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AI Tracks

Ai X Retail

Ai X Climate

Ai X Machines

Ai X Cyber & Fraud

Ai X Manufacturing

Ai X for Finance

Ai X for Marketing

Ai X for Healthcare

Ai X for Energy

Ai X Biotech & Pharma

Topics You’ll Learn

Applying Artificial Intelligence Across the Enterprise

Forming and Managing Effective AI Teams

Understanding Deep Learning and Machine Learning for Business

Understanding AI Ethics, Governance, and Bias in Models

Artificial Intelligence for Good

Explainable AI and Transparency in AI Workflows and Models

Artificial Intelligence Governance, Compliance, and Regulation

Leveraging AI for Online Marketing, Sales, and Advertising

Cybersecurity and Threat Detection with AI and Machine Learning

And many more topics over 3 days. 

West 2021 Keynotes

Carlos Guestrin, PhD

Carlos Guestrin, PhD

STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Professor, Computer Science

Lama Nachman

Lama Nachman

INTEL

Intel Fellow, Director of Human & AI Systems Research Lab

Stuart Russell, PhD

Stuart Russell, PhD

UC BERKELEY

Smith-Zadeh Chair in Engineering | Director, Center for Human-Compatible AI | Professor, Computer Science

Abhinav Joshi

Abhinav Joshi

RED HAT

Senior Manager, Product Marketing

Dom Divakaruni

Dom Divakaruni

MICROSOFT

Group Product Manager, Microsoft Azure

Peter Welinder, PhD

Peter Welinder, PhD

OPENAI

VP, Product and Partnerships

Bruce Blaho

Bruce Blaho

Z BY HP INC.

HP Fellow & VP Chief Technologist, Advanced Compute & Solutions

Will McGrath

Will McGrath

RED HAT

Marketing Manager, Data Services

Some of Our Ai X 2021 Speakers

Director of Data ScienceShopify

Ella Hilal, PhD

Ella Hilal is an active researcher and a subject matter expert with more than 15 years of experience in data intelligence, machine learning, ambient intelligence, autonomous systems, and Internet of Things, backed by versatile experience in academia and the tech industry in proactive innovation, solution development, and turning novel ideas into revenue-generating products. Dr. Hilal has been recognized as one of the leading women in the Internet of Things and Machine-to-Machine space by the Connected World forum. She has a Doctorate degree in Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence from the University of Waterloo. She is the Director of Data Science and Engineering for Plus and International at Shopify. Dr. Hilal is also an adjunct assistant Professor at the University of Waterloo. Dr. Hilal has been recognized numerous prestigious awards, most prominent of which are NSERC IRDF, NSERC CGS, Fulbright, DAAD, and OGS. Dr. Hilal is an active evangelist for responsible innovation, women in tech, and STEM. She has also been recognized by the Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship as a Google scholar for her active role and leadership in supporting women in technology. She has been recognized as a champion in a Women in Technology Peer2Peer group, where professionals in the Waterloo region explore challenges and share insights to encourage retention and advancement of women in technology.

How to Effectively Scale ML & AI in Any Organization(Business Talk)

Senior Manager - Forensic Data AnalyticsErnst & Young LLP

Jeremy Osinski

Jeremy is a leader in leveraging advanced analytics and data science within the legal, risk and compliance space. He leads the Forensics Technology and Innovation team within New England for Ernst & Young LLP.

Jeremy assists clients in enhancing integrity programs through data-driven techniques. He focuses on forensic data analytics, electronic discovery, information governance and cybercrime. He has served clients within financial services, power and utilities, and the public sector.

Jeremy has built teams and served clients on five continents. He is also a cofounder of the EY flagship forensic analytics platform, “EY Virtual.” He has delivered technology-enabled managed services to many clients.

He is a frequent speaker around emergent technologies, including artificial intelligence and robotic process automation.

Jeremy holds BS degrees in Finance and Economics from the Villanova School of Business at Villanova University. He is a certified fraud examiner and certified anti‑money laundering specialist.

Measuring Integrity: Emergent Data Science Techniques within the Legal, Regulatory & Compliance Space(Business Talk)

VP DataLeague

Kerry Weinberg

Kerry Weinberg leads Data at League, North America’s leading Health OS. Before joining League, Kerry led Data Science & Engineering for Amgen’s Digital Health & Innovation where her team applied machine learning to better understand human disease, improve Amgen’s ability to reach patients, and improve patient outcomes. Before joining Amgen, Kerry received her MBA and M.S. Biological Engineering from MIT as part of the Leaders for Global Operations Program. She previously led systems engineering efforts for high-speed cell sorters at Beckman Coulter. Kerry holds a B.S. Biological Engineering also from MIT.

