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October 31st
11:30-12:20
Conference lunch
Hotel Restaurant
12:20-13:20
Opening session
Main stage
Towards Factual and Trustworthy Large-Language Models
Fredrik Heintz, Professor, Head of Division, Head of Unit, Linköping University
15:15-15:45
Coffee break & Refreshments
Mingle Area
13:20-13:40
Coffee break
Mingle Area
Responsible Norwegian Language Models
Jon Espen Ingvaldsen, Adjunct Associate Professor, NTNU, Chief Scientist, Kantega
16:50-17:05
Coffee break
Mingle Area
Conference Opening: AI musical introduction from the project: "Co-creative spaces"
Notto Johannes Windju Thelle, Head of Section, Oslo Metropolitan University
13:40-15:15
Main stage
session 2: Recent developments in large language models
Chair: Özlem Özgöbek, Associate Professor, NTNU
LLMs - What, why and the future of it
19:30-
Dinner
Buffet in the hotel restaurant
13:00 onwards
Demo- and poster exhibition in mingle area
November 1st
09:00-09:45
Main stage
session 5: Reflection, creativity and talents in AI
Chair: Özlem Özgöbek, Associate Professor, NTNU
Poster award ceremony
09:45-10:15
Coffee break & Refreshments
Mingle Area
Using AI legally – today and when the AI acts arrive
Christian Bendiksen, Partner, Bull & Co Advokatfirma AS
12:00-12:20
Coffee break
Mingle Area
A New Class of Marine Robots: from Nature, through University, into Industry
Kristin Y. Pettersen, Professor, Department of Engineering Cybernetics, NTNU
Title TBA
Tore O. Sandvik, Norwegian politician, Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) and previously County Mayor of Trøndelag
Panel discussion on laws and regulations
Creatively breaking models: A perspective from the arts
Notto Johannes Windju Thelle, Head of Section, Oslo Metropolitan University
AI & I: A Personal Perspective on the Field
Keith Downing, Professor, Department of Computer Science, NTNU
On Intelligence, on Artistic AI and AI Talent Awards
12:20-13:00
Main stage
session 7: From Academia to Industry
Chair: Rolf D. Svendsen, Communications Manager NorwAI, NTNU
The Conference Punchline
Bringing innovation to industry - a success story
10:15-12:00
Main stage
session 6: Trustworthy AI
Chair: Andreas Hafver, Principle Research Scientist and Team Leader – Emerging Technologies, Group Research & Development at DNV.
Debate Chair: Siv Sandvik, political editor, Adresseavisen
Will regulators heed the call for AI regulations, or do we already have laws in place? What does the EU say and what are the government plans?
15:45-16:50
Main stage
session 3: Innovation Excellence
Chair: Arne Jørgen Berre, Chief Scientist, SINTEF, Innovation director NorwAI
Innovation partners' use cases
Anti-money laundering via federated learning between banks
Johan Östman, Research scientist, AI Sweden
New Tech is good money
Yngvar Ugland, EVP and Division Director DNB NewTechLab
Matching simulations to the real world
Simone Casolo, Oil & Gas Service Lead and Principal Data Scientist, Cognite, Alexander Stasik, Reearch Scientist, SINTEF
17:05-18:25
Main stage
session 4: ResearcH-driven innovation
Chair: Jon Atle Gulla, Professor NTNU & Director NorwAI
Research at NorwAI and beyond
NorwAI update- what has been happening in NorwAI? Research contributions from NorwAI
Kerstin Bach, Professor NTNU and Research Director NorwAI
Enabling entrepreneurship and venture creation at the ETH AI Center
Viviana Gropengiesser, Director Entrepreneurship, ETH AI Center, Zürich
Data and AI in the Norwegian police
Claes Lyth Walsø, Director Knowledge at The Police IT Unit
Poster and demo pitches
The accepted posters and demos to be presented in 1 minute pitches
18:25-19:30
Demo, poster exhibitions and aperitif
Mingle Area
AI regulations – a political perspective
Grunde Almeland, Norwegian politician and Parliament member representing the Liberal party (Venstre)
Kerstin Bach, Professor NTNU and Research Director NorwAI
13:00-
Exit lunch
Hotel restaurant
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