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Artificial Intelligence: Overview and Applications

16-19 September 2019, Hotel Radisson Blu, Bangkok, Thailand

The ITU Asia-Pacific Centres of Excellence training course on “Artificial Intelligence: Overview and Applications” is being organized jointly by the International Telecommunication Union, the Office of National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (Thailand) and the National Information Society Agency (Republic of Korea) as part of the ICT Applications training programme under the auspices of the ITU Centres of Excellence for the Asia-Pacific region. The training will be delivered in English.

The training course is designed to

provide an overview of artificial intelligence (AI);
build knowledge on deep learning, trends in artificial intelligence including applications and use cases;
develop an understanding of the impact of AI on the economy and society; and
trends on AI policy, regulation and governance.

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Day 1 (16 Sep)

0830-0900: Registration
0900-0930: Opening Session

- Sameer Sharma, Senior Advisor, ITU Regional Office for Asia-Pacific [Bio]
- Yong-Sik Moon, President, NIA [Bio]
- Takorn Tanthasith, Secretary General, NBTC [Bio]

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0930-1030: Keynote presentation: Digital transformation and Artificial Intelligence,
Yong-sik Moon, President, NIA [Bio] {Presentation]

1030-1100: Coffee break

11:00-1200: Artificial intelligence: An introduction
- P. Anandan, CEO, Wadhwani AI [Bio] [Presentation]

1200-1330: Lunch

1330-1500: Understanding the technology behind artificial intelligence
- Jerome White, Senior researcher, Wadhwani AI [Bio] [Presentation]

1500-1530: Coffee break

1530-1700: Deep learning, AI trends and limitations
- Alpan Raval, Head of data science, Wadhwani AI [Bio] [Presentation]

1800-2030: Welcome Dinner (Hosted by NBTC)

Day 3 (18 Sep)

0900-1030: AI – Country case (Republic of Korea), -Eun Chang Choi, Yale Information Society Project [Bio] [Presentation]

1030-1100: Coffeee break

1100-1200: AI’s socio economic impact
- Ashish Narayan, Programme Coordinator, ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific [Bio] [Presentation]

1200-1330: Lunch break

1330-1500: AI and the ICT Sector
- Michael MacDonald, Chief Digital Officer and Executive Consultant of Huawei SEA [Bio] [Presentation]
- Paul Haines, Account Executive, Intel, Thailand[Bio] [Presentation]

1500-1530: Coffee break

1530-1700: Working group exercise

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Day 2 (17 Sep)

0900-1030: AI applications and use cases in various sectors
- Alpan Raval, Head of data science, Wadhwani AI [Bio] [Presentation]

1100-1200: AI and the ICT sector – Industry expectations and cases,
- HunYeong Kwon, Professor at the Graduate School of Information Security, Korea University [Bio] [Presentation]

1200-1330: Lunch break

1330-1500: AI: Ethics, security, personal information issues
- Eun Chang Choi, Yale Information Society Project [Bio] [Presentation]

1500-1530: Coffee break

1530-1600: Quiz 1

1600-1700: Working group exercise
- Jerome White, Senior researcher, Wadhwani AI [Bio] [Presentation]