Vancouver AI Connect - presented by RBC Borealis
Vancouver AI Connect invites the AI and Machine Learning (ML) community to this exciting evening with leading industry experts. This edition will feature speakers from Evara AI and Wayve, who will share industry insights and success stories. The event will also include a Q&A session, along with plenty of opportunities for networking over light refreshment.
Don't miss this chance to expand your knowledge and connect with the AI community!
Agenda:
5:00pm: Doors Open
5:30pm - 5:35pm: Opening Remarks
5:35pm - 5:55pm: Andreas Munk (Evara AI) "When Only Data Just Isn't Enough"
5:55pm - 6:15pm: Jamie Shotton (Wayve) "Frontiers in Embodied AI"
6:15pm - 6:45pm: Fireside chat with the speakers and Greg Mori
6:45pm - 8:00pm: Networking & Refreshments
Speakers:
Andreas M. Munk is the founder and CEO of Evara, with a PhD in Computer Science specializing in Probabilistic Programming. He founded Evara to democratize the probabilistic programming paradigm and the Bayesian way of thinking. Originally from Denmark, he earned a Bachelor's in Earth and Space Physics and Engineering and a Master's in Mathematical Modeling and Computation before moving to Vancouver in 2018 to study under Professor Frank Wood, completing his PhD in 2023. His research has been published in top AI & ML conferences, including NeurIPS and ICML. Outside of work, Andreas enjoys skiing, table tennis, working out, and, as a self-described nerd, the occasional D&D—because who doesn’t want to escape reality every now and then? He is proof that long-distance relationships can work, having married in 2024 after several years apart—though he insists the real credit goes to his wife for putting up with him all those years.
Jamie Shotton leads Wayve’s Science department, where he guides our research teams to unlock new research breakthroughs, to enable those breakthroughs to have meaningful impact for the business, and to disrupt both our technical and business strategy to ensure Wayve stays at the forefront of innovation. Before Wayve, Jamie was Partner Director of Science at Microsoft and Head of the Mixed Reality & AI Labs, where he shipped foundational features for Microsoft’s Kinect (Microsoft’s line of motion sensing input devices) and the hand- and eye-tracking that enable HoloLens 2’s interaction model (smart glasses). With a PhD in computer vision from the University of Cambridge, Jamie is a highly accomplished researcher and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2021.