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2ND ANNUAL
CANADA-ITALY BUSINESS FORUM ON
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
DIGITAL EDITION
About the AI Forum
November 18-20, 2020 Emilia-Romagna is the featured territory of our 2020 edition.
Overview of the Region : click here
Event under the auspices of the Embassy of Italy in Ottawa
The Artificial Intelligence (AI) landscapes in Italy and Québec are certainly rich with potential synergies and opportunities for collaborations, technology transfers and research projects. After the success of the first edition of the Canada-Italy Business Forum on Artificial Intelligence, the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada (ICCC) strongly believes that this is the ideal time to bring together once again Canadian and Italian AI stakeholders, universities, research centers, SMEs, start-ups, and large companies, along with expert speakers and panelists during the second edition of the Business Forum which will be taking place from November 18th to 20th, in a digital format.
| OBJECTIVES
Promote structured exchanges of information and know-how between policy makers from both countries; Encourage the development of partnerships and networks between applied research centers, facilitate technology transfer pathways and optimize the promotion of research results. Organize targeted business meetings |
FORMAT
This second edition of the Canada-Italy Business Forum on AI will take place digitally over 3 half-days from November 18th to the 20th and will feature virtual events designed to best meet the needs of participants including: |
The Contribution of AI to the “New Normal”
Was COVID-19 an accelerator of innovation and new technological advancements? How can Big Data and AI facilitate and support: health care, public and private mobility, logistics and industry 4.0? How to develop new sustainable opportunities in a time of change? What are the opportunities for integration and exchange between the Italian and Canadian markets and innovation ecosystems?
sponsored by
Italy
Canada
confirmed speakers, panelists and testimonials
Italy
Andrea Bardi - General Manager, Institute for Transport and Logistics Foundation
Sanzio Bassini - Director Supercomputing Applications and Innovation Department, CINECA
Patrizio Bianchi, Scientific Director, IFAB
Massimo Bocchi - Co-founder and CEO, CellPly
Simone Calderara - Associate Professor of Machine and Deep Learning, UNIMORE
Michele Caggiano - Managing Director, FEV
Stefano Cattorini - General Director, BI-REX
Andrea Cavalli - Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Bologna
Silvia Costantini - Consul General of Italy in Montreal
Giacomo Copani - Cluster Manager, AFIL
Rita Cucchiara - Full Professor at UNIMORE and Director of National Laboratory AIIS (CINI)
Ivano Di Santo - CIO, Trieste Port Authority
Manlio Di Stefano - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Italy
Sergio Dompé - Vice President, Assolombarda Life Sciences
Alessandro Ferri - Managing Director, Advice Pharma Group
Marco Foracchia - Chief Information Officer, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale IRCCS, Reggio Emilia
Fabio Galbusera - Director, LABS, IRCCS Galeazzi
Pietro Leo - IBM Italy
Marco Lovera - Professor, Politecnico di Milano
Michela Milano - Full Professor, DISI Institute
Ilaria Re - Head of Project Management, Lombardy Green Chemistry Association
Ettore Rizzo - Co-founder, enGenome
Matteo Roffilli - CEO, Bioretics
Daniele Rossi - President, Ravenna Port Authority
Fabrizio Sala - Vice President, Lombardy Region
Paola Salomoni - Regional Minister for Education, University, Research and Digital Agenda, Emilia-Romagna Region
Maurizio Sobrero - University of Bologna - Bologna Business School
Giacomo Soprani - Laboratory Coordinator, Redox Progetti
Claudio Taffuri - Ambassador of Italy in Canada
Gianluca Vannucci - Director of Technological Infrastructures Department, City of Florence
Marco Vianello - International Projects Manager, InfoCamere
Matteo Zanchi - Founding Partner and Managing Director, ENERSEM
Antonio Zoccoli - Vice President, Big Data Association
Canada
Serge Auclair - Vice President, Strategy, Human Resources & Digitalization, Montreal Port Authority
Benoit Balmana - CEO, IVÉO
Bastien Beauchamp - CEO, !important
Frank Béraud - Chief Executive Officer, Montréal InVivo
Marc Bibeau - President and CEO, OEC Group
Cedric Bisson - Teralys Capital
Hubert Bolduc - President, Investissement Québec International
Julien Bourque - Director, Strategic Initiatives, Investissement Quebec
Alexandra Bugailiskis - Ambassador of Canada to Italy
Mathieu Charbonneau - General manager, CargoM
Enrico Davide Cremonese - Ivado Labs
Dr Alexandra Dawson - Associate Professor, JMSB
Marc-Antoine Ducas - Co-founder and CEO, Netlift
Dr. Sheldon Elman - Executive Chairman, Carebook
Michael Fratianni - President and CEO, Montreal Gateway Terminals
François Gingras - Director, Investissement Québec – CRIQ
