CERN Venture Connect Partner Spotlight - Microsoft

Monday 30 Oct 2023, 09:00 → 18:00 Europe/Zurich

500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)

Ash Ravikumar, Giovanna Dughera, Hafida Boufraioua (CERN), Tim Moser (Microsoft)

Join us for an exciting day with our guest speakers from Microsoft!

 

Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub aims to foster the next generation of disruptors by helping them radically accelerate innovation by providing access to industry-leading AI services, expert guidance, and the essential technology needed to build a future-proofed startup.  

Microsoft is a partner of the CERN Venture Connect programme and you will have the opportunity to hear how the Microsoft startup team provides this support and the examples of an ex-CERN founder's experience and the first CERN Venture Connect spinout experience story. 

We further have exciting speakers from Microsoft lined up who will be sharing the latest on AI, Open Source platforms as well as Quantum Computing and how these technologies can empower startups to achieve more.

1 Welcome to CERN Venture Connect spotlight: Microsoft for Startup Founders

CERN Venture Connect introduction
Overview of CVC

Speakers: Mr Ash Ravikumar, Hafida Boufraioua (CERN)

CERN_Microsoft intro .pdf

CERN_Microsoft intro .pptx

2 Open source technology. Microsoft + Github

What does open source technology mean for Microsoft. A brief overview of why Microsoft acquired Github.
Presenter:
Dominique Broeglin
Azure Digital & App Innovation Specialist
Microsoft

Speaker: Mr Dominique Broeglin (Microsoft)

3 Azure Advanced Analytics and OpenAI: how it can help startups

A talk about Advanced Analytics and Open AI.
Presenter:
Claudio Mirti
Senior Advanced Analytics & AI Specialist EMEA
Microsoft

Speaker: Claudio Mirti

CERN_Advanced Analytics and AI_Mirti.pdf

10:45 Coffee break

4 High Performance Compute (Cloud-based physics-driven AI to accelerate Design & Engineering)

High Performance Compute (Cloud-based physics-driven AI to accelerate Design & Engineering)
Presenter:
Lukasz Miroslaw,
Senior HPC & AI Specialist EMEA
Microsoft

Speaker: Lukasz Miroslaw (Microsoft)

1024 HPC AI for CERN.pdf

5 Microsoft Quantum : Helping Startups with Accelerating Scientific discovery

Accelerating scientific discovery with quantum (remote)
Presenter:
Leopold Talirz,
Senior Software Engineer - Azure Quantum
Microsoft

Speaker: Leopold Talirz (Microsoft)

12:45 Lunch

6 Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub

Overview of the Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub.
Beneifts for startups

Speakers: Giovanna Dughera, Tim Moser (Microsoft)

7 Cleverdist: CERN alumni startup and Microsoft for Startups program

Located in Geneva, Cleverdist products are transforming industrial automation. Founded by Dr. Robert Gomez-Reino, a CERN alumnus, the team is enriched with numerous ex-CERN professionals. They are Microsoft for Startups program alumni.

Speaker: Dr Robert Gomez-Reino (Cleverdist)

8 Reshape Systems - Andrea Apollonio

Andrea was a staff at CERN and is a co-founder of Reshape systems. Reshape is the first spinoff from the CERN Venture Connect program. Reshape has been selected to be in the Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub program.

Speaker: Dr Andrea Apollonio (Reshape)

15:30 Coffee break

9 The Fifth Paradigm of Scientific Discovery

The impressive progress in AI over the last few years, driven by advances in deep learning, are now set to revolutionise the world of scientific simulation, with impact on a broad spectrum of practical applications.

Speaker:
Chris Bishop FREng FRS, Technical Fellow, Microsoft Research AI4Science

Speaker: Chris Bishop

10 Microsoft Research: Research at the speed of AI

Hitesh Ballani, Principal Researcher Cloud Future Systems

Speaker: Hitesh Ballani

Closing

Conveners: Mr Ash Ravikumar, Hafida Boufraioua (CERN)