Artificial intelligence and machine learning are among the most talked about methods for optimization, automation and growth on a global scale. The possibilities seem endless and developments in AI are rapid, but societal and environmental issues are also emerging.

Have you ever wondered how you can acquire enough knowledge to make successful business decisions in AI without a technical background? Do you want to develop AI in an ethical and sustainable way? Are you short on time and looking for a compact introduction to AI?

Then this short course is for you! It will give you a concise and in-depth overview of the most important topics in AI.

What we cover

7:00 pm to 7:45 pm

• Conceptual introduction to AI and ML as well as their possibilities and limitations
• Discussion of use cases with a focus on AI-driven business management and strategy
• Introduction to ethics and sustainability for responsibly built AI

10 min Q&A

10 min break

8:05 pm - 8:50 pm

• Increasing ROI with responsibly developed AI
• Optimal preparation for AI regulation and auditing
• Discussion of the complete AI development life cycle and its processes
• Key factors for the successful development and deployment of AI projects into production

40 min of Q&A

Your benefits

• Gain a concise conceptual understanding of the most important issues in AI today
• Get a clear understanding of the possibilities of AI as well as its limitations
• Acquire the know-how to make successful business decisions for responsibly built AI technology comfortably
• Develop AI, which creates real value for you and your customers
• Understand how you can further deepen your expertise in AI
• Learn from a course instructor, who was awarded for her teaching and consulting approach to AI with the Swiss Female Digital Innovator Award 2020

Your instructor

Ursula Maria Mayer is a computational & data scientist, serial entrepreneur and lecturer. She runs with Sciform an award-winning consulting company, which helps customers to build AI technology responsibly.

Due to her mathematical, computational and philosophical background as well as her expertise in business management, she can combine deep tech, ethics and management in her consulting and teaching. This interdisciplinary approach to building and teaching responsible AI has been recognized with the Swiss Female Digital Innovator Award 2020.

Ursula also lectures at the HWZ University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration Zurich about AI-driven business models, AI operations and ethics operationalization as well as AI auditing to business and tech leaders. She contributes her expertise to the development of an independent AI audit system at ForHumanity, a global crowd-sourced non-profit organization. At RoleModel Rebels - a think tank and mentoring platform for women - Ursula supports young female tech entrepreneurs developing AI.

Our deliverables to you

In addition to the online short course including Q&A sessions, you receive:

• the recording of the short course
• the presentation slides
• a certificate of completion with the course content listed

What others say

"For me as leader in global trial forecasting, the courses on developing AI responsibly, taught by Ursula Maria Mayer, are a great resource!

Her in-depth expertise combined with her clear and well-structured teaching style makes the course content easy to understand. I especially like how she illustrates theoretical input with examples that the audience can really relate to.

I particularly benefited from her knowledge of the potential risks of increased bias in decision making and how to prevent or mitigate them. I also very much appreciated her expertise on how to move from pure "black box" AI applications to more comprehensible AI that offers the end customer more insight and thus trust in the results."

Claudia Tilli, PhD - Global Trial Forecast Development Unit Head and Expert/Associate Director, Clinical Trial Budget Management, Novartis

"Ursula Maria Mayer held an excellent, understandable and fascinating masterclass about AI ethics in business at the Rolemodel Rebels think tank platform by highlighting core ethical values, demonstrating current ethical issues with AI and providing solution or mitigation approaches. By providing insights into how ethics can be incorporated throughout the management and development lifecycle of an AI solution, participants were excellently prepared for the implementation of their own AI projects.

The participants were enthusiastic. I can highly recommend Ursula as an excellent didact and speaker."

Dr. Petra Arends-Paltzer - Founder of Davos Digital Forum and Rolemodel Rebels

What we cover in greater detail

This short course provides you with a clear conceptual understanding of the possibilities, but also the limitations of AI and ML. Use cases for business development and strategy will help you further explore the practicality of AI and provide inspiration for your own AI projects.

Ethics and sustainability are now an integral part of the entire AI technology development lifecycle. This short course provides you with an introduction to AI ethics including sustainability and guides you through the processes necessary to develop AI responsibly throughout its lifecycle.

Responsible AI development also helps improve ROI, which is simply also because customers get a better performing AI product or service. Responsibly built AI has the added benefit of preparing you optimally for upcoming AI audits.

Despite an overwhelming enthusiasm for AI, Gartner estimates that more than 85% of all AI projects don't make it to production. This short course will provide you with the key factors you need to successfully develop and deploy your responsible AI projects and deliver real value to you and your customers.

The above described interdisciplinary approach to teaching responsible AI has been recognized with the Swiss Female Digital Innovator Award 2020.