The AI.LA meetup is proud to announce a new speaker series "New Realities" in partnership with Koder, Cross Campus, and LA's BEST after school enrichment program.

All ticket proceeds benefit after school digital learning programs for underserved youth in the city of LA run by LA's BEST.

Why attend?

Debunk the hype around AI

Explore the intersections between VR and Artificial Intelligence

Gain insight on the most entertaining advancements in new technologies

Discuss biases in data and creator when developing an AI

VR demos



Food and beer will be provided thanks to our partners!





Your Speakers

Natascha French - CMO of VNTANA, the world's only interactive holograms with data collection to wow consumers while quantifying engagement. Their patented augmented reality platform empowers CMOs from Nike to Lexus to Disney to create engaging experiences, generate leads, and convert sales. It is the only solution on the market that allows consumers to interact with holograms of their favorite athlete, celebrity or product with out wearables, creating an unforgettable VIP experience while capturing real-time data.

Christine Meinders - an AI designer/researcher who uses collaborative and inclusive design approaches to co-author social AI projects and AI design tools. As a researcher and student designer, obtaining her second master's degree in Media Design Practices at ArtCenter College of Design, her research has focused on the design and utilization of emotion analysis in intelligent agents, inclusive design in AI, and collaborative design for embodiment in hybrid spaces.

Khayyam Wakil - VR Strategy & Innovation / Creative Partnerships at Live Planet. Khayyam is an award-winning creative and futurist with over a decade of dedicated service in the digital arts with deep seeded roots as an entrepreneur. He is widely known and well respected as a speaker, influencer and innovator. With every new medium that technology iterates upon, Khayyam has adapted and broken every pattern to find different pathways to different outcomes.

Ross Mead - Founder and CEO of Semio, an LA-based software startup developing an operating system, natural language user interfaces, and an app ecosystem for personal and commercial robots. Ross received his PhD and MS in Computer Science at the University of Southern California in 2015, and his BS in Computer Science from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 2007. His overarching work focuses on using AI and machine learning to create autonomous social behavior recognition and synthesis systems to bring robotic characters to life.

Sabri Sansoy - an MIT-educated, seasoned entrepreneur with a passion for Artificial Intelligence. As one of the world's leading AI experts, he most recently helped the team of IBM Watson, Marchesa & Ogilvy in making the world-publicized “Cognitive Dress” worn by supermodel Karolina Kurkova at the 2016 NY Met Gala. During the event the internet connected dress would change colors based on the sentiment of tweets evaluated by IBM Watson’s Tone Analyser. He recently launched a company, called Orchanic, which specializes in the AI subfields of Machine/Deep Learning, Robotics, Computer Vision, iOT and Chatbots.





Your Moderator

Todd Terrazas - Co-Founder & CEO of Brainitch, an Applied AI technology company developing intelligent research tools for capturing and analyzing audience data to revolutionize consumer-centric strategies for the world’s smartest brands. Todd is an emotionally intelligent human who loves challenging the status quo. Todd received his BA in Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California in 2010 and has been tinkering with technology and the Internet since the age of 11. Todd runs the AI.LA meetup group and holds a patent for a Bluetooth Low Energy Emergency Response System. Todd’s ‘why’: Develop a culture of honesty and goodwill.





Partners





Koder is developers-as-a-service platform that connects companies with teams of elite developers, designers, CTOs and Product Managers to deliver results. Through Koder's monthly pay-as-you-go subscription service, anyone can get an elite team of engineers to build their next idea, meticulously managed by a Silicon Valley or LA-based Product Manager and CTO.

Cross Campus is a leading collaborative, on-­demand work space and business event venue. Its vision is to re-­imagine the office by creating a more inspiring, productive and socially connected environment for startups, entrepreneurs and creative professionals.

LA’s BEST provides an enriching after school program to 25,000 kids each school day at 193 elementary schools across Los Angeles with the highest needs and fewest resources in economically distressed neighborhoods. Their programming goes beyond basic education to instill healthy values and to build skill sets in fields such as digital learning, science and the arts. LA’s BEST students are more likely to stay in school and graduate high school.