Schedule
Day 1 - Algorithms Day (December 4th)
09:00: Morning keynotes - What can artificial intelligence learn from the study of natural intelligence and vice versa?
09:00 -09:20 - Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday - Conference Chair (Harvard & MIT & Thinking About Thinking)
09:20 - 10:00 - Professor Kanaka Rajan - Group Leader (Harvard Medical School)
10:00 - 10:20 - Professor Hidenori Tanaka - Group Leader (CBS-NTT & Harvard University)
10:220 - 10:40 - Dr James Whittington - Conference Chair (Stanford & Oxford & Zyphra)
10:40: Break & Networking
11:20: Panel & Breakouts: How Should We Fund AI Research?
Felix Sosa (Session Chair) - Harvard & MIT & Advaita & Thinking About Thinking
Dr Olivia Viessmann - Senior Machine Learning Scientist(Flagship Pioneering)
Michael Fischer - Founder (DeSciNYC / DB DAO)
Mary Wang - Head of Strategic Initiatives (Convergent Research)
Professor Michael Lissack - Executive Director(Second Order Science Foundation)
Zahra Khwaja - Venture Manager(PillarVC + ARIA)
12:00: Break & Networking
13:00: Afternoon keynotes - What are the Open Problems for AI/ML Algorithms?
13:00 - 13:40 - Dr Jonathan Richard Schwarz - Head of AI Research (Thomson Reuters)
13:40 - 14:20 - Dr Zi Wang - Research Scientist (Google Deepmind)
14:20: Break & Networking
15:00: Afternoon keynote - Multi-Agent Interactions in the General-Sum Setting
15:00 - 15:40 - Professor Aaron Courville - Professor and CIFAR Chair (Université de Montréal & Mila)
15:40-16:20: Panel: Is this the end of Scale?
Dr James Whittington - Conference Chair (Oxford & Stanford & Zyphra)
Dr Isabel Papadimitriou - Kempner Fellow (Harvard)
Dr Lio Wong - Postdoctoral Fellow (MIT)
Dr Kazuki Irie - Postdoctoral Fellow (Harvard University)
Jeremy Dohmann - AI Research Scientist (MosaicML & Databricks)
Alex Reinhart - Investor (Pillar VC)
Day 2 - Ethics & Society Day (December 5th)
09:00: Micro Ethics Keynotes : What Can Individual Researchers Do for Ethical AI?
09:00 - 09:20 - Professor Skyler Wang - Assistant Professor (McGill University)
09:20 - 09:40 - Professor David Duvenaud - Associate Professor (University of Toronto & Anthropic)
09:40 - 10:00 - Dr William Casey King - Director, Capstone Program (Yale & Microsoft)
10:00: Micro Panel - A false sense of safety: Are current AI safety methods truly effective, or are they just patchwork solutions for deeper problems?
Nicolay Hagen - Session Chair (NTNU & Thinking About Thinking)
Professor David Duvenaud - Associate Professor (University of Toronto & Anthropic)
Stephen Casper - PhD Student (CSAIL, MIT)
Hope Schroeder - PhD Student (MIT)
Chris Lengerich - Partner (Context Fund)
Dr. Naomi Saphra - Kempner Institute, Harvard
Danny Belgrad - Columbia University
10:40: Break & Networking
11:20: Meso Keynotes - What Can Organizations Do for Ethical AI?
11:20-11:40 - Patricia Thaine - Co-Founder & CEO (Private AI)
11:40-12:00 - Jurgita Miseviciute - Head of Public Policy and Government Affairs (Proton)
12:00: Break & Networking
13:00: Meso Keynotes - What Can Organizations Do for Ethical AI?
13:00-13:40 - Dr Aleks Jakulin - Co-Founder & President (Data.Flowers)
13:40: Meso panel: What can organizations do for ethical AI?
Professor Skyler Wang - Session Chair (McGill & Thinking About Thinking)
Dr Chuncheng Liu (Microsoft Research, Northeastern University)
Minsoo Thigpen - Senior Technical Product Manager, Responsible AI (Microsoft)
Jurgita Miseviciute - Head of Public Policy and Government Affairs (Proton)
Dr Aleks Jakulin - Co-Founder & President (Data.Flowers)
Sydney Runkle - Pydantic
14:20: Break & Networking
15:00: Macro Keynotes - AI & Society
15:00 - 15:30 - Prof Alex 'Sandy' Pentland - HAI Fellow & Professor & Director (Stanford & MIT Media Lab & MIT Human Dynamics Lab)
15:30 - 16:00 - Han Sheng Chia - Advancing Evidence in Policy Fellow (Center for Global Development)
16:00: Macro Panel: If AI is the answer, what is the question?
Saima Fancy - Session Chair (Women in AI Ethics & Women in AI Governance)
Eric Kaplan - Executive VP and President (Operation HOPE & financial literacy for all; fl4a.org)
Patricia Thaine - Co-founder & CEO (Private AI)
Ashley Ramrachia - CEO & Co-Founder (Academy)
Sulagna (Dia) Ghosh - JointFamily
Day 3 - Applications Day (December 6th)
09:00: Morning Keynotes: Data, coding, robotics
09:00-09:40 - Sadid Hasan - Microsoft
09:40-10:00 - Professor Andreea Bobu - Assistant Professor (MIT)
10:00 - 10:20 - Professor Agata Lapedriza - (MIT / NEU EAI)
10:20: Break & Networking
10:30: Lightning talks: Data, coding, robotics
Nemo Shi - Session Chair, Aethos
David Rose - Founder (LOOKOUT)
Kimo Gandall& Kenny McLaren - Founder (Fortuna-Insights)
Jenna Winocur & Thomas Baker - Founders (Cognisee)
Tanay Wakhare - Co-Founder & CEO (Prompt Inversion)
Fredrik Heiding - Researcher(Harvard)
Dr Mireia Torello - Co-founder & CEO (AIKreate)
Trevor Keith - Founder (Codapt.ai)
Albert Chen - Co-founder, CEO (Anago)
Waleed Atallah - Founder (Mako)
Kachina Studer - XR Technical Associate (MIT)
Mihailo Isakov - Founder (BoolSi)
Sebastien Mannai - Founder (Amplified Industries, Inc.)
Serge Vasylechko - Co-Founder (Sundai.Club)
12:00: Break & Networking
13:00: Afternoon Keynotes: AI & Entrepreneurship
13:00 - 13:20 - Samuel Colvin - Founder & CEO (Pydantic)
13:20 - 13:40 - Kristen Craft & friends (Fidelity) - Expert Workshop: Best Practices for Closing a Fundraising Round
13:40 - 14:00 - Dr Anna Litvak-Hinenzon - Chief AI Strategist & Founder (AL-Tech AI)
14:00 - 14:20 - Dennis R. Mortensen - CEO and Founder (LaunchBrightly)
14:00: Break & Networking
15:00: Afternoon Keynotes: AI, Biology, & Medicine
15:00 - 15:20 - Professor Dan Nicolau Jr - Associate Professor (Kings College London)
15:20 - 15:40 - Professor Marzyeh Ghassemi - HealthyML (MIT)
16:00: Panel: What is being overlooked right now for AI in Biomedicine?
Dr Clara-Lea Bonzel - Session Chair (Harvard & Thinking About Thinking)
Anna Marie Wagner - Independent Advisor & Board Member
Dr Alex Oshmyansky - Co-founder & CEO (Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company)
Thiri Shwesin Aung - CEO & Founder (Global Impact Assessment)
Dr Salim Afshar - Chief Medical & Innovation Officer (Reveal HealthTech)
Grigori Guitchounts (Flagship Pioneering)