CERN Venture Connect Partner Spotlight - Microsoft

Europe/Zurich
500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)

500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

CERN

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

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.

Registration
Registration CVC Partner Spotlight - Microsoft
    • 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)
    • 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
    • 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)
    • 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)