EmTech Digital 2021 | MIT Technology Review | 23 March 2021 | Online

How do you know if you’re making the right decisions about AI?

There is no universal path to success. As a decision maker, you are tasked with figuring out how to move from theory to practice in your organization, while facing information overload and a need to trust the algorithms performing serious business functions.

Learn what is takes to make this world-changing innovation work for your business.

Join EmTech Digital to stand on the shoulders of giants. Get insight from technology experts and industry leaders all along the innovation path. Learn about new developments and opportunities in AI. See examples of how it is solving complicated, real-world challenges and transforming the business landscape.

This annual AI event focuses on topics including:
• The fundamental challenges to be solved for successful implementation
• New developments in AI hardware and algorithms from leading researchers and engineers talk about what’s next
• AI in our lives, including how to address inequities, and identifying strategies to leverage AI in the future

What to expect?

• Insight
EmTech Digital’s annual review of the business impact of artificial intelligence presents thoughtfully chosen world leaders in AI—including business executives, researchers, policymakers, and entrepreneurs. You will hear their latest ideas and discoveries in dynamic presentations and thought-provoking interviews with MIT Technology Review’s editors.

• Inspiration
A complete picture of AI requires looking at it through a business lens—understanding the technology and its inherent challenges, learning the ways AI is transforming how we live and work, and ensuring it performs equally for all. You will leave empowered with ideas and strategies to chart a path forward for your business.

• Influence
Our unique format enables you to choose from an assortment of deep-dive interactive sessions, ask questions of our hosts and speakers, and participate in live polls and debates. You also get the opportunity to network with speakers and fellow attendees and learn firsthand about their journeys. You will log off with valuable mix of ideas and connections to propel you to the next phase of AI implementation.

2021 Speakers

Animashree Anandkumar
Director of ML Research, NVIDIA

David Benigson
Cofounder & CEO, Signal AI

Abeba Birhane
PhD Candidate, Complex Software Lab, University College Dublin

Elizabeth Bramson-Boudreau
CEO and Publisher, MIT Technology Review

Alexander D'Amour
Senior Research Scientist, Google

Veena Dubal
Professor of Law, UC Hastings College of the Law

Madeleine Clare Elish
Senior Research Scientist, Ethical AI, Google

Darío Gil
Senior Vice President and Director, IBM Research

Karen Hao
Senior AI Reporter, MIT Technology Review

Nicholas Harris
Founder and CEO, Lightmatter

Will Douglas Heaven
Senior Editor for AI, MIT Technology Review

Xuedong Huang
Technical Fellow and Chief Technology Officer, Azure Cognitive Services, Microsoft

Stefan Jockusch
Vice President, Strategy, Siemens Digital Industries Software

Michelle Lee
Vice President, Machine Learning Solutions Lab, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Ed McLaughlin
President, Operations & Technology, Mastercard

Andrew Ng
Founder and CEO, Landing AI

Amy Nordrum
Commissioning Editor, MIT Technology Review

Julia Reinhardt
Fellow in Residence, Mozilla Foundation

Elisabeth Reynolds
Executive Director, Work of the Future and the Industrial Performance Center, MIT

Bratin Saha
Vice President of Machine Learning Services, Amazon AI, Amazon Web Services

Julian Sanchez
Director of Emerging Technology, John Deere

Saiph Savage
Director, Civic Innovation Lab, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

Jennifer Strong
Senior Editor for Podcasts and Live Journalism, MIT Technology Review

Ilya Sutskever
Co-Founder & Chief Scientist, OpenAI

Hamid Tizhoosh
Director, KIMIA Lab, University of Waterloo

Kyle Vogt
CTO and Founder, Cruise

Sanjeev Vohra
Global Lead, Applied Intelligence, Accenture

Alexandr Wang
CEO and Founder, Scale AI

Bike Xie
VP of Engineering, Kneron Inc.

Mammad Zadeh
VP of Engineering, Data Platform, Intuit

MIT INSIDE TRACK:

Pulkit Agrawal
Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT

Niall Firth
News Editor, MIT Technology Review

Rachel Gordon
Communications Officer, MIT CSAIL

Caris Moses
PhD Student, MIT

Rosalind Picard
Professor, Media Arts and Sciences, MIT

Sam Ransbotham
Professor, Carroll School of Management, Boston College, Guest Editor, MIT Sloan Management Review

Allison Ryder
Senior Project Editor, MIT Sloan Management Review

Phiala Shanahan
Assistant Professor, Physics, MIT

Shashank Srikant
PhD Candidate, MIT CSAIL

Reed Sturtevant
General Partner, The Engine

Jesse Thaler
Associate Professor, Physics, MIT

Alex Wallar
Cofounder and CTO, The Routing Company

Yibiao Zhao
CEO, ISEE AI

2021 Sponsors and Partners

PRESENTING SPONSORS:
• Accenture
• Siemens

EVENT PARTNER:
• KPMG

MIT INSIDE TRACK CONTRIBUTOR:
• Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
• The Engine
• Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions