Content of the 2024 edition

AI & Big Data Congress confirms, in its 10th anniversary, the unstoppable growth of artificial intelligence.

Dates: 9–10 October 2024

Edition: 10th

On the occasion of the tenth edition, the scientific career of professor emeritus Ramón López de Mántaras, pioneer of AI in Catalonia, has been recognized.

Technology expert Rika Nakazawa, recognized as one of the 50 most influential women in the United States according to Forbes magazine, has talked about the sustainability of technology.

The second day of the congress has highlighted how the integration of AI technologies and quantum computing will increase processing speed exponentially. The congress has also presented innovative initiatives in the use of classical AI and generative AI with cases from the cultural and industrial sectors, advances in the explainability of AI and optimization in decision-making.

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2024 keynote speaker:

Rika Nakazawa,
Chief Commercial Innovation, NTT DATA

Rika is a technology leader, VC investor, best-selling author, and frequent public speaker on technology-powered industry transformation. She is Chief Commercial Innovation at NTT, a leading technology and communications services and solutions provider with more than 340,000 innovators around the world.

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Ramon López de Mántaras,
Professor at the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (CSIC)

Ramon López de Mántaras is a CSIC Emeritus Research Professor at the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA), of which he was founder and director. He is also a visiting professor at Western University. A pioneer of artificial intelligence (AI) in Spain and Europe, he has been researching AI since 1975.

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Recognition to outstanding business initiatives:

To highlight the 10-year anniversary of the Congress, the program committee has selected four companies to give them public recognition, according to several criteria such as: the trajectory, evolution and scalability of the business project, the social impact of its products or solutions; or its vision and strategy, among others. Below we highlight the people who received this recognition:

  • Mr. Carles Laparra, Chief Delivery Officer, Verbio
  • Mr. Pol Oliva, Director of Data and Advanced Analytics, Mango
  • Mr. Eusebi Ocaña, Head of Sales, Mediktor
  • Mr. David Fernández, Comercial Director, AIS Group

Check the presentations:

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* Some presentations are not available on the speakers’ demand.

9th October

On the first day of the congress, we will have the participation of different experts who will give their vision of AI putting the person at the centre (whether as a user, citizen, patient, …), regarding topics such as: human and social relations, geopolitics, sustainability, ethics and regulation, business, innovation, finance and banking, the future of work, leisure, etc.

Training Humanity (not just algorithms) for the Era of AI
ANA FREIRE, Vice-Dean for Social Impact and Academic Innovation at the UPF Barcelona School of Management

Driving the value of AI and Big Data in the Cloud
XIAOPENG YE, Solution Architect, Huawei Cloud Europe and ROI RODRÍGUEZ, Head of AI Ecosystem Development and Data Spaces, Huawei

Improving Customer Experience and Service Quality with Generative AI
SUSANA GIMENEZ, Technical Solutions del CoE IA, CaxaBankTech

What Happens When AI and Sustainability Meet at a Bar?
RIKA NAKAZAWA, Chief Commercial Innovation, NTT DATA

How to survive the FOMO of generative AI
JAVIER CORONADO, Senior Data Scientist, Telefónica Tech and SARA MARTÍNEZ, Data & AI technical sales engineer, IBM

GenAI as a service. How to deploy generative AI solutions efficiently and scalably
MIKEL URIZAR, Generative AI Center of Excellence Manager, Iberia-Latam, Inetum and ALBERT CAPDEVILA, Principal Architect, Data Analytics, Google Cloud

AI regulation, Need or opportunity?
JOSÉ MANUEL MUÑOZ, Legal Director, Adequa Corporació

10th October

The second day of the congress reviewed the main technological trends through six thematic sessions in parallel (in the Auditorium and in Room 1). Different innovative initiatives in the use of classical AI and generative AI were presented with cases from the cultural and industrial sectors, the advances in the explainability of AI and the opportunities of quantum AI.

(AUDITORIUM)

GENERATIVE AI: LLMs VS SLMs
Oriol Alàs | Eurecat
Karina Gibert | IDEAI- UPC | COEINF
Ramon Serrallonga | InnoAnalytiX

MULTIMODAL TRANSFORMER MODELS II
Rocío Navarro | Minsait
Anabel de la Paz | Teatre Lliure i Pep Casals | Nubilum & Coeli Platform
Xavier Herce | Nemeda

MULTIAGENT SYSTEMS AND ACTIONABLE AI: OPTIMAL AND/OR AUTONOMOUS CONTROL SCENARIOS
Alejandro Espinosa | Fundació i2CAT
Bernat Joseph i Duran | CETAQUA
Lluís Santcliment | CTTI (Generalitat de Catalunya)
Monika Falk | Centre d’Estudis Avançats de Blanes – CSIC

(ROOM 1)

GENERATIVE AI: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Sanket Biswas | CVC
Daniel Font de Matas | HaltoBooks S.L.
Fernando Bayón | dezzai

EXPLAINABILITY: ADVANCES IN BLACK BOX MODELS
Toni Manzano | Aizon

QUANTUM COMPUTING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Jordi Riu | Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech, S.L.
Pablo Lauret | Multiverse Computing
Queralt Portell | GMV