In our second webinar of the series ‘AI Updates from Silicon Valley’ you will meet Senior Director at Intel, Nita Sharma, who will be joined by Shomit Ghose, a legendary Silicon Valley investor and entrepreneur. Together, they will talk about why data is an invaluable strategic management tool for all organizations. The webinar takes place on October 19th, 2020 from 15:30 – 17:00.

During the webinar, they will teach you how actively working with databased innovation strategies, and using your data ideally will give you a significant competitive advantage over your competitors. There will be no fancy acronyms or consultancy talk – just simple and useful tools from two world-leading experts on how to unleash the power of your organization’s data.

The ‘Transforming your data to a business asset’ webinar is the second out of four webinars in the series ‘AI Updates from Silicon Valley’. Throughout the series, experts and trendsetters within the AI field will give you their unique insights directly from Silicon Valley. Didn’t join the previous webinar? Not a problem – you can jump in anytime!

Applying a Strategy of Continuous Experimentation

Experimentation in the organization can help drive change. That is why Nita and Shomit will introduce techniques and methods for how experimental systems and processes can be introduced in order to foster more innovation and launch new products and features. The experimental systems and processes are based on a systematic use of data and can be used by any organization that wants to create growth through the use of data.

Turning Data to Gold

In the future, it will be the companies with the largest amount of data that win. But how can companies create a strategy that ensures the best possible use of their valuable data? Although giants like Google and Amazon dominate the "Big Data" field, new players have managed to create unique business models that are driven by data - AirBnB and Uber being great examples of this. So, what can other companies learn from their success? Join the webinar and find out!

Nita Sharma is the Senior Director of Data Management and Visualization at the chip giant Intel Corporation. She is a technologist and engineering leader with extensive experience in innovating and building products in diverse domains – such as end-user and enterprise software, financial solutions, analytics and artificial intelligence.

Nita is known for her razor-sharp analysis and unique approach to solving complex problems, which she frequently uses to create growth and added value for companies with great amounts of unused data.

After getting her Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University, Nita managed at several start-ups ending in successful exits. Her portfolio is also full of large and complex projects, where she has successfully achieved the set goals and made sure to create added value for the organization.

In addition, Nita contributes to the UC Riverside Center for Entrepreneurship and has been a mentor and judge at one of the most important incubators for enterprise start-ups, the “Alchemist Accelerator”. She has been a panelist at the ‘Grace Hopper's Conference for Women in the IT Industry’ and spoken at Intel's own Women's Network Conference as well.

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Shomit Ghose is a General Partner in the Silicon Valley-based Venture Capital firm ONSET Ventures. He was previously a start-up entrepreneur with several successful exits behind him. Shomit also teaches data technology at UC Berkley, as well as entrepreneurship at the University of San Francisco’s School and Management. He is an engaged advisor for several big institutes and fonds such as UC Berkley’s Sutardja Center, UC Riverside, Innovation Center Denmark, the DARE Project sponsored by the Lundbeck Fond, and Novo Nordic BioInnovation Institute.

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”AI is today what IT was 30 years ago. You do not have to be the best in the world, but if you are not at least on the bandwagon, you will get nowhere". This is how the world's leading innovation expert Christian Ketels described the challenge with AI when he was the keynote speaker at ATV's annual meeting in August.

AI start-ups received more than 30 billion dollars in funding last year, with the world’s largest companies especially investing heavily in artificial intelligence. AI acquisitions saw a more than 6x uptick from 2013 to 2018. In 2018, Roche Holding acquired the AI startup Flatiron Health for $1.9B — one of the largest M&A deals in AI, ever.

AI is fundamentally changing the terms of doing business and the business world generally recognizes the potential for artificial intelligence. But there is a need to share more knowledge and experiences in order to inspire companies so they can accelerate growth, innovation, and digitalization.

We have therefore created a series of webinars directly from Silicon Valley, to inspire, share knowledge, and give concrete guidance on how companies can approach the work with data and AI – from the beginning strategic phase to implementation across, to ethical considerations.

Details

• Each webinar will be recorded and available to participants afterward.
• In connection with the webinars, the participants can ask questions to the speakers, and you can subsequently have a short dialogue with ICDK for further advice and dialogue with experts within ICDK's work areas in Silicon Valley.
• The webinars are in English.
• This webinar, the second in the series, takes place on October 19th, 2020, 15:30 - 17:00.