ai:NOW Conference 9/10 October Munich

Following Oktoberfest, some of the @cxoportals team headed to Munich for our inaugural conference which took place 9th and 10th of October at the beautiful Sofitel Munich Bayerpost Hotel.

The conference over two days brought together diverse experts, speakers and practitioners to share knowledge and discuss the latest findings, and breakthroughs in AI-related topics.

Specifically designed to deliver outcomes, the conference supported the implementation of AI and our attendees were grateful for those all important networking opportunities.

Whether it was over a breakfast pastry, lunch, coffee or break between sessions they found this time invaluable. Thank you to all the sponsors and attendees who joined us over a busy but successful 2 days.

Conference Day 1 saw some fantastic sessions from:

Opening Keynote – Instadeep –
Shifting from LLM Assistants to Autonomous Agents: How Decision-Making AI Future-Proofs Companies in the Era of AI

Opening Panel  – Barriers to Implementing AI in the Enterprise
Panellists: Equinix, PagoNxt Merchant Solutions, IHG Hotels & Resorts,  Linde and Fresenius Medical Care

Keynote: The Power of Synergy: Better Business Decisions Through the Fusion of NLP, Machine Learning & Knowledge Graphs – Bosch

Our Innovation Session Moderated by XcelerateIQ and with Apheris, Gen8 & Deepdub all showcasing – Winner – Deepdub!

Workshops:

Transforming The Way We Access & Utilize Information Across Business Silos – Boehringer Ingelheim

How AI Can Serve the Public Interest – Alexander von Humboldt Institute for the Internet and Society

Pandas, Polars and DataFrame Standardization  – Kuehne+Nagel

Unlock the Power of Large Language Models – Bayer Pharmaceuticals

Closing Panel: Pain Points of the EU AI Act & Business Implementation

Panellists: Huawei, MLL Legal Zurich, SKW Schwarz Rechtsanwalte and AppliedAI Initiative

Day 2

Opening Keynote: The Commodity AI Trap: Breaking Through with Differentiated AI – Dataiku

Keynote: AI for Real – Moving From AI Hype to Value Creation – OMMAX

Workshops:

AI-Powered Narratives in the Fight Against Money Laundering – SumUp

AI is Your New Colleague – BearcoverTransformation is Not a Process – Transformation Evangelist

Achieve/Improve Employee and Client AI Acceptance – VDE

Panel – AI Integration in the Enterprise

Panellists: Data & AI Magazine, Rewire, Lufthansa Group, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, HAHN Automation Group and Munich RE

Playbook Sessions:
Productionising Use Cases in e-Commerce and Digital Customer Experience – Oikos Group

Developing an AI Solution for Legal Use Cases – MLL Legal

Overcoming Barriers – Utilising Diversity Through Inclusive Practices – Microsoft

Building a Data-Driven Organization – Huawei

Closing Keynote: Artificial Intelligence Evolution – Navigating the Benefits and Risks for Industry Decision Makers – Sandoz