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1 in cooperation with ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & DATA SCIENCE tuesday May 15, 2018 bratislava Slovak University of Technology, FIIT, Ilkovičova 2 Under the auspices of

2 AI-SK A r t i f i c i a l I n t e l l i g e n c e Platform i n S l o v a k i a New AMCHAM platform AI-SK (Artificial Intelligence Platform in Slovakia) which aims to UNITE key STAKEHOLDERS and HARNESS AI perspective in Slovakia PLANNED ACTIONS FOR 2018 to draft Roadmap to AI in Slovakia in cooperation with the Deputy Prime Minister s Office and Slovak Universities within specific AI Working Groups, that will be tasked to:. To exploit short term solutions to accelerate growth of AI. Define AI strategy. Identify Slovak priority areas in AI. Define AI skills amd next generation AI talents. Develop models for business/academic cooperation. Promote development of the Center of the excellence. Funding schemes for AI-related research. Support AI Start-ups landscape To join the AI-SK platform and participate in the multistakeholder AI Working Groups please contact: Petra Zappe, Policy Officer petra.zappe@amcham.sk (+421)

3 foreword ai conference Richard Raši Deputy PM for Investments and Informatization TODD BRADSHAW President, AmCham Slovakia I would like to thank the organizers of this conference on Artificial Intelligence and Data Science and express my gratitude to AmCham for helping to strengthen cooperation in the artificial intelligence sector in Slovakia. The development of artificial intelligence has been part of the Digital Single Market Strategy for many years in Europe. My office is responsible for the coordination and implementation of the Digital Single Market in Slovakia, and making sure that policies are consistent with helping the development of artificial intelligence. We have been eagerly awaiting the European Commission s publication of its Communication on the European Artificial Intelligence Initiative on April 25. This will be the European approach to artificial intelligence and robotics. My office analyses the possibilities of deploying artificial intelligence in public administration and seeks expert opinions on potential impacts on society, businesses and the general public. We have summarized the main objectives of Slovakia in artificial intelligence regulations in a paper we issued last month together with other V4 countries. A study of the Joint Research Center of the European Commission found that Slovakia has a developed digital market given its size. Slovak companies, such as CaseCrunch, Sygic, Pixel Federation, Eset are international market players. The Slovak government will continue to support start-ups, as we are aware of their great potential benefit to the Slovak economy. Creating an attractive business environment for companies focused on artificial intelligence in Slovakia is our key role. In the longer term, we want to direct the economy towards higher added value enterprises. We all realize that Slovakia, like many other countries, has limited resources. In order to unlock its full potential, we need to do three things: our universities must form international research partnerships, our businesses need to transfer expertise from labs to the market, and our public administration must follow current best practices in decision-making. Ladies and Gentlemen, I believe that this conference will be an excellent platform to support the development of artificial intelligence in Slovakia. It will bring new opportunities for the business and academic sectors, so that Slovak citizens will benefit and I am certain we will soon see the benefits of this cooperation. On behalf of AmCham Slovakia I would like to welcome you to the AmCham Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Data Science. The conference will feature international and local AI experts, who will highlight the untapped opportunities of applied AI while sharing emerging best practices and future AI trends. The Conference will also seek on the key challenges we face in order to fully exploit the potential of Artificial intelligence for Slovak economy and society. AI is rapidly moving from the laboratory into business and consumer applications. Some of our members are at the forefront of AI research and are investing in technologies that will transform people s lives. AI is forecast to contribute 16 Trillion USD to the global economy and boost global GDP by 26% by 2030, and is poised to have a transformative effect on consumers, enterprise, and governments around the world (PwC, 2018). We re all familiar with the term Artificial Intelligence. But what does this term really mean? First coined in 1956 by John McCarthy, AI involves machines that can perform tasks that are characteristic of human intelligence. These includes planning, understanding language, recognizing objects and sounds, learning, and problem solving. AI means, that a machine has the ability to learn without being explicitly reprogrammed. As society debates the implications of AI systems, a conversation is taking place about the future of Artificial Intelligence and what it will or should mean for humanity. There are many controversies on which, the world s leading experts disagree. This includes AI s future impact on the job market, if and when human-level AI will be developed, whether this will lead to an intelligence explosion, and whether this is something we should welcome or fear. We believe, that industry should help build trust in AI systems by adopting a responsible approach towards development and deployment. We will look at AI from three perspectives: the first panel will consider how artificial intelligence is empowering some of the most successful technology today. The second panel will discuss how the government can capitalize on AI opportunities and seek to identify Slovakia s current ecosystem and the opportunities that this will create for AI development. The third panel will outline a vision for Slovak academia for the future of AI and how Slovakia s researchers can help turn that vision into reality. We will also discuss how to foster business/academic collaboration to foster cutting-edge research and how to create a vibrant research ecosystem. An creative open mind will prove to be a big asset in the near future, as technology advances and we continue to experiment with using AI to solve the problems we face today. AmCham Slovakia aims to serve as a platform for the AI multistakeholder dialogue, so that the full potential of AI can be achieved for the Slovak economy and society.

