On October 9 and 10, San Juan will become a meeting point for experts, researchers and representatives of companies linked to the development of artificial intelligence during the Caribbean AI Summitwhich will be held at Puerto Rico Convention Center.
The event, organized by the Puerto Rico AI Community (PRAIC)will feature more than 30 speakers from institutions and companies such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Carnegie Mellon University, UC Berkeley, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Salesforce, Snowflake and Databricks, among others.
Key participants include Kay Firth-Butterfield, former Head of Artificial Intelligence at the World Economic Forum; Fabio Duarte, from the MIT Senseable City Lab; and Idoia Salazar, president of OdiseIA and artificial intelligence advisor to the European Parliament.
The agenda on the website also identifies inaugural speeches by the resident commissioner in Washington, Pablo J. Hernandez Riveraand the president of the House of Representatives, Carlos “Johnny” Mendez.
The program includes five keynote conferences, 21 sessions and three simultaneous spaces focused on business, technology and society. Also, there will be a hackathon night, in which teams of between two and four people will develop projects during Friday night and present their results on Saturday on the main stage.
One of the distinctive elements of the meeting will be its bilingual format. Sessions will be offered in English and Spanish, with real-time on-screen translation.
“Puerto Rico deserved a place in the global conversation about artificial intelligence. This year we decided to create it,” the lawyer said in written statements. José David “JD” Torres Quiñonesco-chair of the Caribbean AI Summit.
For its part, Edward Roskepresident of PRAIC and co-president of the event, highlighted the opportunity to bring together in Puerto Rico experts who usually participate in international meetings on technology and innovation.
PRAIC is a nonprofit organization with more than 800 members and develops programming related to artificial intelligence throughout the year.
Registration for the Caribbean AI Summit will be available until October 8 through its official website.