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

8/29/2018

Photo: Nathan Taback, Helen Kontozopoulos, Mark Girolami, Nancy Reid

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
Helen Kontozopoulos, Co-Founder, Department of Computer Science Innovation Lab, University of Toronto.
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.ai
2:20pm Plenary Talk, Mads Mihailescu, CTO, 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
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