Canada-Italy Forum on Artificial Intelligence

Facilitating growth and collaboration through a vibrant network of resources, partnerships, and opportunities.

November 17, 2021 8:00 am — 

November 19, 2021 12:30 pm

Artificial Intelligence and the challenge of Sustainability

International online forum, November 18-19, 2021

The 3rd International Forum will be dedicated to the role of artificial intelligence and sustainable development as accelerators for innovation and the green transition, particularly in the essential sectors of health, energy, mobility and circular economy.

On November 18 and 19, the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada will bring together world-class speakers and panelists to reflect on these major themes.

Emilia Romagna, Lombardy and Piemonte are the featured Italian regions of the 2021 edition.

 

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

NOV 18th

8:15 – 10:15 (EDT) / 14:15 – 16:15 (CET)

10:30 – 12:30 (EDT) / 16:30 – 18:30 (CET)

NOV 19th

8:15 – 10:15 (EDT) / 14:15 – 16:15 (CET)

10h:30 – 12:30 (EDT) / 16:30 – 18:30 (CET)

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WHO IS THE AI FORUM FOR?

This annual event is a must for Italian and Canadian representatives of AI, stakeholders and experts from universities, research centers, start-ups, SMEs and large companies.

It is an opportunity to discuss the development and collaboration opportunities between the two countries and to encourage innovation.

 

ITALY

Canada

November 17, 2021
November 18, 2021
8:15 – 10:15 (EDT) / 14:15 – 16:15 (CET)Opening of conference

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Master of Ceremonies: Enrico Cremonese, IVADO LABS

OPENING REMARKS 

  • Carmine D’Argenio – Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada
  • Sylvie Barcelo – Deputy Minister, Ministère des Relations internationales et de la Francophonie
  • Andrea Ferrari – Italian Ambassador in Canada (video)
  • Edith St-Hilaire – Embassy of Canada in Italy
  • Stefano Bonaccini – President, Emilia-Romagna Region
  • Fabrizio Ricca – Regional Minister for Internationalization, Piemonte Region
10:30 – 12:30 (EDT) / 16:30 – 18:30 (CET)Workshop Sustainable Mobility

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Moderator: Aymeric Dussart, Aéroport de Montréal

Part 1 – Autonomous and connected vehicles, open data 

  • Alessia Zarzani – Ville de Montréal
  • Marko Bertogna – University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
  • Andrea Sanguedolce – FEV Italia
  • Davide Sangiorgi – Fasternet
  • Mauro Nesti – Qmap
  • François Rainville – EFFENCO

Part 2 – Use of AI for simulation and digital twins

  • Ruben Marco Ganzaroli – Società Autostrade per l’Italia
  • Gianpiero Mastinu – Politecnico di Milano
  • Maxime Desjardins-Goulet – BRP

Rapporteur: Désirée Tremblay – INNOVÉE/DANA TM4

10:30 – 12:30 (EDT) / 16:30 – 18:30 (CET)Workshop Sustainable Energy and Circular Economy

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Moderator: Elizabeth Shirt, GLOBE Series

Technological innovations and new experiments serving the energy, economic and ecological transition

 

Part 1: Context, criticality of innovation and cooperation platforms

  • Ilaria Re – Lombardy Green Chemistry Association
  • Mathieu Johnson – Hydro-Québec
  • Massimo Celino – ENEA, Digitalization for Energy
  • Mark Kozdras – Natural Resources Canada, Canmet MATERIALS laboratory

Part 2 : The state of the art and the gap to be filled 

  • Laura Cutaia – ENEA Circular Economy
  • Marco De Paolis – SNAM 
  • Allegra De Filippo – DISI Institute, University of Bologna
  • Giacomo Copani – Associazione Fabbrica Intelligente Lombardy (AFIL)
  • Florent Bouguin – Groupe Optel
  • Marie Lapointe – Hydrogène Québec
  • Pierre Taillefer – BDO

Part 3 : Case Studies

  • Annibale Guariglia – Geocart
  • Davide Montanari – Ammagamma
  • Francesco Gallo – Itelyum Regeneration
  • Marco Bernardi – Cap Holding Spa
  • Sam Ramadori – BrainBox AI

Rapporteur: Pietro Leo – IBM Italia

November 19, 2021
8:15 – 10:15 (EDT) / 14:15 – 16:15 (CET)Workshop Digital Health

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Moderator: Dr. Yves Joanette, Digital Health Consortium

The responsible development of AI in digital health

  • Mona Magalhaes – St-Mary’s Research Center
  • Franco Molteni – Ospedale Valduce/Villa Beretta
  • Lorenzo Chiari – University of Bologna
  • Jacopo Secco – Omnidermal
  • Manuel Roveri – Politecnico di Milano
  • Stefano Cattorini – BI-REX
  • Sara Ahmed PH.D., PT – CRIR, RI MUHC, McGill Faculty of Medicine 
  • Stéphane Guay – Centre Axel
  • Nicolas Beaudet – Omnimed
  • Jonathan Abitbol – Invent_T

Rapporteur: Nathalie Ouimet – Montréal InVivo

10:30 – 12:30 (EDT) / 16:30 – 18:30 (CET)Closing conference

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Master of Ceremonies: Enrico Cremonese, IVADO LABS

Wrap up; lessons learned and cooperation pathways

Key messages from the Thematic Workshops

  • Désirée Tremblay – INNOVÉE
  • Pietro Leo – IBM Italia
  • Nathalie Ouimet – Montréal InVivo

