Last line before the World AI Cannes Festival

16 mars 2022

In one month, from April 14 to 16, 2022, will be held the first edition of a new global event dedicated to artificial intelligence: the World AI Cannes Festival. An event that aims to bring together AI players and to shed light on the impact and interest of AI for both businesses and society.

The artificial intelligence ecosystem is particularly dynamic and evolving rapidly. This means staying well informed to stay ahead of future technological innovations. Understanding how AI will shape the future and how its tools can be interesting for your company and for society allows you to anticipate the evolution of our uses and to better understand the digital transformation.

The first edition of the World AI Cannes Festival (April 14-16, 2022, Cannes), which will be held in person and online, will bring together more than 10,000 IT professionals who will come to be inspired by the greatest business and opinion leaders in order to develop their AI strategy and benefit from conferences focused on use-cases to effectively develop their business. It will also be an opportunity to discover the most innovative services offered by a hundred companies at the forefront of AI.

The WAICF program

Conferences and workshops

This first edition of this new festival will bring together on stage more than 100 international speakers including researchers, entrepreneurs but also rising stars of the ecosystem around themes such as AI for society, AI strategies for business, AI today and tomorrow, AI technologies or AI applications.

Among many other speakers, the following will be present:

Yann LE CUN, Vice President and Chief Scientist of AI, META AI
Beena AMMANATH, Executive Director, GLOBAL DELOITTE AI INSTITUTE
Hiroaki KITANO, CEO, SONY AI
Ambica RAJAGOPAL, Group Head of Artificial Intelligence, MICHELIN
Jay LEE, Board Member and Vice President, FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY GROUP
Michael SCHÖNSTEIN, Head of Strategic Foresight and Analysis, GERMAN FEDERAL MINISTRY OF LABOR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS
Joseph STIGLITZ, Co-Chair of the Expert Group on Measuring Economic Performance and Social Progress, OECD, Chief Economist, THE ROOSEVELT INSTITUTE

Find the conference program here, and the workshops here.

Experimental and application areas

Thematic experience and application areas have been set up to encourage contact and exchange between exhibiting companies and visitors. Each experiment will be an opportunity for participants to immerse themselves in the world of artificial intelligence to better understand its foundations and concrete applications. New demonstrations will be organized to better understand the impact of AI in certain sectors of activity such as beauty or sports.

In the Lab area, visitors will have access to the latest innovations and research programs on AI thanks to the presence of world leaders in the sector and major universities.

Highlights of the event

WAICF will feature an engaging, 360-degree program with five tracks of talks to address business needs and help the public understand the impact of AI on the world today and tomorrow.

AI for society

Understand the benefits of artificial intelligence for society and our planet, as well as the challenges. Examples:

Promoting sustainable development. Preservation of the environment and oceans, biodiversity, agriculture…
Spotlight on AI pioneers around the world: Use cases ranging from refugee rights to racism to harnessing human creativity.

AI today and tomorrow

Explore what AI can do today to imagine what future innovations will bring to society and organizations tomorrow. Examples:

Affective Human-Computer Interaction and Ethics
AI and the future of work
Digital transformation and worker development

AI Strategy

Gain key insights to improve your AI strategy and take your business to the next level. Examples:

Scaling AI within an organization
Transformative leadership in the age of AI
The challenge for companies to create their own center of excellence for AI
Future trends in AI and what they mean for your business

AI Technology

Learn how to best use different AI technologies and shape your innovation mindset with top speakers. Examples:

How to keep up with the constant evolution of ML tools?
What is geometric deep learning?
How to move beyond traditional deep learning methods
The computational requirements for developing superhuman cognition

IT applications

Get an overview of the advancements AI can bring to organizations, with focuses on different industries. Examples:

AI and the future of healthcare
AI in Content Moderation: Social Networks
What is trusted and ethical AI and why is it crucial for financial services?

A top-notch honorary committee

The honorary committee is made up of prominent figures from all continents and industries, considered experts or influencers in the field of AI:

Yann LE CUN, vice president and chief AI scientist, META AI
Wonki MIN, President, SUNY KOREA
Francesca ROSSI, Fellow and global head of AI ethics, IBM
Roberto CINGOLANI, Italian minister for ecological transition and director of technology and innovation, LEONARDO COMPANY
David GURLE, President, SYMPHONY
Jean MANE, President, V. MANE FILS
Marnie BENNEY, Independent Curator of Contemporary Art
PASCALE FUNG, Director of CAiRE, HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (HKUST)
Joseph STIGLITZ, Co-Chair of the Expert Group on Measuring Economic Performance and Social Progress, OECD, Chief Economist, THE ROOSEVELT INSTITUTE
Dr. Fatmah BAOTHMAN, Artificial Intelligence Researcher, KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY

How to participate in the WAICF?

The WAICF is organized both in person at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France, and online. Discover the different registration options here.

Transportation and accommodation partners are available to help you plan your visit. For more information, please visit: https: //worldaicannes.com/