Past Conferences
FUTURE OF WORK & AI CONFERENCE - A GERMAN-CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE
Date: Wednesday September 18, 2019
Location: Ontario Investment and Trade Centre - Floor 35, 250 Yonge St, Toronto, ON M5B 2L7, Canada
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Please join us at our Future of Work & AI - A German-Canadian Perspective Conference, where experts from Germany and Canada will discuss the newest developments in this area.
1.00 PM - Registration Opens
1.20 PM - Welcoming Speeches
- Welcoming words by Yvonne Denz - Senior Vice President @ Canadian German Chamber of Industry & Commerce Inc.
- Welcoming words by Thomas E. Schultze - Consul General @ Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany
1:30 PM - The Future Skills Centre – Presented by Dr. Wendy Cukier
- Dr. Wendy Cukier - Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategy and Founder of the Diversity Institute @ Ted Rogers School of Management Ryerson University
1:45 PM - The Path Forward: How Canada is Preparing to Regulate and Scale the Workforce of Tomorrow – Presented by Vince Amodeo
- Vince Amodeo - Research Analyst @ Global Public Affairs
2:00 PM - Panel 1: Recruiting with AI – Biases, Opportunities & Possibilities
Speakers:
- Mo Moubarak - Head of Business Development @ MoBerries GmbH
- Roy Pereira - CEO & Founder @ Zoom.ai
- Emma Hunt - Head of Talent @ Looka
- Maaz Rana - Co-founder@ Knockri
- Moderator: Traci Cheng - Head of Artificial Intelligence Operations @ BMO Financial Group
2:35 PM - Coffee Break
2:50 PM - Panel 2: Future Talent – How can it be retained and developed using AI?
Speakers:
- Prof. Dr. Christian Meske - Assistant Professor of Information Systems for Digital Transformation and Strategic Information Management @ Freie University Berlin
- Pat Whelan - CEO & Co-founder @ Paddle HR
- Andrew Noble - Account Executive @ plum.io
- Dean Delpeache – Manager for Talent Acquisition @ Fiix Software
- Moderator: Maysa Hawwash - Founder and CEO @ ScaleX
3:25 PM - Panel 3: AI and the Work Environment – How will the job of the future look like?
Speakers:
- Dr. Daniel Sonntag - Principal Researcher and Research Fellow @ German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence
- Matthias Oschinski - Director for Innovation Economics @ MaRS Data Catalyst
- Jake Hirsch-Allen - North America Workforce Development and Higher Ed System Lead @ LinkedIn
- Dr. Wendy Cukier - Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategy and Founder of the Diversity Institute @ Ted Rogers School of Management Ryerson University
- Moderator: Tamara Balan - Chief Operating Officer @ CivicAction
4.05 PM - Networking Lunch
5.00 PM - End of conference
Berlin Conference on AI in Healthcare: A German-Canadian Perspective
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Please join us at our Berlin conference, where experts from Germany and Canada will discuss the newest developments in AI & Digital Healthcare.
Date: March 28, 2019
Where: Canadian Embassy, Leipziger Pl. 17, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Time: 9:00 AM till 2:30 PM
Schedule:
09:00 AM - Registration
09:30 AM - Welcoming Remarks
- Andreas Weichert, Minister-Counsellor, Embassy of Canada
- Alexander Tettenborn, Ministerial Councillor at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology
- Jules Voss, Project Manager, Canadian German Chamber of Industry & Commerce Inc.
09:40 AM - Industry Presentations
- Ghislain Robichaud - Counsellor for Science & Technology and Senior Trade Commissionner at the Canadian Embassy. Topic: The Canadian AI Landscape and Cooperation Opportunities for Academia, Public and Private Sector
- Alexandra Spence - Research Analyst at Global Public Affairs. Topic: Navigating the Canadian Health Technology Ecosystem: Challenges and Opportunities
- Michelle Lau - Venture Manager for Digital Health at Creative Destruction Lab. Topic: Prediction Technology in Healthcare and Implementation Challenges
10:40 AM - Panel 1: Big Health Data: Building a Health Database for Effective AI Usage
- Guillaume Paré - Associate Professor at Dept. of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University
- Daksh Sikri - Consultant at A.T. Kearney
- Yannick Schmid - Business Intelligence Developer at Vivy
- Prof. Dr. Thomas Zahn – Professor for Data Science at bbw University and MD at GeWINO AOK Nordost
- Moderator: Michelle Lau - Venture Manager for Health at Creative Destruction Lab
11:25 AM - Coffee Break
11:40 AM - Panel 2: AI & Pattern Recognition: Prevention to Prediction in Healthcare
- Rick Menassa - CEO of Health Espresso Inc. and iCare Home Health
- Kiret Dhindsa - Postdoctoral Fellow, Research and High Performance Computing & Department of Surgery at McMaster University
- Dietmar Frey - Project Leader for PREDICTioN 2020 at Department of Neurosurgery at Charité
- Prof. Dr. Klemens Budde - Senior Physician CCM with focus on Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care Medicine at Charité University Medicine Berlin
- Moderator: Amit Maraj - Professor at Durham College School of Business, IT & Management (BITM)
12:30 PM - Panel 3: Do-It-Yourself Diagnostics in Healthcare: Perspectives from the 4th Industrial (Tech)-Revolution
- Dr. Jean-François Houle - Director of Research and Development for the Medical Devices at National Research Council
- Heba Ahmad - Product/Project Lead for Digital Health at Lambton College
- Eduardo Peire - CEO of AIScope
- Daniel Nathrath - CEO of Ada Health
- Moderator: Julia Pietsch - Senior Manager for Investor Consulting at Germany Trade & Invest
1:20 PM - Networking Lunch
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Big Data & Cybersecurity conference in Ottawa, 2018
Please join us at our conference in Ottawa, where experts from Germany and Canada will discuss the newest developments in Big Data & Cybersecurity.
