NorwAI Innovate Conference 2024

NorwAI Innovate Conference 2024

24-25 September | Scandic Nidelven Trondheim 

Register by September 9th to be included on the distributed participant list!

CONFERENCE IS FULL - REGISTRATION CLOSED

Pre-conference meet-up event for AI-center stakeholders

Pre-conference meetup for AI-centre stakeholders

In collaboration with NorwAI, The Research Council of Norway will facilitate a meetup for AI-centre stakeholders.

The target group for the event is AI-centre initiatives representatives, partner-candidates (researchers and industry), and other stakeholders looking to engage.

The purpose is to stimulate cooperation and help develop competitive applications for the main call. We hope to provide an opportunity for matchmaking and help participants to identify AI-centres of interest. 

Read more about the government's AI research investment on RCN's website here.

September 24th  

09:30-10:00

Mingle area

Registration, coffee and refreshments

10:00-11:30

Main stage

Agenda

  • Introduction by RCN
  • AI-centre initiatives – short pitches from the AI-Centre initiatives
  • Matchmaking - World Café

This event is included in the conference ticket but it is also possible to register for this meetup only, for a small fee to cover administrative costs. The participants-list at meetup event will be shared with the Research Council in order for them to organize the matchmaking activity.

 

Watch the recordings of the presentations of the AI-centre initiatives: 

AI-centre Matchmaking Event 24.sept. 2024

 

 

 

 

Conference program

CONFERENCE PROGRAM 2024

13:00 and onwards: There is a poster exhibition in the mingle area throughout the conference, as well as a demo exhibition in meetingroom 4 "Øya", under the stairs by the hotel entrance.

 

September 24th  

11:30-12:20

Hotel Restaurant

Conference lunch

12:20-13:30

Main stage

Opening Session

Chair: Rolf D. Svendsen, NTNU

 

  • Opening and highlights, Jon Atle Gulla, Professor and Director of NorwAI, NTNU
  • Welcome from NTNU, Tor Grande, Rector, NTNU
  • AI: What will it take for Norway to succeed? Oddmund Hoel, Minister of Research and Higher Education
  • 122 ideas for National AI Centers – where do we go from here? Status, and the way forward for the AI research- and innovation investments at the Research Council of Norway, Olaug Råd, Special Advisor, Research Council Norway
  • The Machines must speak Norwegian and the algorithms must understand Norway – why the National Library of Norway is training generative language models, Aslak Sira Myhre, CEO, National Library of Norway
  • Why laws must be freely readable and reusable, Håkon Wium Lie, Open data activist, YesLogic
13:30-13:45

Coffee break

13:45-15:30

Main stage

Session 2: Facilitators and Challenges of implementing AI in Norwegian businesses + panel

Chair: Terje Brasethvik, NTNU

 

  • How NRK transforms LLMs into real-life value. Pål Nedregotten, CTO/CPO, NRK
  • Transforming the finance industry through AI. Astrid Undheim, SpareBank 1 SMN
  • How do we speed up the use and development of AI in Norwegian Businesses? Rebekka Borsch, Head of Department Skills, Innovation and Digitalization, NHO

Panel discussion: Aslak Sira Myhre, Pål Nedregotten, Astrid Undheim, Rebekka Borsch, Oddmund Hoel. Moderator: Jarle Roheim Håkonsen, ICT-Norway
15:30-16:00

Coffee break and refreshments

16:00-16:40

Main stage

Session 3: Research updates from NorwAI

Chair: Kerstin Bach, NTNU

 

  • Research Update from NorwAI, Kerstin Bach, Research Director NorwAI and Professor NTNU
  • Safe and responsible use of LLMs in industry, Andreas Hafver, Principal Research Scientist, DNV, and NorwAI - TRUST work package leader
  • Answering Complex Open-ended Questions in the Era of Generative LLMs, Weronika Łajewska, PhD Candidate, University of Stavanger
16:40-17:00

Coffee break

17:05-18:25

Main stage

Session 4: Lightning Talks

Chair: Pål S. Malm, The Research Council of Norway

 

