AI for Industry: Hype or Revolution?
We are thrilled to invite you to our highly anticipated 2024 MIT Paris Symposium in collaboration with the Bouygues. This year, prepare to be inspired as we delve into the captivating theme: "AI for Industry: Hype or Revolution?"
Join us for an engaging morning featuring three dynamic keynote presentations from renowned MIT professors. Don’t miss out on this chance to explore the transformative potential of AI in the industry and connect with fellow innovators. Mark your calendars and get ready for an unforgettable experience in Paris.
Registration Fee: Complimentary
Christophe Lienard joined the Bouygues Group in 2011 and was appointed Chief Innovation Officer for Bouygues SA in September 2017. From 2013 to 2017, he was Chief Innovation Officer at Colas, one of the world leaders in mobility infrastructures, and created and ran the Colas Innovation Board. In October 2015, Colas announced the launch of Wattway to produce photovoltaic energy from roads, which won the climate solution trophy at COP21. Previously, Lienard was Deputy CEO and Director of the Anovo Group from and earlier started his career with the Swedish group Atlas Copco. Lienard is a graduate from “Arts et Métiers ParisTech,” a National Graduate Engineering School engineer, has an advanced degree from UPMC Paris on energy conversion, and an Executive MBA from ICG. He is cofounder of the think tank Futura Mobility, cofounder and Vice President of IMPACT-AI, and a member of the Scientific Committee of the Global Center for the Future.
Prior to joining MIT in September 2022, Olivier Cadet was Senior Vice President Global Operations, Americas, and President of Kongsberg Maritime Inc. located in Houston, TX and responsible for Kongsberg Maritime operations in the Americas region. Prior to assuming his role in July 2018, Olivier was Executive Vice President of Products & Services, based in Norway. In that role, Olivier was overseeing the teams managing Kongsberg Maritime’s products portfolio aligned with market demands and future trends, such as autonomous operations and digital performance. Olivier was also accountable for Kongsberg Maritime’s strategic initiative around Information Management System and Smart Data.
Olivier started his international career in the offshore drilling industry in 1998, working for Schlumberger/Transocean as a Controls Engineer where he was involved in the installation, commissioning and support of Dynamic Positioning and Automation systems on offshore drilling rigs. In 2004 Olivier joined Air Liquide, the world leader in industrial gases, where he served for 9 years in a variety of innovation management roles, including R&D Group Manager and Program Director, driving Air Liquide’s research efforts in the field of Advanced Process Control and Operations Research to support the company’s efficiency program.
A dual citizen (U.S./France), Olivier graduated from the Grenoble Institute of Technology (INP Grenoble) in France in 1998 with a Master of Engineering (Diplôme d’Ingénieur) in Electrical Engineering. He completed the Advanced Management Program with MIT Sloan Executive Education in June 2022.
Director of Strategic Industry Engagement, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing MIT Director, MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab Co-lead, MIT AI Hardware Program Senior Research Scientist, CSAIL
Aude Oliva, PhD is the MIT director in the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab and director of strategic industry engagement in the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, leading collaborations with industry to translate natural and artificial intelligence research into tools for the wider world. She is also a senior research scientist at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), where she heads the Computational Perception and Cognition group.
Oliva has received an NSF Career Award in computational neuroscience, a Guggenheim fellowship in computer science and a Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship in cognitive neuroscience. She has served as an expert to the NSF Directorate of Computer and Information Science and Engineering on the topic of human and artificial intelligence. She is currently a member of the scientific advisory board for the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence. Her research is cross-disciplinary, spanning human perception and cognition, computer vision and cognitive neuroscience, and focuses on research questions at the intersection of all three domains. She earned a MS and PhD in cognitive science from the Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, France.
Generative AI presents practical and societal challenges that are swiftly growing as the technology scales and is increasingly used. Generative models — some mimicking human capabilities — can be used alongside people to enhance project outcomes in domains from scientific discovery to products in industry. This talk will present an overview of the state of the art in AI research at MIT, and discuss the impact, promised, and pitfalls of generative approaches for current and future real-world use cases.
