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Industries in the Intelligent Age

From High-Performance Computing to High-Performance Problem Solving

January 23, 2025
11:30–12:15 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

From drug design to the development of new solar cells, the convergence of AI and quantum computing has the potential to transform industries and has attracted billions of dollars in investment in recent years. How can high-performance computing deliver the high-performance problem solving that it promises?

This is a livestreamed session.

Speakers

PA
Paul Alivisatos
President
University of Chicago
AA
Ana Paula Assis
Senior Vice-President and Chair IBM EMEA and Growth Markets
IBM
AA
Azeem Azhar
Chief Executive Officer
Exponential View
AG
Amandeep Singh Gill
United Nations Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology
UN Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies (ODET)

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