Schedule

Day 1 - Algorithms Day (April 9th)

09:00: Morning Keynotes - Open Problems in AI

09:00 -09:20 - Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday - Conference Chair (Harvard & MIT & Thinking About Thinking)

09:20 - 10:00 - Dr Shane Gu (Google DeepMind)

10:00 - 10:20 - Prof. Masanori Koyama (University of Tokyo)

10:20 - 10:40 - Dr Kai Arulkumaran (Araya Inc.)

10:40: Break & Networking

11:20: Panel: Is Scale Enough?

Dr Lucy Lai (Session Chair) - OIST & Harvard University

  • Dr Shane Gu (Google DeepMind)

  • Dr Kai Arulkumaran (Araya Inc.)

  • Prof. Masanori Koyama (The University of Tokyo)

  • Dr Emtiyaz Khan (RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP) )

  • Dr Jad Tarifi (Integral AI)

12:00: Break & Networking

13:00: Afternoon Keynotes - Open Problems for AI

13:00 - 13:20 - Prof. Taro Toyoizumi (RIKEN Center for Brain Science)

13:20 - 13:40 - Prof. Yunzhe Liu (Beijing Normal University)

13:40 - 14:00 - Dr James Whittington (Stanford & Oxford University)

14:20 - Break & Networking

15:00 - 15:20 - Dr Emtiyaz Khan (RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project)

15:20 - 15:40 - Dr Jiaxian Guo (Google Research)

15:40-16:20: Panel: What will be the next breakthrough in AI?

Dr James Whittington - Conference Chair (Oxford & Stanford & Zyphra)

  • Dr Yuzuke Iwasawa (University of Tokyo)

  • Dr Taro Toyoizumi (RIKEN Center for Brain Science)

  • Kiran Mysore (Principal at UTEC)

  • Dr Jiaxian Guo (Google Research)

  • Dr Andrey Filchenkov (Noeon Research)

Day 2 - Ethics & Society Day (April 10th)

09:00: Micro Ethics (Keynotes): AI & Individual (researchers)

09:20 - 09:40 - Dr Colin Rowat (Rakuten, Cambridge University)

09:40 - 10:00 - Dr Kenny Song (Citadel AI)

10:00: Micro Ethics (Panel) : AI & Individual (researchers)

Nicolay Hagen - Session Chair (NTNU & Thinking About Thinking)

  • Dr Kenny Song (Citadel AI)

  • Dr Colin Rowat (Rakuten, Cambridge University)

  • Chris Lengerich (Context Fund)

10:40: Break & Networking

11:20: Meso Ethics (Keynotes) - AI & Organizations

11:20-11:40 - Dr Joe Ledsam (Google Health)

11:40-12:00 - Dr Arisa Ema (University of Toyko, RIKEN)

12:00: Break & Networking

13:00-13:20 - Prof. Skyler Wang (McGill University)

13:40: Meso Ethics (Panel): AI & Organizations

Prof. Skyler Wang - Session Chair (McGill & Thinking About Thinking)

  • Prof. Yuko Itatsu (University of Tokyo)

  • Prof. Arisa Ema (University of Tokyo, RIKEN)

  • Dr Joe Ledsam (Google Health)

  • Evan Burkosky (Kimaru AI)

14:20: Break & Networking

14:40: Macro Ethics (Keynotes) - AI & Society

14:40-15:00 - Prof. Toshie Takahashi (Tohoku University)

14:40-15:00 - Prof. Yuko Harayama (Tohoku University)

16:00: Macro Ethics (Panel): If AI is the Answer, what is the Question?

Dr Colin Conwell - Session Chair (Harvard University)

  • Prof. Yuko Harayama (Tohoku University)

  • Prof. Toshie Takahashi (Waseda University)

  • Kevin Loi-Heng (Avalon AI)

  • Tiffany Kayo (Coral Capital)

Day 3 - Applications Day (April 11th)

09:00: Morning Keynotes: Applications of AI

09:20-09:40 - Dr Jungo Kasai (Kotoba Technical University)

09:40-10:00 - Dr Yukie Nagai (University of Tokyo)

10:00-10:20 - Ilya Kulyatin (Tokyo AI | TAI)

10:20: Break & Networking

11:00: Lightning Talks by Local AI Entrepreneurs

11:00 - Elizabeth Oda (Braid Technologies)

11:10 - Tiago Ramalho (Recursive)

11:20 - Francis Hamilton (Tektome)

11:30 - Qi Chen (Para)

11:40 - Andrew Fyfe (Neutone)

11:50 - Kosuke Arima (Stockmark)

12:00: Break & Networking

13:00: Afternoon Keynotes: AI & Entrepreneurship

13:00 - 13:20 - Takahiro Matsumoto (Cisco / Robust Intelligence)

13:20 - 13:40 - Dr Daisuke Okanohara (Preferred Networks)

13:40 - 14:00 - Dr Tatsuya Harada (University of Tokyo / RIKEN AIP)

14:00: Break & Networking

14:40: Afternoon Keynotes: AI for Science

14:40 - 15:00 - Dr Nick McGreivy (Princeton University)

15:00 - 15:20 - Robert Lange (Sakana AI)

15:20 - 16:00: Panel: AI for Science

Prof. Dan V. Nicolau Jr. - Session Chair (King’s College London)

  • Dr Nick Mcgreivy (Princeton University)

  • Dr Yoshitaka Ushiku (NexaScience)

  • Robert Lange (Sakana AI)

16:20 - 17:00: Fireside Chat: AI, Entrepreneurship, and the Future

Chair: Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday (Harvard, MIT, Thinking About Thinking)