Date: Thursday, October 31, 2024

Time: 12:45 - 14:15 CET

Location: Online via webinar

Webinar Registration: https://lu.ma/89cj7udq

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Background

 

The AI Frontier: Society, Ethics, and our Future is a thought-provoking webinar hosted by SwissCham Asia and Singularity Academy, designed to explore the transformative role of artificial intelligence in our society. The event will feature distinguished speakers from leading tech and business sectors who will discuss the societal impacts of AI, ethical considerations, and future opportunities. Join experts from Bloomberg, Coupang, Alibaba Cloud, and AI Career Accelerator as they share insights on navigating the challenges and potential of AI, and its implications for innovation and employment.

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Opening: Dr. Urs Lustenberger, President, SwissCham Asia 

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Ms. Parmy Olson, Tech Journalist at Bloomberg, London, UK

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Mr. Jachin CHENG, Product Management Director, Coupang, Seoul, South Korea

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Mr. Simon R. Boehmer, Senior Lead Solutions Architect at Alibaba Cloud Intelligence Group, Switzerland

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Ms Salama Belghali, Founder and CEO of AI Career Accelerator, Switzerland

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Panel Discussion

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​Closing up by Dr. Urs Lustenberger

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About the Speakers

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Parmy Olson is a technology columnist with Bloomberg covering developments in artificial intelligence, regulation and social media. She is the author of "Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT and the Race That Will Change the World,” (Macmillan, 2024), which shows how the humanitarian quest to build the world’s most powerful AI was taken over by large technology companies. It is shortlisted for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award 2024. She was previously a technology reporter with the Wall Street Journal and Forbes, and is also the author of “We Are Anonymous: Inside the Hacker World of LulzSec, Anonymous and the Global Cyber Insurgency.”

 

Jachin Cheng leads product management as Director of Coupang in Korea. He has worked at Google for over 17 years until May 2024 in Mountain View, London, Zurich and Singapore, his last role at Google AI being focussed on AI offerings in various fields of Google’s ecosystem. His expertise is in the formulation and delivery of large scale AI and ML strategies. Jachin is also a venture investor primarily in technology companies in the US and Asia. He graduated from the University of Texas in Austin with a BA in Computer Sciences and holds and MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management. 

 

Simon R. Boehmer is the Senior Lead Solutions Architect at Alibaba Cloud Intelligence Group in Switzerland, where he leads the development of AI-driven cloud solutions and oversees the strategic growth of Alibaba Cloud’s presence in the Swiss market. With a strong academic foundation from Caltech, specialising in AI and deep learning, Simon has led groundbreaking projects across various industries, earning recognition such as the Swiss Innovation for Impact Award from Amazon Web Services (AWS) for his contributions to AI.

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Salama Belghali founded the AI Career Accelerator, helping professionals transition into AI careers. She also founded Women in Web3 Switzerland, an NGO with over 800 members. With 20 years of experience in financial products and trading, half in leadership roles, Salama has been featured in Forbes and recognized as a Top Voice in AI & Blockchain on LinkedIn. She holds a MSc in Applied Mathematics and Computer Sciencefrom ENSIMAG and an MSc in Financial Mathematics from the University of Warwick. In 2024, she launched the Women in Web3 Global Summit in Davos during WEF. 

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