
Applied Artificial Intelligence Conference 2018 #AAI18
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APPLIED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CONFERENCE 2018 #AAI18
HOW APPLIED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS CHANGING SOCIETY, ENTERPRISE, AND PEOPLE
BootstrapLabs is pleased to announce that its annual Applied Artificial Intelligence Conference will return for the third year on April 12, 2018 in San Francisco.
#AAI18 is a must-attend event for those involved or interested in the most current progress of AI technologies and products.
The one day conference brings together the brightest and most experienced professionals in the field of AI for an immersive day of learning, discussion, and connection. This year’s agenda will focus on the latest and future impact of AI applications and commercialization across a breadth of sectors, including Transportation, Healthcare, Finance, Future of Work and Cybersecurity.
Inviting world class perspectives from research, entrepreneurship, investing, and business transformation, the event aims to capture the deepest insights available in the AI landscape today. You’ll have access to practical wisdom and methodologies on how to take advantage of AI’s powerful potential. Plus, speakers and panelists will engage in a thought-provoking discourse about how AI is reshaping business, society, and life as we know it.
BootstrapLabs is a leading venture capital firm focused on Applied Artificial Intelligence in Silicon Valley. Leveraging an extensive community of professionals with deep domain expertise, BootstrapLabs stays at the forefront of the latest technology development, venture investment trends, and startup ecosystem evolution.
Contact us at info@bootstraplabs.com for more information.
9:00 am – 9:10 am | Welcome Message
Ben Levy, Co-founder, BootstrapLabs
9:10 am – 9:35 am | Opening Keynote: Human + Machine: Reimagining Work in the Age of AI
Paul Daugherty, Chief Technology & Innovation Officer, Accenture
9:35 am – 10:05 am | Panel: Enterprise AI Applications and the Future of Work
Moderator: Andrew Salzman, Partner, Chasm Group
Panelists:
- Igor Jablokov, Founder and CEO, Pryon Inc
- Matt Swanson, CEO, Augment
- Nisha Talagala, Chief Technology Officer at ParallelM
- Sabrina Atienza, Founder, Qurious.io
10:05 am – 10:25 am | Keynote: AutoML: The Future of Machine Learning
Alex Holub, Founder, Vidora
10:25 am – 10:50 am | Keynote + Fireside Chat: Death of Moore’s Law
Speakers:
- Tom Campbell, Founder & President, FutureGrasp, LLC
- Madhav Thattai, Chief Operating Officer, Rigetti Computing
- Sateesh Kumar, Founder, Pathtronic
10:50 am – 11:15 am | Coffee Break
11:15 am – 11:45 am | Panel: Industrial & Manufacturing AI Applications
Moderator: Macario Namie, Head of IoT Strategy at Cisco
Panelists:
- Karen Kerr, Executive Managing Director, GE Ventures
- George Mathew, CEO, Kespry
- Matt Man, Founder, Indus.ai
- Ramya Ravichandar, Director Product Management at FogHorn Systems, Inc
11:45 am – 12:10 pm | Keynote + Fireside Chat: How AI shapes the future of our energy system
Speakers:
- Thomas Birr, SVP Innovation & Business Transformation, innogy
- Stephen Comello, Director, Sustainable Energy Initiative, Stanford
- Nicolai Wadstrom, Founder and CEO, BootstrapLabs
12:10 pm – 12:35 pm | Panel: Applied AI and Cybersecurity – Making the enterprise more secure
Moderator: Debra J. Farber, Data Privacy & Security Advisor
Panelists:
- Will Summerlin, Founder, Pinn Technologies
- Chris Merz, VP Security & Decision Products, Mastercard
- Sean Kanuck, Director of Cyber, Space and Future Conflict, IISS
12:35 pm – 1:35 pm | Lunch + Networking
1:35 pm – 2:05 pm | Keynote + Fireside Chat: Savior or Destroyer? How AI Is transforming The Media
Speakers:
- Alex Salkever, Author “Driver in the Driverless Car: How Our Technology Choices Can Change The Future”
- Robbie Allen, CEO at Infinia ML, Exec Chairman at Automated Insights
- Gilad Lotan, VP, Head of Data Science, BuzzFeed
2:05 pm – 2:35 pm | Panel: Applied AI in FinTech: Faster, Cheaper, Better?
Moderator: Ash Fontana, Managing Director, Zetta Venture Partners
Panelists:
- Zachary Hanif, Director, Center for Machine Learning, Capital One
- Sangeeta Chakraborty, Chief Customer Officer, Ayasdi
- Shaunak Khire, Co-founder and CEO, Emma/MANSI
- Anant Kale, Co-founder and CEO, AppZen
2:35 pm – 3:00 pm | Keynote + Fireside Chat: Autonomous Vehicles for Fleet-Based On-Demand Mobility
Speakers:
- Evangelos Simoudis, Founder and Managing Director, Synapse Partners
- John Absmeier, Head of Autonomous Mobility, Samsung
- Nadeem Sheikh, VP of Self Driving Programs, Lyft
3:00 pm – 3:25 pm | Panel: AI Policymakers: the Need for Public/Private Partnership
Moderator:
Jane Macfarlane, CEO Seurat Labs & Director Smart Cities UC Berkeley
Panelists:
- Kay Butterfield, Head Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, World Economic Forum
- Norma Krayem, Sr Policy Advisor, Co-Chair, Cybersecurity and Privacy, Holland & Knight LLP
- Tolga Kurtoglu, CEO, Parc
3:25 pm – 3:50 pm | Coffee Break
3:50 pm – 4:15 pm | Keynote + Fireside Chat: Applied AI in Healthcare: Deep Impact
Speakers:
- Dan Faggella, CEO, TechEmergence
- Kevin Hua, Sr. Manager A.I./Machine Learning, Bayer
- Carolina Garcia Rizo, Chief Business Officer, Just Biotherapeutics
4:15 pm – 4:40 pm | Keynote + Fireside Chat: SoftBank Robotics AI Vision 2020
Speakers:
- Steve Carlin, Chief Strategy Officer, SoftBank Robotics
- Ben Levy, Co-Founder, BootstrapLabs
- Doug Aley, Chief Revenue Officer, Ever AI
4:40 pm – 5:00 pm | Keynote: Where AI is today and where it’s going
Richard Socher, Chief Scientist, Salesforce
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm | Closing Remarks: BootstrapLabs
- Nicolai Wadstrom, Founder and CEO, BootstrapLabs
- Ben Levy, Co-Founder, BootstrapLabs
5:30 pm – 8:00pm | Closing Reception and Networking
AAI 2018 Speakers:

