CorkBIC hosted a Webinar on October 18th, discussing the Opportunities, latest Trends & Applications in AI/ML & Big Data - Industry Experts like Allan F. Beechinor & Niamh Parker Altada Technology Solutions; Mike Fitzgerald, founder, Net Feasa and Gwen Burchell, Keelvar participated in the discussion.
72 people registered and 66 people attended the webinar from countries like Spain, Portugal, UK, Greece, Ireland and France.
Here is a link to the recording: https://youtu.be/ILJjIyQ_WqU
Roberto Parrondo, CEEI Asturias, opened the session with an overview of the AT Virtual Programme and details on the Second call - Big Data/Data Analytics.
The Keynote speaker was Allan Beechinor Co-Founder & CEO of Altada. During his presentation, Allan looked at the following areas:
Defining AI & ML & common pitfalls
Creating value – creating use-cases from POCs
Building the relationship with sponsors
Scaling the data globally and defining performance metrics
Managing data across customer & development platforms
There followed a lively panel discussion, chaired by Michael O'Connor, CorkBIC, which included, Allan Beechinor & Niamh Parker Altada Technology Solutions; Mike Fitzgerald Net Feasa and Gwen Burchell Keelvar where they discussed
Identifying, building & Motivating Tech Teams
Managing projects & Outputs
Working across distributed teams
Identifying opportunities - logistics, maritime, security
Typical applications
Long term Customer or App relationships
Platforms PAAS & SaaS etc
Some information on the Companies who participated:
Altada provide AI-based solutions to companies in financial services, travel and security that use data to improve decision-making and business processes. Recently Altada raised $11.7 million in investment and have offices in Ireland, right across Europe and the US.
Net Feasa is a technology company based in Ireland and The Silicon Valley specializing in taking Yards, Ports and Shipping Companies through Digital Transformation. For over 3 decades their management team has garnered expertise in; Communications, IoT, Cloud, Big Data, practical uses of Machine Learning and Network Security.
Keelvar is the ideal software solution for enterprise level clients looking to take the complexity out of sourcing suppliers. Keelvar boosts cost savings, efficiency, and digitalization with easy-to-use sourcing optimization and intelligent automation. From annual, strategic spends to high-frequency spot buys, and everything in between.