Conference Stage

This talk takes a look at the ways blockchain technology can reshape how markets function, replacing vertical, siloed-markets with horizontal (flat), open, n-sided, cross-sector marketplaces. It focuses on the potential of the technology across a broad number of use cases, and takes a deep dive into a few promising ones.

The evolution of tokens has gone from utility to one for security tokens. Analysis of what has been happening in the market for the past 12-18 months and the cryptoeconomic underpinning are looked into. Argument is made using the existing data and current trends that the next step in tokenisation would be mainstream adoption of security tokens. Arguments from cryptoeconomics are presented to back this up.

This talk is about why it becomes increasingly important that blockchain networks can talk to each other, and understand each other. The talk will provide a brief overview on approaches.

il modello industriale abilitato dalla blockchain è basato sulla decentralizzazione del valore tra tutti i soggetti che partecipano alla rete, modalità confacente a un sistema come quello italiano caratterizzato da una pluralità di Pmi. (this presentation will be in Italian - questo intervento si terrà in lingua italiana)

Human mind is able to process 300 million forms, contextualizing them through different cognitive patterns: this makes us the most creative living being on the planet, able to solve every kind of task. We have started building Artificial Intelligences with the aim to exceed the level of our skills, tracing a new way of expanding our work potential. Following JoinPad experience, we will explore how AI is evolving in the industrial field to support the worker in his performance thanks to one main key technology: Augmented Reality, which makes possible the collaboration between the user and the Artificial Intelligence, reaching the goal of evolving human capacity beyonds his own limits.

The enterprise Virtual Reality training market will grow to US$6.3 billion in 2022 (ABI-Research). However why the VR learning has not reached large-scale adoption yet? Come and you will see VRTUOSO, the first ever enterprise product to allow anyone in a company to create, show and manage Virtual Reality presentations with zero-learning curve. You will also hear about YNAP’s VR onboarding training programme, as well as, about the latest innovative standalone VR/AR headsets from PICO.

The immersive web means virtual world experiences hosted through the browser. This includes virtual reality (VR) experiences shown via the browser or in headsets like Daydream, Oculus Rift/Go, Samsung Gear VR, HTC Vive, and Windows Mixed Reality Headsets, as well as augmented reality (AR) experiences made available via mobile devices. The open standard bringing VR and AR to the browser is called WebXR. Leen will highlight the history of the standard, recent efforts by GAFA* in the space and will showcase exciting new applications in e-commerce, media and education. *Google - Amazon- Facebook - Apple

How EQT Ventures are investing in Motherbrain, their own AI-driven Investment Platform. The difficulty in building prediction models which requires human input and how the models benefit the investment performance.

Already a leader in the consumer sector, Samsung is opening up to the B2B world leveraging converging technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Augmented and Virtual Reality for the next generation of enterprise mobility solutions to drive business transformation.

This talk will cover: - Leveraging AI to defend against advanced, never-seen-before, cyber-threats - How new immune system technologies enable enterprises to pre-empt emerging threats and reduce incident response time - How to achieve 100% visibility of the entire digital infrastructure - including cloud, network and IoT environments - Why automation and autonomous response is enabling security teams to neutralize in-progress attacks, prioritise resources, and tangibly lower risk - Use case by Giunti Editore, presented by Raffaele Ghilardi: a real-world example of the successful application of AI in the enterprise

How blockchain is set to revolutionise the way in which companies operate - Fire side chat with Davide Casaleggio

Quantum computing is a new technological paradigm with the potential to generate fundamental changes in the way information is stored and processed. This is an approach based on one of the pillars of modern physics, quantum mechanics, applying some of its fundamental properties in new computer architectures. A discontinuity that could have important applications in medical research, telecommunications, artificial intelligence, finance and defense technology: new types of drugs, cryptographic systems, simulations of complex natural systems and other categories of problems could potentially be addressed trough this technological wave. After two decades of basic and applied research, today we are witnessing a phase of technology transfer and go to market: venture capital funds, large companies and governments are starting to invest significant amounts in the sector. The innovation curve is experiencing an important acceleration, as well as its political and economic implications.

AR Adds a New Dimension to Financial Trading and Analysis - AR changes the financial world as we know it. The way how people trade, make investment decisions, or monitor their banking accounts will change with AR integration. AR/MR-assisted trading and data analysis platforms empower traders and investors with advanced technology.

This presentation will dive into the rising complexity of connectivity. This complexity is driven by the requirements from both enterprises and individuals that must be constantly “plugged in” as well as the many “things” that now require some type of connectivity. Covered will be an update on smart cities, smart buildings and the most current connectivity deployment trends. Come away with a better understanding of why the infrastructure matters to business - specifically how optimizing and intelligently managing your connectivity will create efficiencies and reduce cost. Learn about the role that Automated Infrastructure Management paired with Augmented Reality is predicted to play in the future of structured cabling and the eco system that surrounds connectivity. Augmented Reality is poised to do great things to make our cities and our buildings smarter, more efficient, and more intelligent.

How disruptive innovations are changing HealthCare, an industry historically less affected by the transformative impacts of technologies. Digital health, powered by Genomic, Blockchain and AI, is a human imperative for the overall improvement of Healthcare system, for a better quality Patients deserve. A more informed and aware Patient is now at the center of the overall digital ecosystem, with remote & personalized services «around» & «beyond» the pill.