  • What does it take for private and public companies to succeed in adopting AI technologies as part of their business model? Eirik Andreassen, Head of Digital Technologies and Industry Networks, Coordinator for EU project Nemonoor (DIGITAL EUROPE), Digital Norway
  • How to integrate research in business, Gorm Grønnevet, VP Analytics and AI, Telenor
  • Operative explainable artificial intelligence, Odd Erik Gundersen, Chief AI Officer, ANEO
  • Hybrid modelling in the power sector, Halvor Lund, Senior Data Scientist, Statnett
  • Bridging the gap between process simulators and real data with Hybrid ML, Roland Sauter, Analytics Lead, Kognitwin, KDI, Kongsberg Digital
  • Poster pitches
18:25-19:30

Demo- and poster exhibitions and apertif
19:30-

Dinner

 

September 25th  

09:00-10:00

Main stage

Session 5: Innovation

Chair: Till Christopher Lech, SINTEF

 

  • Poster award ceremony
  • NorwAI Innovation 2.0 – A conversation with Nhien Nguyen, NorwAI - INNOECO WP leader and Associate professor, NTNU
  • Safe applications of large language models, Terje Brasethvik, Adjunct Associate Professor, NTNU
  • Building AI-tech all over the place: Innovation is chaos, Simen Eide, AI Lead, Schibsted Media 

 
10:00-10:15

Coffee break and refreshments

10:15-12:00

Main stage

Session 6: AI Act/regulations - Implementation and Implications + Panel

Chair: Özlem Özgöbek, NTNU

 

  • What will the AI-act mean for you? Alexandra Schultz, Advisor at the Norwegian Digitalization Agency and co-founder of SiFi Labs, Norwegian Digitalization Agency
  • Regulations for the Digital Economy – Impact on Industry, Till Christopher Lech, Senior Scientist, Head of Smart Data Research Group, SINTEF Digital
  • Navigating the AI Act: Strategic Compliance and Contractual Obligations, Stine Helén Pettersen, Entertainment lawyer and Copyright law expert, Partner, Ræder Bing
  • Responsible AI from research to practice, Jeriek Paul Van den Abeele, Research Scientist, Telenor Research & Innovation

Panel discussion with the speakers of the session. Moderator: Knut Eilif Halgunset, Leader transformation and strategic partners, SpareBank 1 SMN
12:00-12:20

Coffee break

12:20-13:00

Main stage

Session 7: Transforming Businesses with Data-Driven AI

Chair: Jon Atle Gulla, NTNU

 

  • Introducing Medbric: Pioneering AI Agents for Healthcare, Jorunn Thaulow, PhD Candidate, University of Oslo, District Medical Officer, Oslo Municipality, Co-founder and CEO, Medbric
    Jon Espen Ingvaldsen, Adjunct Associate Professor, NorwAI/NTNU, Co-founder and CTO, Medbric
  • Energy Transition powered by Industrial Data & AI, John Markus Lervik, Chief Strategy & Development Officer and co-founder, Cognite AS and Simone Casolo,  Service Lead for industrial AI, Cognite AS

13:00

Hotel Restaurant

Lunch

Workshop

After-conference workshop (in Norwegian): Bruk av KI-verktøy på arbeidsplassen

 

September 25th  

14:15-15:30

Meeting room 4 "Øya", under the stairs by the hotel entrance.

Workshop del 1

Korte foredrag og panel
15:30-16:00 Coffee break & refreshments

16:00-16:45

Meeting room 4 "Øya", under the stairs by the hotel entrance.

Workshop del 2

Interaktivt gruppearbeid

Velkommen til workshopen “Bruk av KI-verktøy på arbeidsplassen”, i regi av Norwegian Open AI Lab – NAIL.

Her vil deltakerne få mulighet til å bli enda bedre kjent med tematikker fra konferansens hovedprogram. Deltakerne vil utforske hvordan kunstig intelligens (KI) kan forandre arbeidshverdagen, samtidig som de utforsker hva som er lov og lurt når man bruker denne teknologien.

I sesjonene vil deltakerne få møte blant andre Heine Skipenes, Magnus Själander, Dorthea Vatn og Inga Strümke fra NTNU, samt Steinar Noem fra Udelt, Casper Tejg Jespersen fra ONwork, og Knut Eilif Halgunset fra Sparebank1 SMN.