Canada Eurasia AI Matchmaking Campaign

Venue: Virtual 

Target audience: AI start-ups based in Eurasia, AI Institutes and Universities, research-lead businesses, manufacturing industries 4.0, academia and thought leaders across all disciplines, investors, government agencies engaging the private sector and advancing the innovation agenda. 

Sectors: Life sciences and pharma, telecommunications, IT, consumer electronics, connected and autonomous vehicles, aviation, education, etc. 

The artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning revolution are well underway, and Canada is at its forefront. Canada was the first country in the world to announce a national strategy for AI back in March 2017. From top-ranked educational institutions and market-leading tech companies to world-renowned researchers, Canada’s AI ecosystems are leading global AI developments.  Canadian AI ecosystem is currently composed of more than 850 start-up companies, 20 public research labs, 75 incubators and accelerators, and 60 groups of investors from across the country, grouped in major hubs such as Montreal, Toronto, Waterloo, Edmonton, and Vancouver. 

As international and multi-stakeholder collaborations are critical to the responsible use and development of AI based on shared values (human rights, diversity, inclusion, innovation, and economic growth), CERBA is proud to make its input to nourish shared values between Canada and Eurasian countries and foster their collaboration in the field of AI.

• Keynote speech: What sustainable business development and creativity have in common 

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• PANEL: How Canada embraces AI

How the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) is bridging the gap between theory and practice on AI

Jacques Rajotte, CEIMIA’s Executive Director of the International Centre of Expertise in Montréal for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (ICEMAI)

How Quebec became a world known AI centre and opportunities for collaboration with Eurasian countries 

How thinking like a start-up helps governments and businesses embrace AI. The Future of AI Investing in Montreal

Philippe Valentine, Project director in Europe, Montréal International

• PANEL: How Kyrgyzstan is accelerating its digital transformation

Bakytbek Satybekov, Co-chair of the Kyrgyz National Forum, Open Government Partnership

Semetey Turusbekov, Director, SE "Aiylmaalymat" of the Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Regional Development of the Kyrgyz Republic

Chubak Temirov, CEO of High Technology Park of the Kyrgyz Republic 

• PANEL: Perspectives of AI in Eurasian countries

Valentin Makarov, President of Russoft (Russia)

Lyubov Maiorova, Head of Global cooperation office, Belarus High Technologies Park (Belarus)

• Closing remarks

Gilles Breton, Chairman of the CERBA National Board

Virtual matchmaking sessions will follow the closing remarks.

INFO-PARTNERS

What’s in it for you?

• Establish contacts with Canadian and Eurasian entities that prioritize and lead AI research and development
• Tap into a growing AI talent pool 
• Advance and leverage national AI research capabilities in various industries (drug discovery, machine learning for health, autonomous vehicles, material discovery, human AI interaction, etc)
• Partner with leading Canadian and Eurasian AI research institutes on new technology developments 
• Get trained in AI 
• Get a job in the field of AI

For  more information, please, contact

 Marina Belskikh, Regional Director of CERBA in Montreal and Ottawa, 

via email [email protected] or tel. +1  (514) 5161178