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Pioneering change and innovation with next gen AI - Panel Discussion

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  • Session
  • Tuesday, 21 November 2023
  • 15:21 - 15:21
  • Duration: 49 mins
  • Publication date: 23 Nov 2023
  • Location: Turing Lecture Theatre, Savoy Place, London, United Kingdom
  • Part of event Pioneering change and innovation with next gen AI

About the session

While AI has quietly been a part of our lives for years, its recent surge has led to both transformative opportunities and unprecedented challenges. 

From enhancing productivity and disrupting every industry, to its ethical minefields and regulatory challenges, join us in this event where we’ll delve into the deep-seated roots of AI, explore its escalating trends, and demystify its role in managing innovation.

Industry-leading experts will guide us through this intricate journey where you will learn and discuss how to harness AI responsibly for a successful future.

 

Keywords:
  • AI
  • Industry-leading experts
  • demystifing artificial intelligence
  • harness AI responsibly
  • next generation AI

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  • Professor Ronjon Nag

    Professor Ronjon Nag

    IET Trustee - R42 Group

    Professor Ronjon Nag is an inventor and entrepreneur. He is Adjunct Professor in Genetics in the Stanford School of Medicine and Visiting Fellow at the Stanford Center for Language and Information, teaching courses in artificial intelligence, healthcare venture capital aging science and longevity technology. He is the founder of the R42 Group which invents, informs and invests.He has won the 2021 IEEE-SCV Outstanding Engineer award, the IET Mountbatten Medal, and the $1m Verizon Powerful Answers Award (for Bounce Imaging where he is Chairman). He is a founder and advisor/board member and part owner of some 80 AI and Biotech start-ups. His companies have been sold to Apple, BlackBerry, and Motorola.Ronjon pioneered text prediction, voice and handwriting recognition, including Chinese, for mobile devices. In 1999, he invented the first mobile app stores, deploying at Orange, Vodafone, SprintNextel, AT&T, Airtel, Telstra and many others, resulting in billions of downloads and presaging an industry employing millions of engineers.He has historically been involved in numerous product firsts. More recently Ronjon has been applying concepts of computer science and mathematics to biology. Active in the IET, he gave the 2020 AI in Healthcare lecture series, created the IET Introduction to AI Online Course, and served on the Knowledge Services and Solutions Board and Council
  • Kirsten Mccormick

    Kirsten Mccormick

    Systems Engineer, Artificial Intelligence Lead

  • Dr James Luke

    Dr James Luke

    Roke, Innovation Director

    James Luke, is an Engineer with over 25 years’ experience delivering real AI solutions that solve real world problems. James is the Innovation Director at Roke, a leading UK technology company, having previously worked as an IBM Distinguished Engineer and Master Inventor. James has multiple US patents in subjects relating to AI and, for his PhD, researched the application of AI in detecting previously unseen computer viruses. James is an experienced conference speaker and has given evidence on the development of AI to both the European Commission and the House of Lords Select Committee. In 2018, James delivered a TEDx talk entitled, “How To Survive An AI Winter” ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWOkEVdITIg ). James started his career failing to deliver an AI solution for a leading Formula 1 team. This experience changed James’s understanding and perspective on what it takes to actually deliver a working AI solution. James responded to his early failure by developing new methods for the definition, design and delivery of AI solutions. He has delivered projects in multiple industries from Public Sector to Insurance and Retail. Prior to joining Roke, James held a number of key positions in IBM including Chief Architect for Watson Tools, CTO of the Cognitive Practice in Europe and Leader of the Academy of Technology core team on AI.
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    Dr Deepak Gupta

    Deepak founded the Innovation Management Technical Network in 2019.In 2007, Deepak set up a Technology Business Consultancy (Black Kite® Ltd.), which helps organisations (large, small and start-up companies, universities, and others) to manage their innovation challenges. Black Kite’s engagements include being a Project Monitoring Officer for Innovate UK grant funded projects, conducting technology market studies for companies and universities, and helping organisations, small and large, bid for grant funds.Deepak started his career as an engineer in digital broadcast technologies – digital TV and DAB. Then, at Roke Manor Research, he was involved in building the company’s portfolio of commercial, contract R&D work in a wide variety of technical areas, covering space (e.g., Astrium, ESA, STFC), communications (e.g., Siemens, TelASIC, Ofcom), software and hardware (e.g., Altera, Xilinx and others), and products
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    Kirsten Mccormick

    Systems Engineer, Artificial Intelligence Lead

  • Kirsten McCormick

    Kirsten McCormick

    Systems Engineer, Artificial Intelligence Lead

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    Professor Ronjon Nag

    IET Trustee - R42 Group

    Professor Ronjon Nag is an inventor and entrepreneur. He is Adjunct Professor in Genetics in the Stanford School of Medicine and Visiting Fellow at the Stanford Center for Language and Information, teaching courses in artificial intelligence, healthcare venture capital aging science and longevity technology. He is the founder of the R42 Group which invents, informs and invests.He has won the 2021 IEEE-SCV Outstanding Engineer award, the IET Mountbatten Medal, and the $1m Verizon Powerful Answers Award (for Bounce Imaging where he is Chairman). He is a founder and advisor/board member and part owner of some 80 AI and Biotech start-ups. His companies have been sold to Apple, BlackBerry, and Motorola.Ronjon pioneered text prediction, voice and handwriting recognition, including Chinese, for mobile devices. In 1999, he invented the first mobile app stores, deploying at Orange, Vodafone, SprintNextel, AT&T, Airtel, Telstra and many others, resulting in billions of downloads and presaging an industry employing millions of engineers.He has historically been involved in numerous product firsts. More recently Ronjon has been applying concepts of computer science and mathematics to biology. Active in the IET, he gave the 2020 AI in Healthcare lecture series, created the IET Introduction to AI Online Course, and served on the Knowledge Services and Solutions Board and Council
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