CONFERENCE PROGRAM 2023

Industry Spotlight

10:00 AM - 10:25 AM    Conference Room Croisette

AI & data-driven creativity, the new key approach in DOOH advertising

AI Application

François-Xavier PIERREL Group Chief Data Officer JCDECAUX

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Keynote

10:00 AM - 10:25 AM    Conference Room Méditerranée

Ethical AI - Increasing Interpretability

AI Strategy

JoAnn STONIER Chief Data Officer MASTERCARD

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Panel Discussion

10:00 AM - 10:50 AM    Les ambassadeurs

AI for good

AI for Society

Fred WERNER Head of Strategic Engagement, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION (ITU)

Bryn BALCOMBE Autonomy Systems and Regulatory Expert OXBOTICA

Ebtesam ALMAZROUEI Director of the Al-Cross Center Unit TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION INSTITUTE (TII)

LJ RICH Inventor, BBC "Click" Presenter BBC NEWS

Industry Spotlight

10:25 AM - 10:50 AM    Conference Room Croisette

Travel and tourism : what role for AI

AI Application

Xavier LAGARDERE Chief Data Officer, Vice President Data Strategy and Transformation LUFTHANSA GROUP

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Keynote

10:25 AM - 10:50 AM    Conference Room Méditerranée

Implementing an AI strategy globally

AI Strategy

Wolfgang HAUNER Head of Group Data Analytics ALLIANZ

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Keynote

10:50 AM - 11:10 AM    Les ambassadeurs

Opening Speech

AI for Society

Jean-Noël BARROT Minister for Digital Transition and Telecommunications French government

Industry Spotlight

11:15 AM - 11:40 AM    Conference Room Croisette

AI Applications for the Retail

AI Application

Miguel PAREDES Vice President Artificial Intelligence & Data Science ALBERTSONS / SAFEWAY

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Keynote

11:15 AM - 11:40 AM    Conference Room Méditerranée

AI to Liberate data safely

AI Technology

Manuela VELOSO Head J. P. MORGAN CHASE AI RESEARCH

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Keynote

11:15 AM - 11:40 AM    Les ambassadeurs

AI and combatting climate change

AI for Society

Luc JULIA Chief Scientific Officer RENAULT

Keynote

11:40 AM - 12:05 PM    Conference Room Méditerranée

Ultra Large AI Models improving the end to end development life cycle

AI Technology

Thomas WEBER AI Chief Product Huawei WEU HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES

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Panel Discussion

11:40 AM - 12:30 PM    Conference Room Croisette

Environment

AI Application

Victoria EDWARDS CEO FIDO TECH

Philippe RAMBACH Senior Vice President, Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC

Laurent GUENGANT Global Vice President, Strategy and Operations in the Environmental Business Division HITACHI

Topher WHITE Founder & Chair RAINFOREST CONNECTION / SQUIBBON

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Panel Discussion

11:40 AM - 12:45 PM    Les ambassadeurs

Are we condamned to have bias in AI?

AI for Society

Saïda BELOUALI Head of Department of Humanities and DHM Management ENSAO, UNIVERSITE MOHAMMED PREMIER

Alice XIANG Global Head of AI Ethics SONY

Jibu ELIAS Head of Content & Research INDIA AI

Abigail OPPONG NLP Ghana, Co-Lead AI Ethics Investigator

Keynote

12:05 PM - 12:30 PM    Conference Room Méditerranée

Anonymization, Pseudonymization, Obfuscation… what are my choices for GDPR compliance?

AI Technology

Manuel HERRANZ CEO PANGEANIC

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Industry Spotlight

02:00 PM - 02:25 PM    Conference Room Croisette

Knowledge-Driven, Data-Centric Methods for Practical AI Applications , Usecase: AI for Manufacturing

AI Application

Xuan Phong NGUYEN Chief AI Officer FPT SOFTWARE

Kai YANG VP of Product LANDING AI

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Keynote

02:00 PM - 02:25 PM    Conference Room Méditerranée

Roadmap to Sustainable AI: Why a quintuple innovation approach is needed within our current knowledge economy

AI Strategy

Geertrui Mieke DE KETELAERE Adjunct Professor VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL

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Lightning Talks

02:00 PM - 02:30 PM    Les ambassadeurs

AI for Impact: Achieving More Together

AI for Society

Jhillika KUMAR CEO and Founder MENTRA

Andre CHEUNG Founder & CEO ROBOTICS CATS

Daniela C. MERLANO Founder THRAIVE

Julien BILLOT CEO SCALE AI

Krisztina SINKOVICS AI Research Engineer SMALL ROBOT COMPANY

Industry Spotlight

02:25 PM - 02:50 PM    Conference Room Croisette

Chatbot: use and build during critical times

AI Application

Claus DUEDAL PEDERSEN Head of User Support Danish Health Authorities, Sundhed.dk

Stephen ALSTRUP CEO & Co-founder SUPWIZ

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Keynote

02:25 PM - 02:50 PM    Conference Room Méditerranée

Inventing with Computer Vision at Amazon

AI Technology

Gérard MEDIONI Vice President / Distinguished Scientist AMAZON WEB SERVICES

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Panel Discussion

02:30 PM - 03:15 PM    Les ambassadeurs

Hyperautomatization... How will we work in a AI world?