- Date: February 22, 2018
- Where: Bayview Yards at 7 Bayview Rd, Ottawa, ON K1Y 2C5, Canada
- Time: 8:30 AM till 5:00 PM
Conference Program
- 08:30 AM - Registration
- 09:15 AM - Welcoming Speech by Yvonne Denz, Senior Vice President of the Canadian German Chamber of Industry & Commerce and H.E. Sabine Sparwasser, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Canada
- 09:40 AM - Industry overview
- 10:10 AM - Coffee Break
- 10:30 AM - Workshop 1: Facing the big data revolution - Are Canada and Germany ready?
- 12:00 PM - Lunch break
- 12:45 PM - Workshop 2: Cyber hacking and its threat to successfully progressing towards fully autonomously driving vehicles
- 2:15 PM - Coffee Break
- 2:30 PM - Workshop 3: Bridging the skill gap - How can the education system satisfy big data & cybersecurity industry demand?
- 4:00 PM - Summary of key discussion points
- 4:15 PM - Networking Event
- 5:00 PM - End of event
Note: please be aware that there might be minor changes to some parts of the conference program
Panel Discussion 1: 10.30 AM - 12.00 PM
Facing the big data revolution - Are Canada and Germany ready?
- How ready are Canada and Germany for the big data revolution?
- Do we need a new global framework to face the disruptive changes big data will bring with it?
- How could this look like? How will this impact society and industry?
Confirmed Speakers:
- Dr. Rami Abielmona, VP of Research and Engineering at Larus Technologies
- Craig Burkett, Data Scientist at Lixar I.T. Inc.
- Paul Mundt, Founder & Managing Director at Adaptant Solutions AG
- Dr. Mike Sips, Scientific Leader of Big-Data Analytics at the German Research Centre for Geosciences
- Moderator: Stefanie Dreyer, TV-Presenter, Journalist and Economist
Panel Discussion 2: 12.45 PM - 2.15 PM
Cyber hacking and its threat to successfully progressing towards fully autonomously driving vehicles
- What are the newest trends when it comes to autonomous driving and cybersecurity?
- What risks remain and what is safe enough?
- Will autonomous vehicles ever be safe enough from being hacked?
- What solutions do developers have so far?
Confirmed Speakers:
- Stacy Janes, Chief Security Architect – Automotive at Irdeto
- Fabian Koark, Principal Consultant and Manager at INVENSITY Inc., Detroit
- Daniel Weissland, President and CEO of Volkswagen Group Canada Inc.
- Tamara Tomomitsu, Lawyer at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
- Moderator: Barrie Kirk, Executive Director of the Canadian Automated Vehicles Centre of Excellence
Panel Discussion 3: 2.30 PM - 4.00 PM
Bridging the skill gap - How can the education system satisfy big data & cybersecurity industry demand?
- What can we do in order to ensure that the education system keeps up with the high industry demand for data scientists and cybersecurity specialists?
- What has been done so far and is it enough?
- Do Germany and Canada approach this challenge in the same way or differently?
- Could they collaborate in facing the current skill gap and how could a potential cooperation look like?
- What will be the consequence if we cannot fill the skill gap?
Confirmed Speakers:
- Dr. Melike Erol-Kantarci, Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa
- Dr. Matthias Hagen, Head of Big Data Analytics Lab at Bauhaus University of Weimar
- Bhavani Krishnan, VP of Program and Product Management at the Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks
- Florian Schild, Founder of boot.AI
- Daniel Craigen, Director of Carleton University’s Global Cyber Resource Centre
- Moderator: Jeremy Depow, VP of Research and Policy at the Information and Communications Technology Council
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Artificial Intelligence Conference in Montreal, 2018
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
- Date: April 19, 2018
- Where: SAP Labs Canada, 111 boul. Robert-Bourassa, Suite 9000, Montreal, QC, H3C 2M1
- Time: 8:30 AM till 2:30 PM
SCHEDULE
08:30 AM - Registration
09:00 AM - Welcoming speech
09:15 AM - Industry overview
10:00 AM - Workshop 1: AI applications in online marketing – How will AI impact and shape consumer behavior?
11:10 AM - Coffee break
11:20 AM - Workshop 2: Image recognition technology and AI – What are future possibilities, opportunities and challenges?
