2023 MIT Paris Symposium: "Future of Work with AI"

Organizations and individuals are facing tremendous challenges in today’s workplace.  How work gets done, when and where work gets done and now who does the work are key questions that leaders have to tackle.  In this symposium we will address the impact of Artificial Intelligence on the future of work. How can we tackle workforce development in new ways to gear up for this paradigm shift in the workplace?

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Agenda

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM :   Welcome & Introduction

9:15 AM - 9:55 AM : "Augmenting Performance With AI" with Pattie Maes, Professor of Media Technology, MIT Media Lab

9:55 AM - 10:35 AM : "Future of Work" with Kathleen D Kennedy, Executive Director, MIT Center for Collective Intelligence

10:35 AM - 11:15 AM : "Big Fish’ Automation – Scaling New Technologies That Improve Work" with Ben Armstrong, Executive Director, MIT Industrial Performance Center

11:15 AM - 11: 30 AM : Networking Break

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM : Panel Discussion

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM : "Startups Lightning Talks" hosted by  Catarina Madeira, Director, MIT Startup Exchange - with : 

• Computer Vision in Challenging Scenarios - Tristan Swedish, CTO and Co-Founder, Ubicept 
• Resilient AI Solving Real-World Problems - Cyrus Shaoul, Co-founder and CEO, Leela AI
• Bringing Renewable Energy to Heavy Industry - Peter Godart,Co-founder and CEO, Found Energy
• A Soft, High-Resolution Tactile Sensing Company - Patrick Stack, Principal Software Engineer, GelSight
• Intelligent & Functional Biomaterials - Virj Kan, CEO, Primitives Biodesign

12:30 PM : Closing Remarks