Conference Program

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Monday 14/3

Featured

Automating ML workflows: a report from the trenches — Jose A. Ortega Ruiz

Mar 14

5:00 PM – 5:30 PM17:00 – 17:30

Managing Technology

Automating ML workflows: a report from the trenches — Jose A. Ortega Ruiz

5:00 PM – 5:30 PM17:00 – 17:30

Managing Technology

5:00 PM – 5:30 PM17:00 – 17:30

Managing Technology

Machine Learning Services Benchmark: choosing the right tools for your application — Inês Almeida

Mar 14

4:30 PM – 5:00 PM16:30 – 17:00

Managing Technology

Machine Learning Services Benchmark: choosing the right tools for your application — Inês Almeida

4:30 PM – 5:00 PM16:30 – 17:00

Managing Technology

4:30 PM – 5:00 PM16:30 – 17:00

Managing Technology

Machine learning performance evaluation: tips and pitfalls — Jose Hernandez Orallo

Mar 14

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM16:00 – 16:30

Machine learning performance evaluation: tips and pitfalls — Jose Hernandez Orallo

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM16:00 – 16:30

Mar 14

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM15:30 – 16:00

Coffee break

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM15:30 – 16:00

Open source Machine Learning and Predictive APIs — Alex Housley

Mar 14

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM15:00 – 15:30

Managing Technology

Open source Machine Learning and Predictive APIs — Alex Housley

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM15:00 – 15:30

Managing Technology

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM15:00 – 15:30

Managing Technology

How to build a successful data team — Florian Douetteau

Mar 14

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM14:30 – 15:00

Managing Technology

How to build a successful data team — Florian Douetteau

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM14:30 – 15:00

Managing Technology

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM14:30 – 15:00

Managing Technology

Mar 14

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM14:00 – 14:30

FinTech

Panel Discussion: Opportunities of AI in FinTech

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM14:00 – 14:30

FinTech

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM14:00 – 14:30

FinTech

Mar 14

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM13:00 – 14:00

Microdecision making in financial services — Greg Lamp

Mar 14

12:30 PM – 1:00 PM12:30 – 13:00

FinTech

Microdecision making in financial services — Greg Lamp

12:30 PM – 1:00 PM12:30 – 13:00

FinTech

12:30 PM – 1:00 PM12:30 – 13:00

FinTech

Predictive APIs: What about Banking? — Natalino Busa

Mar 14

11:40 AM – 12:30 PM11:40 – 12:30

Keynote, FinTech

Predictive APIs: What about Banking? — Natalino Busa

11:40 AM – 12:30 PM11:40 – 12:30

Keynote, FinTech

11:40 AM – 12:30 PM11:40 – 12:30

Keynote, FinTech

Mar 14

11:10 AM – 11:40 AM11:10 – 11:40

Coffee break

11:10 AM – 11:40 AM11:10 – 11:40

Predictive Analytics Use Cases in the Manufacturing Industry — David Arnu

Mar 14

10:45 AM – 11:10 AM10:45 – 11:10

Enterprise

Predictive Analytics Use Cases in the Manufacturing Industry — David Arnu

10:45 AM – 11:10 AM10:45 – 11:10

Enterprise

10:45 AM – 11:10 AM10:45 – 11:10

Enterprise

Real-world applications of AI — Daniel Hulme

Mar 14

10:15 AM – 10:45 AM10:15 – 10:45

Demystification

Real-world applications of AI — Daniel Hulme

10:15 AM – 10:45 AM10:15 – 10:45

Demystification

10:15 AM – 10:45 AM10:15 – 10:45

Demystification

Building a production-ready predictive app for customer service — Alex Ingerman

Mar 14

9:45 AM – 10:15 AM09:45 – 10:15

Enterprise

Building a production-ready predictive app for customer service — Alex Ingerman

9:45 AM – 10:15 AM09:45 – 10:15

Enterprise

9:45 AM – 10:15 AM09:45 – 10:15

Enterprise

A business-level introduction to AI — Louis Dorard

Mar 14

9:10 AM – 9:45 AM09:10 – 09:45

Demystification

A business-level introduction to AI — Louis Dorard

9:10 AM – 9:45 AM09:10 – 09:45

Demystification

9:10 AM – 9:45 AM09:10 – 09:45

Demystification

Tuesday 15/3

Featured

Closing Remarks with Molt Honorable Sr. Vicent Soler i Marco

