Nordic Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence and its rapid rate of development quickly changes both expectations and prerequisites for the development of research, business and society.

Time and place: – , Domus Bibliotheca
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Nordic Perspectives is part of a series of collaborative conferences in the Nordic countries, with specially invited participants from technology-leading businesses and research environments, public sector and political leadership.

The Oslo conference is organized by Schibsted, The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO), SINTEF, University of Oslo and Oslo Science City, in cooperation with Kaya Partners. The purpose of this conference is to create a common knowledge base and collaboration platforms, as well as clarify common challenges and opportunities within research and business in the Nordic countries.

Thursday 12th of October

17:45 Doors open
18:00 – 21:00

Welcome evening Nordic Perspectives 2023, Domus Bibliotheca, Karl Johans gate 47, University of Oslo

  • Welcome by Svein St?len, Rector University of Oslo and Chairman Oslo Science City 
  • The Nordic Perspectives initiative – Why we meet and what to expect, Bo Lidegaard, Partner, Kaya Partners
  • Artificial Intelligence in the Twin Transition, Professor Morten D?hlen, Director, dScience – Centre for Computational and Data Science, University of Oslo
  • Music and Artificial Intelligence today and in the future
    Meet the composers and artists Peter Baden and Bernt Isak W?rstad which will present how they use artificial intelligence together with human intelligence to create new music
  • Tapas and mingling 

Friday 13th of October

08:30 Doors open – Coffee serving 
09:00 – 10:15

Nordic Perspectives 2023 – Opening Session

  • Welcome and introduction by Kristin Skogen Lund, CEO, Schibsted
  • Talk by State Secretary Oddmund L?kensgard Hoel, Ministry of Education and Research 
  • Status of AI in the Nordic Countries,
    Klas Pettersen, CEO, NORA – Norwegian Artificial Intelligence Research Consortium

  • Panel discussion chaired by Idar Kreutzer, Director, The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO)

    • Kristin Skogen Lund, CEO, Schibsted
    • Alexandra Bech Gj?rv, President and CEO, Sintef
    • Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen, Deputy Secretary General, OECD
    • Pekka Ala-Pietil?, Chair, European Commission High-Level Expert Group on A.I. (2018-2020)
    • Amy Loutfi, Professor, School of Science and Technology, ?rebro University
10:15 – 10:45 Coffee break
10:45 – 12:15

Language Models and Regulations (Chair: Kristin Skogen Lund, CEO, Schibsted)

The Importance of Nordic Large Language Models; the Status and Way Forward 

  • Sven St?rmer Thaulow, CDTO, Schibsted and Board Chair, Norw.AI
  • Magnus Sahlgren, Head of Research, NLU, AI Sweden
  • Jon Atle Gulla, Director, Norw.AI and Professor, NTNU
  • Jussi Karlgren, Principal AI Scientist, Silo AI
  • Agnes Stenbom, Head of IN/LAB (Schibsted), Industrial PhD Candidate at KTH

The Impact of AI Regulation

  • Anna S??der, Public Policy Manager, Schibsted
  • Pekka Ala-Pietil?, Board Chair, Sanoma and former Chair, the EU Commission’s High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence
  • Sophus Garfiel, Permanent Secretary, The Danish Ministry of Digitalisation and Gender Equality 
12:15 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 14:30

Artificial intelligence, what's next? (Chair: Morten Dalsmo, CEO, Sintef Digital)

  • How do you know when you are right? – On hallucinations and the limits of trustworthy AI, Professor Anders Hansen, Cambridge University, University of Oslo
  • Generative AI: Opportunities, challenges – and international cooperation, Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen, OECD Deputy Secretary General
  • Hybrid AI for industrial systems, Signe Riemer-S?rensen, Research Manager, Sintef Digital
  • Foundations for AI: Digital Twins and Knowledge Modelling, David Cameron, Head of dScience Partnerprogram, University of Oslo 
  • Integreat, Centre for Knowledge-driven Machine Learning, Professor Ingrid Glad, University of Oslo
  • AI and perspectives of the Swedish AI Ecosystem, Amy Loutfi, Professor, School of Science and Technology, ?rebro University
14:30 – 15:30

How do we take it from here? (Chair: Rebecca Adler-Nissen, Professor University of Copenhagen and CEO Copenhagen Center for Social Data Science)

  • Panel discussion and comments from the audience
    • Morten Dalsmo, CEO Sintef Digital
    • Anders Hansen, Professor Cambridge University and UiO
    • Ingrid Glad, Professor University of Oslo
    • Klas Pettersen, CEO NORA
    • Casper Klynge, Vice director, Dansk Erhverv
    • Salla Franzén, Group Chief Data Scientist at SEB, Investment manager Navigare ventures
  • Wrap up conclusions by Bo Lidegaard, Kaya Partners and Professor Morten D?hlen, dScience. 

Attendance of the seminar is by invitation only, but limited by space. The entire conference takes place at the University of Oslo and Domus Bibliotheca in Karl Johans gate 47. Travel and accommodation is arranged by each individual participant.

If you have any inquiries regarding this conference, please contact Eva M. Ekroll at the University of Oslo: e.m.ekroll@dscience.uio.no 

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Tags: nordic perspectives, artificial intelligence, AI
Published Apr. 26, 2023 8:01 PM - Last modified Oct. 12, 2023 5:07 PM
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