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program

November 1st

Conference Opening
Kristoffer Lo, musician
 
Conference welcome
Jon Atle Gulla, Professor NTNU & Director NorwAI
Sven Størmer Thaulow, Chief Data & Technology Officer & EVP Schibsted

 
Main keynote speaker: Digitalisation – a key requisite for the green shift
Language models and NLP for the detection of fake news and conspiracy theories 

13:00 onwards

Demo- and poster exhibition in mingle area

What should I wear? Personalized outfit recommendations
Language Technology and Personalization
Chair: Helge Langseth, Professor,  NorwAI, NTNU
How to reduce cold start issues in recommender systems
15:15-15:45
Refreshments and coffee break
Mingle area
13:20-13:40
Coffee break
Mingle area
11:30-12:30
Conference lunch
Hotel Restaurant
15:45-16:50
Main stage

session 3: Network excellence and internet impact 

Automation, surveillance society and an open conversation 
Chair: Jon Espen Ingvaldsen, Adjunct Associate Professor, NorwAI, NTNU
Transformation of text, audio and video
16:50 -17:05
Mingle area
Break
 
NorwAI Achievements - two years into the SFI journey 
Arne Jørgen Berre, Chief Scientist, SINTEF and Innovation director NorwAI
 
Poster & demo presentation
The accepted posters and demos present their work in one minute pitches
 
17:45-19:00
Mingle area
Demo posters exhibitions and aperitif
Presentations of pioneering AI Student and drinks work in a relaxed atmosphere before the conference dinner. 
Poster session, students available at their posters
13:40-15:15
Main stage

Session 2: research excellence

12:30-13:20

Opening session 

Main stage
Meet the people fighting surveillance 
17:05-17:45
Main stage

session 4: SFI Excellence and talent pitching

NorwAI at work and the poster/demo talent pitching
Chair:  Nhien Nguyen, Associate Professor, NorwAI, NTNU
19:00-

PARTY EXCELLENCE   Conference dinner

Buffet in the hotel restaurant

November 2nd

session 5: Hackathon and poster/demo awards

Talents to present their work and award cenremonies
Chairs: Kerstin Bach, Professor,  NorwAI, NTNU & Johan Dahl, Head of Data Science, Cognite 
Hackathon pitches
Four shortlisted hackathon teams present their work
 
Main stage
Hackathon award ceremony
 
Aneo - a new player in the Nordic green energy market
Poster and demo award ceremony
 
Solving the industrial data problem
Johan Dahl, Head of Data Science, Cognite
 
09:00-10:00
10:00-10:15
Mingle area
Refreshments and coffee break
10:15-11:25
Main stage

session 6: industry Excellence

Presenting industry innovations in the energy sector 
Chair: Research manager Signe Reimer-Sørensen, SINTEF Digital  
11:25-11:45
Coffee break
Mingle area
11:45-13:00
Main stage

Session 7: Nordic Excellence

Competition or collaboration in the Nordics
Chair: Rolf Dyrnes Svendsen, Communication Manager, NorwAI
Leading the way on applied AI in Sweden 
Finns at the top of AI in the Nordics
NorwAI Innovate wrap-up
Jon Atle Gulla, Professor NTNU & Director NorwAI
 
Panel discussion: The Nordic AI Theatre, Competition or Collaboration.
Moderator: Simen Eide, Data Scientist, Schibsted
Aize - making heavy assets feel lighter
Boris Mocialov and Eirik Thorp Eythorsson, Data Scientists, Aize
 
13:00-
Exit lunch
Hotel restaurant
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