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8 AI.IOT scaleups Extra Ordinary Companies Tech City Executive Accelerator launched five years ago at Level39, the world's most connected community for finance, cybersecurity, retail and smart city technology businesses and the UK Cyber Demonstration Centre. To mark our 5th anniversary we are thrilled to announce a special edition on digital intelligence and its transformational impact on Norwegian businesses innovation capabilities and continuous growth. Four of Norway`s leading companies will join and support together with eight selected Norwegian AI.IOT scaleups. Our mission is to connect forward leaning Norwegian top-tier executives with frontrunners and extraordinary teams in various industries exchanging hands on experience on how to strategically utilize emerging AI and IOT technologies around the world. Photo: Thinkstock
FORMAT Ground Infuse [1x Insight, Oslo] [3x Insight, London] Face-to-face meetings with global leading experts and executives within tech, science, business and government showcasing groundbreaking progress and use cases. Learn how AI.IOT can improve your business, and benchmark against todays disruptors. Excite [1x Conference, L39] [3x Demo, London] London has a world-leading AI data science ecosystem, thanks to its diversity of industries and openness to foreign talents. Our goal is to create an environment where Norwegian founders and executive teams are able to share their passion, ambitions and solutions with global executives in fast transforming Industries. Actuate [3x Execution, L39] Eco [Run own networking activities] London attracts the largest share of foreign direct investments in technology 3X Paris and close to 4X Berlin. It is a golden opportunity for Norwegian companies to build on this success and to utilise London strengths as a world stage enhancing your brand and increasing global reach. [1x L39 membership, 6 months] L39 supports more than 220 fast-growing global tech companies in three efficient ways giving access to world-class customers, talent and infrastructure. It's been our privilege to partner with L39 and high-potential executives since the programme began five years ago, and we can`t wait to help more executives. We bring in mentors and experts from various disciplines. We believe leadership behaviour is fundamental to value-creating growth, and look into both how to leverage existing leadership talents and capabilities and how to expand new ones. Further, an opportunity to learn how your peers big and small are creating business models around AI and IOT.
PACE Please note this is a preliminary agenda and changes might occur. Oslo London AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MARCH INSIGHT (Afternoon) Leading experts CONFERENCE Day1(Full-Day) Leading experts INSIGHT Day1(Full-Day) Leading experts INSIGHT Day1(Full-Day) Leading experts INSIGHT Day1(Full-Day) Leading experts RECEPTION 5 th Anniversary Celebration DEMO Day1(Evening) Demo & networking DEMO Day1(Evening) Demo & Networking DEMO Day1(Evening) Demo & Networking EXECUTION Day 2(Full-Day) EXECUTION Day 2(Full-Day) EXECUTION Day 2(Full-Day) Storytelling Business Modelling Negotiation tactics EXECUTION Day 3(half-day) EXECUTION Day 3(half-day) EXECUTION Day 3(half-day) Storytelling Business Modelling Negotiation tactics
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CONTENTS 1INSIGHT AUG OSLO 2INSIGHT OCT LONDON 3INSIGHT FEB LONDON 4INSIGHT MARCH LONDON Photo: Thinkstock
OSLO 1INSIGHT, AUG 2018 Time & venue(tbc) Official launch of INNOVATION NORWAY & L39 AI acceleration and why your future will be dramatically different DR. JOSEPH SIROSH, MICROSOFT (tbc) The state of AI in the Nordics PANEL DISCUSSION Cohort 12x 3 MIN DEMOS 5 th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION RECEPTION ALUMNI AND INVITED GUESTS Please note this is a preliminary agenda and changes might occur. A detailed agenda for the following INSIGHT sessions will be announced later. Dr. Joseph Sirosh Corporate Vice President Microsoft`s Cloud AI Platform Joseph joined Microsoft from Amazon, where he was Vice President for Amazon`s Global Inventory Platform. Joseph was responsible for the science and software behind Amazon`s supply chain and order fulfilment systems, and Amazon`s central Machine Learning group, which he built and led. Joseph holds a PhD in computer science from the University of Texas and has been a leader in the field of data science and machine learning since the 1990s. Joseph is a board member of the Norwegian AI scaleup, Esmart Systems. Photo: Business Insider
L39 The next frontier: The age of Artificial Intelligence SEPT 2018, Venue: L39, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London 10:00AM 10:05AM 10:25AM WELCOME GOVERNMENTS GLOBAL ACTIONS OPENING REMARKS Norway s global action to save life in the ocean, and why developments in digital intelligence and robotics are important to make it happen? Why the UK is uniquely positioned to drive the AI revolution and to lead the world in deciding how AI can be deployed in a safe and ethical manner? STUNNING AI BREAKTHROUGHS KEYNOTE Can AI solve pressing real world problems? KEYNOTE What is the power of AI to enhance and accelerate scientific discovery and innovation? Please note this preliminary agenda and topics are subject to change. 10:55AM 11:10AM 11:40AM 11:50AM SUPERINTELLIGENCE KEYNOTE Is machine intelligence is the last invention that humanity will ever need to make and will smart machines help to preserve humanity and our values? PANEL DISCUSSION Are the solutions to the world s biggest problems within our reach? Can we trust machines? How to encourage cross- North Sea investment and collaboration targeting work on AI in particular? Panelists (tbc) REFRESHMENTS CREATING GLOBAL IMPACT World s largest single-site solar park Massive-scale simulation of entire cities The world s most bespoke ocean research platform Ground breaking automatic cyber security
L39 The next frontier: The age of Artificial Intelligence Date: SEPT 2018, Venue: L39, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London 12:15PM NETWORKING LUNCH 1:45PM REFRESHMENTS 1:00PM PANEL DISCUSSION Investing in AI and IOT: benefits and risks Panelists (tbc) 2:00PM LONDON S STRENGTHS IN AI AND AUTOMATION How to leverage the capabilities of one of the world's most powerful tech cities? 1:45PM PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS How Norwegian industries are accelerating the digital transformation? Speakers (tbc) 2:30PM 3:00PM SPECIAL EDITION FOCUSING ON AI AND IOT 5th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION RECEPTION 6:30PM NETWORKING DINNER HOSTED BY THE NORWEGIAN AMBASSADOR Speakers, 6 th COHORT and invited guests Please note this preliminary agenda and topics are subject to change.
