Born from the shared belief that AI and Machine Learning have the power to drive innovation and transform our society, DeepLearning.AI and Workera are proud to present AI + X, a brand new event series.

Featuring international experts from different industries, AI + X is designed to highlight the latest trends, applications, opportunities, and challenges in AI, and to provide guidance on how technical and non-technical professionals can build an AI / ML career.

We are excited to bring you our official series launch event:

AI + X: DON’T SWITCH CAREERS, ADD AI

As companies invest millions in hiring and training AI professionals, those who bolster their domain expertise with AI fundamentals will have an inherent career advantage.

Whether you’re thinking about upleveling your skill set or transitioning to your next role, our first AI + X event is designed to provide inspiration for anyone to build a career with AI / ML.

Hear leaders from Accenture, Illumina, and Johnson & Johnson discuss topics such as:

• A first-hand experience of adding AI to their domain expertise
• How subject matter experts drive AI in their organizations
• How to look for candidates with dual competencies
• Who should be considering an AI + X career
• How is an MLE pathway different from an AI + X career track
• How can AI practitioners decide what to pursue

This is a virtual event. We will email you the online access link 2 days before the event. Or you can access the online event page after you log in to your Eventbrite account.

Can't attend live? Don't worry. We will send you a link to the recording sessions if you register.

Event agenda in PST: (*subject to change)

MC: Sandhya Simhan, Director of Marketing, DeepLearning.AI

• 10:00am-10:05am: Opening speech: Kian Katanforoosh, Founder & CEO, Workera

• 10:05am-10:45am: Panel discussion:

• Moderator: Sandhya Simhan, Director of Marketing, DeepLearning.AI
• Panelists:
• Kian Katanforoosh, Founder & CEO, Workera
• Fernando Lucini, Global Lead for Data Science & Machine Learning Engineering, Accenture Applied Intelligence
• Amirali Kia, Director of AI & Computational Biology, Illumina
• Valerie Alleger, Director, Data and Analytics Strategy, EMEA at The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson

About guest speakers:

Kian Katanforoosh is the founder & CEO of Workera and a lecturer in the Computer Science department at Stanford University. Workera allows data scientists, machine learning engineers, and software engineers to assess their skills against industry standards and receive a personalized learning path. Kian is also the recipient of Stanford’s Walter J. Gores award (Stanford’s highest teaching award) and Centennial Award for Excellence in teaching.

Fernando Lucini is the Global Lead for Data Science and Machine Learning Engineering for Accenture Applied Intelligence . Based in London, Fernando is a passionate and experienced senior leader with extensive experience in Artificial Intelligence software and business solutions. He has spent 20+ years in the enterprise software industry creating technologies to automate and understand text, speech and video data. He focuses on integrating these technologies into business solutions for Fortune 100 companies in the areas of financial Services, high tech, pharma, and others. He also has led work for government, defence, regulation and other public sector entities.

Amirali Kia finished his Bachelor’s and Master’s working on the application of various artificial intelligence algorithms in computational fluid mechanics. He then started his PhD at Stanford University where he focused on high performance computing techniques and their applications in computational biology. He joined Illumina more than 9 years ago in the Protein Engineering group to utilize machine learning algorithms in protein engineering. He is now the director of Core AI team at Illumina, utilizing AI algorithms to improve Illumina’s core technologies.

Valerie Alleger is the EMEA Director, Data and Analytics Strategy at Janssen (Pharmaceutical Companies of J&J), based in Switzerland. In her role, she’s responsible for shaping and executing, with her team, the EMEA commercial data and analytics strategy to deliver best-in-class advanced analytics solutions for the Janssen EMEA Therapeutical Areas, aiming to improve customer engagement, to support brand performance and to optimize patient experience, across a various range of brands and countries.

Before that, Valerie was a Global Advanced Analytics Lead, Analytics Translator and Strategic Advisor at Bayer Pharmaceuticals. She then pioneered and developed analytics solutions using various machine learning techniques.

Valerie has a strong commercial background; she previously held sales and marketing roles in France in addition to BI responsibilities with traditional Insights and Analytics, from Market Analysis to Sales Force Effectiveness. Valerie was also part of the Bayer Corporate Data Science team in Germany as a Senior Data Scientist for 2.5 years.

Valerie is currently the European Lead for the non-profit organization PMSA (Pharmaceutical Management Science Association), promoting insights and analytics, sharing knowledge and building an expert network in the pharmaceutical industry.

Valerie holds an Engineer degree and MSc in Biology and Life Sciences from AgroParisTech, France.

About DeepLearning.AI

DeepLearning.AI is an education technology company that develops the global community of AI talent.

DeepLearning.AI’s expert-led educational experiences provide AI practitioners and non-technical professionals with the necessary tools to go all the way from foundational basics to advanced application, empowering them to build an AI-powered future.

About Workera:

Workera is a self-assessment platform where people assess their job competencies with computerized adaptive tests and identify their career pathways. Members receive personalized feedback, statistics to know where they stand, and are referred to the most appropriate jobs and courses to achieve their career goals. More than 350,000 skills have been evaluated to date!

Workera also supports enterprises with a total solution for AI talent management and upskilling (SaaS) to help them establish a top performing AI organization. It includes a comprehensive assessment of their AI capabilities, a curated AI upskilling program for each employees, and unique market insights to infer their AI hiring strategy.