2022.12 Lightning Talks

At this session, we will hear from several speakers across a wide variety of industries in several short-form (15 minute) talks.

• 5:30 - Networking and Snacks
• 5:50 - Introduction to speakers and Calgary AI
• 6:00-7:30 - Lightning Talks
• 7:30 - Additional Networking
• 8:15 - Exit

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Speakers are:
Tim Cruz - Developing an Artificial Intelligence Tool to Predict Vocal Cord Pathology in Primary Care Settings. Hoarseness is a common complaint by patients in the primary care setting, thus developing a differential diagnosis is challenging for primary care physicians given the lack of diagnostic tests available. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools can add to the armamentarium for physicians, decreasing the time to diagnosis and limiting the burden of dysphonia.

Steven Large - Viewpoint Investment Partners Viewpoint Website
While machine learning and AI show great promise in their ability to tease out and understand complex relationships between data, it's easy to forget the fundamental assumptions that underly many of these methods. In particular how they rely on statistical properties of the underlying data. Many of these assumptions rear their heads in spectacular fashion in financial markets, making the application of ML techniques challenging to say the least.

Graham Doerksen - Attabotics Inc Attabotics Website
Attabotics has developed an innovative 3D robotic goods-to-person storage system that offers automated retrieval and real-time order fulfillment. By reducing a company’s warehouse needs by 85%, Attabotics' solution is enhancing logistics and inventory management across Canada and beyond. Using machine learning to drive command and control of the robotic solution makes the Attabotics offering more efficient while maximizing the throughput and uptime

Alan Kelly - BODE BODE Website
Historically, market data has been held under lock and key by real estate agents as a reason to procure their services. Bōde is a Calgary real estate platform providing unprecedented access to this important information. Join Chief Revenue Officer Alan Kelly to learn how Bōde's platform is empowering homeowners to leverage data and analytics to buy and sell their own homes.

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