4 agenda ai conference 08:30-09:00 Registration 09:00-09:05 Welcome Peter Kolesár, Board Member, AmCham Slovakia 09:05-09:15 Opening Speech Martina Slabejová, General Director, Informatization Management, UPV II 09:15-10:10 Keynote Addresses Fridrich Matejík, Country Leader, IBM Slovakia Peter Kováč, Director Bratislava Business center, Adient Slovakia Edward Ciabattari, Senior Program Manager, Azure at Microsoft Corporation 10:10-10:30 Coffee Break 10:30-11:50 11:50-12:50 PANEL I: AI Applied Enterprise Stories Lunch Ivo Gavenda, Robotics and AI Senior Manager in CEE Region, Accenture Juraj Rosa, CEO, GoodAI Applied Jay Natarajan, Global Senior Solutions Architect, Microsoft Michal Hudec, Financial Systems and ERP Controlling Manager, Adient Julius Oboril, Cognitive Process Transformation Leader, IBM Slovakia 12:50-13:00 VIDEO MESSAGE Juha Heikkila, Head of Unit of Robotics and AI, DG Connect, EC

5 13:00-13:10 INTRODUCTORY NOTE GOVERNMENT AI READINESS INDEX Richard Stirling, CEO, Oxford Insight 13:10-14:00 PANEL II: Role of Government in the Era of Exponential Technologies Alena Sabelová, Director General of the Investments Section, UPV II Richard Stirling, CEO, Oxford Insight Mária Bieliková, Dean - Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies Fridrich Matejík, Country Leader, IBM Slovakia Peter Kolesár, Board Member, AmCham Slovakia 14:00-15:30 PANEL III: Academia AI Research / AI Business - Academic Cooperation Ivana Budinská, Director of the Institute of Informatics, Slovak Academy of Science Peter Sinčák, Head of Department of Cybernetics and AI, Technical university of Košice Igor Farkaš, Department of Applied Informatics, Comenius University Vladimír Bužek, Fellow of the Research Center for Quantum Information, Slovak Academy of Science Peter Lacko, FIIT STU / Vladimír Hlaváček, Accenture 15:30-16:30 SARIO-AMCHAM Business Meetup Corner (By invitation only) Event moderator Barbora Ruščin sponsored by main golden in-kind