Mar 15

6:00 PM – 6:30 PM18:00 – 18:30

Closing Remarks with Molt Honorable Sr. Vicent Soler i Marco

6:00 PM – 6:30 PM18:00 – 18:30

Mar 15

4:30 PM – 6:00 PM16:30 – 18:00

AI Startup Battle

4:30 PM – 6:00 PM16:30 – 18:00

Mar 15

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM16:00 – 16:30

Lightning Talks

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM16:00 – 16:30

Mar 15

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM15:30 – 16:00

Coffee break

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM15:30 – 16:00

Using ML to build an autonomous drone — Greg Lamp

Mar 15

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM15:00 – 15:30

Technical

Using ML to build an autonomous drone — Greg Lamp

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM15:00 – 15:30

Technical

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM15:00 – 15:30

Technical

Speed-up distributed deep learning with Spark on AWS — Vincent Van Steenbergen

Mar 15

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM14:30 – 15:00

Technical

Speed-up distributed deep learning with Spark on AWS — Vincent Van Steenbergen

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM14:30 – 15:00

Technical

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM14:30 – 15:00

Technical

Demystifying Deep Learning — Roberto Paredes Palacios

Mar 15

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM14:00 – 14:30

Technical

Demystifying Deep Learning — Roberto Paredes Palacios

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM14:00 – 14:30

Technical

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM14:00 – 14:30

Technical

Evolving a data-driven company from MapReduce to Spark — Ferran Galí Reniu

Mar 15

1:30 PM – 2:00 PM13:30 – 14:00

Technical

Evolving a data-driven company from MapReduce to Spark — Ferran Galí Reniu

1:30 PM – 2:00 PM13:30 – 14:00

Technical

1:30 PM – 2:00 PM13:30 – 14:00

Technical

Mar 15

12:35 PM – 1:30 PM12:35 – 13:30

Lunch & Mascletà

12:35 PM – 1:30 PM12:35 – 13:30

Panel discussion: short and long-term impact of AI in Society

Mar 15

12:10 PM – 12:35 PM12:10 – 12:35

Future of AI, Society

Panel discussion: short and long-term impact of AI in Society

12:10 PM – 12:35 PM12:10 – 12:35

Future of AI, Society

12:10 PM – 12:35 PM12:10 – 12:35

Future of AI, Society

Engineering the Future of Our Choice with General AI — JoEllen Lukavec Koester

Mar 15

12:00 PM – 12:10 PM12:00 – 12:10

Future of AI, Society

Engineering the Future of Our Choice with General AI — JoEllen Lukavec Koester

12:00 PM – 12:10 PM12:00 – 12:10

Future of AI, Society

12:00 PM – 12:10 PM12:00 – 12:10

Future of AI, Society

Past, Present and Future of AI: a Fascinating Journey — Ramon Lopez de Mantaras

Mar 15

11:20 AM – 12:00 PM11:20 – 12:00

Keynote, Demystification, Future of AI

Past, Present and Future of AI: a Fascinating Journey — Ramon Lopez de Mantaras

11:20 AM – 12:00 PM11:20 – 12:00

Keynote, Demystification, Future of AI

11:20 AM – 12:00 PM11:20 – 12:00

Keynote, Demystification, Future of AI

Mar 15

10:55 AM – 11:20 AM10:55 – 11:20

Coffee break

10:55 AM – 11:20 AM10:55 – 11:20

Revolutionizing Offline Retail Pricing & Promotions with ML — Daniel Guhl

Mar 15

10:30 AM – 10:55 AM10:30 – 10:55

Enterprise, Retail, Advanced

Revolutionizing Offline Retail Pricing & Promotions with ML — Daniel Guhl

10:30 AM – 10:55 AM10:30 – 10:55

Enterprise, Retail, Advanced

10:30 AM – 10:55 AM10:30 – 10:55

Enterprise, Retail, Advanced

How to predict the future of shopping — Ulrich Kerzel

Mar 15

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM10:00 – 10:30

Enterprise, Retail

How to predict the future of shopping — Ulrich Kerzel

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM10:00 – 10:30

Enterprise, Retail

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM10:00 – 10:30

Enterprise, Retail

The emergent opportunity of Big Data for Social Good — Nuria Oliver

Mar 15

9:10 AM – 10:00 AM09:10 – 10:00

Keynote, Society

The emergent opportunity of Big Data for Social Good — Nuria Oliver

9:10 AM – 10:00 AM09:10 – 10:00

Keynote, Society

9:10 AM – 10:00 AM09:10 – 10:00

Keynote, Society