John Kildea - CTO and co-founder of Opal Med Apps Inc.; Co-lead of the Opal Health Informatics research group at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
Françoys Labonté - Chief Executive Officer, CRIM
Alexandre Lagarde - Vice-President, Foreign Investment, Montréal International
Alexandre Le Bouthillier - Co-Founder & Chief Corporate Officer, Imagia
David Lederhendler - Director, IVADO Labs
Éric Marquis - Assistant Deputy Minister for Bilateral Relations, Québec Department of International Relations
Dr. Vincent Mooser - Canada Excellence Research Chair in Genomic Medicine, McGill University
Mona Moudallal - Coordinator, Marketing and Industry 4.0, Quebec Ministry of the Economy and Innovation
Jacques Rajotte - Executive Director, International Center of Expertise of Montreal for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
Mark Anthony Serri - Managing Director, Mid-Market Mergers & Acquisitions, Royal Bank of Canada
Marianna Simeone - Quebec Delegate to Italy
Burkhard D. Sommer - Deputy Head, Maritime Competence Center, PwC
Dr. Mike Tyers - Principal Investigator, Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer
Annie Veillet - Partner, AI and Automation, PwC Canada
Carmine Zanni - Manufacturing Advisor, STIQ
program
November 18, 2020
9:00 am – 10:30 am (EDT) / 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm (CET)
Opening web conference: Emerging Policies and Trends
Emcee : Ida Teoli
Opening remarks
- Mark Anthony Serri, Managing Director, RBC Royal Bank, Vice President, Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada
- Éric Marquis, Quebec Department of International Relations
- Manlio Di Stefano, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Italy
- Alexandra Bugailiskis, Canadian Ambassador in Italy
- Claudio Taffuri, Italian Ambassador in Canada
- Paola Salomoni, Regional Minister, Responsible for Education, Universities, Research and Digitalization, Emilia Romagna region
- Fabrizio Sala, Vice President, Lombardy region
Speakers
- Sergio Dompé, Dompé Pharmaceuticals, Assolombarda Life Sciences
Panel Discussion
Moderator : Françoys Labonté, CRIM
- Prof. Rita Cucchiara, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE)
Italian strategy on AI and the needs that emerged from the new normal - Cedric Bisson, Partner, Teralys Capital. Co-chair Canada’s COVID-19 Therapeutics Task Force
- Jacques Rajotte, Interim Executive Director, International Centre of Expertise in Montréal for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (ICEMAI)
10:30 am – 12:00 am (EDT) / 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm (CET)
Digital workshop – Life Sciences
Facilitator : Frank Béraud, Montréal InVivo
Panelists
Italy
- Prof. Andrea Cavalli, University of Bologna | Emilia-Romagna Region
Big Data and AI in Precision Medicine - Massimo Bocchi, CELLPLY | Emilia-Romagna Region
Technologies for expediting the characterization of immunotherapeutics - Ettore Rizzo, ENGENOME (https://www.engenome.com/) | Lombardy Region
Bioinformatics for Genomic Medicine: Development of software to analyze and interpret sequencing data
Canada
- Dr. Vincent Mooser MD, Canada Research Excellence Chair in Genomic Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University, Director of Québec’s COVID-19 Biobank
Contribution of Large-Scale Genomics to Drug Discovery and Development - Dr. Mike Tyers, University of Montreal
System Biology Applied to Drug Discovery
Rapporteur
- Maurizio Sobrero, Università di Bologna – Bologna Business School
November 19, 2020
9:00 am – 10:30 am (EDT) / 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm (CET)
Digital Workshop – Healthcare
Facilitator : Cédric Bisson, Teralys Capital
Panelists
Italy
- Sanzio Bassini, CINECA | Emilia-Romagna Region
Project Exscalate4Cov - Matteo Roffilli, CEO Bioretics | Emilia-Romagna Region
The Brain Initiative
- Marco Foracchia, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale IRCCS, Reggio Emilia | Emilia-Romagna Region
The Emilia Romagna Healthcare information systems: a strategic approach for an open, integrated and standardized architecture to be used as a future platform for Big Data and large scale AI application - Fabio Galbusera, IRCCS Istituto ortopedico Galeazzi | Lombardy region
Algorithm to interpret XRay Data - Alessandro Ferri, ADVICEPHARMA (www.advicepharma.com/azienda/) | Lombardy region
Telemedicine and Biobanks
Canada
- John Kildea, Opal Med Apps Inc, Opal Health Informatic Research Group, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center
McGill patient portal focused on reporting patient-reported outcomes - Alexandre Le Bouthillier, Imagia
Enabling hospitals, pharma, device or diagnostic companies access and utilize healthcare data while preserving data privacy - Dr. Sheldon Elman, Carebook
Customer-centric digital products for pharmacies, insurance providers, governments, and other businesses
Rapporteur
