AI + Environment Summit Zurich

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ETH AI CENTER | BIODIVX

AI + Environment

SUMMIT

A full-day summit to inspire, ignite and innovate work in AI for the environment

Nov 10, ETH AI Center, Zurich

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Themes

Launching the AI + Environment movement in Zurich

Inspirational Talks by 6 experts from academia and industry

Inspire

Afternoon workshops to facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration

Ignite

Innovate

Startup and Industry showcases and demos

AI + Environment Summit

Schedule

Agenda

9:30am

Arrival & Welcome with Croissants and Coffee

10:00am

Introduction

10:15am

Prof. Dr. Kristy Deiner on ENVIRONMENTAL DNA

10:50am

Prof. Dr. Tom Crowther on RESTORE NATURE’S BIODIVERSITY

11:25am

Dr. Eliza Harris on ML FOR TOXIC ENVIRONMENTAL COMPOUNDS

Noon

Lunch, Booth & Posters

1:30pm

Dr. Alberto Todeschini on INVESTMENTS IN AI FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

2:00pm

Workshop Session by BiodivX, IBM Research, Filecoin Green and AI House Davos

3:00pm

Cake and Coffee

3:30pm

Prof. Dr. Andreas Krause on ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR SUSTAINABILITY

4:00pm

Lightning Talks by Celo, Planet Labs, GainForest, Kora Labs,, CERN and Filecoin

5:00pm

Call to Action & Apéro

10 Nov, 2023

Speakers

Prof. Dr. Kristy Deiner

CEO of SimplexDNA

ENVIRONMENTAL DNA

Prof. Dr. Andreas

Krause

Chair of ETH AI Center

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR SUSTAINABILITY

Dr. Eliza Harris

Sr. Scientist, Swiss Data Center

ML FOR TOXIC ENVIRONMENTAL COMPOUNDS

Prof. Dr. Tom Crowther

Founder of Restor & Co-chair of the advisory board for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

RESTORE Nature’s BIODIVERSITY

Dr. Alberto Todeschini

Founding Faculty of the Berkeley AI Research Climate Initiative

Investments in AI for the environment

Dr. Alan Ransil

Team Lead, Filecoin Green

VERIFIABILITY AND DATA PROVENANCE

Rene Reinsberg

President of Celo Foundation

regenerative finance (ReFI)

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Workshop 1

AI for the Amazon: Harnessing Rainforest Data to Unveil Biodiversity Insights for the XPRIZE

(Elephant Room)

Our session aims to unite environmentalists, data analysts, and AI researchers in a collaborative mission to transform nature’s raw data into a narrative of biodiversity conservation. Multi-modal data from recent indigenous-led Amazon Rainforest expeditions will serve as a basis for critical discussions, data review, and brainstorming to identify patterns and insights that can inform and empower conservation efforts. This workshop is an opportunity to be at the forefront of environmental innovation, blending AI expertise with a deep commitment to preserving our planet's most diverse ecosystem. Join us as we chart a course for the future, turning data into impactful strategies that protect and sustain the Amazon rainforest's rich diversity of life.

Workshop 2

Mastering Earth Observation Foundation Models for Your Environmental Science Initiative

(HIPPO Room)

Foundation Models (FMs) in natural language processing (e.g., ChatGPT) and computer vision (e.g., SAM1) are currently disrupting various domains in society and industry, including scientific research. To also unlock the potential of FMs for researchers working in Environmental Science, NASA and IBM have teamed up to create a geospatial FM (GeoFM) named Prithvi3, for multi-spectral and temporal

Earth Observation data. In this workshop, researchers from IBM will provide a deep-dive in three chapters, on how participants can benefit from the open-source GeoFM for their environmental initiatives.

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Workshop 3

Operad-Enabled Provenance and Code Reuse for Sustainability Claims

(MACAW Room)

In this workshop we will present a framework for claim traceability based on operads, structures consisting of composable

operators. By anchoring these operators in content-addressed data types, we will demonstrate that both data and code necessary to substantiate a claim can be cited and cryptographically verified. Finally we will show the use of this framework to produce end-to-end verifiable data provenance records for AI models using the Operad Protocol. Workshop participants will have the opportunity to use these tools to generate their own verifiable claims using open source models.

Workshop 4

AI House Davos: What topic(s) would you like to see brought forward?

(COTINGA Room)

AI House Davos is set to launch during the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in January 2024. As AI continues to be a key theme in global conversations, AI House Davos will serve as a platform that brings together academics, industry leaders, government officials, investors, and entrepreneurs to facilitate in-depth discussions on the responsible scaling, integration, and regulation of AI. Join us for a discussion and make your voice heard: What topic(s) would you like to see brought forward at the AI House?