BENEFITS Shared intelligence TO DELIVER REAL IMPACT Find actionable insight quickly SAVE TIME AND RESOURCES Minimal interference JOIN IN BETWEEN DAILY ACTIVITIES Learn from use cases INCREASE AI KNOWLEDGE Join the London ecosystem BUILD AI LEADERSHIP CAPABILITIES Tailored content AI OPPORTUNITIES ADDRESSED Photo: Canary Wharf Group
Value What value does it bring? We are on a mission to connect Norwegian industries with the vibrant and fast-growing AI.IOT ecosystem in London/UK, both to explore future opportunities to collaborate and to exchange ideas. It is a superfast way to establish foothold in a thriving global tech and business hub, a great opportunity to showcase/benchmark emerging technologies and understand how AI can be applied at scale. Why London? The UK has an impressive track-record on AI, and to ensure that they stay at the forefront in the development and application of these powerful new technologies the UK government recently launched The AI Sector Deal worth almost 1 billion. The launch was held at Imperial College which has a history of excellence in AI going back over 30 years. Today they have over 600 people across the College responding to global challenges in AI research. Key ambitions are; The deal aims to help the UK seize the estimated 232 billion opportunity AI offers the UK economy by 2030 (10% of GDP) 1,000 new government funded AI PhDs will keep the UK at the forefront of innovation and build UK status as AI research hotspot More than 50 leading technology companies and organisations have contributed to the development of the deal including almost 300 million of private sector investment. It includes new investments such as: Japanese venture capital firm Global Brain opening its first European HQ in the UK and investing 35 million in UK deep-tech start-ups The University of Cambridge opening a new 10 million AI supercomputer and making its infrastructure available to businesses Top-ranking Vancouver-based venture capital firm Chrysalix, is also going to establish a European HQ in the UK and use it to invest up to 110 million in AI and robotics The Alan Turing Institute and Rolls-Royce will jointly-run research projects exploring: how data science can be applied at scale, the application of AI across supply chains, data-centric engineering and predictive maintenance, and the role of data analytics and AI in science. The UK will establish a 9 million world-leading Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation. London and UK are already home to some of the world`s biggest names in AI like Deepmind, Benevolent.ai, Darktrace, Swiftkey and Babylon.
FEES Participant fee: The participant fee for scaleups is 2900 and covers 6 month membership at L39 and programme activities. Costs Travel, accommodation, insurance and other living expenses are not included and is to be paid for by the participants.
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PROFILES is intended for founders, senior executives and business leaders who build next generation AI and IOT solutions and capabilities. The ideal participant will hold many of these attributes: AMBITIOUS: You are a founder/c-level executive who make higher-stake decisions, demonstrate leadership skills and business expertise, as well as team building abilities to scale operations globally. PROMISING: You have achieved product/market fit and are looking to implement a business/operational model that allows you to acquire customers at a profit while still delivering on the customer benefits and value. DEDICATED: You are looking to develop the right mindset or the attitude to a grand challenge, and how you use and develop the qualities you have to maximum effect in meeting that challenge. CURIOUS: You are looking for continuous improvement, constantly questioning what you are doing. We will carefully review all applicants, but are asking scaleups to have the following in place: Must be tech-companies past early stage which are ready to grow internationally Must have developed a product in sale and have financing for the next 12 months
APPLICATION APPLY BEFORE 20 JUNE, 2018 QUESTIONS? PLEASE CONTACT US: @innovationnorway.no Photo: Thinkstock