Euro-CASE Conference 2018: How AI will shape our future
Artificial intelligence (AI) is growing ever more powerful. An increasing number of countries support R&D in this field with considerable funding. Several nations have published AI strategies or established government bodies dedicated to fostering the technology. However, the world’s biggest tech companies are leading this field driving not only large societal change but also creating an increasing concentration of power. How does that affect us? What can we do in Europe, and particularly in Switzerland, to compete successfully in this promising field?
At this year’s Euro-CASE conference you will learn about the driving forces for AI innovation. Recognized experts will present cutting-edge developments in AI research and some of the latest AI-based services and business applications. Learn about the hottest topics in machine learning, discover what is happening at Google AI, and what neuroscience thinks about AI. Find out how to apply AI in your business and how to get from automated to autonomous. Finally, we will tackle the ethical challenges and you will be able to discuss with our panelists how AI will shape our future. The 2018 Euro-CASE conference brings together outstanding individuals in the field of AI. Join us for a day fully dedicated to AI and its impact at large. We are looking forward to welcoming you.Subscribe to SATW newsletter
Programme
9:30 Registration and welcome coffee
10:00 Welcome notes
– Dr Jeffrey Bohn, Director, Swiss Re Institute
Presentation– Willy R. Gehrer, President, Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences SATW
– Professor Reinhard Hüttl, President, Euro-CASE
– Ana Maria Montero, Anchor, CNNMoney Switzerland
– Carmen Walker Späh, Head of the Department for Economic Affairs, Canton of Zürich
10:30 Keynote: Swiss innovation policy in times of digitalization
Dr Mauro Dell’Ambrogio, State Secretary, SERI
10:40 Keynote: AI: IBM’s Viewpoint and Perspectives for Switzerland
Dr Alessandro Curioni, Director, IBM research Zurich
11:00 Keynote: Artificial Intelligence: Challenges and Opportunities
Professor Luciano Floridi, Director of the Digital Ethics Lab, Oxford University
11:30 Panel: How AI can take off in Europe
Chaired by Ana Maria Montero, Anchor, CNNMoney Switzerland
– Isabelle Kovacsovics, Project Manager, Ringier
– Dr Alessandro Curioni, Director, IBM Research Zurich
– Dr Mauro Dell’Ambrogio, State Secretary, SBFI
– Professor Jana Koehler, President, SGAICO
– Professor Luciano Floridi, Director of the Digital Ethics Lab, Oxford University
12:10 Lunch break
13:30 Breakout session A: New developments in AI research
Chaired by Dr Olivier Verscheure, Executive Director, Swiss Data Science Center
Insights into AI research at Google
Dr Olivier Bousquet, Principal Engineer, Google AI Europe
PresentationMachine Learning Applications at SDSC
Professor Fernando Perez-Cruz, Chief data scientist, Swiss Data Science Center
PresentationA Brain science perspective on Artificial intelligence and Machine learning
Professor Anders B. Lansner, Professor in Computer Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Presentation13:30 Breakout session B: AI services and business applications
Chaired by Prof Thilo Stadelmann, Swiss Alliance for Data-Intensive Services
Machine Intelligence @ Swiss Re
Dr Gianluca Antonini, Head Machine Intelligence & Strategy, Swiss Re
PresentationAI in customer’s real life: A reality check
Philipp Egolf, Product Manager – Data, Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Group, Swisscom
PresentationAI in Industry – from automated to autonomous
Dr Martin Naef, Head of Automation Department, ABB
Presentation15:00 Coffee beak
15:30 Keynote: AI research strategies for industry 4.0 and retail
Professor Antonio Krüger, Scientific Director, Retail Laboratory, DFKI
16:00 Panel: How AI will shape our future
Chaired by Ana Maria Montero, Anchor, CNNMoney Switzerland
– Dr Serge Droz, Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace
– Professor Antonio Krüger, Scientific Director, Retail Laboratory, DFKI
– Professor Edy Portmann, Swiss Post Professor of Computer Science, Human-IST Institute, University of Fribourg
– Andreas Staub, CCO and managing partner, FehrAdvice & Partners AG
– Dalith Steiger, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, SwissCognitive
– Agnes Szeberenyi, Swiss National Contact Point Health & ICT, Euresearch
17:05 Closing Remarks
17:10 Apero
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Keynote Speakers
Professor Luciano Floridi
Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information, Director of the Digital Ethics Lab at the Oxford Internet Institute
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Professor Antonio Krüger
Professor for Computer Science, Saarland University, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence
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Dr Michael Baeriswyl
Head of Data, Analytics and AI at Swisscom Enterprise Customers
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Professor Jana Koehler
Professor of Computer Science at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, President SGAICO
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Professor Anders B. Lansner
Professor in Computer Science at Stockholm University and at KTH Royal Institute of Technology
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Professor Fernando Perez-Cruz
Chief Data Scientist at Swiss Data Science Center SDSC
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Professor Edy Portmann
Swiss Post Professor of Computer Science, Human-IST Institute of the University of Fribourg
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Prof Thilo Stadelmann
Co-founder and Head of ZHAW Datalab, Swiss Alliance for Data-Intensive Services
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Carmen Walker Späh
Government Councillor and Head of the Department for Economic Affairs, Canton of Zurich
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