AICan 2018 is the first annual meeting of the Pan-Canadian AI Strategy. The event brings together AI researchers and industry and government partners from across Canada. The event will showcase and celebrate the first cohort of the Canada CIFAR AI Chairs program, forty of Canada’s leading AI researchers from across our three national AI Institutes, Amii, Mila and the Vector Institute, including long-standing Canadian leaders and new recruits to Canada.
Please note this event is by invitation only.
Preliminary Program
9:00 AM |
Welcome and Opening Remarks |
9:15 AM |
Theme 1: Advances in Deep Learning Spotlight talks with a moderated panel discussion |
10:10 AM |
Energy Break |
10:25 AM |
Theme 2: Foundations in Machine Learning Spotlight talks with a moderated panel discussion |
11:25 AM |
Theme 3: Advancements in Reinforcement Learning Spotlight talks with a moderated panel discussion |
12:05 PM |
Networking Lunch & Roundtable |
1:00 PM |
Theme 4: Intersections in Machine Learning Spotlight talks with a moderated panel discussion |
2:20 PM |
Theme 5: Teaching Machines to See, Speak and Understand Spotlight talks with a moderated panel discussion |
3:15 PM |
Closing Remarks |
3:20 PM |
Reception |