How AI Fights Wildfires

January 19, 2023
09:00–09:30 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

Wildfire severity, spread and frequency have all increased posing a growing threat to forest ecosystems and high-risk rural areas. There is an urgent need for technological innovation on three fronts: prediction, emergency response and forest management. How can we leverage artificial intelligence to predict and fight wildfires? This session is directly linked to the ongoing FireAId, AI to...
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Kay Firth-Butterfield
Head of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning; Member of the Executive Committee
World Economic Forum
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Carlos Afonso Nobre
Senior Researcher, Institute of Advanced Studies
University of São Paulo

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