AI for Society

Saeed CONTRACTOR Global Head of the Intelligent Automation COE UBER

Markus KUMPF Head of Recruiting Innovation & Technology SIEMENS

Kévin BOUCHAREB Director - Future of Work UBISOFT

Keynote

02:50 PM - 03:15 PM    Conference Room Méditerranée

AI Governance, Break open the Black Box

AI Strategy

Priya KRISHNAN Director, Product Management IBM

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Industry Spotlight

03:15 PM - 03:40 PM    Conference Room Croisette

Cost optimization with AI Tools IBM CPLEX at Renault for 30+ years.

AI Application

Alex FLEISCHER Client Technical Specialist ILOG Optimization Europe IBM

Alain NGUYEN Head of Operations Research Team RENAULT

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Keynote

03:40 PM - 04:05 PM    Conference Room Méditerranée

Ethics in conversational AI

AI Technology

Pascale FUNG Director Of CAIRE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (HKUST)

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Industry Spotlight

03:40 PM - 04:05 PM    Conference Room Croisette

Re-imagine Podcasting: How NLP fostered an open, holistic ecosystem for audiences, brands and creators

AI Application

Matthew BARNARD Founder / CEO PODKNIFE

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Keynote

03:40 PM - 04:05 PM    Les ambassadeurs

How to Build Proof of Trust in AI?

AI for Society

Nozha BOUJEMAA Global VP - Digital Ethics and Responsible AI IKEA RETAIL

Industry Spotlight

04:05 PM - 04:30 PM    Conference Room Croisette

Military operations and AI : a disruptive advantage

AI Application

Renaud ALLIOUX CTO and cofounder PRELIGENS

CDT Barthélémy MINIER Commandant en second du Centre d'instruction des équipages hélicoptères (CIEH) ARMEE DE L'AIR ET DE L'ESPACE

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Keynote

04:05 PM - 04:30 PM    Conference Room Méditerranée

Who is AI anyway : how to build trust with algorithm

AI Technology

Russ WHITMAN Chief Strategy Officer LAUNCH CONSULTING

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Panel Discussion

04:05 PM - 05:00 PM    Les ambassadeurs

Why do we need laws on AI?

AI for Society

Rafael FASSIO Lead counsel for Science, Technology and Innovation at the Attorney General's Office Sao Paulo State Government

Divya DWIVEDI Advocate SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

Jayant NARAYAN Manager, Global AI Action Alliance WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

Karen SILVERMAN CEO and Founder THE CANTELLUS GROUP

Industry Spotlight

04:30 PM - 04:55 PM    Conference Room Croisette

Building connection : a predictive and sustainable economy

AI Application

Cécile MAZAUD Présidente du Groupe IA FEDERATION FRANCAISE DU BATIMENT

Olivier SALLERON Président FEDERATION FRANCAISE DU BATIMENT

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Keynote

09:15 AM - 09:40 AM    Les ambassadeurs

Are we far from AGI?

AI Today & Tomorrow

Stuart RUSSELL Professor of Computer Science and Michael H. Smith and Lotfi A. Zadeh Chair in Engineering UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY

Industry Spotlight

09:40 AM - 10:05 AM    Conference Room Croisette

Solving Real Life Problems with Video Analytics

AI Application

Guruprasad M PARTHASARATHY Sr. Marketing Manager AMD

Roy LIAO Founder and CEO AUPERA TECHNOLOGIES

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Keynote

09:40 AM - 10:05 AM    Les ambassadeurs

What is the future of AI in Space?