Jerry McAfee Professor of Engineering, MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Markus J. Buehler, Jerry McAfee Professor of Engineering at MIT, is a leading researcher in computational modeling across domains, from materials to biology to physics. Markus' expertise bridges AI to multi scale materials modeling. He recently co-developed a method that uses artificial intelligence to generate new protein designs with specific strengths, mimicking natural materials like silk. This approach, which uses computer simulations for testing, allows the creation of proteins with desired mechanical properties, such as strength and flexibility, beyond what is naturally available. Markus earned a Ph.D. at the Max Planck Institute for Metals Research at the University of Stuttgart and held post-doctoral appointments at both Caltech and MIT. Buehler has received many awards, including the Feynman Prize, the Drucker Medal, and the Washington Award. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
In this talk, Prof. Buehler will explore the cutting-edge intersection of materials science, biology, and artificial intelligence. Generative AI models have the potential to revolutionize the way we understand, analyze, and design new materials. However, many AI models struggle to understand physical concepts, causing the models to "hallucinate," producing unreliable or even erroneous results. This talk discusses research that addresses these challenges by blurring the boundary between physics-based and data-driven modeling through a series of physics-inspired multimodal graph-based generative AI models set in a hierarchical multi-agent mixture-of-experts framework. We apply this new generation of models in the analysis and design of materials to mimic and improve upon biological materials. Focusing specifically on protein engineering, this talk discusses case studies covering distinct scales, from silk to collagen to biomineralized materials, as well as applications for medicine, food, and agriculture where materials design is critical to achieving performance targets. By harnessing AI's creative power for designing novel proteins, Prof. Buehler's research has opened new avenues in biomedicine, construction, and sustainability. This talk will journey into the future of materials science, demonstrating how generative AI's potential to solve complex challenges is just beginning to be unlocked.
George Westerman is a Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Founder of the Global Opportunity Forum (http://mv.ezproxy.com.ezproxyberklee.flo.org).
George’s work bridges the fields of executive leadership and technology strategy. During more than 20 years with MIT Sloan School of Management, he has written three award-winning books, including Leading Digital: Turning Technology Into Business Transformation. As a pioneering researcher on digital transformation, George has published papers in Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, and other top journals. He is now focused on helping employers, educators, and other groups to rethink the process of workforce learning around the world through the GOF and several research collaborations.
George is cochair of the MIT Sloan CIO Leadership Awards, a member of the Digital Strategy Roundtable for the US Library of Congress, and member of the Board of Directors for Workcred. He works frequently with senior management teams and industry groups around the world. Prior to earning a Doctorate from Harvard Business School, he gained more than 13 years of experience in product development and technology leadership roles.
In today’s business environment, every leader must consider the potential of artificial intelligence (AI). However, not every leader feels comfortable doing that. In this engaging session, MIT researcher and digital transformation pioneer George Westerman will provide the information you need to talk about AI and make informed decisions confidently. He’ll demystify AI and provide an executive-level overview of key categories, including generative AI, deep learning, rule-based systems, and other models. Participants will explore practical applications across various sectors, highlighting the transformative potential and potential risks for customer experience, operations, decision-making, and employee careers. This is not a technical discussion; it’s a leadership one that reveals what every leader needs to know about these fast-moving technologies. Audiences will walk away ready to ask the right questions and make the right decisions about leading an organization through the AI revolution.
Innovation and Transformation Director, Bouygues Group
Vincent Maret is the Innovation and Transformation Director at Bouygues Group. He has been instrumental in driving competitiveness through innovation within the company, focusing on agile methods and fostering open innovation programs. His role involves supporting various business units in their transformation efforts. Maret has extensive experience in marketing, strategy, innovation, project management, and telecommunications. He previously served as the Marketing Manager and deputy R&D director at Bouygues Telecom and worked as a Project Executive with IBM Global Services. He also founded and led the US Office of Bouygues Telecom in Silicon Valley, which has since been renamed winnovation, serving the entire Bouygues Group.
Co-founder and CEO, Osium AI
Sarah Najmark is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at Osium AI. She studied Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry at Ecole Centrale Paris. She also holds a Master in Science from Stanford University where she conducted and led AI research. She has deep expertise in AI technologies applied to complex systems as she worked for 3 years as a Tech Lead and Product Manager at Google X, the moonshot division of Google. She authored 2 ML patents.
Stéphane Stoll began his career at Bouygues in 1994 and joined the Group internal audit until 2002 when he transferred to former ETDE (now Bouygues Energies & Services – BYES) as CFO of the newly created Facilities Management branch before taking management positions in this branch in France. In January 2010, he became CFO of the BYES Group. He participated actively to the acquisition process of ALPIQ’s contracting activities ; he became Chairman of Kraftanlagen, the German arm of these newly acquired activities in August 2018 upon closing. He was appointed in May 2021 as Executive VP of BYES for Energy & Industry and for Germany.
Stéphane Stoll is a graduate of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) in Paris and also holds a master in corporate tax (University of Paris-Dauphine).