“…You'll hear keynotes from Andrew Ng (Coursera) on how AI will revolutionize the world just as electricity did 100 years ago; Jia Li (Google Cloud) on why a democratized approach to AI will bestow AI's benefits to the widest audience possible; Tim O'Reilly (O'Reilly Media) on the AI design choices we must make to avoid a world ruled by hostile AI machines; and you'll get to listen to what the VC's think about AI in a keynote by Vijay Pande (Andreessen Horowitz), and a fireside chat between Steve Jurvetson (DFJ Venture Capital) and Naveen Rao (Intel). …”

“…Using WordPress for Digital Workflows and More—Kirk Biglione (Oxford Media Works), Hugh McGuire (PressBooks / LibriVox / Iambik ) Margin Walking: How Annotation Technology Reinvents and Renews the Book—Joe Wikert (O'Reilly Media, Inc.), Seth Kaufman (Copia Interactive) Market: Keplers2020: Building the Community Bookstore of the 21st Century—Thad McIlroy (TheFutureofPublishing.com), Praveen Madan (Keplers2020, Booksmith) Creating A Strong Youth Media Brand—Frederik Wiedemann (ReD Associates), Kasper Tostesen (Danish Broadcasting Corporation) Consumer Attitudes toward E-Book Reading—Len Vlahos (Book Industry Study Group), Kelly Gallagher (RR Bowker)…”

“…Eight tutorials, including MIT's Vikash Mansinghka survey of the emerging field of probabilistic programming; Microsoft's Anusua Trivedi, Barbara Stortz, and Patrick Buehler’s examination of scalable deep learning using Microsoft's Cognitive Toolkit; and Narrative Science's Kristian Hammond’s (founder of the University of Chicago’s AI Lab) revelations on the best ways to evaluate emerging AI strategies and vendors. 40+ sessions on the tools, frameworks, algorithms, and approaches used to build practical AI technology, including Eric Greene (Wells Fargo Digital Innovation Labs) on deep learning and predictive payments; Rana el Kaliouby (Affectiva) on real life applications of artificial emotional intelligence; Jana Eggers (Nara Logics) on how to translate abstract AI into real numbers for business; Matt Shobe (Mighty AI) on building training data for autonomous driving; Jan Neumann (Comcast) on how AI powers the Comcast X1 voice interface; Pau Carré (Gilt) on deep learning in the fashion industry; Paco Nathan (O'Reilly Media) on the use of AI in publishing; and Ron Bodkin (Teradata) and Nadeem Gulzar (Danske Bank Group) on using AI to fight financial fraud at Danske Bank. 25+ sessions on d..…”