NYAI#8: HOLIDAY PARTY + NYC AI OVERVIEW with NYC's Chief Digital Officer Sree S.

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Come celebrate the holiday season and another exciting year in AI at the 2016 NYAI Holiday Party! Join us for an informal night of drinks, networking, and candy canes (but only if you're on the nice list!).

Chief Digital Officer of NYC, Sree Sreenivasan, will speak about opportunities for artificial intelligence, his view of the changing digital landscape over the last two decades, and how he intends to make NYC the most tech-friendly, transparent, and digitally equitable city in the world.

Networking (Wine & Beer) - 5:30pm-6:00pm

Cost to attend: $5 (first tier)

SPLASH PAGE LINK - (Click Here) (https://nyai8.splashthat.com/)

AGENDA

Welcome Introduction Rizwan Habib (Founder/Organizer, NYAI) - 6:00pm

Keynote Presentation (NYC Startup Landscape) Sree Sreenivasan (Chief Digital Officer, NYC) - 6:10pm

Sree Sreenivasan is the Cheif Digital Officer for the City of New York, where he works to promote access to City government through technology and support of the city's tech ecosystem.

Prior to his work at City Hall, Sreenivasan served for three years as the first Chief Digital Officer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he led a 70-person team to increase the museum’s digital presence. In October 2015, he was appointed by Mayor de Blasio to the Commission on Public Information and Communication (COPIC), where he worked to increase access to, and education about, City information online.

Before his work at the Met, he spent 20 years as a member of faculty of the Columbia Journalism School and a year as Columbia University's first Chief Digital Officer. For four years, he taught an entrepreneurship class with Ken Lerer, co-founder and chairman of the Huffington Post and now head of Lerer Ventures. He has also taught media marketing classes at Columbia Business School. Because of his interest in startups, he has served as a mentor and adviser to dozens of new ventures, including many by his former students. At the same time, he teaches about intrapreneurship - how to foster innovation and create change within big organizations.

Prior to the Met, Sree was a founding member and contributing editor at neighborhood news site DNAinfo, and throughout his career, he has written for various publications, including the New York Times, and was a popular technology reporter on WABC-TV, WNBC-TV and WCBS-TV.

Rapid Q&A - 6:40pm

NYAI Year In Review Maryam Farooq (Co-Organizer, NYAI) - 6:50pm

We look forward to seeing you at the event!

Regards,

Rizwan, Maryam and Matt

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