LIVE

2 days / 20+ talks
Find best practices, new exciting AI start-ups, ask experts or find partners that can help you understand how to apply AI

October 17th and 18th, 2024, Zagreb, Kraš Auditorium
Conference Schedule

Day 1 – Oct 17th



Main Stage

Hosted by Tin Bašić
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Beginning of the Conference

Opening Remarks and Introduction of the Keynote presentation

09:30 – 09:35 | Conference Room / Main Stage
Opening remarks on behalf of the Organizers and this year’s Program Committee by Davor Runje
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Eric Zhu, Microsoft Research

Keynote
Advancing AutoGen: Present and Future

09:35 – 10:10 | Conference Room
Exploration of the capabilities and advancements of Microsoft’s AutoGen framework and a deep dive into its current architecture, real-world applications, and how it streamlines AI development.
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Tomislav Vazdar, Riskoria

AI in Cybersecurity

10:10 – 10:40 | Conference Room
The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Cybersecurity
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Nikola Mrkšić, PolyAI

Advancing Conversational AI: From Research to Real-World Impact

10:40 – 11:10 | Conference Room
This talk describes the evolution of AI technology and its practical application in customer service, mapped out through PolyAI’s journey, development and insights.
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Coffee Break

11:10 – 11:40 | Coffee Space

Conference Room 1

Conference Room 1 – Business track


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IBM & MOL
Darije Ramljak, IBM Hrvatska

How MOL group accelerated hyper-personalization in marketing with IBM GenAI

11:40 -12:10 | Conference Room 1
Darije will present how MOL Group, in partnership with Salesforce and IBM, is revolutionizing customer loyalty based on Salesforce platform in the service station and convenience retail sector through hyper-personalization with GenAI.
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Maciek Ozorowski, Ipsos

How AI is Shaping the Future of Research Industry

12:10 -12:40 | Conference Room 1
TBD
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Marijo Volerević (JGL)/ Marin Grgurev (Studenac)/ Adrian Alajković (Fortenova)/ Slaven Misak (Span)

PANEL: AI Hype vs Reality in Business / Powered by BARRAGE

12:40 – 13:30 | Conference Room 1
Moderation: Drago Cmuk


Lunch Break

13:30 -14:30 | Lobby

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Tomislav Bronzin, CITUS

Why should you consider using Generative AI to create multimedia content?

14:30 -15:00 | Conference Room 1
Navigating the complexities of streaming protocols like Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ and NATS often bogs down development in data-centric microservices architectures. Enter FastStream: a modern…
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Jadranka Lovrić, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing & Kristijan Mrkalj, SRCE

Unlocking Entrepreneurial Potential in the Digital Age
/European Digital Innovation Hub (CROBOHUB++) Project update

15:00 – 15:30 | Conference Room 1


Conference Room 2

Conference Room 2 – Engineering Track


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Tvrtko Tadić, Microsoft Search

Privacy in the AI Era

11:40 – 12:10 | Conference Room 2
Privacy is a topic that garners much discussion, yet the intricacies and challenges it presents are often not fully understood within the professional community. The distinction between privacy and security is crucial, yet commonly overlooked…
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Mladen Fernežir, Velebit.ai

Can AI make e-commerce and online marketplaces become more human?

12:10 – 12:40 | Conference Room 2
n this presentation, Velebit AI will demonstrate concrete use cases and existing tools for how these technologies can improve how we interact with e-commerce platforms and online marketplaces.
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Valentina Zadrija, Yaak AI

The Hitchhiker’s guide to spatial AI: from structure from motion to LMMs

12:40 – 13:10 | Conference Room 2
Spatial intelligence is a field of AI striving to create models that can interact with the world: deliver groceries, mow yards or load trailers… We will explore some of the challenges in this presentation.
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Juraj Malenica, Mindsmiths

Engineering AI for Lasting Impact: Why Substance Outlasts Spectacle

13:10 – 13:30 | Conference Room 2
In this session, we will go through the evolution of user needs, and how products evolved to address them. We will also cover some exciting, real-world applications that Mindsmiths built that provided excellent results
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Lunch Break

13:30 -14:30 | Lobby

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Anja Barešić, PhD, Institute Ruđer Bošković

AI4Health.Cro – Project overview, results and services

14:30 – 14:40 | Conference Room 2

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Karlo Pintarić (challenge winner – MediBoost team) / Maša Šams Bival (Klinika Magdalena, Megi Health) / Moris Bagić (HZJZ) / Miha Keber (IRB)

PANEL: AI in Healthcare: Wins and Takeaways from the AI4Health.Cro Innovation Challenge

14:40 – 15:30 | Conference Room 2
Moderation: Anja Barešić, PhD

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Karlo Franić, TIS Grupa

Video Safety Checker – Preventing Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

15:30- 16:00 | Conference Room 2
Presentation on Video Safety Checker, an AI-driven solution utilizing multimodal models designed to help prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and potentially other safety concern in other devices (e.g. baby monitoring devices).
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Demo & Deep Tech Track


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Petar Zečević, Solvership

Doing Data Science with Dataiku

10:10 – 11:10 | Conference Room 3
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Coffee Break

11:10 – 11:40 | Coffee Space

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Emir Imamagic, SRCE

Next-Gen Compute and Cloud Services for SME’s

11:40 – 12:25 | Conference Room 3
The workshop will introduce participants to High-Performance Computing (HPC) and provide education on key aspects, advantages, and practical applications of advanced computing and HPC technologies.
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Davor Runje, airt

AutoGen Workshop

12:25 – 13:30 | Conference Room 3
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Lunch Break

13:30 -14:30 | Lobby

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Nikita Fedkin & Fedor Pavlov, AWS

Deep dive in to Generative AI security

14:30 – 16:00 | Conference Room 3
This session will provide a deep dive into securing and ensuring responsible development of generative AI applications.

Attendees will learn about the key security threats facing generative AI models and applications, as well as best practices for building in security and compliance controls. The presentation will feature live demos and hands-on options to showcase how AWS services can be used to create secure and responsible generative AI solutions. Participants will leave with a practical understanding of the security considerations for deploying generative AI in a real-world setting.
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About

Conference

It is not just the most important conference about Artificial Intelligence in Croatia, it is also a great place where you can meet and greet people that are having the same interests as you! So, you will have networking opportunity to start the discussion and Networking Zone, where you can sit and chat with them.



Meet the

Speakers

Some great speakers and moderators are coming your way! You will learn a ton from the presentation, but they are open to networking and your direct questions in the network zone.

Meet the speakers