Panel & Talks at Shift 2023
In The Pocket's flagship conference where AI emerged as the defining trend of 2023, featuring industry leaders and groundbreaking discussions. The event explored everything from OpenAI's scaling strategies to practical AI business applications. I moderated a high-profile panel with Thomas Degry (OpenAI) and Steven Latré (imec), while colleagues presented diverse AI implementations.
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The conference positioned AI as the central theme, with my panel discussion featuring Thomas Degry from OpenAI and Steven Latré from imec covering critical industry perspectives. We discussed OpenAI's rapid scaling priorities and the technical challenges of maintaining quality while growing exponentially. The conversation also explored the need to combine symbolic AI, machine learning, and generative AI for building reliable and sustainable AI systems. Other notable presentations included Jeroen Lemaire's iPhone analogy for understanding AI's transformative potential, Azeem Azhar's insights on the road to AGI, and practical sessions from colleagues Nina Žižakić, Bo Smet, Ali el Hassouni, Sebastiaan Van den Branden, and Peter Vermaercke showcasing real-world AI implementations in business contexts. The event demonstrated the maturation of AI from experimental technology to business-critical capability.
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2023