CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 31, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/
-- Today, MIT Technology Review announced its
sixth west coast conference on emerging digital technologies,
EmTech Digital 2018, which will take place at the St. Regis San
Francisco, March 26-27, 2018. The
annual conference convenes innovators, entrepreneurs, business
leaders and venture capitalists to examine the next wave of the
digital revolution. Attendees will gain clear insights about
artificial intelligence ("AI") and meet the sharpest minds in
technology, management, startups, engineering and academia who will
pave the way for emerging intelligent technologies.
This year's conference is designed to provide the insight and
intelligence needed to navigate the rapidly shifting AI landscape.
Discussions will include:
- The Next Generation of AI: What technologies will fuel
innovation in artificial intelligence?
- Measuring Intelligence in Machines: How are AI systems learning
new skills, and what are the implications?
- Industry Impact of AI: The effects on enterprise, health care,
finance and transportation
- AI in Asia: What can we learn
from China's AI Revolution?
- Ethics in AI: From addressing bias to rethinking education,
examining AI's impact on society
The growing line-up of speakers includes:
- Oren Etzioni, Chief Executive
Officer, Allen Institute for
Artificial Intelligence
- Zoubin Ghahramani, Professor of
Information Engineering, University of
Cambridge; Chief Scientist, Uber
- Dario Gil, Vice President, AI
and IBM Q, IBM Research
- Jia Li, Head of R&D, Cloud
AI, and Machine Learning, Google
- Astro Teller, Captain of
Moonshots, Alphabet's X
- Matt Wood, Director, AWS Deep
Learning, Amazon Web Services
- Hua Wu, Technical Chief of Natural Language Processing,
Baidu
For full conference details, registration, and partnership
opportunities visit www.emtechdigital.com.
Media who would like to cover the event should reach out to
press@technologyreview.com to learn more about obtaining press
credentials.
About The EmTech Event Series
MIT Technology
Review's EmTech Event Series dives into emerging technologies
that will drive the new global economy. From mainstage keynotes to
Q&As and small discussions, these events provide a curated view
of the year's most important developments. EmTech gives attendees
the opportunity to discover future trends and learn from the most
innovative people and companies in the world. Currently in its 18th
year, EmTech events have quickly become a must-attend for
entrepreneurs, innovators, policy leaders, media and more. This
year's EmTech events include EmTech Digital, March 26-27; Business of Blockchain, April 23; and EmTech Next, June 4-5. Learn more.
About MIT Technology Review
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
in 1899, MIT Technology Review is a world-renowned,
independent media company whose insight, analysis, reviews,
interviews and live events explain the commercial, social and
political impact of new technologies. MIT Technology Review
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institution and from its editors' deep technical knowledge,
capacity to see technologies in their broadest context, and
unequaled access to leading innovators and researchers. For 117
years, MIT Technology Review's mission has been to equip
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