Paul Daugherty

Madhav Thattai

Steve Carlin

Richard Socher

Stephen Comello

Karen Kerr
Sangeeta Chakraborty
Chris Merz

Zachary Hanif

Kay Firth-Butterfield
Norma Krayem
Robbie Allen

Jane Macfarlane

Gilad Lotan

Nadeem Sheikh
Tom Campbell
Carolina Garcia Rizo
George Mathew
Matt Swanson
Kevin Hua
Doug Aley
Alex Holub
Thomas Birr
Evangelos Simoudis
Ben Levy
Dan Faggella
Sabrina Atienza
Andrew Salzman
Matt Man
Nicolai Wadstrom
Alex Salkever
Will Summerlin
Igor Jablokov
Nisha Talagala
Tolga Kurtoglu
John Absmeier
Ash Fontana
Ramya Ravichandar
Debra Farber
Sean Kanuck
Shaunak Khire
Macario Namie
Sateesh Kumar
Ashish Bansal
Xavier Legros
Presented by
Applied Artificial Intelligence Workshop
BootstrapLabs in partnership with Talio Technology, is thrilled to introduce the APPLIED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WORKSHOP on April 11, 2018 (Pre-conference private workshop).
The workshop is a unique, immersive Applied AI working session that will deep dive into both theory and hands-on application with experts in Industry. You’ll have access to practical wisdom and methodologies on how to take advantage of AI’s powerful potential.
The session will cater to senior-level managers, directors, and VPs as well as experienced software engineers. You’ll learn the foundations of building applied AI systems, see how to prepare data, walk through feature analysis and engineering, select and train models and, finally, generate predictions. Leave the Applied AI Conference not only inspired but also armed with the knowledge and tools to harness AI within your organization.
Check out the full workshop instructor list and more details here.
PRIOR ATTENDEES & SPEAKERS
Last year’s sold-out conference hosted over 800 top executives (APPLIED AI CONFERENCE 2017 ATTENDEES) from Fortune 500 companies, AI startups founders, venture capitalists, researchers and AI developers. The day was packed with insightful, practical and inspiring conversations and keynotes from 44 AI thought leaders from companies like Facebook, Uber, AirBnb, Amazon, IBM, NASA, BMW, Sentient, Singularity University, Stanford University, Bloomberg, and Accenture.
LAST YEAR SPEAKERS
Amir Khosrowshahi
Danny Lange
Lanny Cohen
Marten Mickos
Dr. Colin P. Williams
Nicolai Wadstrom
Richard Socher
Jack Clark
Herb Kelsey
Akli Adjaoute
Ben Levy
WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND THE APPLIED AI CONFERENCE 2018?
Become an AI advocate and thought leader in your organization and community. The Applied AI Conference represents a unique opportunity to deepen your knowledge on trending AI applications & technologies, meet and learn from industry leaders driving disruption across all industries, recruit new talent, and network with fellow executives, entrepreneurs, investors, and developers to discuss the current status of Applied AI, best practices, and challenges.
During the conference you will have the opportunity to network, ask questions, meet, and build relationships with expert and professionals in all fields of Artificial Intelligence.
Who will you meet?
The Applied AI Conference brings together a community of Founders, Intrapreneurs, CTOs, CIOs, Corporate Development Executives, Innovation Officers, Product Managers and AI/ML Experts including Directors of Engineering, Data Scientists, Executives, Professors, Researchers and Investors interested in AI.
Meet our attendees from last year at this link.
COMPANIES THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE PAST INCLUDE
PRESS REGISTRATION
Limited press passes are available to full-time reporters or freelancers working for established print, online, or broadcast news organizations. Journalist inquiries regarding the Applied AI Conference 2018 should be directed to press@bootstraplabs.com with email subject: Journalist AAI18 or fill out the following form.
We welcome inquires for high quality inspirational and informative interviews on stage.
Selected session form last year:
Fireside Chat – Meet Amy, your new Personal Assistant – Watch Now
Moderator: Josh Constine, Editor-At-Large, TechCrunch
Speaker: Dennis R. Mortensen, Founder & CEO, x.ai
Fireside Chat – Chatbots in the Physical World – Watch Now
Interviewer: Jack Clark, Reporter, Bloomberg
Speaker: Oren Jacob, Co-Founder & CEO, PullString
Last year Attending Press Include Journalists from:
TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Bloomberg, The Huffington Post ,CBS interactive, TechEmergence, Singularity University Media, Tech Republic, pehub, Herald, Dagens industri and more.
SPONSORSHIP INQUIRY
Want to get in front of over 800 Artificial Intelligence leaders and experts?
To get access to detailed information about sponsorship opportunities, please contact us at info@bootstraplabs.com.
TICKET POLICY
All sales are final and tickets are non-refundable. Tickets can only be used by the ticket holder, but may be transferred to another person if the request is made within 10 days of the conference.