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.

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?

10:30 – 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?

Presentation

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

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?

Presentation

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?

Presentation

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

Presentation

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.

Conference Dinner

AI+ Morning Jog

07:00 – 07:40

Voluntary for conference participants. Meet up outside Thon Hotel. An instructor runs together with the group.