Presentation Schedule
EVOLVE 2021
August 12th - 13th
8:30 AM – 5 PM CDT
Join industry leaders from the world’s largest and most innovative companies for this 2-day hybrid event featuring both technical and business presentations focused on the real-world value of Artificial Intelligence. Evolve will provide a unique, interactive experience where you will learn from and engage with thought leaders from across North America on a variety of AI-related topics expanding across multiple industries.
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Conference Schedule
*All times listed are Central Standard Time
DAY 1 | |||
TIME | SPEAKER(S) | PRESENTATION | |
SPEAKING SESSIONS | |||
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM | Anthony Ambler Dean of the College of Technology Konrad Konarski Chairman | Opening Remarks Introduction to the event, its content, and speakers | |
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM | Marc Spieler Transformation Leader | Keynote: Transforming Industry at the Edge Leading GPU manufacturer NVIDIA shares with the audience about how edge computing is transforming the application possibilities of AI in various industries. | |
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM | Kris Skrinak Global Segment Leader ML | Artificial Intelligence, AWS, and the Cloud Amazon Web Services (AWS) shares its latest advancements in AI cloud service capabilties and their use in specific industries and use-cases. | |
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM | Kristen Meehan Managing Partner | 5G and how it is transforming AI Verizon Wireless shares how 5G ultrawide band technology is empowering a new frontier in application cases and possiblities of Artificial Intelligence. | |
BREAK | |||
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Adam Singer Senior Principal Architect | The Future of AI in the Energy Industry Exploring the realm of possibility of AI and how to get there. | |
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Annie Wang Enterprise Sales Enablement Leader | Using AI for a better customer understanding Join the multi-national manufacturer, WL Gore, as they share about how AI is being used to improve customer understanding and streamline operations. | |
LUNCH & LEARN | |||
11:30 PM - 1:00 PM | Osama Qazi Solutions Architect & Innovation Hemanshu Rukadikar Product Manager | Lunch & Learn: Getting started with Image Segementation (invite only) Lunch & Learn: Getting started with RPA (open to all) | |
PANEL DISCUSSIONS | |||
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | Konrad Konarski (moderator) Chairman Guillermo Romero Supervisor Adam Berg Director of Learning Solutions Xiao-Hui Wu Senior Principal Computational Scientist Jeremy Blevens SCADA Supervisor Shashank Tomar Director of Technology | Panel: Oil & Gas Diverse Oil & Gas experts discuss their successes and challenge of implementing Artificial Intelligence in Oil & Gas | |
WORKSHOPS | |||
1:45 PM - 5:00pm | Kris Skrinak Global Segment Leader ML | Workshop: Bring your own data (invite only) Using AWS Cloud services and their own data set, attendees will transform, feature engineer and then use AI to predict. | |
1:45 PM - 5:00pm | TBD Solution Architect | Workshop: AI in Azure (invite only) | |
1:45 PM - 5:00pm | David Crawley Professor of Practice | Workshop: Innovation & Mind Mapping (open to all) | |
DAY 2 | |||
SPEAKING SESSIONS | |||
8:30 AM - 8:45AM | David Crawley Professor of Practice Amaury Lendasse Department Chair | Opening Remarks University of Houston thought leaders welcome our audience and share about the upcoming days events. | |
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM | Jay Gorajia Director of Global Services | Keynote: Transforming Industry with AI powered Digital Solutions Thought leader at Siemens Digital shares about the transformational benefits of Artificial Intelligence with Digital Twins, Electronic Design Automation (EDA), and Product Life Cycle Management (PLM) | |
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM | TBD Regional CTO | Augmented Reality, Aritifical Intelligence and the future of work Microsft shares about how products like the Microsoft Hololens are using AI to help solve industry problems in various organizations | |
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM | TBD Watson Team | Transforming Industry with Watson TBD | |
BREAK | |||
PANEL DISCUSSIONS | |||
10:30 AM - 11:15AM | David Crawley (Moderator) Professor of Practice Lila Carden Assistant Professor Jeff Guan Associate Dean Jungwoo Ryoo Division Head Bruce Muller Professor Hichem Frigui Professor & Director of Digital Lab Andrew Karem Associate Professor | Panel: Academia Keeping up with Artificial Intelligenc in Academia. A diverse panel of professors and researchers. | |
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM | Manoj Iragavarapu Director of Labs Dan Whitsell VP of Technology TBD Professor Siva Juturi Executive VP | Panel: Robotic & Intelligent Process Automation (RPA/IPA) Join a cross-functional group of experts from industry, academia and technology providers for a discussion on process automation, its application, and how to get started. | |
LUNCH & LEARN | |||
12:00 PM - 1 :00 PM | Bill Aiken AI Computer Vision Architect | Lunch & Learn: Building AI computer vision models for Manufacturing | |
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | Konrad Konarski (Moderator) Chairman Nikhil Shinde Tooling Supervisor Chris Martin Professor Mechanical Engineering Jerry Chen Global Manufacturing Leader | Panel: AI in Manufacturing Lead manufacturers, technology providers, and academics come together to discuss the current and future applications of AI. Including physics-based AI, augemented reality technologies, , the future of work and industry 5.0. | |
WORKSHOPS | |||
1:45 PM - 5:00 PM | TBD Solution Architect | Workshop: Building a Digital Twin (invite only) | |
1:45 PM - 5:00 PM | Osama Qazi Solution Architect | Workshop: AI workflows for Intelligent Video Analytics with DeepStream (invite only) | |
1:45 PM - 5:00 PM | TBD Solution Architect | Workshop: AI for Smart Manufacturing (open to all) | |