AWISE 2020 – Emerging uses of AI in Commerce and Community

Session No.4 – Emerging uses of AI in business

What are the emerging uses of AI in commerce and community? How are they being adopted, what are the challenges and what are the social and ethical impacts?

Join us on Wednesday 11th November @ 10:30am to hear from Henry Dobson, the Founding Director of The Institute of Technological Ethics and our panel (Andry & Dev) on how AI adoption is evolving and what we can expect in the years ahead.

Thanks to our sponsors this will be a FREE event.

About the Artificial Intellicence (AI):

Back in the 1950s, the fathers of the field Minsky and McCarthy, described Artificial Intelligence (AI) as any task performed by a program or a machine that, if a human carried out the same activity, we would say the human had to apply intelligence to accomplish the task.

AI systems will typically demonstrate at least some of the following behaviours associated with human intelligence: planning, learning, reasoning, problem solving, knowledge representation, perception, motion, and manipulation and, to a lesser extent, social intelligence and creativity.

Session Presenter: 

Henry Dobson, Founding Director of The Institute of Technological Ethics

Henry has a rich background in Arts, Philosophy, and Ethics. He is currently undertaking a doctorate in Applied and Professional Ethics with the University of Melbourne. As an expert in the field Henry has a great insight into the future of AI and it’s any But more than anything else, I like being outside in the sunlight, breathing fresh air, immersed in nature, along side family and friends, laughing, conversing and enjoying the simple things in life.

Session Panellists:

Andry Rakotonirainy, Director of CARRS-Q @ QUT

Professor Rakotonirainy’s career spans more than 20 years of computer science experience, and he has spent the last 10 years of his career working in the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), human factors and road/rail safety field as a researcher, supervisor, mentor and manager. Andry’s team is at the leading edge of what is happening in the areas of AI & Automation in road and rail safety.

Dev Mookerje, CTO of Red Hat Synergy Office (part of IBM)

Dev is a hands-on technology executive with nearly two decades of experience in architecting client solutions and is the technical leader for the IBM and Red Hat Synergy team in Asia Pacific. Dev brings a wealth of practical experience to the AI discussion and also in working for IBM has exposure to major projects like Watson which is one of the most well known “AI” grunt machines on the planet.

About AWISE

AWISE (Albury-Wodonga Innovation Summit & EXPO) is an annual event hosted from Wodonga in North East Victoria to explore, celebrate, and learn about advancements in Innovation locally, nationally, and globally.

In previous years we have run a full day event bringing together industry, business, and education institutions; however, due to the present lock downs and social distancing, we are planning to run the program over a series of webinars and workshops throughout the months of October and December. For more info on the program please visit here: https://awise.world

Session Details:

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