MIT AI 2018April 20 - 22, 2018
InterContinental San Francisco888 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Morning Keynote9:10 AM
Coffee Break9:35 AM
Zia ChishtiCEO - Afiniti
PROGRAM AGENDA
Friday, 20th April 20188:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Welcome9:00 AM
Breakfast & Registration8:00 AM
InterContinental Ballroom InterContinental BallroomInterContinental BallroomInterContinental Ballroom
AI Around All UsInterContinental 5th Floor Ballroom A InterContinental Union Square
9:45 AMSession Block
TRACK 2 TRACK 4
Managing Director - ManifoldVinay Seth Mohta
Director - MIT-IBM Watson AI LabDavid Cox
VPE & Chief Data ScientistWattzOn
Sandra Carrico
Senior Product Marketing ManagerDocuSign
Lunch Break12:40 PM
Grand Ballroom
TRACK 1
InterContinental 3rd Floor Grand Ballroom InterContinental 5th Floor Ballroom A
AI in the Physical WorldInterContinental 5th Floor Ballroom B & C InterContinental Union Square
COO - Cafe XCynthia Yeung
Karen Robinson
CEO - MapperNikhil Naikal
CEO-Founder - PopulusRegina Clewlow
Moderator
11:20 AMSession Block
TRACK 2 TRACK 4TRACK 3
Coffee Break11:05 AM
Grand Ballroom
Applying AI Research toProduction
VP & Lab Director IBM Research Almaden - IBM Research
Jeffrey Welser
Silicon Valley Correspondent -Washington Post
Elizabeth Dwoskin
Chief Scientist - SalesforceRichard Socher
Principal Scientist - Amazon AIAnima Anandkumar
Moderator
Re-engineering for anAI-First World
Managing Director - Zetta Venture Partners
Mark GorenbergModerator
CEO - InsideSales.comDavid Elkington
VP of Product Innovation- AyasdiDr. Jennifer Kloke
CTO - GenesysSlava Zhakov
Co-founder & CEO - LiltSpence Green
Ting Ting LuoModerator
SaaS LeadJunaid MohiuddinModerator
This 'un-conference'
style track will bring
insightful moderators
from the industry to
facilitate candid and
interactive conversations
addressing the top
issues is AI.
Solutions LeadMichelle Koh PottsModerator
This 'un-conference'
style track will bring
insightful moderators
from the industry to
facilitate candid and
interactive conversations
addressing the top
issues is AI.
TRACK 1
InterContinental 3rd Floor Grand Ballroom
Unleashing Industrial AI
Co-Founder - eKrypKarpagam Narayanan
CEO - AirwareYvonne Wassenaar
Senior AssociateDFJ Industrials
Maryanna SaenkoModerator
Principal - Khosla VenturesKanu Gulati
Managing Director - GE VenturesMichael Dolbec
InterContinental 5th Floor Ballroom B & C
TRACK 3
Staying Competitive in theWorld of AI in Finance
CTO - RSAZulfikar Ramzan
Managing DirectorKhosla Ventures
Keith Rabois
Co-Founder / PartnerDomeyard Fund
Christina Qi
Global Head of Research for ETFs and Index Investing - Blackrock
Ananth Madhavan
Reporter - BloombergSelina WangModerator
Networking Break3:30 PM
Grand Ballroom
Coffee Break5:10 PM
Grand Ballroom
Startups in the AI Ecosystem
TRACK 1
InterContinental 3rd Floor Grand Ballroom
AI Around the WorldInterContinental 5th Floor Ballroom A
Customer-Centric FintechInterContinental 5th Floor Ballroom B & C InterContinental Union Square
AI/Analytics LeadFidelity Investments
Vipin Mayar
Jake Seid
Senior Vice PresidentCapital One
Youssef Lahrech
SVP, Enterprise NLP, Text, and Speech Analytics and Solutions - Wells Fargo
Menglin Cao
CEO - ApptimizeNancy Hua
Managing Director - Zetta Venture Partners
Jocelyn Goldfein
Co-Founder & CTO - Skyline AIOr Hiltch
CEO - LuminosoCatherine Havasi
Moderator Moderator
2:10 PMSession Block
TRACK 2 TRACK 4TRACK 3