AI Today & Tomorrow

Christophe AUBRY Global Head of Value Creation EXPERT.AI

Keynote

09:40 AM - 10:05 AM    Conference Room Méditerranée

The new age of HR: Leveraging AI for a high-tech & high-touch experience

AI Strategy

Michaela SCHUTT SVP, Head of Global Talent Acquisition Ecosystem SIEMENS

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Industry Spotlight

10:05 AM - 10:30 AM    Conference Room Croisette

Trustworthy AI in the insurance industry

AI Application

Katharina MERAN CCO CERTAI/MUNICH:RE

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Keynote

10:05 AM - 10:30 AM    Conference Room Méditerranée

A Breakthrough in Pervasive AI

AI Strategy

Nick NI Sr. Director Data Center AI Marketing AMD

Thomas WOLF Co-founder and Chief Science Officer HUGGING FACE

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Lightning Talks

10:05 AM - 10:35 AM    Les ambassadeurs

Best of AI today

AI Today & Tomorrow

Alexis GENDRONNEAU Data & AI products Director OVHCLOUD

Aliya GRIG Founder EVOLWE AI

Sylvain NAVERS Cybersecurity expert Armona Systems

Wassim BADIOU Assisted Reproductive Treatment Specialist POLE SANTE SAINT JEAN

Florent MICHEL CTO IMKI Tech

Keynote

11:00 AM - 11:25 AM    Conference Room Méditerranée

Why we pulled the plug out of a perfect working machine learning model.

AI Technology

Martijn BAUTERS Head of Data & Digital CERBA RESEARCH GROUP

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Panel Discussion

11:00 AM - 11:50 AM    Conference Room Croisette

Industry

AI Application

Nicholas KELLEY Director Data Science & A.I. Portfolio Strategy and Innovation NOVARTIS

Giuliano N. S MENDONÇA Head of Innovation in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science EMBRAER

Jair RIBEIRO Analytics & Insights Leader VOLVO GROUP

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Panel Discussion

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM    Les ambassadeurs

Trends and future of the AI industry

AI Today & Tomorrow

Charles-Edouard BOUEE Co-Founder and Managing Partner ADAGIA PARTNERS

Carsten KRAUS CEO/Founder CK HOLDING GMBH/CASABLANCA.AI GMBH

Lisa THEE Data for Good Practice Lead LAUNCH CONSULTING

Louis F. GONZALEZ Chief Operating Officer for Power/Chief Data Officer ABOITIZ DATA INNOVATION/ABOITIZ POWER

Keynote

11:25 AM - 11:50 AM    Conference Room Méditerranée

The Science and Practice of Responsible AI

AI Strategy

Michael KEARNS Amazon Scholar UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

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Industry Spotlight

11:50 AM - 12:15 PM    Conference Room Croisette

How does AI help Pernod Ricard sales teams to increase their performance by improving their decision-making?

AI Application

David LEPICIER Global Data & Analytics Director PERNOD RICARD

Stéphane RODER CEO AI BUILDERS

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Keynote

11:50 AM - 12:15 PM    Conference Room Méditerranée

Knowledge-Aware Artificial Intelligence

AI Technology

Michael DEFOIN-PLATEL Head of Machine Learning and Innovation AMADEUS

Thomas FIIG Director Chief Scientist AMADEUS

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Keynote

12:00 PM - 12:25 PM    Les ambassadeurs

AI for execs - creating transformative business impact

AI Today & Tomorrow

Nayur KHAN Partner QUANTUMBLACK AI BY MCKINSEY

Industry Spotlight

12:15 PM - 12:40 PM    Conference Room Croisette

Improving student engagement, connectedness, and learning equity through AI-enhanced teaching & learning systems

AI Application

Fawzi BENMESSAOUD AI Program Director, IU Luddy School of Informatics, Computing & Engineering, IUPUI Indiana University

Brandon FISCHER CEO ALLEO

Elir MATATYAHU CTO BEYOND VIRTUAL

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Keynote

02:00 PM - 02:25 PM    Conference Room Méditerranée

Towards AI systems that can learn, reason, and plan

AI Technology

Yann LECUN Vice-President and Chief AI Scientist META AI

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Keynote

02:00 PM - 02:30 PM    Les ambassadeurs

Could we simulate a brain on a laptop ?

AI Today & Tomorrow

Patricia REYNAUD-BOURET Director of Research CNRS

Industry Spotlight

02:25 PM - 02:50 PM    Conference Room Croisette

Journey of a Lighthouse

AI Application

Soummo BOSE Head AI TATA STEEL

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Keynote

02:25 PM - 02:50 PM    Conference Room Méditerranée

How Unilever is transforming innovation with AI

AI Strategy

Alberto PRADO Vice-President, Global Head of Digital & Partnership, R&D, UNILEVER

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Panel Discussion

02:30 PM - 03:30 PM    Les ambassadeurs

AI around the world : what is going on?

