Tuesday, 2 May 2023
«PRE-PARTY»
19:00 – 20:30 – The Drunken Chefs
Artificial Intelligence at the Pub
“Artificial Intelligence at the Pub” is a FREE event (in Norwegian) for everyone who wants to learn more about what AI is and how the technology can be used.
In a casual setting at The Drunken Chefs in Halden, you will hear interesting presentations from Itera, Microsoft Norway, and Østfold University College on ethical questions related to the technology, as well as examples of how various industries can use AI-based language models such as ChatGPT.
The event is organized by AI+ in collaboration with Halden Næringsutvikling and NHO Viken Oslo.
Wednesday, 3 May 2023
DAY 1
09:00 – 16:00 – Brygga kultursal
09:00 – Grand opening
Ugress
09:07 – Ruth Astrid Sæter
Host
Welcome
09:16 – Nikolai Astrup
Member of Parliament, Oslo
Opening speech
09:29 – Tara Zeynep Baris
Product and Data Science Lead at HUB Ocean
Changing the Fate of the Ocean through Data
09:50 – Sina Nek Akhtar
Tech Lead- Data Analytics and ML at Google
How is AI transforming the energy and transport sector, and what does it mean for the future of these industries?
10:09 – 10:30: Break
10:30 – VB: LCA.no
[Cluster for Applied AI]
10:37 – Jon Jahren
Director Azure Cloud & AI at Microsoft Norway
Doesn’t seem so Artificial any longer, does it?
10:58 – Trym Holter
Business Development Executive at Silo AI
How can we drive value creation of Generative AI, what resources and competencies are needed, and what role should we play in the Nordics?
11:17 – Panel Discussion
11:50 – Lunch
12:45 – Opening after lunch
Ugress
12:52 – Nicolaus Henke
Senior Partner Emeritus at McKinsey & Company
Can ML/AI help us to tackle the biggest challenges in healthcare?
13:18 – Rebecca Wiborg Seyfarth
Vice President Machine Learning at Völur
How can AI technology and machine learning help handle the complexity of the meat industry and optimize both cutting and processing based on market demand, making the industry more optimized and sustainable?
13:43 – David Skålid Amundsen
Lead Data Scientist consultant at Computas
How is Ruter actively pursuing ML Ops best practices to support machine learning models in production, making sure models are reproducible, easily updatable and extensively monitored?
14.06 – 14.30: Break
14:30 – VB: Nornir
[Cluster for Applied AI]
14:37 – Frode Aagedal
CEO & Co-Founder at Intoto.io
How do we work with water data, from the birth of data in nature to AI based data and human interaction?
15:02 – Sam Julian
Chief Data Engineer at E.ON
How is a common approach for production ready ML, Grid Data and Infrastructure designed to satisfy today’s energy system needs?
15:27 – Christian Agrell
Principal Research Scientist at DNV
Assurance of AI-enabled systems
15:55 – 16:15: Break
16:00 – 19:00 – Brygga kultursal
Demos & Talks
16:15 – Per Baumann og Per Gunnar Auran
Per Baumann, Salgsdirektør, Precise Prediction
Per Gunnar Auran, Forskningsleder, SINTEF Digital
16:25 – Lene Merethe Liodden
CEO of Mechatronics Innovation Lab (MIL)
16:35 – Bjørn Dimmen
Bjørn is leader of DigiCat
16:45 – Alexander Haneng
SVP Innovation Partnerships at Posten and Bring
16:55 – Shayan Dadman
PhD candidate at Department of Computer Science and Computational Engineering, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Campus Narvik
17:15 – 19:00: Socializing
17:00 – 18:00: Guided historical walk in Halden
You are welcome to join a guided tour of historical Halden. The fortress town is over 350 years old and was a former maritime city called Fredrikshald until 1928. In one of the old parts of the town, you can still see the houses which belonged to the captains and business elite. Halden is where the industrialisation of Norway began in the waterfall of river Tista.
19:00 – Brygga kultursal
Conference Dinner
Thursday, 4 May 2023
DAY 2
07:00 – 07:40 – Brygga kultursal
AI+ Morning Jog
07:00 – 07:40
Voluntary for conference participants. Meet up outside Thon Hotel. An instructor runs together with the group.
08:30 – 10:00 – Byparken
Morning seminar
The Nordic region has many prerequisites for sustainable and inclusive AI development: stable societies, high trust, and high digitalisation. Can AI and AI-enabled tech become the next Norwegian export industry And what makes the Nordic region competitive in the global race we’re in right now?
Ruth Astrid Sæter, AI+ host
Jo Roald from Abelia in conversation with Ruth Astrid Sæter
Jo Roald in conversation with Eli Haugerud from Smart Innovation Norway
The Norwegian government is eager to nurture a broader set of export industries beyond petroleum and seafood. We know technology and AI will play a key role across all sectors in the future but what should we be doing now to build a competitive AI edge in selected industries?
Session moderated by Abelia
Speakers:
– Erik Åsberg, eSmart Systems
– Eli Haugerud, Smart Innovation Norway
– Silje Brit Horrisland Whist, Innovasjon Norge
Jo Roald in conversation with Trym Holter from Silo AI
AI development is leaping forward as we speak, and the global race towards AI dominance is on. US and China are pushing the limits of technology, while the EU is eager to regulate and control. The Nordics are in a bind. How do we navigate from here, as a region and as individual countries?
Session moderated by Abelia
Speakers:
– Trym Holter, Silo AI
– Kenth Engø Monsen, Smart Innovation Norway
– Eirik Andreassen, Digital Norway
Wrap-up and send-off to parallel sessions
10:00 – 13:00 – Downtown Halden
Parallel AI Sessions