GenAI Nordics #1 (Asurgent, Stockholm) - Insights and Applications

Join us for the inaugural meetup of our group in Stockholm, happening on January 25th. This event, generously hosted and sponsored by Asurgent, promises to be an insightful evening featuring prominent speakers from the tech industry.

Event Schedule:
17:00 - 17:30: Arrival at Asurgent, accompanied by refreshments and networking.
17:30 - 18:15: Srdan Kvrgic, CTO at The Techno Creatives, presents "On-prem GenAI: What Can Your Laptop Do?"
18:30 - 19:15: Keen Fann, CTO at Asurgent, presents "Introduction to Orchestration with Semantic Kernel"
19:30 - 20:15: Philip Laine, Principal Engineer at Xenit, presents "Day 1 Generative AI"
20:15 - 21:00: Open networking session.

Detailed Presentation Overviews:

"On-prem GenAI: What Can Your Laptop Do?" by Srdan Kvrgic
About the Speaker: Srdan Kvrgic, serving as the CTO at The Techno Creatives, leads an innovation-driven team focusing on design, technology, and strategy.
About the Presentation: This talk delves into the collaboration with an internal team at Nordea, exploring the potential within a self-hosted data center. Key topics include the utilization and development on top of open-source large language models, the infrastructure dynamics (online, offline, and local), and challenges encountered during the project.

"Introduction to Orchestration with Semantic Kernel" by Keen Fann
About the Speaker: Keen Fann, CTO at Asurgent and a .NET developer, specializes in Azure and generative AI technologies.
About the Presentation: The session addresses the gap in AI orchestration frameworks for .NET and Java developers, highlighting Semantic Kernel's role in simplifying AI-powered solution development and focusing on business logic.

"Day 1 Generative AI" by Philip Laine
About the Presenter: Philip Laine, a principal engineer at Xenit with a background in distributed systems, has recently focused on integrating generative AI at Lindex.
About the Presentation: This presentation aims to go beyond basic tutorials, focusing on the real-world challenges and common obstacles encountered when implementing generative AI in a production environment.

We look forward to an evening of engaging discussions and insights. See you there!