Robots, AI avatars and over 300 speakers to attend WeaveSphere
by CM Staff
WeaveSphere anticipates more than 1,000 attendees will arrive for the conference.
TORONTO — IBM’s Centre for Advanced Studies has announced its speaker roster and media interview availability for WeaveSphere, Canada’s technology conference to be hosted at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre beginning November 15 to 17.
Keynote speakers include Dr. William Barry, an artificial intelligence (AI) ethicist whose robot and avatar teaching assistants will join him on stage for a keynote from a human and three AI “beings.”
Professor Gillian Hadfield, director of the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society, will discuss regulating the safety, security, and responsibility of technology through the lens of policy design.
Marcel Mitran, IBM Fellow, IBM Master Inventor and the CTO for Cloud Platform for zSystems and LinuxONE, will discuss thinking differently about technology and the impacts of responsible computing.
WeaveSphere is designed to be experiential space for academics, developers, and industry partners to co-create technology solutions that solve modern challenges. It is a multi-day conference that facilitates knowledge sharing, learning and opportunities for collaboration and integration of diverse perspectives.
In addition to the three keynote speakers, 11 featured speakers from organizations including Unity, MMH Technology Group, Ontario Brain Institute, Yahoo Finance, Fuel Media, IBM, Ocean Falls Blockchain and Clearco will share their insights.
WeaveSphere anticipates more than 1,000 attendees will arrive for the conference.
“WeaveSphere brings the brightest minds in academia, development and industry together to apply their knowledge, share ideas and have meaningful conversations that often become the impetus for transformative technology that solves problems today and tomorrow,” said Marcellus Mindel, head of advanced studies, IBM Canada Lab in a statement.
