Technology Circle 15
Smart partnerships: The key to SME prosperity in the age of artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence as a catalyst for innovation
Small and medium companies need to innovate to stay competitive in today’s rapidly changing business environment.
There is no magic button for instant innovation. However, through our longtime experience with small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from the trinational region of Baden-Württemberg (Germany), Basel Area (Switzerland) and Grand Est (France), and our dedicated innovation programs like AI4SME, we gained useful insights that we want to share with you.
Program
16:00
Welcome
- Sébastien Meunier, Director Industrial Transformation, Basel Area Business & Innovation
- Albert Hilber, Manager Upper Rhine 4.0, Basel Area Business & Innovation
16:10
Demystify the black box AI
- Sébastien Meunier, Director Industrial Transformation, Basel Area Business & Innovation
- Albert Hilber, Manager Upper Rhine 4.0, Basel Area Business & Innovation
- Stéphan Kohler, Adjoint au Directeur général, Liebherr France
16:30
Examples from SMEs:
- Improving the energy efficiency of the industrial landscape, Lukas Frey, Sales, Ketag AG
- AI for barkbeetle detection on satellite images, Jochen Sautter, Managing Partner, Learning Machines
- Resource optimization with AI: How SMEs navigate the growing need for efficiency, Vladimir Vilde, CEO & funder, DX Analytics
- Leveraging AI for Verification and Validation of Autonomous Systems, Simone Fratini,Principal Research Engineer Solenix Engineering GmbH
16:50
Data for SME performance, supported by the expertise of public and private research in AI and Cyber
- Olivier Horent, Project Manager, EDIH Grand Est Project Manager
17:00
AI - from hype to productive use: how ecosystems support SMEs
- Gennadi Schermann, DIZ Digitales Innovationszentrum GmbH, EDIH-AICS Karlsruhe
17:10
Reskilling the workforce: Navigating the human-AI collaboration in SMEs
- Hatem Ghorbel, Responsible Data Analytics Group, HE-Arc
17:25
Dive into the different projects
Breakout sessions with project leads
17:50
Wrap up and next steps
18:00
End
Partners
English
Industrial Transformation
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