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<P>As an executive, you are probably trying to make sense of all the possibilities with AI & the dizzying array of competing platforms. At Gigaom, we've developed an AI Workshop to help you learn how to apply AI in your business & what all the various AI tools can do for you today.</P>
<P>This June we're taking the show on the road, & bringing this special one-day workshop to three cities: San Francisco, Austin, & Boston. Join us in a city near you for a hands-on introduction to AI that will give you a working knowledge of what you can do with cloud-based AI offerings from IBM, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, & others.</P>
<P>This workshop is ideal for managers of all levels. We start at 9:00 & by 4:00, everyone will have a working understanding of the capabilities of the key AI platforms, including what works right now & what doesn't.</P>
<H2>Sample Workshop Sessions</H2>
<P>Build real-world AI solutions using the latest technologies from Amazon Echo, IBM Watson, Google, Salesforce Einstein, Microsoft, & open source options.</P>
<P><STRONG>Predictive Customer/Lead Engagement</STRONG>- Really powerful use case for AI in operations. This demo highlights some of IBM Watson's most useful APIs (Language Alchemy, Personality Insights). This functionality can also be applied across a range of media: social media, email, & content comments.</P>
<P><STRONG>Predictive Sales</STRONG>- Learn how to score leads & effectively follow-up using Salesforce Einstein.</P>
<P><STRONG>Voice Control of IoT Devices</STRONG>- Voice interface combined with AI technology will make the complex queries easier. See business applications for Amazon Echo devices.</P>
<P><STRONG>Image Recognition</STRONG>- An extremely powerful application for nearly every industry. See Google's current capabilities for facial recognition, emotion recognition, text recognition, damage identification, context awareness.</P>
<H2>Speaker Bios</H2>
<P><STRONG>Christopher Mohritz</STRONG>is a lifelong entrepreneur & technologist with a number of successful businesses under his belt; bringing a unique blend of technology know-how coupled with creative thinking & business acumen to each of his projects.</P>
<P>Since 2009, Chris has been building & leveraging artificial intelligence systems to cognify a wide range of business functions - marketing, sales, customer support & decision automation to name a few. And over the past five years, he has been building & operating a business accelerator for web/mobile startups, helping other entrepreneurs launch exceptional AI-first businesses.</P>
<P>Chris draws heavily from a deep background in technology - from operating nuclear reactors in the U.S. Navy to designing datacenters at Lockheed Martin. Complemented by a broad range of business experience - from technical sales for the Fortune 500 to project management in the public sector. Allowing Chris to bring a seasoned & unique strategic vision to implementing cognitive systems that drive real-world business value.</P>
<P><STRONG>Byron Reese</STRONG>is the publisher of Gigaom. He has been building & running Internet & software companies for twenty years. Of the five companies he either started or joined early, two went public, two were sold, & one resulted in a merger.</P>
<P>In addition to serving in a wide range of senior management roles, from CEO to VP of Marketing to Chief Innovation Officer, Byron has produced diverse body of patentable work, authored an award-winning book about the future of technology, & given dozens of talks to both technical & non-technical audiences around the world. He is presently writing a book on AI set to be published in 2017 by Atria, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.</P>
<P>Bloomberg Businessweek credits Byron with having quietly pioneered a new breed of media company. Wired Magazine describes him as a tall Texan who serves as Demand's chief innovation officer & who created the idea-spawning algorithm that lies at the heart of Demand's process. The Financial Times of London reported that he is typical of the new wave of internet entrepreneurs out to turn the economics of the media industry on its head. And Business Insider concluded that Byron seems like a kooky - & awesome guy We'd love to buy him a beer.</P>
<P>In addition, Byron & his work has been featured in hundreds of news outlets, including New York Times, Washington Post, Entrepreneur Magazine, USA Today, Reader's Digest, NPR, & the LA Times Magazine.</P>
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