The first major Artificial Intelligence conference will take place in Belfast on 28 November. Included from left to right are Adrian Johnston, Digital Catapult, Austin Tanney, Kainos, Gillian Armstrong, Liberty IT, Alastair McKinley, Analytics Engines and Tom Gray, Kainos
A major conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI) is to be hosted in Belfast for the first time on Thursday 28th November in the Europa.
AI Con will bring together global AI leaders from companies such as Google, Amazon and Microsoft together with the AI community here, to talk about some of the most important technological advances in AI and how it is changing the world in which we live.
The conference will be led by Tom Gray, Chief Technology Officer of Kainos and is sponsored by Kainos, Matrix, Innovate UK, Digital Catapult, Invest NI and the IET.
The conference will also examine the very practical ways in which AI is transforming how businesses operate and will look at how the latest advances in AI research can be implemented.
AI Con will give leading voices from the technology sector here the opportunity to talk about developments in the AI field and how it is going to change business for the better.
Speaking at the conference will be representatives from Google, Kainos, Phillips, Bristol Myers Squibb, Allstate and Liberty IT among many others.
Speaking at the launch of AI Con, Tom Gray, Chief Technology Officer at Kainos said:
“AI Con will provide a key platform for discussion and debate around how artificial intelligence is changing our world. This is an area of rapid growth in the technology sector and there is an incredible amount of work being done locally to move it from research, into business and job creation.
“The conference is aimed at business leaders who would like to know more about how AI can improve their business, and also those from a technical and engineering background who are interested in how the latest AI research can be applied in a practical way.
“AI is entering a new ‘age of implementation’ which means many trailblazing companies are now applying increasingly mature and proven technologies and techniques to solve real problems and create new business opportunities for companies and organisations in every sector. The time is now right to bring our AI community together with potential beneficiaries of the technology to talk about how we grow skills and the economy and, as we’ve done with the software sector, make the responsible implementation of AI a core strength of the region.”
Lorraine Acheson of Innovate UK said:
“This conference is hugely exciting because it will be the first time such a wide range of experts from the AI community have been brought together in Northern Ireland.
“Innovate UK is proud to support this idea because the conference will open up a new conversation between technology and business, in terms of how AI can change the business landscape. AI can provide innovative solutions that mean companies can work more effectively and more efficiently, and it opens up possibilities for companies that they might not have considered.
“The AI community is fast becoming a thriving part of the technology sector and it is important that this is supported and nurtured. That also means we need to talk now about how we meet the recruitment and skills needs of this growing sector, and how we can attract talented people into it.”
For tickets to and further information on AI-Con 2019: https://ai-con2019.com/