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On Intelligence | Enhancing healthcare with applied intelligence
2017-11-21 17:00 | 2017-11-21 19:00
Faculdade Engenharia Universidade do Porto | Porto
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2017-11-21 17:00 | 2017-11-21 19:00
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On Intelligence a talk series by Faber ventures

  • Talk series dedicated to explore and discuss human-computer evolution and the impact of the new intelligence era on the way we live and work anchored on scientific research advances and innovation from academia and corporations.

Talk #2

Enhancing healthcare with applied intelligence 

 

WHEN: 21st November, 5pm to 7pm

Where: FEUP Auditorium, Porto

 

About the Organizer:

Faber ventures is an early-stage value-added investor from Iberia that backs great entrepreneurs who want to transform the way we live and work with global data-centric software ventures based on scalable distribution models.

About the event:

  • Offer an informed perspective about the potential and impact of the convergence between ML/AI evolutions and the healthcare practice (from prevention, diagnosis, to patient treatment and monitoring)

  • Share applied research solutions that explore ML/AI and healthcare crossroads and its benefits to the patients and healthcare systems’ quality and accuracy

  • Explore and discuss future opportunities at the intersection of healthcare and ML/AI

 

SPONSOR:

  • Microsoft

SUPPORTERS:

  • UPTEC

  • FEUP

  • SOGRAPE

 

INVITED SPEAKERS

  • António Murta, Managing Partner Pathena
  • José Cruz, Chief Software Officer, Fundação Champalimaud
  • José Sousa CTU Manager Health Informatics, Univ. Queen’s, Belfast
  • José Pedro Almeida, Head of Analytics & Data Science Department of São João Hospital Center
  • Liliana Ferreira, Director at Fraunhofer Portugal
  • Researcher from Microsoft Research Centre in Cambridge (To be Confirmed)
  • Pedro Pereira Rodrigues, Principal Investigator at BioData, CINTESIS 

 

AGENDA:

5:00 pm: Opening remarks by Faber 

5:10 pm: Discussion/Panel 

Enhancing healthcare with applied intelligence

  • What are the main road blocks/challenges for data science and AI in this field? What are the main challenges/ needs of the industry that could be addressed using AI/ML?

  • How could academia and industry collaborate to accelerate/ improve the benefits of AI in healthcare?

  • How important is data science / AI in the industry today? What does the future hold, what can we expect in the long term?

 

Speakers

 

  • António Murta, Managing Partner at Pathena - Moderator

  • José Cruz, Chief Software Officer, Fundação Champalimaud

  • José Pedro Almeida Head of Analytics & Data Science Department of São João Hospital Center

  • Liliana Ferreira, Director at Fraunhofer Portugal

  • Pedro Pereira Rodrigues, Principal Investigator at BioData, CINTESIS 

 

5:45 pm: Case Studies - applied research 

A brief showcase of ML/AI is being applied to specific use cases and impacting healthcare system R&D and work.

  • From Small Data to Big Impact, José Sousa CTU Manager Health Informatics, Univ. Queen’s, Belfast

  • How Fraunhofer is applying ML/AI to healthcare, Liliana Ferreira, Director at Fraunhofer

  • Big Data & ML - From hype to saving lives in the real world. The most advanced solution in Europe, José Pedro Almeida, Head of Analytics & Data Science Department of São João Hospital Center

 

6:50 pm: Closing remarks by Faber (10m)

7:00 pm: Cocktail & Networking






 

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