EmTech Digital 2019 | MIT Technology Review | 25 March 2019 | St. Regis Hotel, 125 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA

EmTech Digital is a uniquely accessible and insightful forum on the commercialization of AI technologies.

It's where the discerning lens of the world’s preeminent technology university meets Silicon Valley.

Our program is carefully curated to review the state of artificial intelligence technologies. We'll examine the capabilities and commercial applications of these technologies and provide a deeper understanding of the growing economic impact that the field is having on organizations and industries around the world.

This year's themes include:

• The latest advances in AI research, put into context
As interest in AI continues to rise, so do the expectations. We’ll examine some of the most promising research of the year, as well as the very real limitations of these technologies. Gain insights into groundbreaking AI advancements from experts working to develop more useful and intuitive tools. Hear examples of how they’re addressing rising security and privacy concerns, transparency and accountability, and more.

• Commercialization of AI
Advancements in AI technologies have inspired new applications in a broad array of industries. Hear from the experts on how AI is improving their processes, from historically time-consuming and costly challenges, such as drug discovery, to more intelligent approaches to healthcare, transportation, public safety, and urban design.

• Defining Ethical AI
In furthering the development of AI, its creators are often faced with questions that fall outside of their technical area of expertise. An inclusive approach is essential to ensure more broadly beneficial artificial intelligence. Speakers will address the pressing need to better define fairness, combat bias, and create ethical AI.

2019 Speakers

Rediet Abebe
Computer Science Researcher, Cornell University; Cofounder, Black in AI

Andrew Anagnost
President and CEO, Autodesk

Alán Aspuru-Guzik
Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science, University of Toronto; Cofounder of Kebotix and Zapata Computing

Solomon Assefa
Vice President, Africa and Emerging Market Solutions, IBM Research

Jill Becker
CEO and Cofounder, Kebotix

Elizabeth Bramson-Boudreau
CEO and Publisher, MIT Technology Review

David Budden
Research Engineering Team Lead, DeepMind

Bill Dally
Chief Scientist and Senior Vice President of Research, Nvidia

Dmitri Dolgov
CTO and VP of Engineering, Waymo

Martin Giles
San Francisco Bureau Chief, MIT Technology Review

Kathy Gong
Cofounder and CEO, WafaGames

Sam Gregory
Program Director, Witness

Karen Hao
AI Reporter, MIT Technology Review

Brendon Kim
VP, MD, Global Head of Ventures, Samsung NEXT

Will Knight
Senior Editor for AI and Robotics, MIT Technology Review

Daphne Koller
Founder and CEO, Insitro

Mark Latonero
Research Lead, Data & Society

Sergey Levine
Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley

Fei-Fei Li
Professor, Stanford University

Gideon Lichfield
Editor in Chief, MIT Technology Review

Antoinette Matthews
Vice President, Licensing and Communities, MIT Technology Review

Brendan McCord
Senior Advisor for AI, US Department of Defense

Taniya Mishra
Director or AI Research and Lead Speech Scientist, Affectiva

Lama Nachman
Intel Fellow, Intel Labs; Director, Anticipatory Computing Lab, Intel

Andrew Ng
Founder & CEO, Landing AI; Founder and CEO, Deeplearning.ai

Rahul Panicker
Chief Innovation Officer, Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence

Rohit Prasad
Vice President and Head Scientist, Alexa AI, Amazon

Naveen Rao
Corporate Vice President and General Manager, Artificial Intelligence Products Group, Intel

Rashida Richardson
Director of Policy Research, AI Now Institute

David Rotman
Editor at Large, MIT Technology Review

Harry Shum
Executive Vice President, Artificial Intelligence and Research Group, Microsoft

Chazz Sims
Cofounder and CEO, Wise Systems

Dawn Song
Professor, UC Berkeley; Founder and CEO, Oasis Labs

Kent Walker
Senior Vice President of Global Affairs and Chief Legal Officer, Google

2019 Partners

PRESENTING PARTNER:
• intel

EVENT PARTNERS:
• EY
• SAMSUNG NEXT
• Chatbase
• PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
• Artendex

XR PARTNER + MEDIA PARTNER:
• TALESPIN
• BIG fish communications