Artificial Intelligence: Highly Relevant in a Tumultuous Environment

The arrival of COVID-19 and resulting social distancing has led to uneven impacts on different business sectors across the globe. The trend toward applying artificial intelligence to enhance business efficiencies and help find solutions to problems like the current pandemic continues unabated. AI will be at the fore as we come out of this crisis and to deal with the new normal. Whether those solutions are reinventing workflows, optimizing supply chains or enhancing drug discoveries, the application of AI technology is here to stay. This Virtual AI Conference will provide an overview of how AI solutions will add value and solve problems that have arisen in this new environment.

This Virtual AI Conference is Co-Hosted by AI Capital & SwissCognitive, with speakers contributing from all over the world.

Event Overview

Date & Time

31 March 2020, 15:30 – 22:00 CET
1 April 2020, 16:00 – 22:00 CET

Co-Hosts

AI Capital & SwissCognitive

Location

Virtual Conference with dial-in details shared upon registration

Languages

All sessions are held English

Entry

Event participation is by invitation only

Conference Agenda

Central European Summer Time (CEST)

15:15

Morning Reception
Bring your own coffee

15:30

AI Capital, Ricky Solomon and Neville Teagarden
Welcome

15:35

AI Capital, Ricky Solomon and Neville Teagarden
Setting the Stage – COVID-19, Economy, Opportunities in AI

15:50

SwissCognitive, Dalith Steiger and Andy Fitze, Founders
The European Perspective

15:55

IBM, Alexander Büsser, Data Science Lead | Digital Health
Medical Triage for SARS-COV-2

16:15

armasuisse,  Quentin Ladetto, Research Director “Technology Foresight”
Robust & resilient supply chains with foresight

16:35

Jungo, Ophir Herbst, CEO
AI & computer vision to automatically monitor patients at homes

16:55

ExpertFlow, Andreas Stuber, CEO
Enhancing live chat with chatbots

17:15

ATI, Tanvi Singh, Visiting Researcher

Keynote: Dilema of Ethics in the Current Times

17:35

ICT4Peace and Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology, Regina Surber
Keynote: Coronavirus. Technology. Human Rights.

17:50

SwissCognitive, Dalith Steiger and Andy Fitze, Founders
First Wrap-Up

18:00

Microsoft, Paul Maher, Partner and GM for Industry Relations
Keynote: Supporting AI Ecosystems

18:30

Agorai, Josh Sutton, CEO
Delivering Data for Healthcare AI

18:50

Netra, Amit Phansalkar, CEO

19:10

Break

19:15

Shotzr, Mark Lemmons, Co-Founder
AI Driven Creative for Marketing and Advertising

19:40

Origin Rose, Jeff Rose, CEO

20:05

Snowcap AI, Dr Catherine Havasi, CEO

20:25

Remesh, Andrew Konya, CEO

20:50

Break

20:55

Gravity.AI, Dan Huss, CEO

21:15

Taste Labs, John Lin, Founder

21:35

Imagination Machines, John Schroeder

15:30

AI Capital, Ricky Solomon and Neville Teagarden
Welcome

15:35

Wasabi, David Friend, CEO
Keynote: AI and Data Storage

16:00

CaruHome, Susanne Dröscher, Co-CEO
Respectful technology for people in need

16:25

BCG, Sylvain Duranton,
Global Leader BCG GAMMA
Managing Director & Senior Partner BCg
Turning AI into Real Business Value

16:45

Jacques Ludik
Cortex Group, Founder & Executive Chairman
Machine Intelligence Institute of Africa, Founder & President,
Operationalizing AI to help business and society

17:05

scip AG, Marisa Tschopp, Researcher
Women in AI Ambassador Switzerland
Role of trust in uncertain times

17:30

Xnfinity, Orlando Ribas Fernandes, CEO and Founder
Democratizing Innovation and AI

17:50

Break

18:55

 

Pattern Computer, Mark Anderson, CEO

Pattern Discovery for Healthcare in general and COVID-19

19:15

Google and Técnico Lisboa, Dr. Rui Maranhão, Visiting Researcher and Associate Professor with Habilitation
Predicting and Controlling Pandemics with AI

18:30

 

Link3D, Vishal Singh, CTO
AI and Supply Chains in the New Environment

19:00

 

Break

19:05

 

Pliant.io, Vess Bakalov
AI Meets IT and Telecomm Process Automation

19:25

 

Galaxy.AI, Jas Maggu, Co-Founder and CEO
Automated Vehicle Inspections Impacting Auto Insurance

19:45

 

XR Health, Erran Orr, CEO

20:10

 

Aclaro, Carlos Galarce, CEO
Pandemic Impact on Auto Retailing – Online and Dealers

20:30

Break

20:35

 

FutureGrasp, Tom Campbell, Founder and CEO

20:55

 

R2 AI, Yiwen Huang, CEO
The current state of Machine Learning adoption and trends in China – A Practitioner’s View

Keynote Speakers

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Jacques Ludik

Founder & Executive Chairman, Cortex Group
Founder & President, Machine Intelligence Institute of Africa 

Operationalizing AI for business and society
Regina

Regina Surber

Scientific Advisor
ICT for Peace

Corona. Technology. Human Rights.
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Andreas Stuber

CEO
Expertflow

Enhancing live chat with chatbots
Tanvi Singh

Tanvi Singh

Visiting Researcher
ATI

Dilema of ethics in the current times
Alexander Buesser

Alexander Büsser

Data Science Lead | Digital Health
IBM

Medical Triage for SARS-COV-2
Quentin-Ladetto

Quentin Ladetto

Research Director “Technology Foresight”
armasuisse

Robust & resilient supply chains with foresight
Marisa-Tschop

Marisa Tschopp

Researcher at scip AG
Women in AI Ambassador Switzerland

Role of trust in uncertain times
Sylvain

Sylvain Duranton

Global Leader BCG GAMMA
Managing Director & Senior Partner BCg

Turning AI into Real Business Value
Susanne D - Kopie

Susanne Dröscher

Co-CEO
CARU

Respectful technology for people in need
Ophir Herbst

Ophir Herbst

CEO
Jungo Connectivity

AI & computer vision to automatically monitor patients at homes

Moderators

Dalith-Steiger-2

Dalith Steiger

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

Andy-Fitze

Andy Fitze

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

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