Technology Briefing: Accelerating Innovation Processes with AI

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Program Event language: English Moderator: Claudia Gonzalez, Head of Empa Akademie 13:30 Arrival & welcome coffee 14:00 Introduction Dr. Lorenz Herrmann, Head of Department for Advanced Materials and Surfaces, Empa 14:20 Grand challenges for automated and autonomous research: synthesis, stability, and scale-up Dr. Tonio Buonassisi, Vice President of Sustainable Energy, CSEM 14:50 Accelerating the development of advanced thin-film materials with high-throughput experiments and AI Dr. Sebastian Siol, Group Leader of Coating Technologies, Empa 15:20 Industrial intelligence: rethinking innovation in expert-driven domains Dr. Preeti Kamakoti, Director of Key Enabling Technologies and Tools Chemtech, Sulzer 15:50 Coffee break 16:20 Accelerating low-carbon cement design with materials science and AI Dr. John Provis, Group Leader of Cement Systems, PSI Dr. Nikolaos Prasianakis, Deputy Head of the Laboratory for Waste Management, PSI 16:50 AI for science: powering the next wave of industrial innovation Thanikesavan Sivanthi, Senior Principal Scientist, ABB 17:20 Wrap-up & closing Dr. Lorenz Herrmann, Head of Department for Advanced Materials and Surfaces, Empa 17:35 Apéro & networking