intellectual property ownership

Andreas Hosang

Andreas Hosang

Executive Director
Hosang Consulting

Edge Computing for Intelligent & Autarkic Traffic Monitoring

 

Schekeb Fateh

Schekeb Fateh

Business Development
Miromico

Edge Computing for Intelligent & Autarkic Traffic Monitoring

 

Michal Rachtan

Michal Rachtan

Founder & CTO
Unit8

Applying AI with ROI – for You Business and Your Client

Marcin Pietrzyk

Marcin Pietrzyk

Founder & CEO
Unit8

Applying AI with ROI – for You Business and Your Client

Pascal Bérard

Pascal Bérard

CEO
Animatico AG

Enhancing customer experience with interactive AI characters

Cyrill Glockner

Cyrill Glockner

Principal Program Manager / AI Research
Microsoft

Closing the AI knowledge gap for the non-profit sector

Flavia Tomarchio

Flavia Tomarchio

Science and Technology Manager
Schaffhausen Institute of Technology

Closing the AI Knowledge Gap – Perspectives from Industry & Education

Gregory Turkawka

Gregory Turkawka

Scientific Assistant
University of Education Zurich

Closing the AI Knowledge Gap – Perspectives from Industry & Education

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