AI has the potential to be a valuable ally in the fight against financial crime. Know-your-customer (KYC) processes are heavy in manual processing and involve the reading of large numbers of documents. Human cognitive capability is ill suited to such tedious document tasks, leading to errors. Deep learning technology shows promise in the automation of repetitive document processing of this nature. Martin Goodson and Mark St. John Qualter share the results of a yearlong feasibility study on the introduction of AI into the onboarding process at the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). Along the way, Martin and Mark share their experiences in translating this complex business process into a high-performance computational system. The study found that AI allows tasks to be performed that would be impossible using a manual process. AI also enables a large financial services firm to capitalize on its legacy data effectively, transforming it into a strategic asset. The study also showed that defining evaluation metrics that accurately track progress toward desired business objectives can be an unexpected challenge.

Let's meet at the Food Area for drink and nice chats.

Innovation Room

How artificial intelligence is going to disrupt how marketers will do their jobs today.

How immersive computing is going to disrupt che corporate learning & development industry. Proven effective since the age of Confucius and Aristotle, its only from the beginning of last century that Experiential Learning became scalable within military environments, thanks to the advent of computer aided simulators. But today a new paradigm shift is on the way, allowing simulation and digital learning to finally distrupt the corporate learning & development market. Corporations are forced by the unsettling pace of market innovation to continuously look for more effective ways of skilling and reskilling their employees; at the same time, obsessed by financial results, top lines are continously requesting down the ladder to provide larger savings on non-sales-related functions. In this scenario, the impact of low-cost XR devices, the evolution of AI, and the spread of high speed connectivity are bound to completely reshape the way companies and institutions train their workforce. New remote collaboration platforms will emerge, and instructional designers will need to rethink their learning paradigms, taking into account the strong emotional impact of the new technology, and the need of (finally) applying gamification techniques to their designs.

Augmented Reality technologies, used with a thoughtful approach and in the appropriate way, constitutes an exciting field to be explored to discover new paradigms to represent, explore and analyze data. For the new Starbucks Roastery in Milan, Accurat has designed an AR app which enriches the in-store experience and allows the brand to narrate its story and identity in an unconventional and engaging way.

Robotics and VR have a huge potential to be used hand-in-hand e.g. for improving manufacturing with a human-curated robot training. In this talk, I will explain how to incorporate Machine Learning and VR for teaching robots to perform dynamically changing and complex tasks inside highly-advanced simulated environments. Besides, I will share the story of improving VR game experience with the industrial robot called „Marvin”. #DigitalTwin #ML #VR #ReinforcementLearning #ImitationLearning #Robotics #Unity

From keyboard to touch screen, HMIs has never stopped evolving, to arrive today at the most intuitive interface possible: the voice. This presentation talks about the potential of voice assistants, how companies could be revolutionized and what are the technical issues associated with this new technology.

Armin will revisit the history of technological advancements and share best practices as to how companies can confront market resistance to new technologies. He will also discuss ways in which companies can get the most out of their marketing campaigns amidst GDPR regulations and how to effectively use incentivization to engage customers.

Executive Stage

Industry buzz sometimes focuses on an AI future with dire unintended consequences for humanity. From cross-industry experiences will frame an encouraging picture of how AI can solve big problems with people, data, and technology to benefit society.

How will you go to the store in thirty years? How will we reconcile artificial intelligence, augmented reality and conversational interfaces with our need for trust and empathy? What does it mean to design the shopping experience in a truly omnichannel and customer-centric perspective? During the meeting we will try to answer these questions from different perspectives, but held together by a red thread: overcoming the distinction between physical and digital in the buying and selling experience.

Overview of AR/VR in marketing • Success stories/examples explored • The need to engage the user/customer • Traditional Marketing vs AR powered marketing • Exploring the various innovative ways to differentiate the experience you offer to your customers

We have finally passed the pilot phase and now we are starting to show that Augmented Reality has commercial relevance and, equally importantly, the ability to really help human beings. Why should you start thinking about using AR for your business processes now? Because it can help your workers and your sales. And it can save you significant sums of money. Companies that are ahead of the hype cycle are already consolidating their leadership in the AR landscape and creating new things using this technology. Here are some case studies of AR business applications developed by Realmore

Cosa significa fare una Initial Coin Offering (ICO)? Che differenza c’è tra ICO e Token Sale? Cosa è cambiato dal 2013 quando per la prima volta Mastercoin lanciò la sua ICO? Stiamo di fronte a un passaggio epocale in cui gli asset verranno scambiati attraverso una nuova tecnologia. Ripercorrendo le fasi principali della storia delle ICO, passando per la pre-sale di Etehreum del 2014 fino ad arrivare al boom del 2017. Quali saranno i risvolti economici per i vari operatori del mercato? A queste e altre domande risponderà Gianluca Massini Rosati, imprenditore Fintech ed esperto di fiscalità, che condurrà il pubblico in un viaggio attraverso l’evoluzione delle ICO fino a scoprire i futuri scenari della blockchain e delle cryptovalute. Massini Rosati ha lanciato una sua Token Sale per il progetto Xriba nel dicembre 2017, che si è conclusa con successo nel luglio del 2018 con una vendita di circa $ 12.9 mln in token.

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