INDUSTRY DAY: DATA SCIENCE + AI September 28, 2018 Toronto, Canada

Event: Industry Day: Data Science and AI (Part of the Statistical Inference, Learning and Models in Data Science Conference)
Date: September 28, 2018
Location: MaRS Discovery District (101 College St, Toronto)

​Agenda:
9am Opening Remarks
Nancy Reid, University Professor of Statistical Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada Research Chair in Statistical Theory and Applications, Director, Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute

9:10am Opening Keynote
Mark Girolami, Imperial College London and The Alan Turing Institute

10:10am Plenary talk
Hilary Parker, Stitch Fix

10:40am Panel: Training Talent for Data Science
Moderator: Nathan Taback, Professor, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Toronto
Panelists:
Matt Medland, Director, Professional Programs & External Relations Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
Melissa Sariffodeen, Co-Founder & CEO, Canada Learning Code 
Javier Moreno, Senior Data Scientist, Rubikloud

11:20am ​Plenary talk
Jonathan Briggs, CPPIB

1pm ​Plenary talk
Peter Misek, Framework Venture Partners

​1:30pm Panel - Startups: Challenges and Opportunities in Data Science and AI
Moderator: Helen Kontozopoulos, Co-founder/director, DCSIL, University of Toronto
Panelists:
Nahim Nasser, CTO, STACK
Periklis Andritsos, CTO, ODAIA
Maya Madeiros, Partner & Startup Group, Norton Rose Fulbright

2:20pm Plenary Talk
Mads Mihailescu, Georgian Partners

3pm Plenary Talk
Ruslan Salakhutdinov, Carnegie Mellon University, Apple

3:40pm ​Closing Keynote
Garth Gibson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Vector Institute

4:20pm ​Closing Remarks
Nathan Taback, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream Departments of Statistical Sciences and Computer Science, University of Toronto

Organising Committee:
Helen Kontozopoulos, Co-founder/director, DCSIL, University of Toronto

​Nathan Taback, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream Departments of Statistical Sciences and Computer Science, University of Toronto
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Nancy Reid, University Professor of Statistical Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada Research Chair in Statistical Theory and Applications, Director, Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute

Matt Medland, Director, Professional Programs & External Relations Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto