SPEAKERS

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Mark Sage MIT Horizons Subject Matter Expert & Executive Director AR for Enterprise Alliance (AREA) (USA)

Leads the only global member-based organization focusing on accelerating adoption of Augmented Reality in enterprise with members such as Boeing, Welsh Water, Newport News Shipbuilding, MedtronicMicrosoft, Magic Leap, RealWear, Qualcomm, Lenovo and PTC

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Mathias Goyen, Chief Medical Officer for EMEA, GE

Leveraging AI to personalize healthcare, diagnose big data for patients for a $16 billion division of GE

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Daniel Isaacs, CTO for Digital Twin Consortium (USA)

Responsible for setting the technical direction for the 140+ Member Consortium, Has worked on processor-based  systems ranging from SW to HW for Submarines to Aircraft Carriers to Electric Vehicles to F-150 and Expedition FORD  Light Trucks

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Stephen Mellor, Scientist & CTO for Industrial Internet Consortium (USA)

Developer of the Shlaer–Mellor method and Executable UML, and signatory to the Agile Manifesto.

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Dr. Eric Xing is a Professor of Machine Learning in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, and the founding director of the CMU/UPMC Center for Machine Learning and Health. His principal research interests lie in the development of machine learning and statistical methodology; especially for solving problems involving automated learning, reasoning, and decision-making in high-dimensional, multimodal, and dynamic possible worlds in social and biological systems. Professor Xing received a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from Rutgers University, and another Ph.D. in Computer Science from UC Berkeley. Professor Xing has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers, and is an associate editor of the Annals of Applied Statistics (AOAS), the Journal of American Statistical Association (JASA), the IEEE Transaction of Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (PAMI), the PLoS Journal of Computational Biology, and an Action Editor of the Machine Learning Journal (MLJ), the Journal of Machine Learning Research (JMLR). He is a member of the DARPA Information Science and Technology (ISAT) Advisory Group, a recipient of the NSF Career Award, the Sloan Fellowship, the United States Air Force Young Investigator Award, the IBM Open Collaborative Research Award, and best paper awards in a number of premier conferences including UAI, ACL, EMNLP, SDM, ISMB.

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Koo Seng Meng , Sr Deputy Director, AI Singapore (Singapore)

Shaped the billion-dollar APAC games industry and launched Singapore's first mobile experiential platform – Lab on Wheels – demystifying MxR and AI/ML to students and masses; Has been an effective contributor to Singapore's rise in the top 10 countries of AI index

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• • Combining different technologies like VR, 3D animation, blockchain to create digital services
• • The combination of AI and VR that would unlock a whole new degree of verisimilitude

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Caroline Gorski is a technology leader of more than 25 years’ experience, with a background in strategy consulting, market development and commercial decision-making at FTSE 100 board-level. She is the Co-Founder of the Emergent Alliance, a not-for-profit Global Data Collaboration initiative focusing on Economic Recovery analytics in response to COVID-19. She is also the Group Director of R² Data Labs, the data innovation and artificial intelligence catalyst inside Rolls-Royce. Caroline was also Head of Business Development - Internet of Things for Telefonica UK and Managing Partner for Telefonica UK’s Retail and Leisure practice, following her career as a Strategy Consultant with clients in the Leisure, Financial Services, Media and FMCG sectors, helping them to develop products and strategies that embrace digital possibilities in new and existing markets.

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Katie is a member of the UK Government All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) task force for the enterprise adoption of AI, and author of Using Artificial Intelligence in Marketing: How to Harness AI and Maintain the Competitive Edge, published by Kogan Page in February 2019. She has over 30 years’ experience and has advised many of the world's leading brands and business leaders, including Richard Branson/Virgin, NatWest/RBS, Accenture, PA Consulting, Orange, Arsenal Football Club, and Harrods.

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Nicole Cacal is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Forbes Ignite, a consultancy that advises leading companies on sustainable transformation and a leadership network that unites global changemakers at the center of technology, sustainability and social impact (Forbes Ignite is a license partner of Forbes Media LLC). Previously, Nicole worked in venture capital and product development at a global start-up incubator with a focus on emerging technologies. She also previously served as Head of Marketing and Investor Relations at an impact-focused private equity fund. Nicole holds a BBA from the University of Hawaii, an MSc in Strategic Design & Management from the Parsons School of Design, and an Executive MSc in Technology Management from Columbia University.

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Will Thompson formerly the VP & Managing Director of Forbes Insights (the research and analyst practice of Forbes Media) and the Publisher of Forbes AI, a new magazine dedicated to the business and technology of artificial intelligence. An expert in the ways technology is transforming business and business model reinvention, Mr. Thompson came to Forbes from the Economist Intelligence Unit where he advised Global 2000 corporations and venture-backed start-ups on communicating to C-level executives about digital technologies and transformation. Prior to joining the Economist, he served as CEO of a boutique hedge fund communications consulting firm and launched two niche publications. A classically trained operatic singer, will has a degree in music and an MBA, both from the University of Miami.

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Harish Srigiriraju, Principal Engineer and Head of Analytics, Verizon (USA)

Winner of Best Technology and Analytics Leadership at Internet 2.0 event in Las Vegas; Using a combination AI, Cloud and DevOps to drive customer experience and data science at one of the largest technology companies in the world