- Maurizio Sobrero, Università di Bologna – Bologna Business School
9:00 am – 10:30 am (EDT) / 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm (CET)
Digital Workshop – Logistics
Facilitator : Michael Fratianni, Montreal Gateway Terminal (MGT), www.mtrtml.com
Panelists
Italy
- Daniele Rossi, Ravenna Port Authority and President, Association of Italian Port authorities | Emilia-Romagna Region
Pre-Clearing custom solutions in the Port of Ravenna - Andrea Bardi, Transport and Logistics Institute Foundation | Emilia-Romagna Region Technological innovation in intermodal freight transport
- Ivano Di Santo, CIO, Trieste Port Authority
Custom Corridor and AI: the case study of the Port of Trieste
Canada
- Serge Auclair, Montreal Port Authority
Case study – AI driven solution to fast track critical cargo - Mathieu Charbonneau, Cargo M
Case study – AI driven solution to fast track critical cargo - David Lederhendler, IVADO Labs
Case study – AI driven solution to fast track critical cargo - Marc Bibeau, OEC
- Annie Veillet, PwC
Shipping Survey 2020 – Key takeaways and AI in transportation - Burkhard Sommer, PwC
Shipping Survey 2020 – Key takeaways and AI in transportation
Rapporteur
- Pietro Leo, IBM Italia
10:45 am – 12:15 pm (EDT) / 4:45 pm – 6:15 pm (CET)
Digital Workshop – Industry 4.0
Facilitator : Carmine Zanni, STIQ
Panelists
Italy
- Stefano Cattorini, Bi-REX | Emilia-Romagna Region
AI Applications and Uses case in BI-REX Projects leveraging on our Pilot Plant - Prof. Simone Calderara, UNIMORE | Emilia-Romagna Region
Machine learning on the understanding of human behavior - Prof.ssa Michela Milano, University of Bologna | Emilia-Romagna Region
IoTwins Project
- Giacomo Copani, Associazione Fabbrica Intelligente Lombardia | Lombardy Region
AI for Manufacturing: strategic road mapping in the Lombardy Region - Matteo Zanchi, ENERSEM | Lombardy Region
Energy efficiency in machine learning and AI for Industry 4.0 - Ilaria Re, Lombardy Green Chemistry Association | Lombardy Region
Smart collaboration at the highest level of efficiency for a green, sustainable and safer chemistry
Canada | Québec
- François Gingras, CRIQ, Investissement Quebec
Vitrine Technologique 4.0
- Martin Masse, REAI
Usine Bleue - Julien Bourque, Investissement Quebec
Productivité Innovation Initiative - Mona Moudallal, Ministry of economy and innovation- Québec
Digital transformation of companies
Rapporteur
- Pietro Leo, IBM Italia
10:45 am – 12:15 pm (EDT) / 4:45 pm – 6:15 pm (CET)
Digital Workshop – Smart Mobility
Facilitator : Alexandre Lagarde, Montréal International
Panelists
Italy
- Giacomo Soprani, REDOX Progetti | Emilia-Romagna Region
5G CAR Project - Michele Caggiano, FEV | Emilia-Romagna Region
Artificial Intelligence & Predictive Driving: Enablers of Bologna Smart City
- Marco Lovera, Politecnico di Milano, Department of Aerospace Sciences and Technologies | Lombardy Region
Urban Air Mobility
Canada
- Benoît Balmana, IVEO
Innovation in small and medium cities context - Bastien Beauchamp, ! Important
Safety in smart cities - Marc-Antoine Ducas, Netlift
The automobile: the future of public transit
Rapporteur
- Alexandra Dawson, John Molson School of Business
November 20, 2020
8:00 am – 11:30 am (EDT) / 2:00 pm – 5:30 pm (CET)
Business Matching – C2C, R2B, B2B
Objectives
- Structured exchange of information, benchmarking
- Technology Transfer
- Joint R&D
- Incubation / Acceleration
- Facilitate internationalization process (commercial, industrial)
9:00 am – 10:30 am (EDT) / 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm (CET)
Closing Web Conference: Shared Development and Collaboration Strategies
Emcee : Ida Teoli
Speaker
- Hubert Bolduc, President, Investissement Québec International
Panel Discussion
Speakers
- Prof. Patrizio Bianchi, Scientific Director, International Foundation Big Data and Artificial Intelligence for Human Development (IFAB) | Emilia-Romagna Region
Big Data and Artificial Intelligence for Human Development
- Prof. Antonio Zoccoli, Big Data Association, Board of Directors Vice Chair, INFN Chair | Emilia-Romagna Region
- Marco Vianello, Infocamere
International Collaboration – the use of big data to support business decisions - Enrico D. Cremonese, Director of Product Management, Ivado Labs
Areas of Collaboration:
- Marianna Simeone, Quebec’s delegate in Rome
- Gianluca Vannuccini, Director of Technological Infrastructures Department, City of Florence
Smart cities in the “new normal”, need for cooperation between urban areas- possibility of moving to Smart mobility
Wrap Up: What is the Future?
Key messages from the thematic workshops
- Prof. Maurizio Sobrero, Università di Bologna – Bologna Business School
- Prof. Alexandra Dawson, John Molson School of Business
- Pietro Leo, IBM Italy
Closing remarks
- Silvia Costantini, Consul General of Italy in Montreal
- Danielle Virone, Executive Director, Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada
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