One day conference bringing together the brightest and most experienced professionals
in AI & Machine Learning for
an immersive day of learning, discussion and connection.
Conference Agenda
Time
08:00 – 08:40
Speaker
Registration
Topic
Light Breakfast Served
08:50 – 09:00
Caroline Cawley – ITAG
Welcome Address
09:00 – 09:10
President NUI Galway Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh
Opening Address
09:10 – 09:50
Nell Watson
AI Revolution & Robotics – The Transparency – Privacy Paradox in a Machine Intelligent World (Differential Privacy)
09:50 – 10:30
Ben Chamberlain – RE.WORK
How AI and ML are transforming on-line retail – case study from ASOS.
10:30 – 11:00
Ben Evans – GuruTeam
The Ethical Implications of Machine Learning
11:00 – 11:20
Refreshments & Networking
11:30 – 12:00
John McIntyre – Capgemini Sogeti
In Pursuit of Digital Happiness – Why Digital Happiness is the Driving Force of Change in the 21st Century; what this means for your industry, organisation and most importantly your people.
12:00 – 12:30
Constantin Nica – Neueda
Artificial Intelligence and its application in Cyber Security and Cyber Warfare
12:30 – 13:00
Barry O’Sullivan – Genesys-Altocloud
Joe Smyth – Genesys-Altocloud
Building an AI Company from scratch – The Altocloud Story facilitated by Dr John Breslin
13:00 – 13:50
Lunch & Networking
Time
13:50 – 14:30
Track 1 – AI in the Enterprise
Cisco – Brian Jordan – The Potential for Industry Disruption with Blockchain
Track 2 – AI Technologies
Microsoft – Gary Short – Machine Learning & Big Data
14:30 – 15:00
NUI Galway – Prof Dympna Casey – Mario Project
DXC- Antoine Voiry & Andrea Burke – Proactive Metadata Management key to successful Data Analytics
15:00 – 15:20
Coffee
15:20 – 15:50
Orreco – Gearoid Hynes – How Orreco blend data science and sports science to optimise athlete performance
Optum – Michelle Concannon – AI & ML in Personalized Medicine
15:50 – 16:20
Valeo – Ganesh Sistu – Autonomous Driving & Deep Multi Task Learning
IBM Watson – Ambrish Rawa – AI and the benefits of Bayesian Deep Learning
16:20 – 16:50
Overstock – Aidan Finn – Large Scale Machine Learning in E-commerce
Genesys-Altocloud – Maciej Dabrowski, – Building Machine Learning Products
16:50 – 17:20
Ann Makosinski – The Art of Inventing and the Ideation Journey
Valeo – Joseph Fernandez – Deep Learning beyond CNNs, An Interdisciplinary approach – from the Math to Code
17:20 – 18:00
Wrap Up Followed by Networking in the College Bar
Festival & Conference
Festival Events 2018
May 23, 2018
Digital Women’s
Forum
Venue: Meyrick Hotel, Galway
The Digital Women’s Forum presents ‘Pressing for Progress’ with guest speakers including Lady Chanelle McCoy, Peter Cosgrove, Dr. Nell Watson, and Ann Makosinski for an afternoon of inspiration and networking.
May 24, 2018
AtlanTec
Conference
Venue: Bailey Allen Hall, NUI Galway
At the heart of the Festival once again is the AtlanTec Conference. Returning to the Bailey Allen Hall in NUI Galway, it will welcome world class speakers keen to impart their knowledge on AI and Machine Learning.
May 25, 2018
Tech Tag World
Championships
Venue: Corinthians RFC, Galway
After a hugely successful inaugural Tech Tag World Championships held in 2017, the event returns for 2018 to Corinthians RFC.
Who will take the title away from Aerogen this year?
March – May, 2018
In-company
Events
Venue: Various, Galway
Collaboration and knowledge sharing will be top of mind again as Galway’s most innovative tech companies open their doors as part of this year’s In-company events. Click below to find out more
May 10th, 2018
Transition Year
Gets Techy
Venue: GMIT, Dublin Road, Galway
This event will see local transition year students visit GMIT to learn about software development and coding.
May, 2018
The Art of Creative Coding
– Coding the Dance
Venue: NUI Galway
A first for 2018 will see a one day event at NUI Galway for 5th & 6th Class Girls
Further details to follow.