AI Today & Tomorrow

Rudradeb MITRA Founder and CEO OMDENA

John KAMARA Founder & CEO ADANIAN LABS / AI CENTER OF EXCELLENCE (AICE)

Camila MANERA Chief Data Officer/Ex Data Scientist, user experience and Artificial Intelligence LIBRODEPASES/ THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY

Shalini NAIR Co-Founder and Board Director ENNOVENTURE INC

Industry Spotlight

02:50 PM - 03:15 PM    Conference Room Croisette

Technology and the future of humanitarian Relief

AI Application

Dominick ROMANO Founder DRAINPIPE

Nalini SAXENA Executive Director PORTAL

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Keynote

02:50 PM - 03:15 PM    Conference Room Méditerranée

How To Build The Next Generation of Artificial Intelligence Talent

AI Strategy

Joseph WEHBE Chief Artificial Intelligence Ecosystem Builder DAIMLAS

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Industry Spotlight

03:45 PM - 04:10 PM    Conference Room Croisette

Is AI disrupting the Media?

AI Application

Danijela HORAK Head of Machine Learning, R&D BBC

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Keynote

03:45 PM - 04:10 PM    Conference Room Méditerranée

Beyond fake GPT & harmful AI-generated videos: restoring trust

AI Technology

Jean-Claude GOLDENSTEIN Founder & CEO CREOpoint Cannes

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Panel Discussion

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM    Les ambassadeurs

Do we need to go beyond deep learning?

AI Today & Tomorrow

Aidan GOMEZ CEO and Co-Founder COHERE

Oren ETZIONI CEO ALLEN INSTITUTE FOR AI

Thomas WOLF Co-founder and Chief Science Officer HUGGING FACE

Maria ZULUAGA Assistant Professor in Machine Learning EURECOM

Industry Spotlight

04:10 PM - 04:35 PM    Conference Room Croisette

How Stitch Fix Blends Art and Science for Data-Driven Style Recommendations

AI Application

Jeff COOPER Director of Data Science STITCH FIX

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Keynote

04:10 PM - 04:35 PM    Conference Room Méditerranée

AI in Cybersecurity

AI Technology

Mauro CONTI Full Professor in Cybersecurity UNIVERSITY OF PADUA

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Industry Spotlight

04:35 PM - 05:00 PM    Conference Room Croisette

Digital information as the new ammunition

AI Application

Henrik NAVNTOFT SØNDERSKOV Chief consultant DI DANISH DEFENCE AND SECURITY INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION

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Keynote

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM    Conference Room 1

IA et data dans le football professionnel, du fournisseur de données à l'entraîneur

Open Day

Kevin JEFFRIES Data Analyst OGC NICE

Keynote

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM    Conference Room 1

IA au service de la création musicale

Open Day

Benoit Carré SKYGGE songwriter and producer PUPPET MASTER

Keynote

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM    Conference Room 2

LES ROBOTS ET LES HOMMES - "Anticipation d’un Futur"

Open Day

Stéphane Le Doaré Consultant en systèmes d'information, romancier et conférencier en intelligence artificielle

Panel Discussion

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM    Conference Room 1

Metavers, NFT, prochaine révolution des jeux vidéo?

Open Day

Remy POTTIER Director of Innovation ARM

Lévan SARDJEVELADZE CEO / President Celsius Online / Syndicat National Du Jeu Video

DEFEND INTELLIGENCE Créateur de contenu sur YouTube / Ingénieur en IA

Quentin TOURBEZ Directeur de la Stratégie et co-fondateur BEM.BUILDERS

Keynote

02:00 PM - 02:30 PM    Conference Room 1

AI in the Cinema: Data-assisted Moviemaking

Open Day

Sami ARPA CEO LARGO.AI

Keynote

02:00 PM - 02:30 PM    Conference Room 2

Grand Quiz de la MIA - Limité à 50 participants

Open Day

Keynote

02:30 PM - 03:00 PM    Conference Room 1

Introduction de l’e-Sport dans l’armée de l'Air et de l'Espace

Open Day

Bruno DE SAN NICOLAS Conseiller Transformation Numérique auprès du Major général de l'armée de l'Air et de l'Espace EMAAE

Keynote

02:30 PM - 03:30 PM    Conference Room 2

The Best Option by Serge Goriely - "A SF Short about AI" - EN, ST FR, 20 minutes

Open Day

Keynote

03:30 PM - 04:00 PM    Conference Room 1

Que peut l'art pour l'intelligence artificielle ?

Open Day

Marion CARRE Présidente et co-fondatrice ASK MONA

Keynote

04:00 PM - 04:30 PM    Conference Room 1

A la croisée du réel et de l’onirique, de la culture et du divertissement, des réseaux sociaux et du commerce l’Internet en 3 dimensions ouvre de nouveaux territoires d'expression pour l'intelligence artificielle

Open Day

Gaspard GIROUD Founder & CEO MIRA WORLD

Keynote

04:30 PM - 05:15 PM    Conference Room 1

La Blockchain et le Web3 vecteurs de confiance et de croissance

Open Day

Julien Bonnel Président Blockchain Innov