#chAI : AI in Fashion & Retail

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The retail sector is one of the most transformed industries when it comes to customer experience with the advent of the Internet and mobile revolutions. Online retail is turning out to be the treasure trove of data about customers preferences and shopping behavior. This data is now being used to change not only the way customers shop but also the core processes from all the way of manufacturing to retailing. Artificial intelligence will revolutionize the way we shop and early signs of this revolution are evident in the most interesting categories namely fashion. AI is starting to reshape the fashion experience with the power of data. These two sessions will talk about what are early experiments and what playbook can result.

Time & Event Details

10-10.30: Welcome Session & #chAI snacks (Hot ginger tea & Samosas)

10.30-11.15am: Startup Session: Building the Fashion Brain: Ganesh Subramanian(Founder, Stylumia)

11.15-11.30am : Q&A

11.30-12.15pm: Knowledge Session: Applying AI to fashion - Lessons from Myntra: Shamik Sharma (Ex. CTO Myntra, Venture Partner

pi

Ventures & Advisor to many startups)

12.15-12.30pm : Q&A

Venue

Excubator (https://goo.gl/maps/tnzHYMHenoF2)

Excubator, 3rd Floor, 758, 19th Main Rd., Sector 3, HSR Layout

Speaker bios

Startup Session :

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Ganesh Subramanian

Ganesh is Founder & CEO @Stylumia , a technology venture solving real world problems in fashion and lifestyle businesses using AI. He had long stints with India's leading fashion and general merchandise retailers. He was earlier the Chief Operating Officer of the fashion e-tailer Myntra. Prior to this, Ganesh was head, merchandising at the then Bharti-Walmart venture. Subramanian has also been with reputed fashion retailers namely Reliance Trends, Arvind Brands, Tommy Hilfiger and Indus League Clothing. He loves solving real world problems using Tech. His personal Blog: https://medium.com/@ganesh.subramanian

Knowledge Session :

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Shamik Sharma

Shamik Sharma is ex. CTO of Myntra and Venture partner at pi. Angel investor and/or advisor for several emerging startups, including - Scripbox, CureFit, Treebo, SquadRun, BonFleet, NoticeBoard, ApnaComplex and a few others still in stealth.

Shamik has held key roles in several organizations and has over 17 years of technology experience. Shamik has spent most of his career in the bay area and was the Vice President, Software at Lytro, a light field camera startup company founded in 2006. Prior to that, he has also held executive roles in RockYou, StumbleUpon and Yahoo!

Shamik is a Computer Science graduate from IIT-Kharagpur and holds a Master’s degree from the University of Maryland.