The Artificial Intelligence Conference is an annual event where leading AI researchers and top industry practitioners meet and collaborate. Produced by the creators of MLconf, The Machine Learning Conference. The AI Conference will focus on emerging technology in Artificial Intelligence with a specific focus around projects, teams, and people who are working on Artificial General Intelligence and related topics.

Ashwin Ram

Sr. Manager Alexa AI, Amazon

Conversational AI in Amazon Alexa

Caroline Sinders

Online Harassment Researcher, Wikimedia

Emotional Trauma and Machine Learning

Shalini De Mello

Senior Research Scientist, NVIDIA

Machine Learning Inside the Car

Igor Markov

Software Engineer, Google

Dealing with AI as a Dystopian Threat to Humanity

Sanjeev Satheesh

Research Scientist, Baidu

The Story of End to End Models in Deep Learning

David Brin

Author, The Postman

How Might Artificial Intelligence Come About? Different Approaches and Their Implications for Life in the Universe.

John Melas-Kyriazi

Senior Associate, Spark Capital

Moderating Startup Showcase

Rahul Mehrotra

Product Manager, Maluuba

Building Literate Machines

Artemy Malkov

CEO, Data Monsters

Why Chatbots Fail, And How To Fix Them

Malika Cantor

Operations Partner, Comet Labs

A VC Perspective on AI

Bear Douglas

Developer Advocate, Slack

Participating in Conversational Bot Discussion

Jayesh Govindarajan

VP of Data Science, Salesforce

Participating in Conversational Bot Discussion

Dr. Phil Cohen

Chief Scientist, Voicebox Technologies

Participating in Conversational Bot Discussion

Chris Nicholson

CEO, Skymind

Participating in the Startup Showcase: Skymind

Shiva Amiri

CEO, Biosymetrics

Participating in the Startup Showcase: Biosymetrics

Scott Clark

CEO & Co-Founder, SigOpt

Participating in the Startup Showcase: SigOpt

Will Murphy

VP of Business Development & Co-Founder, Talla

Participating in the Startup Showcase: Talla

Dr. Bryce Meredig

Chief Science Officer, Citrine

Participating in the Startup Showcase: Citrine

Conference Schedule

9:00 AM-10:00 AM

Registration & Breakfast

10:00 AM-10:40 AM

Conversational AI in Amazon Alexa

Ashwin Ram
10:40 AM-11:10 AM

Machine Learning Inside the Car

Shalini De Mello
11:10 AM-11:35 AM

The story of end to end models in deep learning

Sanjeev Satheesh
11:35 AM-12:00 PM

Emotional Trauma and Machine Learning

Caroline Sinders
12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Lunch & Networking

1:00 PM-1:30 PM

How Might Artificial Intelligence Come About? Different Approaches and Their Implications for Life in the Universe.

David Brin
1:30 PM-1:50 PM

Dealing with AI as a Dystopian Threat to Humanity

Igor Markov
1:50 PM-2:00 PM

A VC's Take on AI

Malika Cantor
2:00 PM-3:05 PM

Startup Showcase

John Melas-Kyriazi, Moderator
3:05 PM-3:30 PM

Coffee & Networking

3:30 PM-4:00 PM

Building Literate Machines

Rahul Mehrotra
4:00 PM-4:10 PM

Introduction to Conversational Bot Panel Discussion

Artemy Malkov, Moderator
4:10 PM-5:00 PM

Conversational Bot Panel Discussion

Artemy Malkov, Moderator
5:00 PM-6:30 PM

Happy Hour & Networking

The following sponsors made this event possible