AI Grid Summit 2024
We are excited to invite the AI Grid community to a unique event in Berlin on November 12-13 to celebrate two years of impactful achievements within our network.
AI GRID Summit 2024
Location: Forum Digitale Technologien | Salzufer 15/16, 10587 Berlin
This gathering will offer opportunities for vibrant discussions on cutting-edge AI research along with networking sessions and demonstrations, highlighting the research work of young researchers, professors and experts of the community.
Deadline to register: October 15th, 2024
Day 1 | 12.11.2024 |
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From 14:00 | Admission |
14:30 – 14:40 | Opening word from Prof. Wolgang Wahlster, Chief Executive Advisor (CEA) at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence and Chairman of the AI Grid Board of Directors |
14:40 – 14:50 | Greeting from Ute Bernhardt, Head of the Artificial Intelligence Department at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
14:50 – 15:00 | Greeting from Laure Poirson, AI Grid Project Lead and introduction of the agenda |
15:00 – 15:15 | AI Grid: a glance back at two vibrant years |
15:15 – 16:15 | European AI research: | „Robots for Care: A Few Considerations from the Social Sciences“ Prof. Nuria Valles Peris (IIIA – UCB, Barcelona) | Human-Agent Interaction, Prof Catherine Pelachaud (CNRS-ISIR – La Sorbonne University, Paris) | NLP and technical language processing, Prof. Marcus Liwicki (Luleå University of Technology, Sweden) |
16:15 – 16:45 | Coffee Break / Networking Opportunities |
16:45 – 18:00 | Poster & Demo Sessions |
18:00 – 18:15 | Best Mentor Award |
18:30 – 21:00 | Reception & Networking evening | Greeting from Forum Digital Technologies, Showroom Tour FDT |
Day 2 | 13.11.2024 |
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8:00-10:00 | Breakfast Coaching ‘Career development for women in research’ | Impulse, practical tools and group discussions |
From 9:45 | Admission |
10:15-10:40 | Presentation of the results of the AI Grid Hackathon 2024, Alice Bassewitz (AI Grid) |
10:45 – 11:30 | Panel discussion: Collaboration between Academic Research and Industries: Enhance the Knowledge Transfer |
Dr. Rami Mochaourab (AI Strategy Manager, Scania),
Dr. Fabian Bülow (Senior Scientist at ABB AG Corporate Research Center Germany),
Dr. Anna Hilsmann (Head of Vision & Imaging Technologies Department Head of Computer Vision & Graphics Group, Fraunhofer HHI) |
Moderation: Dr. Johannes Winter (L3S Research Center) |
11:35-11:55 | Coffee Break |
11:55-12:15 | Keynote „AI & Public Interest“
Dr. Theresa Züger, Project Lead of AI & Society Lab & Public Interest AI research group, co-head of the Human in the Loop project, Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society |
12:30-13:30 | Light Lunch | Networking Opportunities |
13:30-14:15 | Thematic group discussions (AI & Ethic, AI & Fairness, AI & Social Impact, AI & Sustainability) |
14:15-14:35 | Wrap up of the discussions |
14:40- 15:25 | Panel discussion: From Research to Startup Founder / Transforming Academic AI Research into Startup Successes |
Dr. Katharina Eissing, Founder and CTO 1000Kelvin –
Carolin Bischop (Lead AI Startup Accelerator Programs KIT Innovation gGmbh ), Prof. Bastian Halecker (XU Exponential University of Applied Sciences)
Moderation: Stefan Jazdzejewski (EIT ICT Labs Germany) |
15:30-15:45 | Closing Remarks |
Speakers
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang Wahlster
Chief Executive Advisor (CEA) of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Germany
Prof. Dr. Catherine Pelachaud
Research Director at CNRS and ISIR, Sorbonne University, France
Prof. Dr. Núria Vallès Peris
Tenured Scientist at the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA) of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain
Dr. Katharina Eissing
Co-Founder & CTO at 1000 Kelvin and Co-Founder at Digimind, Berlin, Germany
Ute Bernhardt
Head of Artificial Intelligence Unit at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany
Dr.-Ing. Fabian Bülow
Senior Scientist at the ABB AG Corporate Research Center, Germany
Dr. Anna Hilsmann
Head of the Vision & Imaging Technologies Department and Head of the Computer Vision & Graphics Group at Fraunhofer HHI, Germany
Carolin Bischop
Lead AI Startup Accelerator Programs at KIT Innovation gGmbH, Germany
Theresa Zueger
Lead of the AI & Society Lab and Lead of the Research Group for Public Interest AI at the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Germany
Prof. Dr. Marcus Liwicki
Professor (Chair) and Vice-Rector for AI at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
Prof. Dr. Bastian Halecker
Deep Tech Entrepreneurship Professor at XU Exponential University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Prepare your visit
AI Grid will cover travel and accommodation costs for members, mentors and ambassadors:
• One night in Berlin*
• Return trip from home to conference venue (train, bus, car)
ACCOMODATION
To facilitate organization, we have pre-booked rooms in the following two hotels, close to the conference venue.
*Important: The room must be paid for by you on arrival. Reimbursement will be made on invoice after the Summit.
B&B HOTEL BerlinTiergarten (pre-booking quota until 12.9) – Group name to be mentioned when booking: AI Grid.
Tel.: +49 (0) 3033 0066-0
Englische Str. 14, 10587 Berlin
EMail: berlin-tiergarten@hotelbb.com
Motel One Berlin-Ku’Damm (pre-booking quota until 1.10) – Booking number to be mentioned: 516550751_1 and name: EIT ICT Labs
Kantstraße 10, 10623 Berlin, Germany
T: +49 (30) 315 17 36-0
berlin-kudamm@motel-one.com
TRANSPORT
Make sure you book your transport (bus, flight, train) as soon as you receive the confirmation of your participation.
We will send you the guidelines on how to make the proper reservations and obtain the reimbursement of travel expenses (for AI Grid members only).516550751_1
How to contact us
Laure Poirson
#Lead #Tech #Management #Networking #Partnerships
Alice Bassewitz
#AI #Community #Events
#Clustering #Science
Franziska Peters
#AI #Marketing #Communications #Brand #Interviews
Partner
This event is hosted by our partner Forum Digital Technologies.
The Forum Digital Technologies (FDT) is a networking platform and exhibition space for outstanding research projects and innovations in the field of digital future technologies from Germany.