12:30 PM - Lunch Break & Networking Event
1:10 PM - Workshop 3: AI automation and employee replacement – What precautions can be taken to avoid sector specific unemployment?
2:20 PM - Key Takeaways
2:30 PM - Networking Opportunity
3:00 PM - End of Event
Industry Overview: How does the AI ecosystem look like in Canada and Germany?
Confirmed Speakers:
- Mark Maclean, Director of Business Development for the West Coast of the Americas at Montreal International
- Felix Georg Müller, Group Manager for Autonomous Production Optimization at Fraunhofer IPA
PANEL 1: AI applications in online marketing – How will AI impact and shape consumer behavior?
- What kind of new AI technologies are being developed for online marketing?
- How will consumers experience virtual shopping in the future and what is already possible now?
- How will AI improve sales revenue for companies and improve customer targeting?
Confirmed Speakers:
- Pierre Guillemain, CEO & Founder of Aivy
- Ari Himmel, Founder of Faimdata
- Thomas Jelonek, Founder of envision.ai
- Stefan Siprell, Head of Business Development at Codecentric AG
- Moderator: Stefanie Dreyer, TV-Presenter, Journalist and Economist
PANEL 2: Image recognition technology and AI – What are future possibilities, opportunities and challenges?
- What are the newest developments and trends when it comes to image recognition technologies?
- How will image recognition make our lives easier?
- What future applications will use smart image recognition software?
- What are the challenges and current boundaries for applying this technology?
- What are the legal implications for personal privacy?
Confirmed Speakers:
- Craig Buntin, Co-founder/CEO of SPORTLOGiQ
- Sheldon Fernandez, CEO of DarwinAI
- Sebastian Kielmann, Managing Director at picalike GmbH
- Roland Memisevic, Co-founder at Twenty Billion Neurons GmbH
- Moderator: Vaughn DiMarco, CEO of Montreal AI Consultancy
PANEL 3: AI automation and employee replacement – What precautions can be taken to avoid sector specific unemployment?
- Which jobs will be affected by AI automation and to what extent?
- Will we see the disappearance of some industries?
- What new jobs will emerge?
- How can the government and education system help with this transition?
Confirmed Speakers:
- Felix Georg Müller, Group Manager for Autonomous Production Optimization at Fraunhofer IPA
- Eirini Psallida, Co-founder of KEWAZO
- Wen-Fang Xie, Professor for Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering at Concordia University
- Nathan Zylbersztejn, Founder of Mr. Bot
- Moderator: Abhishek Gupta, AI Ethics Researcher at McGill University
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Artificial Intelligence conference in Karlsruhe, 2018
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
- Date: June 21, 2018
- Where: Schlosshotel Karlsruhe, Bahnhofsplatz 2, 76137 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Time: 8:00 AM till 1:00 PM
08:00 AM - Registration
08:20 AM - Official Start and Welcome Remarks
08:25 AM - Industry overview
Speakers:
- Dr. Azadeh Ghahghaie (International Communications Manager at DFKI) on the topic "Germany’s Digital Technology and the different Government Efforts and Support Programs”
- Justin Smith (Senior Venture Manager at Creative Destruction Lab) on the topic "The Canadian AI Ecosystem"
- Dr. Niklas Kühl (Team Lead Advanced Analytics at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) on the topic "Dangers & projected growth of AI"
9:10 AM - Panel Discussion 1: Human-Machine Interaction
Speakers:
- Karim Osmane (Doctorate Research Candidate at University of Sherbrooke and Founder of Mastremind)
- Jean-François Poulin (UX Consultant at Ergoweb Canada Inc.)
- Mo Moubarak (Head of Business Development at Moberries)
- Alfred Ermer (CEO at arago da vinci GmbH)
- Moderator: Stefanie Dreyer (TV-Presenter, Journalist and Economist and owner of Stefanie Dreyer Communications)
10:00 AM - Coffee break 1
10:10 AM - Panel Discussion 2: AI & Ethics
Speakers:
- Nicolai Pogadl (Project Manager at the Montreal Institute for Global Stability (MIGS) at Concordia University)
- Prof. Dott. Ing. Roberto Zicari (Professor of database and information systems at the Goethe University of Frankfurt)
- Dr. Claudio Huyskens (Founder & CEO of fedger.io)
- Dirk Hommrich (Senior Researcher at ITAS of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
- Moderator: Erick Sabelskjöld (Mentor at Startupbootcamp)
11:00 AM - Coffee break 2
11:10 AM - Panel Discussion 3: Improving Energy Efficiency through AI
Speakers:
- Davis Sawyer (Co-founder of Deeplite)
- Prof. Dr. Ralf Mikut (Head of Research Area Automated Image and Data Analysis at Institute for Automation and Applied Informatics at KIT)
- Gaurav Tripathi (Co-Founder and CTO of Innoplexus)
- Moderator: Dr. Rüdiger Rentsch (Senior Scientist at the University of Bremen)
12:00 PM - Key Takeaways
12:10 PM - Networking Lunch
1:00 PM - End of Event