Maine Artificial Intelligence Conference
Ricci Hall, University of Southern Maine in Portland
Democratizing AI for Maine
Artificial Intelligence, broadly defined, has unleashed the potential for impact on every aspect of our lives, mainly due to advancements in computing speed and software development.
The Maine AI Conference brings together experts from industry, academia and government to explore opportunities and challenges that can transform research, teaching and business processes.
Agenda
9:00 a.m.
Welcome
Kody Varahramyan, Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Maine
Ali Abedi, Associate Vice President for Research and Chair of UMaine AI at the University of Maine
Pips Veazey, Director of the University of Maine Portland Gateway
9:15 a.m.
An introduction to AI in Maine
Pips Veazey, Director of the University of Maine Portland Gateway
Anne Heberger Marino, Associate Director of the University of Maine Portland Gateway
9:30 a.m.
Industry panel
Brien Flewelling, Exoanalytics
Mark Maybury, Vice President of Commercialization at Lockheed Martin
Cliona Molony, Chief Data Officer and Head of Data Science at IDEXX
Dick Wilkins, Phoenix Technologies
The moderator and more speakers will be announced soon!
10:30 a.m.
Break
11:00 a.m.
Academic panel
Moderated by Ashanthi Maxworth, University of Southern Maine
Chaofan Chen, Computer science at the University of Maine
Umesh Hodeghatta Rao, Computer science at The Roux Institute at Northeastern University
Behrooz Mansouri, Electrical and computer engineering at the University of Southern Maine
Yifeng Zhu, Civil and environmental engineering at the University of Maine
12:30 p.m.
Networking lunch
1:30 p.m.
Policy panel
Moderated by Russ Harrison, Executive Director of IEEE-USA
Anne Toomey McKenna, AI Policy Chair and Law Professor, University of Richmond School of Law
3:00 p.m.
Concluding session
Pips Veazey, Director of the University of Maine Portland Gateway
Anne Heberger Marino, Associate Director of the University of Maine Portland Gateway
3:30 p.m.
Networking reception
Conference sponsors
Maine section of the
Maine AI Conference Registration
Early Bird Registration $60 • Closes May 1
General Registration $80 • Closes May 31
IEEE Member Registration $40 • Closes May 31
Organizing committee
Ali Abedi, UMaine AI Initiative
John Burns, UMaine Strategic Partnerships and Innovation (SPIRE)
Anne Heberger Marino, UMaine Portland Gateway
Umesh Hodeghatta, The Roux Institute at Northeastern University
Rebecca Kennedy, UMaine Research
Ashanti Maxworth, University of Southern Maine
Erin Miller, UMaine Research
Mindy (Melinda) Pelletier, UMaine AI
Jeremy Qualls, University of Southern Maine
Pips Veazey, UMaine Portland Gateway
Hosted by the University of Maine and the University of Southern Maine with support from the University of Maine Portland Gateway.