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Industry Track

Canadian AI 2024 invites industry researchers, developers, entrepreneurs and emerging startups to take part in the Industry Track of the 37th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, in Guelph, Ontario.

As an industrial contributor, you will have the opportunity to share your experience, get insight from the global network of academic experts and researchers, and meet graduate students interested in your activities.

Industry Track Co-chairs

Sedef Akinli Kocak

Director, Professional Development, Industry Innovation

Vector Institute

Cameron Schuler

CCO and VP, Industry Innovation

Vector Institute

Dates

Canadian AI / CRV / Responsible AI 2024 will run Tuesday May 28, 2024 to Friday May 31, 2024. The conference will be held at the University of Guelph, in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

The Industry Track will run in parallel to the Poster Sessions on the evening of May 29. The complete program for the conference is available here.

Venue

University of Guelph, Summerlee Science Complex, 474-570 Gordon St, Guelph, ON N1G 1Y2, Canada (Google Maps)

(Waasamowin - Atrium) and the connected MacNaughton Building (Room 113)

Industry Track Program

Wednesday, 29 May 2024
17:30 — 17:40 Welcome and Opening Remarks from Industry Track ChairsCameron Schuler, CCO & VP Industry Innovation, Vector Institute



Sedef Akinli Kocak, Director, Professional Development, Industry Innovation, Vector Institute
17:40 — 18:00 Keynote PresentationOzge Yeloglu, Vice President, Advanced Analytics & AI, CIBC
18:00 — 18:45 Panel on “Canadian AI Ecosystem: Opportunities and Risks for Enterprises”Moderated by Warren Ali, Director, Industry Innovation, Vector Institute

Dana Sharp, IT Manager - Global Product Management, UX Design, Data & Analytics, Linamar Corporation

Brandon Sheldrake, Global LMMS Manager, Linamar Corporation
18:45 — 19:05 Keynote PresentationVik Pant, Partner & Chief Data Scientist, PwC Canada
19:05 — 19:50 Panel on “Canadian AI Ecosystem: Opportunities and Challenges for Startups and Scaleups”Moderated by Sedef Akinli Kocak, Director, Professional Development, Industry Innovation, Vector Institute

Dan Adamson, Head of Innovation, Armilla AI

Ryan Gariepy, CTO, Clearpath Robotics & OTTO Motors

Ben Unsworth, CTO & Head of Labs, Lumeto
19:50 — 20:00 Vector Presentation, Bias Detection ToolAnanya Raval, Software Developer - Machine Learning, Vector Institute
20:00 Closing Remarks

Speakers

In alphabetical order. Click on the speaker's name for a biographical note.

Warren Ali

Director, Industry Innovation

Vector Institute

Dan Adamson

Head of Innovation

Armilla AI

Sedef Akinli Kocak

Director, Professional Development, Industry Innovation

Vector Institute

Ryan Gariepy

Chief Technical Officer

Clearpath Robotics & OTTO Motors

Vik Pant

Partner & Chief Data Scientist

PwC Canada

Ananya Raval

Software Developer, Machine Learning

Vector Institute

Cameron Schuler

CCO and VP, Industry Innovation

Vector Institute

Dana Sharp

IT Manager - Global Product Management, UX Design, Data & Analytics

Linamar Corporation

Brandon Sheldrake

Global LMMS Manager

Linamar Corporation

Ben Unsworth

CTO & Head of Labs

Lumeto

Ozge Yeloglu

Vice President, Advanced Analytics & AI

CIBC

Program Chairs

Fattane Zarrinkalam
School of Engineering, University of Guelph

Randy Goebel
Department of Computing Science/Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii), University of Alberta

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