A Day in the Life: Data in Digital Health(Business Talk)

Chief Data Scientist and Executive Director of InnovationXU.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Kristen Honey, PhD

As the Deputy Chief Data Officer of Strategy at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), I play a critical role in advancing and transforming HHS headquarters into a data-driven culture while ensuring optimal use of data to produce evidence-based policymaking and improvements of operations. Prior to joining HHS, I served in the White House for 3 years across 2 Administrations, first working as a Policy Advisor to the U.S. Chief Technology Advisor in the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), and then as a Senior Policy Analyst in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

Data-Driven Innovation for COVID-19(Business Talk)

Advanced Analytics LeaderBaker Hughes

Jeff Potts, PhD

Jeff Potts is the Advanced Analytics Leader for Baker Hughes. Jeff leads an interdisciplinary team of senior data scientists and technologists to deliver new analytics solutions leveraging AI and ML across Baker Hughes product companies, with focus on applications for industrial inspection, additive manufacturing, and energy transition. Jeff holds a PhD in Materials Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Oklahoma State University. He has published over twenty technical publications and filed over ten patent applications, with technical and leadership experience in a variety of areas including artificial intelligence, energy storage, augmented/mixed/virtual reality technologies and materials development.

Automating Industrial Inspection with Deep Learning and Computer Vision(Business Talk)

VP, AI InnovationWelocalize, Inc.

Olga Beregovaya

Olga Beregovaya is an executive with over 20 years of experience in the Localization, Globalization and Language Technology field. She is Vice President, AI Innovation at Welocalize, and a former President of the Association for Machine Translation in the Americas. Her background is both technical and linguistic, a combination that women don’t necessarily gravitate toward! Olga also is in high demand with expert-level knowledge in the industry and regularly presents at conferences.

Powering Conversational AI to Enhance Global Customer Experience(Business Talk)

Climate & Agronomic Data ScientistSyngenta

Serg Masis

Serg Masís has been at the confluence of the internet, application development, and analytics for the last two decades. Currently, he’s a Data Scientist at Syngenta, a leading agribusiness company with a mission to improve global food security. Before that role, he co-founded a search engine startup, incubated by Harvard Innovation Labs, that combined the power of cloud computing and machine learning with principles in decision-making science to expose users to new places and events efficiently. Serg is passionate about providing the often-missing link between data and decision-making. His book titled “Interpretable Machine Learning with Python” is scheduled to be released in early 2021 by UK-based publisher Packt.

What do Planes and Machine Learning Have in Common? How Interpretable ML can Improve Decision-Making?(Business Talk)

Head of Privacy Technology SolutionsLiveRamp

David Gilmore

David Gilmore is a serial entrepreneur with a track record of building elite global teams, creating and launching enterprise software products built on emerging technologies, and executing complex GTMs in healthcare, adtech, national security, and finserv. Currently, David leads federated (multi-cloud) and privacy-preserving analytics products at LiveRamp where he serves as the Head of Privacy Tech Solutions. Previously, David was the CEO at Datafleets, which was acquired by LiveRamp in February 2021.

A Framework for Evaluating Privacy-preserving Data Infrastructure for Collaboration(Business Talk)

Senior Data Scientist | Senior Software EngineerRed Hat

Francesco Murdaca

Francesco is a senior data scientist/software engineer at Red Hat and he is part of the AI Centre of Excellence (AICoE) and Office of the CTO. He works with the Thoth team, where they created a recommender system to help developers (including data scientists) to focus on important problems offloading many tasks that are automated and performed by pipelines and bots. He has a passion for AI, software and space. He previously worked on a research project with the European Space Agency (ESA) and industrial partners mixing AI and space to create a recommender system for the design of satellites. He loves to read, travel and learn languages.

Reproducibility and Dependencies for Jupyter Notebooks(Business Talk)

Head of Operations for Privacy TechnologyLiveRamp

Nick Elledge

Nick Elledge is the head of operations for privacy technology at LiveRamp, where he is responsible for accelerating the development of the company’s privacy-enhancing technologies. His extensive experience bringing privacy-first solutions to market is integral to LiveRamp’s international growth. Prior to LiveRamp, Nick founded DataFleets, a privacy-preserving analytics platform. He previously was vice president and chief investment officer of E.L. Rothschild. Before that, he was a venture capital investor at Andreessen Horowitz, an innovation consultant to the United Nations World Food Programme, and a business analyst at McKinsey & Company.

Nick holds an MBA from Stanford University, a Master’s of Public Administration in international economics from Harvard University, a bachelor of science and bachelor of arts in economics and public policy from Southern Methodist University. He loves international travel, ultimate frisbee, and improv comedy.”

