The Nordic countries have quickly made their way up the innovation ladder, ranked amongst the top 15 in the European Scoreboard 2020. Investment in and research on Artificial Intelligence is a goal shared by the Nordic governments, universities and local organisations alike, making the Nordics a strong innovation region, and one to watch as we rise up on the scale of European Innovation. The CLAIRE Oslo Office has already built bridges and strengthened relations and collaboration between the Nordic nations, specifically between universities, research institutions, innovation hubs and projects. For instance, the Office has established and strengthened ties with the Finnish Centre for Artificial Intelligence community and AI Sweden.
Strengthening European excellence in AI research and innovation is the CLAIRE Oslo Office daily business, and our main task is to strengthen the call for and encourage partnerships between European nations.
We thank everybody who participated in the launch, and all our attendees for their support!
CLAIRE Oslo Office Launch Recording
Session 1: Office Launch & Welcome Address
Welcome and introduction by Morten Irgens, Dean of the School of Economics, Innovation, and Technology, and Chief Development Officer (CDO) and co-founder of CLAIRE
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Key note: The Minister of Local Government and Modernisation, Nikolai Astrup
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Keynote: Klas Pettersen, CEO NORA
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Keynote: Trym Holter, Director at Norwegian Open AI Lab
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Keynote: Professor Jon Crowcroft, Researcher at Large at the The Alan Turing Institute
Session 2: How can we develop an effective AI innovation ecosystem in Europe?
Moderated by Morten Irgens
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Jan Bormans, CEO The European Startup Network
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Anita Schjøll Brede, CEO and co-founder of IRIS.ai
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Ieva Martinkenaite, VP, Analytics & AI at Telenor
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Ola Tørudbakken, GM & SVP Systems at GraphCore
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Yngvar Ugland, Executive Vice President, DNB NewTechLab
Session 3: AI, research and innovation in Europe
Format: Two presentations by two actors (10 min each)
- Presentation 1: Simula Consulting: Key factors for successful ML projects and companies
- Presentation 2: The European AI startup landscape: Strengths and challenges.
This articles was originally published on the 11th of June, 2021.