"It was very nice to have representatives from the Ministry of Local Government and Modernization, the Research Council of Norway, Schibsted, the Norwegian Cognitive Center, the University of Stavanger, and Copenhagen Business School at this meeting. We had interesting and informative discussions, and many good suggestions were put forward," says the Vice-Principal at UiB and head of the steering group for UiB AI, Pinar Heggernes.
The seminar got off to a great start, with presentations from Christine Hafskjold, Director of the Ministry of Local Government and Modernization (KDD) and Olaug Råd, Special Adviser in the Department of enabling technologies at the Norwegian Research Council.
Then, there were presentations from several of Norway´s most notable AI experts, such as Morten Irgens from the Kristiania and Copenhagen Business School, Inge Jonasen, head of the Department of Informatics at UiB and chairman of NORA, Kjersti Engan, professor at the Department of Data and Electrical Engineering at the University of Stavanger, Simen Eide, AI developer and leader of the AI Enablement Program at Schibsted and Odd Gurvin, project manager at the Norwegian Cognitive Center.
The seminar concluded with a comprehensive panel discussion featuring the aforementioned presenters, led by NORA's own Alex Moltzau.
You can now watch the entire seminar here:
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