2024 Chicago AI Conference - Discover, Connect, Innovate
Welcome to the Chicago AI Conference!
Join us for a day filled with exciting talks, workshops, and networking opportunities all focused on artificial intelligence. This in-person event will be held at 1871, a premier tech hub in Chicago. Whether you're a seasoned AI professional or just starting out, this conference is perfect for anyone interested in the latest trends and developments in the AI field. Don't miss this chance to connect with fellow AI enthusiasts and learn from industry experts. See you there!
Since 2023, it has become clear that corporate leaders cannot merely observe but must actively engage with today's AI-driven environment. This requiressolid strategies, cutting-edge technologies, and effective partnerships to harness the potential of generative AI and maintain a competitive edge. Chicago AI Week provides these leaders with invaluable insights and strategies from peers and leading experts across various fields. Featured tracks at the event include The GenAI Revolution, Responsible AI Deep Dive, and AI Entrepreneurship and Investing.
In this conference, we will cover:
AI Landscape:
Explore the current state and future prospects of AI in financial services, understanding its impact on various sub-sectors, including banking, payment, capital markets, insurance, investment, and more.
AI Industry Use Cases:
Learn from industry leaders as they share their success stories, use cases, and innovative applications of AI in driving operational efficiency, customer experience enhancement, risk management, and fraud detection.
AI Ethical Issues:
Engage in discussions surrounding the ethical implications of AI in financial services, including data privacy, algorithmic bias, transparency, and responsible AI development. Gain insights into regulatory frameworks and industry guidelines aimed at ensuring ethical AI practices.
AI Entrepreneurship & AI Investing:
From incubating and accelerating innovative startups that harness the power of artificial intelligence to making informed investment decisions in the ever-evolving tech market, this module offers a comprehensive exploration of the fusion between entrepreneurship and investment in the AI domain.
The lineup of 50distinguished speakers includes:
Aaron Letzeiser, Co-Founder, Obie
Agus Sudjianto, former EVP, Head of Corporate Model Risk, Wells Fargo
Alex Castrounis, Founder & CEO, Why of AI
Anastasia "Tracy" Raissis, Founder and CEO Achillia Group, LLC
Anoop Nannra, CEO, Trugard.AI
Aravinda Garimella, Assistant Professor of Information Systems University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Arjun Ravi Kannan, Director, Data Science Research at Discover Financial Services
Asad Hussain, Senior Director, EY-Parthenon
Amy Guterman, Senior Director of Innovation, Philanthropy Salesforce Accelerator
Andrew Czupek, Senior Vice President | Digital Assets and Financial Markets, North America, Northern Trust
Bamshad Mobasher Professor of Computer Science, DePaul University
Betsy Ziegler, CEO, 1871
Boaz Ashkenazy, CEO, Simply Augmented
Cathy R Cobey, Global Responsible AI Co-Lead, Ernst & Young LLP
Carolyn Wiesenhahn, former Chief People Officer and SVP, CDW
Chad Thompson, Chief People Officer, LanzaTech
Chike Aguh, Senior Advisor, The Project on Workforce at Harvard
Damu Winston,Global Head, Web3 Innovation, Amazon
Dan Weisman, Director, Innovation Strategy, National Association of REALTORS®
Diya Wynn, Responsible AI Lead, AWS
Denise Turley, Vice President, Corporate Systems, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Ethan Bueno de Mesquita, Dean and Sydney Stein Professor, University of Chicago
Alderman Gilbert Villegas, Chairman of the Committee on Economic, Capital, and Technology Development, City of Chicago
Giorgio Natili, Firefox’s head of engineering, Mozilla
Haris Khurshid, General Partner, Chalo Ventures
Jacob Hample, Head of U.S. Government Affairs, Filecoin Foundation
Jessica Yeats, Principal Data Scientist, NVIDIA
Jimmy Yang, Chief Risk Analytics and Infrastructure Officer, CIBC
Linda Jingfang Cai, former VP Talent Development, Linkedin
Karl William Putz, Associate Director of R&D Programs, DPI
Kevin Tupper, Principal Solution Architect AI Evangelist, Microsoft
Manas Talukdar, Director of Engineering, Labelbox
Margaret Riley, Senior Vice President, Federal Reserve Financial Services
· Mark Rossi, Vice President, Career Services, Bravanti
Meghna Sinha, Vice President AI Center, Verizon
·Nafiseh (Cati) Mollaei, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Chicago
Nate Savona, Partner, Oliver Wyman
Nicholas Schmidt, Founder and CTO, SolasAI
Nick Pagliuca, VP, Liquid AI
Nick Selz, Co-founder, Kayapay
Noelle Russell, Chief AI Officer, AI Leadership Institute
Reza Rassool, Chair, CEO Kwaai
Salah Goss, Senior Vice President, Mastercard
Sandeep Maira, Founder/CTO, Raven Risk AI
Shanthi Gudavalli, Senior Executive Director, JP Morgan Chase
Sunayna Tuteja, Chief Innovation Officer for the Federal Reserve System
Ted Souder, Founder, Wiggs Holding
Tsi-tsi-ki Félix, Award-Winning Journalist | TEDx Speaker | National TV Host
Xiaochen Zhang, Chicago AI Week Producer; Executive Director and Chief Responsible AI Officer, AI 2030; CEO, FinTech4Good
Varun Nakra, Vice President, Deutsche Bank
Whether you're a seasoned AI professional or just starting out, this conference is perfect for anyone interested in the latest trends and developments in the AI field. Don't miss this chance to connect with fellow AI enthusiasts and learn from industry experts. See you there!