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7 IBM Institute for Business Value AI-enhanced experiences A new way to connect with customers 74% of surveyed executives say artificial intelligence (AI) will fundamentally change how they approach customer experience (CX) By implementing AI, we will predict what customers want before they even know they need it. Half of companies surveyed are already taking action 50% 13% 18% 18% 16% 19% 15% Not considering Considering Evaluating Piloting Implementing Operating Within 2 years, surveyed companies plan to use AI in these areas 44% Chatbots 36% Robots 51% IoT 52% Insights for CX strategy 47% Insights for user experience design Great expectations and promising results 57% of respondents say their organizations expect a 5-15% ROI from AI-enhanced CX Almost 50% plan to achieve this within 2-3 years 61% say they are on schedule But some companies might not be prepared Surveyed executives say they have insufficient Workforce with AI skills 60% AI strategy 57% Clean, reliable customer data 47% Are you ready? What capabilities will you need for a smooth AI integration? What are the expected top CX benefits? Visit ibm.biz/aiforcx to download the IBM IBV report The AI-enhanced customer experience: A sea change for CX strategy, design and development ibm.com/iibv USEN IBM Corporation

8 academia Q&A Ing. Ivana Budinská, PhD. Institute of Informatics, Slovak Academy of Sciences How do you use AI in your daily work? We use AI to solve various optimization problems, in Natural Language Processing (spoken and written), for semantic analysis and for knowledge management. Other areas in which we use AI methods are data analysis and other fields where traditional computational methods What do you think is the biggest challenge to using the potential of AI in Slovakia? The biggest challenge is to draft legislation for intelligent systems in Slovakia. Artificial intelligence and its application will not exist unless there is systemic support for technical education (math, physics, etc.). It is necessary for the best professionals to stay in, or return to, academia to teach stuwould fail, or would not be able to achieve results in a reasonable time. Which areas in AI have the most potential in your opinion? Computer vision, image recognition and speech recognition. In particular, deep neural networks and deep learning achieve surprisingly good results in these areas - more accurate and faster than other methods used so far. doc. Ing. František Duchoň, PhD. President, National Centre of Robotics What is the biggest challenge to using the potential of AI in Slovakia? Generally speaking, I think people are currently an obstacle, especially people who are well paid. We are constantly investing in infrastructure, but no-one invests in people. What is our infrastructure for, when there is no-one to work with it? In a few years time, there will not be anyone to teach informatics at elementary and secondary schools. Why? Because skilled computer scientists and teachers earn more at private companies, and so there is a risk that future generations will be taught at a very low level. Only the best of the best should be in education. And good teachers should be well paid. This is not just about AI, but generally, it is about education in Slovakia. prof. Ing. Igor Farkaš, Dr. Centre for Cognitive Science Department of Applied Informatics, FMFI UK How do you use AI in your daily work? At the Department of Applied Informatics, we focus mainly on artificial neural networks (including deep learning) and their use in various tasks (image, language, etc.), human machine interaction in cognitive robotics, knowledge representation and reasoning, and machine learning in bioinformatics. What is the biggest challenge to using the potential of AI in Slovakia? The biggest challenge is to connect the academic sector more closely with the private sector and convince companies that it is a good investment to provide longerterm systematic financial support to academic institutions active in AI, which will lead to better use of the research potential of employees and students. This implies more intensive communication and agreement on cooperation. prof. Ing. Peter Sinčák, CSc. Head of the Department of Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence, TU KE dents. Human potential is very important for AI and without young talented people in Slovakia, we will not have any AI. Good integration of universities and the Slovak Academy of Science would make a significant contribution to improving the quality of the academic environment in Slovakia. Which areas in AI have the most potential in your opinion? I see the great potential of artificial intelligence in its integration with cloud computing and virtual reality, especially for the needs of Industry 4.0 and HEALTH 4.0. In general, I see potential in integrating and hybridizing different approaches implemented in cloud environments.

9 Digital Transformation is the Real Deal! May 22 nd, 2018 DOTS 2018, a unique digital event with famous keynote speakers, real practical scenarios for future transformation and the launch of a intelligence project. RUDOLF URBÁNEK CEO, Microsoft Czech Republic and Slovakia NICKLAS BERGMAN Entrepreneur, Investor, Futurist, Humanist Speakers: PHILIPPE ROGGE CEO, Microsoft CEE GARRY KASPAROV Russian Pro-Democracy Leader Main Partner: Silver Partners:

