Objectives
TRENDS inaugural E-Symposium on Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be an annual event discussing emerging technologies and their applications and impact on society.
The main objective behind the event is to build a forum for experts and government and private stakeholders to discuss current and future developments of AI technologies and applications. It analyzed AI-related challenges and opportunities and capture success stories from the UAE and other countries leading the AI revolution.
Main Topics
- The current state of AI affairs.
- AI experiences of leading countries and enterprises.
- AI implications and opportunities in key industries.
- Policymakers’ role in facilitating the adoption of AI.
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| Ahmad M. Najeeb | |||||
| Advance Technology Researcher
Head of Website and Social Media Dept at TRENDS |
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| Dr. Rand Waltzman | Prof. Ernesto Damiani | Dr. Patrick D. Bangert | Prof Stephen Lew | Dr. Malek Ben Salem | |
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Deputy Chief Technology Officer at RAND Cooperation – USA
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Senior Director at Robotics and Intelligent Systems Institute, Khalifa University – UAE
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Vice President of AI at Samsung SDS
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Strategy Advisor and Research Scientist, UAE |
Principal Advisor, Digital Transformation and Emerging Technologies at TheDigitaLeap – USA
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| Dr. Maxim Fedorov | Dr. Karthik Nandakumar | Ramez ALKARA | Nader Kabbara |
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Skoltech Vice-President for Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modelling, Professor at Skoltech Center for Computational and Data-Intensive Science and Engineering
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Associate Professor in the Computer Vision department at Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence- UAE
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Senior Vice President at EverteamGS-Intalio
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Management Consultant for Artificial Intelligence at AI Directions
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| Proceedings | |||
| Start Time | Topic | Speakers | |
| 7.00 | Welcoming Remarks |
Humanoid – Pepper Robot Jacky’s/Softbank – UAE |
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| 7.05 | AI current state of affairs | Prof Stephen Lew DPHIL | |
| Strategy Advisor and Research Scientist – UAE | |||
| 7.20 | Dr. Malek Ben Salem | ||
| Principal Advisor, Digital Transformation and Emerging Technologies TheDigitaLeap – USA | |||
| 7:35 | Experiences of leading countries & enterprises in AI | Dr. Patrick Bangert | |
| Vice President of AI at Samsung – USA | |||
| 7:50 | Nader Kabbara | ||
| Management Consultant for Artificial Intelligence at AI Directions – UAE | |||
| 8:05 | AI Implications and opportunities in key industries in the area of cognitive security | Dr. Rand Waltzman | |
| Deputy Chief Technology Officer at RAND Corporation – USA | |||
| 8:20 | AI implications and opportunities in key industries in the area of Content Services in government | Ramez ALKARA | |
| Senior Vice President of Product Management EverteamGS-Intalio |
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| 8:35 | Security and Trustworthiness of AI systems | Dr. Karthik Nandakumar | |
| Mohammed Bin Zayed University for Artificial Intelligence – UAE | |||
| 8:50 | Policymakers’ role in facilitating the adoption of AI | Prof. Ernesto Damiani | |
| Senior Director at Robotics and Intelligent Systems Institute, Khalifa University-UAE | |||
| 09:00 | Open Discussion | Moderator | |
| 09:10 | Closing Remarks | Moderator | |
