WAICF 2023 - France | World AI Cannes Festival (WAICF) | 8 February 2023 | Palace of Festivals and Congresses of Cannes, Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, 1 Bd de la Croisette, 06400 Cannes, France

The World AI Cannes Festival was born out of the desire to bring together businesses and individuals in Artificial Intelligence. Through a rich and diverse line up, attendees are invited to discover and understand the many ways in which artificial intelligence impacts our daily lives. The World AI Cannes Festival also presents a unique opportunity for businesses to be exposed to innovative ideas, novel information, and new findings. Businesses will be called to showcase their knowledge and experiences as well as to network with leading industry players and decision makers.

2023 Speakers

Sami ARPA
CEO
LARGO.AI

Bryn BALCOMBE
Autonomy Systems and Regulatory Expert
OXBOTICA

Matthew BARNARD
Founder / CEO
PODKNIFE

Martijn BAUTERS
Head of Data & Digital
CERBA RESEARCH GROUP

Saïda BELOUALI
Head of department of Humanities and DHM Management
ENSAO, UNIVERSITE MOHAMMED PREMIER

Fawzi BENMESSAOUD
CIO
INTRALLECT

Soummo BOSE
Head AI
TATA STEEL

Charles-Edouard BOUEE
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
ADAGIA PARTNERS

Rafael CARVALHO DE FASSIO
Attorney General, counsel for Science, Technology and Innovation
SÃO PAULO STATE GOVERNMENT

Andre CHEUNG
Founder & CEO
ROBOTICS CATS

Saeed CONTRACTOR
Global Head of the Intelligent Automation COE, Tech
UBER

Geertrui Mieke DE KETELAERE
Adjunct Professor
VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL

Michael DEFOIN-PLATEL
Head of Machine Learning and Innovation
AMADEUS

Claus DUEDAL PETERSEN
Head of User Support
DANISH HEALTH AUTHORITIES

Divya DWIVEDI
Advocate
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

Victoria EDWARDS
CEO
FIDO TECH

Jibu ELIAS
Head of Content & Research
INDIA AI

Oren ETZIONI
CEO
ALLEN INSTITUTE FOR AI

Thomas FIIG
Director Chief Scientist
AMADEUS

Brandon FISCHER
CEO
ALLEO

Pascale FUNG
Director, Center for AI Research (CAiRE)
HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Alexis GENDRONNEAU
Data & AI products Director
OVHCLOUD

Aidan GOMEZ
CEO and Co-Founder
COHERE

Aliya GRIG
Founder
EVOLWE AI

Wolfgang HAUNER
Head of Group Data Analytics
ALLIANZ

Danijela HORAK
Head of Machine Learning, R&D
BBC

Kevin JEFFRIES
Data Analyst
OGC NICE

Luc JULIA
Chief Scientific Officer
RENAULT

John KAMARA
Founder & CEO
ADANIAN LABS / AI CENTER OF EXCELLENCE (AICE)

Michael KEARNS
Amazon Scholar
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Nicholas KELLEY
Director Data Science & A.I. Portfolio Strategy and Innovation
NOVARTIS

Katereh KHODAVIRDI
Vice President – Data Science, Analytics & ML Products
VENMO/PAYPAL

Carsten KRAUS
CEO/Serial Founder
CK HOLDING/CASABLANCA.AI

Jhillika KUMAR
CEO and Founder
MENTRA

Markus KUMPF
Head of Recruiting Innovation & Technology
SIEMENS

Xavier LAGARDERE
Chief Data Officer, Vice President Data Strategy and Transformation
LUFTHANSA GROUP

Yann LECUN
Vice-President and Chief AI Scientist
META AI

David LEPICIER
Global Data & Analytics Director
PERNOD RICARD

Olivia LIAO
Senior Director of Data Science
STITCH FIX

Camila MANERA
Chief Data Officer/Ex Data Scientist, user experience and Artificial Intelligence
LIBRODEPASES/ THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY

Anna MARESCHI DANIELI
Group Executive, Board Member
DANIELI & C SPA

Elir MATATYAHU
CTO
BEYOND VIRTUAL

Giuliano N. S MENDONÇA
Head of Innovation in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
EMBRAER

Paul-Adrien MENEZ
CEO and Co-Founder
SMARTWAY.AI

Katharina MERAN
CCO
CERTAI/MUNICH:RE

Florent MICHEL
CTO
IMKI Tech

Mark MINEVICH
Co-Chair of AI / Chair of the Executive Committee and External Affairs / Sr. Advisor / President and General Partner
PLANET ALLIANCE / AI FOR GOOD FOUNDATION / BCG / GOING GLOBAL VENTURES

Rudradeb MITRA
Founder and CEO
OMDENA

Shalini NAIR
Co-Founder and Board Director
ENNOVENTURE INC

Jayant NARAYAN
Manager, Global AI Action Alliance
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

Nick NI
Sr. Director Data Center AI Marketing
AMD

Miguel PAREDES
Vice President Artificial Intelligence & Data Science
ALBERTSONS / SAFEWAY

François-Xavier PIERREL
Group Chief Data Officer
JCDECAUX

Remy POTTIER
Director of Innovation
ARM

Alberto PRADO
Vice-President, Global Head of Digital & Partnership, R&D,
UNILEVER

Philippe RAMBACH
Senior Vice President, Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC

Jair RIBEIRO
Analytics & Insights Leader
VOLVO GROUP

Stéphane RODER
CEO
AI BUILDERS

Dominick ROMANO
Founder
DRAINPIPE

Stuart RUSSELL
Professor of Computer Science and Michael H. Smith and Lotfi A. Zadeh Chair in Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY

Lévan SARDJEVELADZE
CEO / President
CELSIUS ONLINE /SYNDICAT NATIONAL DU JEU VIDEO

Nalini SAXENA
Executive Director
PORTAL

Michaela SCHUTT
SVP, Head of Global Talent Acquisition Ecosystem
SIEMENS

Karen SILVERMAN
CEO and Founder
THE CANTELLUS GROUP

SKYGGE a.k.a Benoit Carré
songwriter and producer
PUPPET MASTER

JoAnn STONIER
Chief Data Officer
MASTERCARD

Lisa THEE
Data for Good Practice Lead
LAUNCH CONSULTING

Manuela VELOSO
Head
J. P. MORGAN CHASE AI RESEARCH

Thomas WEBER
AI Chief Product Huawei WEU
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES

Joseph WEHBE
Chief Artificial Intelligence Ecosystem Builder
DAIMLAS

Topher WHITE
Founder & Chair
RAINFOREST CONNECTION / SQUIBBON

Russ WHITMAN
Chief Strategy Officer
LAUNCH CONSULTING

Thomas WOLF
Co-founder and Chief Science Officer
HUGGINGFACE

Alice XIANG
Global Head of AI Ethics
SONY

2023 Sponsors

DIAMOND SPONSORD:
• Amda
• IBM

STRATEGIC SPONSOR:
• Huawei

VILLAGE STARUP SPONSOR:
• AWS Starups

GOLD SPONSORS:
• FPT Software
• Graphcore
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise
• Intel
• PANGEANIC

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Amadeus
• BOSTON
• Drainpipe
• Expert AI
• HP FRANCE
• OVH Cloud
• PNY
• SAAGIE
• SmartCow

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• AXELERA
• Konica Minolta
• PRELIGENS
• SAS

OFFICIEL:
• Cannes
• DEPARTEMENT 06