10 speakers profiles ai conference Richard Raši Deputy PM for Investments and Informatization Fridrich Matejík Country Leader, IBM Slovakia Richard Raši is a Slovak physician and politician currently serving as Slovakia s Deputy Prime Minister for Investments and Information. A member of the Direction Social Democracy (Slovak: Smer sociálna demokracia) political party, Raši previously served as Mayor of the city of Košice. He also served from 3 June 2008 until 8 June 2010 as Minister of Health in the First cabinet of Robert Fico. Fridrich was born in In 2008, he attained an academic title in diplomacy and international affairs. He began work for IBM in During his career at IBM, he was worked in a number of positions. From 2014, he worked as a systems HW manager and in January 2018 he began work as Country Sales Leader. Peter Kováč Director Bratislava Business center, Adient Slovakia Edward Ciabattari Senior Program Manager, Azure at Microsoft Corporation Peter Kováč manages the Bratislava Business Center of the automotive company, Adient. Peter is experienced in financial services, management and leadership for Adient s global automotive regions. Before Adient s spin-off from Johnson Controls in October 2016, he was Director of Finance Order to Cash and Director of Finance Accounts Payable at Johnson Controls. Peter joined the company in 2007 as Accounts Payable Processing and Scanning Supervisor and has held several finance managerial positions. Peter Kováč holds a BSBA degree from the City University of Seattle, Bratislava, Slovakia. Edward Ciabattari is a Senior Research Engineer (Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence) within Microsoft s AI & Research organization. Edward has extensive experience in building new AI enterprises from the ground up, by identifying business opportunities and applying machine learning and AI research. In the past year, Edward has defined creative solutions to solve complex scenarios, delivered via cutting edge technologies such as bots, deep learning and big data. He is interested in expanding how AI can be leveraged to benefit business. Edward holds a bachelor of science in economics and communication from University of Houston, U.S.A.

11 speakers profiles ai conference Ivo Gavenda Robotics and AI Senior Manager in CEE Region, Accenture Juraj Rosa CEO, GoodAI Applied Ivo Gavenda is Accenture Senior Manager for development of activities and projects associated with robotic process automation, cognitive computing and AI in the CEE region. Ivo graduated from the Technical University of Ostrava in Systems Engineering and Informatics in Economics. He has worked for 15 years in business and technology consulting. Ivo joined Accenture eight years ago and for the last 3 years he has focused on the practical use and implementation of robotics and AI in different industries, helping clients employ a virtual workforce, allowing the reduction of dependence on human capital, improving process quality, flexibility, optimization of operating costs and enhancing the customer experience. Juraj is a service design executive and founder of Habitable.co, a company dedicated to making customer experiences habitable. Over 200 million people around the world have inhabited digital products designed by Habitable.co. Juraj is CEO at GoodAI Applied, where he works alongside leaders in various industries to address their needs using next-generation AI technologies. Combining his deep interest in design, technology and management, Juraj leads strong high-performing senior talent to exceed benchmarks, while overseeing the delivery of service and product quality and ensuring a solid customer experience around the clock - to make the world a more habitable place. Jay Natarajan Global Senior Solutions Architect, Microsoft Michal Hudec Financial Systems and ERP Controlling Manager, Adient Jay Natarajan is a senior global solutions architect in Microsoft s Digital, Services, & Success business. Jay s passion is to engage with brands to evolve and advance their business in a rapidly changing environment and apply data and AI to current problems and identify future trends to navigate their digital transformation with Microsoft s cloud solution, achieve transparent controls with privacy, and create scalable, personalized 1:1 relationships with consumers with our solution and platform. She leads customers by translating next-gen business problems into simplified streamlined actionable business applications. She has a keen interest in disrupting industries by the safe alignment of AI with human interests. Jay holds a bachelor degree in mechanical engineering from University of Madras, India. Michal Hudec is Adient Finance & Software Development Manager responsible for activities and projects related to digitalization, RPA and AI. He enables Adient to automate and digitize manual paper-based processes, to improve efficiency, lower costs and reduce risk. Last but not least, all delivered solutions contain a complete digital audit trail of what was done, by whom, and at what time. Michal graduated from the University of Economics in Management of Production and Logistics. After his studies, he started his career at Johnson Controls as a finance analyst seven years ago. When Johnson Controls span off its automotive section, his career continued with Adient and for the last three years his focus has been automation and digitalization at SSCs, and globally for Adient Business and Finance.

12 speakers profiles ai conference Julius Oboril Cognitive Process Transformation Leader, IBM Slovakia Juha Heikkila Head of Unit of Robotics and AI, DG Connect, EC He graduated in Artificial Intelligence at the Department of Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence at the Kosice Technical University. He began my professional career as a database specialist in 2008 and two years later, he joined IBM Slovakia in Kosice as the first member of the local analytics team. Julius has worked on various BI projects in the telco, finance/insurance, automotive and healthcare sectors across Europe as an ETL specialist, BI architect and as a Watson consultant. Trained in IBM Watson for Oncology he contributed to its very first implementation in the CEE region. Julius is currently leader of the Cognitive Process Transformation Growth Platform and Cognitive Business Decision Support Service Line at IBM Slovakia. Juha Heikkilä joined the European Commission in 1998 and currently works in its Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG Connect). For more than 11 years, he has been working in the unit now called Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, first as a Project Officer, since 2008 as the Deputy Head of Unit, and since May 2014 as the Head of Unit. The unit has been funding a multidisciplinary research programme on Cognitive Systems and Robotics for about 12 years, focusing on smarter and more flexible robots and artificial systems. In recent years, the annual budget has been between 70 million and 80 million. Alena Sabelová Director General of the Investments Section, UPV II Richard Stirling CEO, Oxford Insight Alena Sabelová is Director General of the Investments Management Section at the Office of the Vice Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic for Investments and Informatization. Previously she led the Section of the Central Coordination Authority responsible for the coordination of the EU Funds in Slovakia. She has also held several high managerial positions in international companies and at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London. Richard Stirling is the co-founder and CEO of Oxford Insights. He has been at the intersection of government and technology throughout his career, advising centres of government on a broad range of areas, from tax policy, for peer-to-peer exchanges through to identity policy. Over the past 4 years, he has taken that expertise worldwide as the Open Data Institute s International Director. There he designed the Open Data Institute s corporate membership programme and then led its advisory practice for four years. He has advised governments around the world (including the UK, Malaysia, Shanghai, Singapore and Tanzania) on how to use their data to unlock economic growth and support innovation in the economy. Richard previously worked in the centre of the UK Government where pursuing his passion for evidence-based decision making, Richard led the design and implementation of the UK s open data policy as well as the creation of the UK s What Works Network. He worked directly for Lord Maude on efficiency and reform in the Prime Minister s Strategy Unit, the Implementation Unit and HM Treasury. Richard is a Lead Steward of the International Open Data Charter and a board member of Open North.