A Framework for Evaluating Privacy-preserving Data Infrastructure for Collaboration(Business Talk)

Director of Business DevelopmentHP

Jay Fraser

Jay is a tech executive and military leader with 15 years of multinational experience including general management of small to mid-size organizations. He currently leads Global Business Development efforts in HP’s Data Science Business. Jay joined HP in 2015 after spending 8 years on active duty as a Marine Infantry Officer serving in a variety of leadership roles and deploying across the globe. He holds a BS from the US Naval Academy and an MBA from UCLA. Although he was born and raised in Boston and his loyalty lies with New England sports teams, he enjoys living with his wife in beautiful San Diego!

The Power of Data Science – Real World Use Cases(Business Talk)

CTO | AI AdvisorSciencella | Veloxxity LLC | Royal Technology and Agriculture

Tom Coyle

Tom is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and served 7 years as an Army Officer. Following his Army service, he became a diplomat where he served in numerous overseas postings and conducted various trips abroad. Upon returning to Washington, DC, he became interested in technology and started exploring the startup work. He also joined a task force to help bring AI and other emerging technology to the government. He also started a leadership company called Adventures in Leadership. Starting in 2019, he devoted the company to teaching AI for Decision Makers. He helped clients plan, develop, and procure AI solutions to their business use cases and taught AI classes for C-Suite executives.

In 2020, he joined DataRobot where he worked as Director of Strategic Initiatives under CEO and Founder Jeremy Achin. While there, he helped outline government strategy and led the development of several COVID-19 related projects. He also developed a fantasy football application using DataRobot. He also led teams in developing cyber security and insider threat solutions for government customers and also taught AI classes for U.S. government customers.

He is the CTO and co-founder of Sciencella LLC, an early stage health tech startup. He currently serves as an AI advisor for Veloxxity LLC and Royal Technology and Agriculture. He is the author of Leadership Lessons from the Battle of Gettysburg, which also includes lessons on what happens when leaders do not adapt to new technology. He is an avid musician, reader, husband, and father.

Leadership and AI(Business Talk)

Vice President of Data Science Product & SolutionsdotData

Aaron Cheng, PhD

Aaron is currently the Vice President of Data Science and Solutions at dotData. As a data science practitioner with 14 years of research and industrial experience, he has held various leadership positions in spearheading new product development in the fields of data science and business intelligence. At dotData, Aaron leads the data science team in working directly with clients and solving their most challenging problems. Prior to joining dotData, he was a Data Science Principle Manager with Accenture Digital, responsible for architecting data science solutions and delivering business values for the tech industry on the West Coast. He was instrumental in the strategic expansion of Accenture Digital’s footprint in the data science market in North America. Aaron received his Ph.D. degree in Applied Physics from Northwestern University.

Managed AI: How To Avoid The Pitfalls of No-Code AI(Business Talk)

Founding Technical Program ManagerCrowdAI, Inc

Marcella Valentine

Marcella Valentine is a founding technical program manager at CrowdAI. She serves as a thought leader on building the right data foundation for scalable machine learning projects, from the United States Government to the Fortune 500, turning customer ideas and needs into actionable machine learning project plans. Her background is in large scale geospatial projects and has previously worked in groundwater flow research and contamination cleanup. She holds a Bachelors of Science in Geophysics and Geographic Information Systems from the University of California, Davis.

Accelerating the Delivery of Vision AI(Business Talk)


Expert Executive AI Speakers

Hear from top expert speakers and prepare your company for the next wave of innovation and growth. Here is a sample of our incredibly insightful session topics for 2021

  • How to Effectively Scale ML & AI in Any Organization

  • How Healthcare Data Science is Special

  • Everybody onboard: Talk AI to non-STEMs

  • Measuring Integrity: Emergent Data Science Techniques within the Legal, Regulatory & Compliance Space

  • What do Planes and Machine Learning have in common? How Interpretable ML can improve decision-making

  • Accelerating the machine learning workflow: How to build the right ML experience for engineers

  • Automating Industrial Inspection with Deep Learning and Computer Vision

  • Powering Conversational AI to Enhance Global Customer Experience

  • Data-Driven Innovation in the Federal Government

  • Machine Learning and Robotics in Healthcare Devices and Rehabilitation

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AI X West Schedule

 

Agenda Overview

Day 1 (Nov 16) -AI Talks & Tutorials

Gain proficiency in essential AI skills and accelerate your insights by attending one of our many introductory-level talks and workshops. After attending these sessions, you will better understand the basics of AI and its incredible potential for accelerated growth. Co-located at ODSC West, we have some of the best and brightest speakers on the planet presenting on topics including:

  • How to Effectively Scale ML & AI in Any Organization

  • How Healthcare Data Science is Special

  • Everybody Onboard: Talk AI to Non-STEMs

  • Measuring Integrity: Emergent Data Science Techniques Within the Legal, Regulatory & Compliance Space

  • What do Planes and Machine Learning Have in Common? How Interpretable ML Can Improve Decision-Making

  • Powering Conversational AI to Enhance Global Customer Experience

  • Automating Industrial Inspection with Deep Learning and Computer Vision

  • Data-Driven Innovation in the Federal Government

Day 2 (Nov 17) -AI Talks & ODSC Tutorials

Included with 3 Day Pass

In addition to Ai X talks and keynotes, you can access all talks and workshops on our ODSC Day 2 schedule. Introductory sessions include:

  • NLP Fundamentals

  • Artificial Intelligence for Conservation and Sustainability: From the Local to the Global

  • Using Deep Learning to Understand Documents

  • MLOps… From Model to Production

  • Responsible AI; From Principles to Practice

  • DistilBERT: Build a Question Answering System using Transfer Learning in Python

  • Generative Art and Design with TensorFlow

  • Using Change Detection Algorithms for Detecting Anomalous Behavior in Large Systems

Day 3 (Nov 18) -ODSC Talks & Tutorials

Included with 3 Day Pass

In addition to Ai X talks and keynotes, you get access to all talks and workshops on day 3 of our ODSC schedule. Introductory sessions include:

  • Introduction to Scikit-learn: Machine learning in Python

  • Causal Machine Learning: Using Causality to Drive Growth

  • Evolution of Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Conversational AI

  • Using AI to Overcome Bias & Make Hiring More Equitable

  • Deep Dive into Reinforcement Learning

  • Image Recognition with TensorFlow

  • Introduction to Data Visualization in Python

  • Application of Machine Learning on Clinical Trial Time Series Data to Identify Clinical Response Patterns

Accelerate Your Business With AI

Savvy business professionals and executives are embracing AI to accelerate growth 

Attend Accelerate AI and better understand exactly how impactful AI solutions can reshape your business; learn how to incorporate AI across the enterprise

Case Studies

Discussion Panels

Solution Showcase

Executive Workshops

Presentations

Networking Sessions

  • Health Care

  • Biotech

  • Pharma

  • Life Sciences

  • Financial Services

  • Quant Finance

  • Insurance

  • Banking

  • Cross Industry 

  • Auto & Manufacturing

  • Retail & Online

  • Media & Marketing

Call for Industry Participants

Accelerate

Learn from AI experts how to put AI to work to accelerate your career and your business

Experience

At our AI Expo, see, experience, and understand the platforms and tools that make AI work in the real world

Learn

Learn the basics of AI, from deep learning to machine learning, to help you communicate with AI experts in your business and career

Why Attend?

AI and data science is transforming business. The CxO summit will give you the knowledge and connections to be at the forefront.

Superior Content

  • Hear from top industry executives using data science to grow their business

  • Attend talks, panels, and group discussions to get you up to speed

  • Learn from the best and brightest AI and data science innovators

  • Attend non-technical talks that will help you understand AI and data science

Superior Networking

  • Meet executives from multiple industries engaging AI and data science

  • Connect with the best and brightest AI and Data Science innovators

  • Network, connect, and collaborate with those defining the future of business

  • Participate in multiple networking events, including breakfast, lunch, and evening reception

Superior Expo

  • Attend one of the largest AI and data science Expos on the west coast

  • Discover first-hand these innovative products and services

  • Gain insight into how AI and data science can transform your business

  • View live on-floor presentations and product demonstrations

Who Should Attend?

Business executives: including VPs, heads, and leads from Healthcare, Education, Finance, Insurance, Bio/Pharma, Manufacturing, Retail, Media & Marketing, Energy & Utilities, Government, Transportation, E-commerce and other key industries.

Chiefs and Heads of: Data, Data Science, Technology, Information, Analytics, Strategy, Innovation, Marketing, and others.

Innovators such as: Startup-ups, Investors, VC’s, Entrepreneurs, Evangelists & Decision-makers, and Strategy Executives.

Check the Attendee FAQ & Guideline Here

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ODSC Events attract some of the world’s most influential and market-shaping publications, across trade and industry publications and blogs.

As AI and data science transform industry and touch every aspect of our lives, more people need to be informed of its impact. Come hear and meet the thought leaders, core contributors, and innovators who are driving this new age of disruption.

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Become an AI Expert

Day 1

HEAR and LEARN from AI Experts on how to apply AI in your business and career

Day 2 and 3

At our solution showcase Expo, EXPERIENCE first-hand the platforms and tools that make AI work in the real world

Day 3 and 4

At our ODSC workshops and talks,  LEARN THE BASICS to work with AI experts and data scientists in a language they understand 

  • Learn from leading AI experts real world methods for applying AI 

  • Experience and understand first hand at our solution showcase the platforms delivering AI

  • Attend our kick-start talks and hands-on workshops to learn the basics of deep learning, machine learning and other key topics 

  • Learn the language of AI and meet and network with the  experts in person to help you advance in the field of AI

  • Return to your workplace with the knowledge and understanding to accelerate your business and career with AI

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