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Exciting Announcement: Join Us for a Cutting-Edge AI Community Event in
Cambridge! 🤖
📅 Date: September 27th, 2024
🕒 Time: 8:30 a.m. EST
🏢 Venue: Microsoft NERD Center, One Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02142
At this exclusive gathering, you'll have the
opportunity to explore the latest trends, breakthroughs, and applications in AI
technology alongside fellow enthusiasts, experts, and industry leaders. Whether
you're a seasoned professional or just beginning your journey in AI, there's
something for everyone at this event.
Here's a sneak peek of what's in store:
🎤 Inspiring Keynote + Speaker
Presentations: Gain insights from renowned AI experts as they share their
vision for the future of AI and its impact across various industries.
🌐 Interactive Workshops: Dive deep into
AI concepts, tools, and techniques through hands-on workshops led by industry
practitioners. Get ready to roll up your sleeves and sharpen your AI skills!
💡 Thought-Provoking Panel Discussions:
Engage in thought-provoking discussions on AI ethics, diversity, and the
societal implications of AI adoption. Your perspective matters, so join the
conversation!
🚀 Sponsor Showcases: Discover
groundbreaking AI startups and their innovative solutions shaping the future of
technology. Who knows? You might witness the next big breakthrough right here!
🤝 Networking Opportunities: Connect
with like-minded individuals, forge valuable connections, and expand your
professional network within the vibrant AI community of Boston.
Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity
to immerse yourself in the fascinating world of AI and connect with fellow
enthusiasts and experts. Reserve your spot today and get ready to embark on an
unforgettable AI journey with us!
Stay tuned for more updates. We
can't wait to welcome you to the AI event of the year in Cambridge! 🌟

AI Community Conference - Boston 2024

Room 1

AI-Powered Storytelling: Revolutionizing Video Production with Generative Tools and Smart Systems

Session Description:

Step into the future of content creation where AI is no longer just a tool but a collaborator in storytelling. This session uncovers how generative AI and smart systems are fundamentally transforming the video production landscape, allowing creators to elevate their craft and scale their efforts in ways previously unimaginable.

You’ll explore the power of generative AI to autonomously produce stunning visuals, compelling narratives, and immersive video experiences—changing the way we approach everything from concept to post-production. Paired with smart decision-making systems like Smarty Pants, these technologies streamline workflows, automate complex processes, and optimize content for diverse audiences in real-time.

In this session, you’ll discover:
- How generative AI is expanding creative possibilities by crafting unique video content, enabling creators to break free from traditional limitations.
- Real-world applications and success stories, showing how AI-driven video production has transformed brands, campaigns, and storytelling.
-The integration of AI-powered decision-making tools, which balance creativity with data insights to produce more targeted, engaging, and impactful content.
- A forward-looking strategy, illustrating how you can implement these innovations in your own workflows to revolutionize your video production process and stay ahead of industry trends.

Perfect for content creators, media executives, and AI enthusiasts, this session is your guide to navigating the exciting world of AI-powered storytelling, blending cutting-edge technology with human creativity to produce exceptional content that captures attention and drives results.

See a sample talk (password: CGA) https://vimeo.com/video/1000771098?share=copy

Erich Archer https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericharcher/

AI-Powered Storytelling: Revolutionizing Video Production with Generative Tools and GPTs

LinkedIn

M365 Copilot is perhaps one of the most exciting capabilities to be added to the Microsoft 365 service, but it isn't cheap. In this action-packed session, we will talk about making a business case for M365 Copilot, which personas you should target first with your deployment, how to unlock and measure value for your investment in M365 Copilot, and some example use cases that should help you save time and realize productivity gains. 

 Microsoft AI Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Clippy (Getting business value out of Copilot for M365)

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In this session, Rony will describe how databases like SQL Server, PostgreSQL and Data warehouses like Snowflake, BigQuery can be transformed into GenAI machines. Rony will explain the challenges of using LLMs for enterprise data and the architectural considerations they needed to take into considerations to provide hallucination free insights from the databases. Rony will explain how at Tursio they create automatic data models and highlight industry specific GenAI use cases they are seeing and how enterprises are adopting GenAI to drive efficiency within their existing workloads using the Tursio platform.

What if your databases could be transformed into a GenAI Machine?

Title: AI Ready Data with Apache Iceberg: Unifying, Controlling, and Optimizing Your Data for Effective Artificial Intelligence

Target Audience:
Data engineers
Data scientists
Data architects
Technical leaders (CTOs, CIOs)
Anyone interested in improving data quality for AI/ML initiatives

Abstract
In today's data-driven world, the effectiveness of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) models depends heavily on the quality and organization of your underlying data. "AI Ready Data with Apache Iceberg" addresses this challenge and describes how Apache Iceberg can facilitate unifying, governing, and optimizing your data, making it truly AI ready.

Key Takeaways:
The Data Lakehouse Advantage:
Explain how Apache Iceberg, combined with the lakehouse architecture, provides a unified platform for all types of data, breaking down silos and simplifying data management.

Git-Like Data Governance with Nessie:
Introduce Nessie and demonstrate how its Git-like functionality brings version control, branching, and collaboration to your data, enabling efficient experimentation and ensuring data reproducibility.

Data Contracts for Quality Assurance:
Discuss the concept of data contracts and how they can be used to define and enforce quality standards, ensuring that data meets the necessary criteria for AI/ML workloads.

Iceberg's Optimized Data Structures:
Highlight how Iceberg's optimized data layouts (e.g., columnar formats, partitioning, hidden partitioning) improve query performance and resource utilization, leading to faster AI/ML model training and inference.

Real-World Use Cases:
Share examples of how organizations are using Iceberg, Nessie, and data contracts to build robust data pipelines, enhance data quality, and achieve tangible results with their AI initiatives.


AI Ready Data with Apache Iceberg: Unifying, Controlling, and Optimizing Your Data for Effective AI

We'll introduce the many ways AI is baked into Microsoft's Power Platform. We'll view a bunch of the AI offerings from Microsoft, include M365 CoPilot and see how it assists in the creation of low code apps and Power BI reports. We'll show the Designer tool to create AI images, demo how to create chatbots in Azure and Teams, and we'll learn how to leverage AI to quickly turn an Excel table into a Dataverse schema, with data and a fully functional low-code app using the assistance of AI and the Maker Portal.