Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute: AI for Good and For All

Join us to kick off 2023 with two great presentations and networking:

• Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute: AI for Good and For All with David Chan
• YYC Data Conference: Overview of Topics and Speakers with Ben Wong
• Networking at Civic Tavern

The meetup starts at 6:30pm (Memorial Park Library - Meeting Room #2 (basement) - 1221 2nd Street SW)

At 7:30pm we will move to Civic Tavern (213 12 Avenue SW)

Details on first presentation:
The Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute: AI for Good and For All
Did you know that Alberta is home to one of Canada’s three centres of AI excellence? The Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) was founded as a not-for-profit organization in 2017 as part of the Pan-Canadian AI Strategy. Since then, the AI strategy has been renewed and expanded and Amii has taken big strides to meet its mission: AI for Good and For All. We are committed to the ethical, inclusive and rights-based development of AI knowledge and applications and to giving stakeholders of all technical levels and backgrounds opportunities to deepen their comprehension of AI technologies and their applications.

Here I will provide an overview of who Amii is and what steps we are taking to meet our mission and goals. I will highlight programs in place to make AI accessible for all, how we’re developing and retaining talent in Alberta, and chat about UpperBound - our AI conference - at which we’re expecting 5,000 attendees this year.

About Amii
As one of Canada’s three centres of AI excellence as part of the Pan-Canadian AI Strategy, we're an Alberta-based non-profit institute that supports world-leading research in artificial intelligence and machine learning and translates scientific advancement into industry adoption. We grow AI capacity through advancing leading-edge research, delivering exceptional educational offerings and providing business advice – all with the goal of building in-house AI capabilities

Speaker: David Chan
David is the Product Lead with the Industry team at Amii and has been a co-lead with Data for Good Calgary since 2019. At Amii, his team works with clients to ensure their needs are understood and met, and to help them advance on their AI journey. Before coming to Amii, David led a data science team in the not-for-profit tech sector in Alberta and obtained his PhD from the University of Calgary.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidichan/