INSTITUT EUROPIA PROGRAM

Thursday, February 9

02:00 PM - 03:00 PM    Alan Turing Room

The WebCrow Crossword challenge: AI vs Human

Come and challenge artificial intelligence ! An event organized by 3IA Côte d’Azur

WebCrow is a software system based on AI technology for crossword solving designed by Pr. Marco Gori (3IA international Chair, Professor of Computer Science, University of Siena ) and his team members in partnership with the company expert.ai.

It is based on natural language and constraint satisfaction models for cracking crosswords in English and Italian. An extension to French is currently underway with support of the 3iA Côte d'Azur Institute, which will be presented together with a crossword challenge at WAICF.

Speaker:

Gabriele Ciravegna, INRIA Postdoctoral Researcher

Pr.Marco Gori, Professor of computer science at the University of Siena and head of SAILab (Siena Artificial Intelligence Lab). 

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM    Alan Turing Room

An Overview of the European landscape of Quantum Computing

Chairman: Pr. Simone Montangero, Professor of Physics, Deputy director of Padua Qtech center

Pr. Tommaso Calarco, Director of the Institute for Quantum Control - Quantum Flagship

Frank K. Wilhelm-Mauch, Quantum physicist and Director of the Institute for Quantum Analytics - Forschungszentrum Jülich - Project OpenSuperQ

Antonio Zoccoli, Full Professor,Università degli Studi di Bologna Department of Physics and Astronomy "Augusto Righi", Président INFN-Institut national de physique nucléaire - Foundation ICSC

Michele Grossi, Senior Fellow Quantum Computing Scientist - CERN

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM    Alan Turing Room

États des lieux : IA en Afrique, Enjeux, Atouts, Perspectives et Solutions

05:00 PM - 06:30 PM    Alan Turing Room

Italian AI Ecosystem

CHAIR:

Eleonora Di Maria, Full professor of Business Management and Advisor for Public Engagement and Entrepreneurship University of Padova

Mauro Tuvo - Principal Advisor at Irio

Cristina Zanini, Head of Business Development, European Affairs and Innovation in Confindustria Brescia, and General Director at InnexHub

Marina Geymonat, AI Expert @MISE, TEDx Speaker, Divulgatrice

Friday, February 10

09:30 AM - 11:00 AM    Alan Turing Room

AI Adoption

Chair : Giovanni Landi, Vice-President and Expert of Istituto EuropIA.it

Antonio Iavarone, Head of Digital Innovation Office, Iren

Mara Pometti, Associate Design Director, McKinsey & Company

Massimo Chiriatti, Chief Technical & Innovation Officer, Lenovo

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM    Alan Turing Room

Quantum Computing: Industrial Perspective

Chairman: Pr. Simone Montangero, Professor of Physics, Deputy director of Padua Qtech center

Simone Severini, Director, Quantum computing - Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Dr. Shai Machnes, Chief Executive Officer - Qruise

Janine Hilder, Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer of the neQxt GmbH

Christian Melzer, PhD student in the AG Quantenbit of Ferdinand Schmidt-Kaler at University of Mainz.-neQxt

02:30 PM - 04:15 PM    Alan Turing Room

IA & Ethique : mettre en action les principes

Eric Salobir, President_ Executive committee of the Human Technology Foundation

Muriel Barnéoud, Directrice de l’Engagement Sociétal , Le Groupe La Poste

Romain Lamotte Partner, Data & Analytics at KPMG France

03:15 PM - 04:30 PM    Alan Turing Room

How to impact on society through AI? Nurturing talents and academic entrepreneurship

The event discusses the role of universities in nurturing knowledge in the AI domain and transforming it into valuable opportunities for the society through new spin-offs, talent development, and ecosystem growth. Promoted by University of Padova and UNIPD Alumni Association the event presents the stories of Alumni involved with AI in different roles and touching multiple experiences

Chair: Eleonora Di Maria, University of Padova -  Advisor for Public Engagement and Entrepreneurship

Introduction Nicolò Spiezia, Vice President UniPd Alumni Association, CEO M3E srl

·  Giovanni Baldassarri, President of Istituto EuropIA.it, Partner Rialto Ventures

·  Roberto Magnani, Consultant, co-founder ORSi Concilium Dublin, AEI Italy advisor

·  Zimi Sawacha, Associate Professor of Bioengineering Electronics and Computer Science - CTO BBSoF

Conclusive Keynote: Federico Faggin, Inventor and entrepreneur, President Federico and Elvia Faggin Foundation, board member UniPd Alumni Association

04:30 PM - 05:30 PM    Alan Turing Room

Women for inclusive Artificial Intelligence - An event organized by WHAT06

Alan Ferbach, Co-founder & CEO at Videtics, President Cluster IA

Julie Charpenet, Ph.D. - Coordinator Deep Law for Tech (DL4T) project at Université Côte d'Azur

Olena Kushakovska,General Manager at SAP Labs France, Co-Leader ICAIR (Industrial Council on Artificial Intelligence Research)

Virginie Mathivet, Ph.D. - Modern Data Manager at TeamWork Corporate, Women in Tech Sud “AI Prize” Winner 2022

Facilitated by Florence Tressols, Ph.D., Researcher, Founder & Architect, currently in job transition, Ambassador WHAT06 (Women Hackers Action Tank)

Powered by Carole Malbrancq, Senior Mask design at Siemens, President WHAT06 (Women Hackers Action Tank)

05:30 PM - 06:30 PM    Alan Turing Room

GRAND PRIX DE L' INSTITUT EUROPIA ET LA MAISON DE L’INTELLIGENCE ARTIFICIELLE

Saturday, February 11

09:30 AM - 11:00 AM    Alan Turing Room

AI and Banks

Marco Rotoloni, Coordinator IT, Operations and AI, ABI Lab

Stefano Zoni, Chief Data & Analytics Officer, CREDEM