11:30-12:20

Hotel Restaurant

Conference lunch

12:20-13:20

Main stage

Opening Session

Conference Opening: AI musical introduction from the project: "Co-creative spaces"

Notto Johannes Windju Thelle, Head of Section, Oslo Metropolitan University

Conference welcome

Jon Atle Gulla, Professor NTNU & Director NorwAI

Keynote Speach: Building trust into industrial AI

Remi Eriksen, Group president and CEO, DNV

Coffee break

13:40-15:15

Main stage

Session 2: Recent developments in large language models

LLMs - What, why and the future of it

Chair: Özlem Özgöbek, Associate Professor, NTNU

LLM work of the national library

Per Egil Kummervold, National Library of Norway

Towards Factual and Trustworthy Large-Language Models

Fredrik Heintz, Professor, Head of Division, Head of Unit, Linköping University

Responsible Norwegian Language Models

Jon Espen Ingvaldsen, Adjunct Associate Professor, NTNU, Chief Scientist, Kantega

Frontrunner Schibsted on language models

Daniel Pleus, Data Scientist Lead, Schibsted

Coffee break and refreshments

15:45-16:45

Main stage

Session 3: Innovation Excellence

Innovation partners' use cases

Chair: Arne Jørgen Berre, Chief Scientist, SINTEF, Innovation director NorwAI

Anti-money laundering via federated learning between banks

Johan Östman, Research scientist, AI Sweden

New Tech is good money

Yngvar Ugland, EVP and  Division Director DNB NewTechLab

Matching simulations to the real world

Simone Casolo, Oil & Gas Service Lead and Principal Data Scientist, Cognite, Alexander Stasik, Reearch Scientist, SINTEF

Coffee break

17:05-18:25

Main stage

Session 4: Research-driven innovation

Research at NorwAI and beyond

Chair: Jon Atle Gulla, Professor NTNU & Director NorwAI

NorwAI update- what has been happening in NorwAI? Research contributions from NorwAI

Kerstin Bach, Professor NTNU and Research Director NorwAI

Enabling entrepreneurship and venture creation at the ETH AI Center

Viviana Gropengiesser, Director Entrepreneurship, ETH AI Center, Zürich

Data and AI in the Norwegian police

Claes Lyth Walsø, Director Knowledge at The Police IT Unit

Poster and demo pitches

The accepted posters and demos presented in 1 minute pitches

Demo & posters exhibition

Dinner

09:00-10:00

Main stage

Session 5: Reflection, creativity and talents in AI  

On Intelligence, on Artistic AI and AI Talent Awards

Chair:  Özlem Özgöbek, Associate Professor, NTNU

AI & I: A Personal Perspective on the Field

Keith Downing, Professor, Department of Computer Science, NTNU

Creatively breaking models: A perspective from the arts

Notto Johannes Windju Thelle, Head of Section, Oslo Metropolitan University

Poster award ceremony

Kerstin Bach, Professor NTNU and Research Director NorwAI

Coffee break and refreshments

10:15-12:00

Main stage

Session 6: Trustworthy AI

Will regulators heed the call for AI regulations, or do we already have laws in place? What does the EU say and what are the government plans?

Chair: Andreas Hafver, Principle Research Scientist and Team Leader – Emerging Technologies, Group Research & Development at DNV. 
Debate Chair: Siv Sandvik, political editor, Adresseavisen

Title

Tore O. Sandvik, Norwegian politician, Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) and previously County Mayor of Trøndelag

AI regulations  – a political perspective

Grunde Almeland, Norwegian politician and Parliament member representing the Liberal party (Venstre)

Using AI legally – today and when the AI acts arrive

Christian Bendiksen, Partner, Bull & Co Advokatfirma AS

AI Regulation: The state of play

Tore Tennøe, Director, The Norwegian Board of Technology

Panel discussion on laws and regulations

Coffee break

12:20-13:00

Main stage

Session 7: From Academia to Industry

The Conference Punchline: Bringing innovation to industry - a success story

Chair: Rolf D. Svendsen, Communications Manager NorwAI, NTNU

A New Class of Marine Robots: from Nature, through University, into Industry

Kristin Y. Pettersen, Professor, Department of Engineering Cybernetics, NTNU

NorwAI Innovate wrap-up

Jon Atle Gulla, Professor and Director NorwAI, NTNU

Lunch