Chief AI Officer - xBrain
Head of AI - Telefonica Alpha
Gregory Renard
Pascal Weinberger
VP - Baidu Ventures Managing Director - Stone BridgeVentures
Fang Yuan
CEO -ADDO AIAyesha Khanna
Partner - McKinseyMichael Chui
Moderator
CEO & Founder - MapDTodd Mostak
Chief Data OfficerFirst Republic
Jared Souter
The Investors Shaping TheFuture Of Industries
TRACK 1
InterContinental 3rd Floor Grand Ballroom
Human + MachinesInterContinental 5th Floor Ballroom B & C InterContinental Union Square
Anna Khan
Founder & Managing PartnerGradient Ventures
Anna Patterson
SF Correspondent - Financial Times
Hannah Kuchler
Co-Founder & General PartnerCanvas Ventures
Rebecca Lynn
Founder & Partner - Cowboy Ventures
Aileen Lee
Moderator Moderator
3:50 PMSession Block
TRACK 4TRACK 3
Investor - Bessemer VenturePartners
Co-Founding PartnerFloodgate
Ann Miura-Ko
AI in Life Sciences: TheSolutions and Challenges
InterContinental 5th Floor Ballroom A
TRACK 2
General Partner - CRV
CO-Founder, President & CEOBERG
Dylan Morris
Niven Narain
Global Lead at Google Launchpad Studio - Google
Malika Cantor
CEO - ColorOthman Laraki
Adjunct Prof of Computer Science - Stanford
Daphne Koller
Moderator
Founder - Verve.aiDalia Asterbadi
VP, Product - Sage DigitalCrystal Ciancutti
CEO - Scout ExchangeKen Lazarus
CEO & Founder, AtipicaLaura Gomez
Unity TechnologiesVice President, AI & Machine Learning
Danny Lange
SaaS LeadJunaid MohiuddinModerator
This 'un-conference'
style track will bring
insightful moderators
from the industry to
facilitate candid and
interactive conversations
addressing the top
issues is AI.
Closing Keynote5:30 PM
InterContinental Ballroom
Platform LeadJesus BolivarModerator
This 'un-conference'
style track will bring
insightful moderators
from the industry to
facilitate candid and
interactive conversations
addressing the top
issues is AI.
Opening Night Cocktails5:50 PM
InterContinental Ballroom
AI Idol Night + AI Awards6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
InterContinental Ballroom
PROGRAM AGENDA
Friday, 20th April 20188:00 AM - 10:00 PM
AI Idol
AI Idol ... The Premier AI Startup Competition!! Participate in AI Idol at MIT AI 2018 and pitch to a panel of judges made up of leading investors, angels, entrepreneurs.
AI Idol offers innovative AI startups a unique platform to present their companies and mingle with a high-caliber audience of VCs, angel investors, strategic partners, corporate investors, industry experts, and potential recruits.
Here are the details on the AI Awards
At MIT AI 2018, we will honor innovative and passionate individuals who exemplify MIT’s mission to serve the nation and the world and are committed to creating meaningful change in today’s world.
This year’s awards celebrate individuals in four categories:
This award recognizes individuals who’ve already achieved several lifetimes’ worth of breakthroughs, founding or funding new innovations and launching new industries.
Lifetime Achievement
BetterWorld
RisingStar
Trailblazer
Individual who demonstrates a real commitment to building a diverse and inclusive tech community and making a Better World.
It’s never too early to invent groundbreaking technology, start a company, or bring innovations to market. This award recognizes someone under 35 who is already building solutions to create a new world.
This award recognizes individuals for their inspirational breakthroughs, founding new fields of study.
