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CEWIT2023 Conference Schedule

Thursday, November 16, 2023

The CEWIT2023 Conference will consist of multiple panels, discussions, and individual talks. The series of individual talks will be fifteen minute presentations by distinguished breakout speakers doing a deepdive into their area of expertise along with Q&A.  

 

Time Speaker  
7:30am-8:00am Registration Open, Continental Breakfast & Exhibit Floor Open  
8:00am-8:15am
Dr. Miguel Garcia-Diaz
Interim VP for Research, Stony Brook University
Dr. Rong Zhao
Center Director, New York State Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology (CEWIT)
Opening Remarks
8:15am-8:40am
Mary Strain
Business Development Manager: Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning GTM, Amazon Web Services
Talk Title:
Generative AI - Beyond the Hype: Practical use cases, Emerging Opportunities and Thoughts on the Responsible Use of AI in Higher Education
 
8:40am-9:05am Lloyd Treinish
Chief Scientist for Climate and Weather, IBM Research
Talk Title:
Furthering Research in Environmental Sciences on a Warming Planet Leveraging Advances in Open Data and Technology
 
9:05am-9:30am
Dr. Nobuhiro Hayashi
Vice President of International Affairs
Professor, School of Life Science and Technology,
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Talk Title:
Self-Personalized Well-Being for the Elderly Supported by Comprehensive AI Healthcare to Connect the Local Community
 
9:30am-9:55am
Dr. Saad Nadeem
Assistant Professor
Departments of Medical Physics and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)
Talk Title:
The power of open-access AI in clinical and translational research
 
9:55am-10:15am Morning Break - Visit Exhibit Showfloor  
10:15am-10:40am
Dr. Theodoros Zanos
Head of Division of AI in Health, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Talk Title:
Artificial Intelligence in Bioelectronic Medicine and Point-of-Care Clinical Applications
 
10:40am-11:05am Dr. Carlos Soto
Associate Computational Scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Talk Title:
Making Large Information Resources Machine-readable with Machine Learning
 
11:05am-12:05pm
Moderated by Dr. Manoj Mahajan
Senior Research Scientist, CEWIT
Lia Brantingham
Program Manager, Old Dominion Strategies
Mercedes Le Carpentier
Director, Explora Security
CTO and Co-Founder, RedShred
VIP Invited Guest
Panel Discussion:
Driving the Future of Cybersecurity
12:05pm-1:05pm
Lunch 
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Alejandro (Alex) Jaimes
Chief Scientist & SVP of Artificial Intelligence, Dataminr
 
Talk Title:
AI in Real-Time: From Emergency Response to Corporate Security
 
 
1:05pm-1:15pm
Eugene Sayan
Founder and CEO
Softheon
Remarks
1:15pm-2:15pm
Moderated by Gil Bashe
Managing Partner and Chair of Global Health and Purpose,  Finn Partners
Visiting Computational Oncology Advisor, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Dr. Elliot Goodman
Director of Surgical Education, City University of New York School of Medicine
Dr. Jamie Hirsch
AVP, Clinical Digital Solutions and Attending Nephrologist, Northwell Health
Dr. Gerald Kelly
Chief Information Officer, Stony Brook University Hospital
Panel Discussion:
AI in Healthcare
2:15pm - 2:30pm
Dr. Carl W. Lejuez
Executive Vice President and Provost
 Stony Brook University
 
2:30pm - 2:45pm
Afternoon Break - Visit Exhibit Showfloor 
 
2:45pm-3:45pm Moderated by Klaar De Schepper
Principal and Founder, Flux Tailor
Robert D'Arienzo
Associate Partner, IBM Consulting's Weather, Climate & Sustainability
Terrence DeFranco
Chairman and CEO, Iota Communications
Guy Sliker
Director, Customer Solutions R&D, New York Power Authority 
Dr. Jennifer Wei
Lead Scientist of Earth Sciences Remote Sensoring, NASA
Panel Discussion:
Technology and Sustainability
3:45pm-4:45pm
Contributing Writer, Rolling Stone
Partner, Falcon, Rappaport & Berkman LLP 
Fireside Chat:
The Past, Present, and Future of Blockchain and Crypto
4:45pm - 5:00pm
Associate Vice President for Technology Partnerships,
Stony Brook University
Closing Remarks
5:00pm-6:30pm Networking Reception CEWIT Lobby
5:00pm-6:00pm CEWIT Lab Tours and Exhibit Showfloor Home of the Future Lab, Reality Deck, Sunrise Technology