13 speakers profiles ai conference Mária Bieliková Dean, Faculty of Informatics and IT, STU Peter Kolesár CEO, Neulogy Mária Bieliková is a full professor in program and information systems at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (STU). She is head of the User Experience and Interaction Research Centre at the university. In her research, she focuses on the Internet, user modelling, personalization and related issues. She has worked on the adaptive and semantic web for nearly 20 years. She serves on the editorial boards of several scientific journal and on program committees of numerous international scientific conferences. Prof. Bieliková is currently Dean of the Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies at STU. She is active in several professional bodies, and is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, a senior member of the Association for Computing Machinery (currently vice-chair of the Slovakia Chapter), a Chartered Engineer in Engineering Council UK, a member of the Technical Committee TC2: Software: Theory and Practice in International Federation for Data Processing, where she represents Slovakia. She served for 13 years as a member of the executive board of the Slovak Society for Computer Science. Peter Kolesár is the CEO of Neulogy, one of the leading CEE innovation hubs, which is active in entrepreneurship support, R&D management and technology commercialization. He is a Board Member at Amcham Slovakia. Before joining Neulogy, he served as a Slovak diplomat at embassies in Washington D.C. and Tel Aviv and worked as a senior consultant at Candole Partners, a CEE public policy and regulatory consulting firm. Peter holds a master degree in international political economy from the Central European University in Budapest and an MA-equivalent in international relations from Masaryk University in Brno. He was a scholar at Bard College, New York. Ivana Budinská Director of the Institute of Informatics, Slovak Academy of Science Peter Sinčák Head of Department of Cybernetics and AI, Technical university of Košice Ing. Ivana Budinská, PhD. graduated from the Slovak Technical University and defended her PhD thesis in automation at the Institute of Informatics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. She is head of the Modelling and Simulation of Discrete Processeses Department at II SAS. She is a supervisor and a consultant for PhD study at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. Her research interests include discrete systems modelling and simulation, multi-agent systems, artificial intelligence, complex systems, and systems theory. Currently, she is focused on the application of bio-inspired optimization methods on various domains, e.g. manufacturing, production lines optimization, supply chain management, control and coordination of a group of mobile agents. She has authored or coauthored more than 100 research papers, which have been cited more than 120 times in the literature. Peter Sinčák is Professor of AI at the Kosice Technical University, Slovakia. He is also Associate Head of the Center for Intelligent Technologies ( and AI program director at the Kosice Technical University, Slovakia. He has authored or co-authored more than 100 papers for conferences and journals and is author of two monographs and editor of a number of books for Physica Verlag, IOS press and World Scientific Publication Houses.

14 speakers profiles ai conference Igor Farkaš Center for Cognitive Science, Comenius University Vladimír Bužek Fellow of the Research Center for Quantum Information, Slovak Academy of Science Igor Farkaš received a masters degree with honors in technical cybernetics in 1991, and a Ph.D. in applied informatics in 1995, from the Slovak University in Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia. In 1998, he became a Fulbright fellow at the Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at Austin, USA. From 2000 to 2003, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Psychology, University of Richmond, VA, USA. In 2005, he was made a Humboldt fellow at the Department of Computational Linguistics and Phonetics, Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany. In 2014, he became full professor of informatics at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia. He is Head of the Department of Applied Informatics and the Coordinator of the Center for Cognitive Science. His research interests include AI and cognitive science, with a focus on the analysis of artificial neural network models and their applications in cognitive modeling. He has published 70+ research papers related to these fields. Prof. Dr. Vladimír Bužek, DrSc. graduated from the Moscow State University (MSc and PhD in 1982 and 1985). His research focuses on theoretical quantum optics and quantum information sciences. He has worked on the reconstruction of quantum states and processes from incomplete experimental data, programmable quantum processors, quantum cloning, algorithms for quantum secret sharing, and quantum voting protocols. He has published over 230 scientific articles and 15 chapters of books that have been cited more than 13,500 times. He currently works at the Institute of Physics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. He has been a professor at many academic institutions, including Imperial College, London (UK), the National University of Ireland, Maynooth (Ireland), University of Ulm (Germany), SOKEN (Japan), Queensland University of Australia, Sogang University (South Korea), INAO Mexico, and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Prof. Bužek was the Chairman of the Learned Society of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, and is a foreign member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and a member of Academie Europaea. Peter Lacko FIIT STU Vladimír Hlaváček Accenture Peter Lacko received his master s degree in software engineering in 2004, and his Ph.D. in artificial intelligence in 2009, both from Slovak University of Technology. Currently he is an assistant professor of informatics at the Slovak University of Technology. He is giving lectures in artificial intelligence and software languages. His research interests involve artificial intelligence focusing on deep neural networks and natural language processing, software engineering and parallel and distributed computing. Vladimir Hlaváček, is a former FIIT STU student, and is now an Accenture technology architect with experience in delivering projects using modern lightweight architectures. He has extensive experience of collaboration with Bratislava universities and students and currently leads AI-based innovations at the Accenture Client Innovation Studio.

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