Scaleway to bring together the players shaping European AI at ai-PULSE 2024, on November 7 at Station F, Paris
Hardware and software suppliers, chip and GPU providers, start-up founders, engineers, CTOs and researchers: all the major players in today’s AI ecosystem will be joining Scaleway at Station F on November 7 for the 2nd edition of its ai-PULSE conference.
BIG, EFFICIENT, OPEN
The themes of ai-PULSE 2024 are BIG, EFFICIENT & OPEN. The conference will take a step back from two years of hype to focus on the questions at the forefront of AI actors’ minds today:
- Large models & Large clusters: AI’s dependence on vast amounts of data and computing power to train and deploy models raises the critical question: how can we ensure access to high-quality training data and computing power?
- Specialization & Efficiency: Is bigger always better? Emerging optimization techniques allow for significant model size reduction without compromising performance. Efficient, specialized models not only address performance needs but also offer a more sustainable path forward for AI development.
- Open source & Autonomy: Open source enables developers to rapidly experiment and iterate. It also helps enterprises retain control of AI infrastructure, avoiding vendor lock-in and dependence on foreign providers. Is it the key to Europe’s AI autonomy?
Morning’s keynotes with Xavier Niel, Michael Dell and Renée J. James
These themes will be discussed throughout the morning’s visionary keynotes. Confirmed speakers already include:
- Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO, Dell Technologies
- Renée J. James, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Ampere Computing
- Xavier Niel, Founder and Chairman, iliad Group
- Patrick Pérez, CEO, Kyutai
- Charles Kantor, CEO, H
The BIG, EFFICIENT & OPEN themes will then be explored in more detail in a series of technical workshops throughout the afternoon.
Delegates will also be able to meet exhibitors from all corners of the AI world, notably founding partners Ampere Computing, AMD, Dell Technologies, Intel and NVIDIA, as well as VAST Data, Allianz accelerator, Quandela and more.
“We couldn’t be more excited to host the second edition of ai-PULSE,” said Scaleway CEO Damien Lucas. “Offering the European cloud’s greatest AI compute capacity puts Scaleway in an ideal position to support the entire continent’s burgeoning startup scene, and to help drive innovation across all sectors. We look forward to welcoming some 1,500 VIPs to Station F on November 7, and changing the future of AI together!”
Technical workshops with leading AI experts
The afternoon will be devoted to dedicated workshops led by today’s foremost AI experts, including to date:
The list of speakers will be regularly updated on the event’s dedicated website: https://www.ai-pulse.eu/speakers.
Free attendee passes can be requested here.
Press contact: press@scaleway.com
About Scaleway
Founded in 1999, Scaleway is a cloud services provider that supports the development, training, deployment, and scaling of infrastructure within a full cloud ecosystem.
Scaleway enables European organizations to train, test, develop and host in a resilient environment with access to more than 50 cloud services. Located in Paris, Amsterdam and Warsaw, Scaleway’s cloud portfolio is used by over 25,000 businesses who choose Scaleway for its multi-AZ redundancy and its native secured user management services.
With fully managed services, such as dedicated servers, bare metal, computing, containers and serverless solutions, Scaleway provides flexibility in cloud infrastructures. It offers its customers the ability to choose where to locate their own customer data, the architecture that works best for their business, and a more responsible way to scale.
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