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10th April – London Chapter
Our next London Chapter meeting is scheduled for the 10th April. We will have two amazing speakers plus Andy will talk about his new book called the Continuum of Intelligence. This promises to be the best event we have ever hosted.
For more information and to reserve your space please visit http://chapters.neurons.ai/uk/london/
Early bird tickets available for £5, standard tickets £10
Tickets will need to be shown at the door.
at Henry’s Den Finch’s Bar
12A Finsbury Square London EC2A 1AN
Agenda
18:00 – 19:00 – Drinks and Networking
19:00 – 19:10 – Welcome and Intro by Andy
19:10 – 19:40 – Guest Speaker #1 – Dr Janet Bastiman
19:40 – 20:10 – Guest Speaker #2 – Aric Whitewood
20:10 – 20:30 – Dr Andy Pardoe “The Continuum of Intelligence”
20:30 – 20:45 – Open Mic
20:45 – 21:30 – More Networking, Drinks and Discussions
Speaker Profiles –
Dr Janet Bastiman is Chief Science Officer at Storystream where she heads up the AI division. She has extensive experience in leading teams and building AI systems. With over 10 years experience at C-level, she has taken abstract concepts to innovative scalable products at multiple companies. A STEM polymath, Janet brings multidisciplinary ideas to the departments she leads, forming cutting edge research teams with an eye on delivery that is rarely seen. She has a bachelors and masters degree in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry from Oxford, and her PhD was in the field of Computational Neuroscience. Janet is a co-founder of the Tech Women London Meetup group and regularly speaks and writes on various technical subjects. She blogs on maths and technology at http://janjanjan.uk.
Aric Whitewood is the founding partner of WilmotML which combines machine learning and AI techniques with an established macro and risk appetite framework, in order to provide advisory services and to create new investment products. Previously Aric and I worked together at Credit Suisse, where Aric was the Head of Data Science for Client Analytics based in Switzerland.
First Meeting for Leeds Chapter – 24th April
24th April – Leeds Chapter First Meeting
As part of the Leeds Digital Festival we are launching our Leeds Chapter and have a fantastic lineup of four speakers. We also have an amazing venue too.
Thanks for the hard work of our Chapter Leader Barry Singleton to get this all arranged in super quick time.
For more information and to reserve your space please visit http://chapters.neurons.ai/uk/leeds/
People’s Holdings
New York House, 1 Harper Street · Leeds LS2 7EA
Agenda
5:30pm Arrive – Drinks and Poutine!
6.00pm Welcome / Introduction – Barry Singleton
6.15pm Joseph Battle – People’s Holdings
6.30pm David McKee – University of Leeds – The Internet of Simulation
6.45pm Jessica Shailes – AI & E-Privacy
7.00pm Professor David Hogg – University of Leeds “AI / Machine Learning”
7.15pm Stuart Sherman – IMC BA – Blind men and elephants: What’s missing from your big data?
7.30pm Drinks and Networking
8.00pm Close
Neurons.AI NewZealand – March 7th
Our next event, in partnership with NewZealand.AI is on the 7th March
AI Happy Hour @ generator
Speakers include:
Host – Justin Flitter – AI New Zealand
Keynote – Habib Baluwala on Explainable AI
Guest Speakers
Jonnie Cain – Te Reo language learning chatbot
Tony Patrick and Ritesh Bisoi from Ipiphany – Customer Feedback Analytics Platform
Melbourne – 5th March 2018
Don’t miss our first event of the year in Melbourne at the Honey Bar, scheduled for Monday 5th March.
For more details see our Melbourne Chapter page
This is our second event at Melbourne and we are pleased to announce we have a guest speaker:
Musheer Rizvi is an Automation and AI enthusiast who is passionate about helping organisations realise their potential through emerging technologies. With a focus on Robotic Process Automation(RPA) Musheer has been working with numerous organisations across various industries(Mining, Telcommunications, Automotive, Government, Insurance, Legal) and diverse business functions to help define, deliver and operate Robotic Process, Cognitive and alternate automation solutions. Musheer has obtained his M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, specializing in marketing and strategy. As a multidisciplinary RPA and AI expert, Musheer tracks and analyses emerging technology and business trends, including the growing impact of RPA and cognitive technologies.
New UK Chapter – Leeds
All,
We are pleased to announce the addition of another Chapter in the UK, specifically Leeds. This is a great addition to the Neurons family and we welcome the Leeds Chapter Leader Barry Singleton.
I will be meeting Barry in person on Thursday and we will be announcing the first meeting in Leeds very soon, to align with the Leeds Digital Festival during late April.
The specific details will be announced on the Chapters website shortly, but most likely to be Tuesday 24th April (save the date).
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South Africa – Cape Town
I am very very pleased to announce the addition of a new continent to the Neurons family. It is with great pleasure I welcome South Africa and Cape Town as our very latest Chapter.
Our Chapter leader is Nick Bradshaw who is also running the first AI Expo in Africa this year, so its wonderful to be part of the growth and spread of the Artificial Intelligence community in this region of the world.
Please help us spread the word and share with your own networks to help build up this group.
More information on the first meeting will be available soon at Chapters.Neurons.AI/#Africa
The meetup group is meetup.com/Neurons-AI-South-Africa-Cape-Town
Please join me in welcoming Nick and the South African community to Neurons.