Lunch Break12:40 PM
Grand Ballroom
PROGRAM AGENDA
Saturday, 21st April 20188:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Coffee Break9:30 AM
Morning Keynote9:10 AM
InterContinental BallroomInterContinental Ballroom
Coffee Break11:05 AM
Grand Ballroom
Welcome9:00 AM
InterContinental Ballroom
Aparna ChennapragadaGoogle - VP of Product, AR & VR
Data-Driven AssetManagement
TRACK 1
InterContinental 3rd Floor Grand Ballroom
Spanning the AI SpectrumInterContinental 5th Floor Ballroom A
AI in AcademiaInterContinental 5th Floor Ballroom B & C InterContinental Union Square
Senior Lecturer & ResearchScientist - MIT Sloan
Renee Gosline
Professor - UC BerkeleyDawn Song
PhD Candidate - UC BerkeleyChelsea Finn
Cardiologist- UCSFRima Arnaout
President - Lending ClubAsset Management
Vivek Krishnappa
Chief Risk Officer - Data CapitalManagement
Jack Kim
Cryptocurrency Trader&Blockchain Analyst - Blockchaing
Audrey Chiang
Co-Founder & COO - iXledgerCristina Dolan
Chief Data Scientist - AcornsJike Chong
Moderator
9:45 AMSession Block
TRACK 2 TRACK 4TRACK 3
Research AssistantMIT Media Lab
Guy Satat
Partner & Co-FounderScale Venture Partners
Rory O'Driscoll
Partner - Foundation CapitalJoanne Chen
Technical Advisor to CEOMicrosoft
Jaime Teevan
Co-Founder & CEO - GfycatRichard Rabbat
Moderator
Chairman - Locus RoboticsBruce Welty
Leveraging AI in Healthcare
TRACK 1
InterContinental 3rd Floor Grand Ballroom
Applying AI: Platforms to Solutions
InterContinental 5th Floor Ballroom A
Empowered DataInterContinental 5th Floor Ballroom B & C InterContinental Union Square
VP, Account ManagementKyruus
Sailu ChallapalliModerator
11:20 AMPanel Discussion
TRACK 2 TRACK 4TRACK 3
Director of AI EngineeringIBM Research AI
Rania Khalaf
NewcomerReporter Bloomberg
Eric Newcomer
Managing Director - Manifold Sourav Dey
Moderator
Senior Staff ML EngineerManifold
Matyas Tamas
CTO - ClariVenkat Rangan
Director, Head of Data ScienceAirbnb
Elena Grewal
Machine Learning EngineerUnifyID
Mimee Xue
Global Head - Healthcare Solution,Google Cloud Platform
Aashima Gupta
CTO - Arterys John Axerio-Cilies
CEO & FounderOpenwater
Mary Lou Jepsen
CEO - LumiataAsh Damle
Head of Quantum Cloud ServicesRigetti
Will Zeng
Chief Architect on AIHuawei Technologies
Yinglong Xia
Hoda EydgahiModerator
Data Science ManagerStitch Fix
PhD Director, StrategySoftware & Analytics ChangeHealthcare
Ruchi Shrivastava MedhekarModerator
Platform LeadJesus BolivarModerator
This 'un-conference'
style track will bring
insightful moderators
from the industry to
facilitate candid and
interactive conversations
addressing the top
issues is AI.
Venture Lead / PartnersJudy WadeModerator
This 'un-conference'
style track will bring
insightful moderators
from the industry to
facilitate candid and
interactive conversations
addressing the top
issues is AI.
TRACK 1
InterContinental 3rd Floor Grand Ballroom InterContinental 5th Floor Ballroom A
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Investigating AI's Social Impact
InterContinental 5th Floor Ballroom B & C InterContinental Union Square
3:50 PMSession Block
TRACK 2 TRACK 4TRACK 3
Michelle Huang
Global VP for Big data,AI & Innovation - HP Enterprise
Beena Ammanath
Moderator
Investor - SoftBank Group
Driving Disruption: Innovation in the Auto Industry
Senior Machine Learning EngineerMercedes-Benz Research &Development North America, Inc.
Dr. Mike Beaumier
VP Engeineering - Off.Grid:Electric Automotive
Milo Werner
Managing Director - Toyota AIVentures
Jim Adler
Co-Founder - AuroraSterling Anderson
Moderator
Senior Vice President IT & ChiefDigital Officer - Volvo
Atif Rafiq
The Next Practical Frontier
Co-Founder & COO - NovaCreditNicky Goulimis
Managing DirectorGeneral Catalyst
Hemant Taneja
Head of Data and MachineLearning - Atrium
Max Cantor
Founder & CEO - SamsaraSanjit Biswas
Moderator
Co-CEO - LiveRampAnneka Gupta
AI Ethics Global Leader - IBMFrancesca Rossi
Principal & FounderGoogle Empathy Lab
Danielle Krettek
TRACK 1
InterContinental 3rd Floor Grand Ballroom InterContinental 5th Floor Ballroom A InterContinental 5th Floor Ballroom B & C InterContinental Union Square
2:10 PMSession Block
TRACK 2 TRACK 4TRACK 3
Ensuring Security in a Connected World
Managing PartnerAcero Capital
Rami ElkhatibModerator
VP & CTO, Security Business GroupCisco Systems
Bret Hartman
Cloud Security - SymantecRehan Jalil
Senior Vice President & GeneralManager of ADC - F5 Networks
Kara Sprague
Age of Intelligent Robots
Partner - Lightspeed VenturePartners
Raviraj JainModerator
Partner - Lightspeed VenturePartners
Ansaf KareemModerator
Founder & CEO - TrapticLewis Anderson
Founder & CEO - Symb.ioMaxwell Reynolds
Founder & CEO - Dexterity, Inc.Samir Menon
Co-Executive Director - City InnovateJay Nath
What's Next on the AI Horizon: Researchers' Perspectives
Assistant ProfessorStanford University
Surya Ganguli
MIT Department of Brain and CognitiveSciences - Department Head
James DiCarlo
Associate Professor - MIT Media LabRamesh Raskar
Zeenat PatrawalaModerator
Partner DevelopmentGoogle Brain
Research ScientistGoogle Brain
Been Kim
Networking Break3:30 PM
Grand Ballroom
Closing Keynote5:30 PM
InterContinental Ballroom
Dina KatabiAndrew and Erna ViterbiProfessor MIT
Cocktails5:50 PM
Pacific Terrace 4th Floor
Coffee Break5:10 PM
InterContinental Ballroom
Solutions LeadJesus BolivarModerator
This 'un-conference'
style track will bring
insightful moderators
from the industry to
facilitate candid and
interactive conversations
addressing the top
issues is AI.
Solutions LeadMichelle Koh PottsModerator
This 'un-conference'
style track will bring
insightful moderators
from the industry to
facilitate candid and
interactive conversations
addressing the top
issues is AI.
PROGRAM AGENDA
Sunday, 22nd April 201810:00 AM - 3:00 PM
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
See
Our Exhibit Hall will be open all day from 10am-3pm. Drop in to check out the exciting activities!
• ScienceVR• CardinalBotics• CoderSchoolSF• Cupertino Robotics• Google AI
• IBM Watson- TJBot• The MISSFITS Robotics• WhizKidz• YoungWonks Trash Sorter
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Practice your new skills at these booths in the Exhibit Hall.
Program a quick interactive game with Scratch, a project of the MIT Media Lab!Use MIT App Inventor for quick mobile app creation with an expert!
Life in a Drop of Water:How AI Microscopes can help save the oceans
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10:30 AM - 11:15 AM 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Build a Drone
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10:30 AM - 11:00 AM 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM 1:15 PM - 1:45 PM 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Augmented Reality (AR) & Virtual Reality (VR) Immersion
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10:30 AM - 11:00 AM 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM 1:15 PM - 1:45 PM 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
How to blink an LED using Raspberry PI
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10:30 AM - 11:15 AM 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Build a ‘Self-Driving Car’ Game
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10:30 AM - 11:30 AM 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Using Neural Networks to Recognize Images
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10:30 AM - 11:30 AM 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Kids DayTHE FUTURE OF AIMIT Club of Northern California
Required to participate: iPhone (6s, 8, or 10) or Android (new/recent device)
Required to participate: Laptop with Python & Keras Library Installed
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