The 2020 edition of the SophI.A Summit will take place from the 18th to the 20th of November. Due to the health situation, it will take place this year in a 100% digital format. The program will be presented during 3 days in the form of Web TV, available from a streaming platform with controlled access.
The Soph.I.A Summit will be back for its third edition from November 18 to 20, 2020 in 100% digital. Organized by Université Côte d’Azur, the Sophia Antipolis Agglomeration Community and the Sophia Club Entreprises with the support of the Alpes Maritimes department, this international conference will present recent advances in the field of artificial intelligence and its applications. On the program: 17 renowned international AI specialists will deliver keynote speeches during the conference, complemented by 28 presentations, 2 round tables and 35 posters.
A programme of the highest level
Scientific conferences, debates, round tables and posters offer researchers from universities and private companies numerous opportunities for exchange and cross-fertilization on four main themes:
- Developments in AI fundamentals
- AI and health,
- AI and biology,
- AI and smart territory.
This year, two additional sessions will be devoted to :
- AI and sustainable development (“sustainable AI”)
- Relationship between AI and management
The inaugural lecture will be given by Michael Bronstein, a professor at the University of the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland in Lugano, Switzerland, since 2010 and who has held visiting professorships at Stanford University, Harvard University, Tel Aviv University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Prestigious speakers
- Barry O’Sullivan, Vice Chair of the European Commission High-Level Expert Group on AI
- Michael Bronstein, Imperial College London
- Vince Madai, Charity Hospital Berlin
- Mike Brady, Oxford University
- Olivier Clatz, Commissariat Général Investissement
- Stefano Ermon, Stanford
- Jean-Marie Bonnin, ITM Atlantic
- Paola Goatin, 3IA Côte d’Azur, Inria
- Dr. Christoph Meinel, Hasso Plattner Institute
- Stephane Canu, Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (National Institute of Applied Sciences)
- Elena Di Bernardino, 3IA Côte d’Azur, University Côte d’Azur
- Leopold Parts, Sanger Institute Cambridge
- Carolina Wahlby, Uppsala University, Sweden
- François Laviolette, LAVAL University, Quebec City
- Dominique Boullier, Sciences Po Paris
- Lucilla Sioli, European Commission – DG Connect – AI and Digital Industry
- Philippe Beaudoin, Element AI
A 2020 edition in 100% digital
Given current health conditions, the 2020 conference will be 100% online. The programme will be presented for 3 days in the form of Web TV, available from a streaming platform with controlled access.
Login details will be delivered to the registered public, also giving access to the virtual showroom (poster, demo, etc.).
SophIA Week, for the promotion of AI to different audiences
The Sophia Summit 2020 is part of Soph.I.A. Week, designed and implemented to allow different audiences (academic, economic and citizens) to learn and share their experiences on current and future applications of artificial intelligence:
- Master classes
- An AI Education Forum
- World Usability Day, dedicated to AI in 2020
- A conference for the general public
The event is organized jointly by the Sophia Antipolis Agglomeration Community and the University Côte d’Azur, with the support of the Alpes-Maritimes Department, in collaboration with Sophia Club Entreprises, and Telecom Valley for the MasterClasses.
Website and programme: http: //sophia-summit.fr/
Translated from SophI.A Summit : Rendez-vous du 18 au 20 novembre pour une édition de très haut niveau en 100% digital
