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EVENT HIGHLIGHTS As always at ISE, you can find a whole host of speakers, summits and panels scattered across the show floor. Here are our top picks for the coming year’s event: SMART BUILDING SUMMIT WEDNESDAY 4 FEBRUARY 8:30-12:00 | CC5.1 This summit addresses the ways in which home owners, tenants and landlords can leverage integrated technologies and data analytics to reduce costs, extend equipment life and increase property value. CONTROL ROOMS SUMMIT WEDNESDAY 4 FEBRUARY 14:00-18:00 | CC5.1 Turning today’s challenges into tomorrow’s opportunities for mission-critical control centres across all sectors. BROADCAST AV SUMMIT THURSDAY 5 FEBRUARY 14:00-18:00 | CC5.1 As we emerge from the era of broadcast-AV convergence, we enter the exciting new economies of creator, experience and streaming. MEGATRENDS SESSIONS TUESDAY 3 TO THURSDAY 5 FEBRUARY | CC5.3 From Tuesday to Thursday, there are approximately 14 hours of expert sessions on six industry megatrends. The core trends to be discussed are AI, cybersecurity, robotics, smart spaces and sustainability, plus the tradescape megatrend. PITCHING STAGE TUESDAY 3 TO FRIDAY 6 FEBRUARY ALL DAY | CS300 Managed by the early-stage venture capital experts, Plug and Play, the Innovation Park Pitching Stage will put on an inspiring programme of different business pitches and start-up success stories.
Scraped Knees, Bruised Elbows and Lessons Learned from Real-World AI Deployments , which is listed as one of the top books on AI by various leading voices in the field. Voted Forbes’ ‘AI Maverick and Visionary of the 21st Century’, Rashidi has participated in three Tedx speaker sessions to date, with accumulated views of over a million. Rashidi said that, “The challenge isn’t adopting AI; it’s leading with it. I look forward to this year’s ISE to show how separating hype from fact, implementing strong governance and integrating cybersecurity makes all the difference.”
accessibility potential in every single type of classroom. AI TRAILBLAZER FOR KEYNOTE Widely known for her groundbreaking work in the field of business innovation and technology, Sol Rashidi’s career has spanned four C-suite roles across Fortune 500 companies. As the world’s first chief AI officer for enterprise in 2016, she led AI and data initiatives at Sony Music, Merck and Estée Lauder, before moving to Amazon as the company’s tech executive. She holds ten patents and is the best- selling author of Your AI Survival Guide:
There will be informative talks and panels to attend, like the one pictured above
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