Vision and future of AI; intro of keywords

  • Maurizio Sobrero – Bologna Business School

Panel : Emerging themes : Ethics and protection of data (cybersecurity)

Moderator: Sara Moraca, Journalist

PANELISTS

  • Edmondo Grassi – San Raffaele University / Educazione Intelligenza Artificiale Laboratory (EUIA) (Ethics in AI)
  • Michele Colajanni – University of Bologna
  • Sanzio Bassini – IFAB /Cineca
  • Marcel Labelle – Cybereco
  • Alexandre Lagarde – Montréal International
  • Guido Boella – University of Turin

 

CLOSING REMARKS 

  • Ruben Sacerdoti – Emilia-Romagna Region
  • Daniel Silverman – Investissement Québec International
  • Marianna Simeone – Déléguée du Québec à Rome 
  • Silvia Costantini  – Consul General of Italy in Montreal
  • Danielle Virone – Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada

 

Canadian Speakers

Vice-President, Foreign Investment / 
Montréal International
Vice-President - Technology and Innovation / 
Aeroports de Montréal
Chair of the Board and President / 
Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada
Partner / 
Teralys Capital
Vice-President, Foreign Direct Investment / 
Investissement Québec International
Manager, R&D partnerships and grants / 
Dana TM4
Minister Counsellor and Senior Trade Commissioner / 
Embassy of Canada in Italy
Managing Director / 
GLOBE Series
Vice President and Executive / 
Ivado Labs
Director of Research and Development / 
Effenco
Conseiller aux innovations technosociales / 
Inven_T
President & General Manager / 
Cybereco
Quebec Delegate to Italy / 
Ministère des Relations internationales et de la Francophonie
Executive Director / 
Hydrogène Québec
Regional President / 
BMO Private Wealth
Professional engineer and emeritus scientist / 
Natural Resources Canada, CanmetMATERIALS laboratory
Senior Director – Corporate Strategy, Partnerships and Development / 
Hydro-Québec
Advanced Technologies Senior Project Manager / 
Centre de Technologies Avancées BRP-Université de Sherbrooke
Research program manager / 
St-Mary's Research Center
Vice-President / 
Montréal InVivo
Scientific Director / 
Omnimed
Managing Director / 
Circular Economy Leadership Canada
National Lead Partner / 
BDO Canada Risk Advisory Services
Chief Executive Officer / 
BrainBox AI
Co-Director / 
Centre Axel
Sous ministre / 
Ministère des Relations internationales et de la Francophonie
Executive Director for CITF and Director and Associate Dean of the School of Population and Global Health in the McGill Faculty of Medicine / 
Deputy Vice-Principal Research and Director / 
Consortium de Santé Numérique

Italian Speakers

Undersecretary with responsibility for Relations with International Delegations / 
Lombardy Region
Post-doc researcher / 
DISI Institute, University of Bologna
Head of Analytic Translation Team / 
Ammagamma
Innovation manager and specialist in business development / 
Fasternet s.r.l.
Regional Minister for Internazionalization  / 
Piemonte Region
Operation Director, R&D and Digital Transformation Manager / 
Itelyum Regeneration
Director / 
Ospedale Valduce – Villa Beretta
Cluster Manager / 
Associazione Fabbrica Intelligente Lombardy (AFIL)
Full professor of Vehicle System Engineering / 
Politecnico di Milano
Head of Project Management / 
Lombardy Green Chemistry Association
Co-founder and CTO / 
Omnidermal Biomedics
Researcher / 
ENEA
Full professor / 
University of Bologna
Associate Professor at the Department of Electronics and Information / 
Politecnico di Milano
Manager of the Research, Innovation and Industrialization Office / 
Cap Holding
Hydrogen Valley Business Development / 
SNAM
Full Professor of Global Health / 
University of Milan
Full Professor and leader of the HiPeRT Lab / 
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Staff Scientist / 
ENEA, Digitalization for Energy
Full Professor  / 
University of Bologna - Bologna Business School
Business Developer and Solutions Engineer / 
Qmap
Full Professor of cybersecurity at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering / 
University of Bologna
Executive Architect & CTO, IBM Italy Chief Scientist and Research Strategist  / 
IBM Academy of Technology Leadership
Director / 
Sustainable Development Foundation
Full Professor / Director of AIRI / 
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia / AIRI
Chief Data Officer / 
Autostrade per l’Italia
Director of the Regional Department for Business Internationalization and FDI Attraction / 
Region Emilia Romagna
Ambassador / 
Embassy of Italy in Canada
Director of the Supercomputing Applications and Innovation Department / 
CINECA / IFAB
Consul General of Italy in Montreal / 
President / 
Emilia Romagna Region

Collaborators

Business Opportunities

Lombardia

Emilia Romagna

Press

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Videos

  • Opening Plenary : Vision, Policies and Perspectives on AI & SustainabilityOpening Plenary : Vision, Policies and Perspectives on AI & Sustainability
  • Roundtable on Sustainable MobilityRoundtable on Sustainable Mobility
  • Roundtable on Sustainable Energy and Circular EconomyRoundtable on Sustainable Energy and Circular Economy
  • Roundtable on Digital HealthRoundtable on Digital Health
  • Closing Plenary : Emerging Themes : Ethics and Protection of DataClosing Plenary : Emerging Themes : Ethics and Protection of Data
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