A.I.: From dreams to reality

Today, everyone is talking about artificial intelligence but in reality the AI field is not new. It all started a long time ago...

• Why the excitement now?

• What is the state of AI today?

• What are the fields impacted by AI?

• What are the real-world applications?

• How is AI changing business and society?

• What about the future?

We invite you to an exceptional panel discussion with our experts.

An impressive line-up of brilliant experts will answer all these exciting and relevant questions, but also the questions you may have. They will share with you their knowledge and experience.

Therefore, you will have the opportunity to interact with the experts, discover and learn from this outstanding event. So bring your questions!

This event will also feature impressive “live demos” showing the power of AI.

The experts

Prof. Christian Pellegrini

Professor Emeritus University of Geneva

Artificial intelligence, artificial neural network, data mining and machine learning

Mr. Marc-Elian Bégin

CEO and co-founder, SixSq

Software engineer and entrepreneur

Mechanical Engineering, specialising in Aerospace

At the frontier between innovation and business

Mrs. Shalini Trefzer

Senior research assistant HEPIA

Environmental engineer

Business developer for emerging AI companies

Dr. Guido Bologna

Senior Lecturer HEPIA

Data sciences, computational intelligence

& statistical learning methods

Prof. Nabil Abdennadher

Full professor HES-SO HEPIA

Head of the inIT research institute HEPIA

High performance, edge & cloud computing

Mr. Jordi Domenech

Director of IT at Piguet Galland & Cie SA

Technologist waling the fine line between tradition and Innovation

Mr. Théophile Allard

VP of Engineering, Neural Concept

Mathematics and machine learning

AI-enhanced engineering

Special guest:

Prof. René Schumann

Professor UAS

Business Information Technology

Special Interest Group for Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science

Opening address by Mr. Pierre Maudet “Conseiller d’Etat” Minister in charge of the Economy Department for the Canton of Geneva.

Agenda

18h Doors open

18h30 Introduction and opening address

18h45 Panel discussion with our experts (three parts):

1. The current state of AI and the real-world applications
2. Impact of AI on business and society
3. The future…

20h45 Networking session & drinks with appetizers: meet the experts and other brilliant people

Do not miss this tremendous and free event!

Registration also possible on: www.meetup.com/AI-from-dreams-to-reality