Bas is a technology leader in the AI and big data domain. His academic background is in Artificial Intelligence and Informatics. Trained as a software engineer and architect, he has 15 years experience in delivering successful data-driven projects with a wide range of companies and technologies. He occasionally teaches programming courses and is a regular speaker on conferences and informal meetin...

Abhilasha Ravichander is a postdoctoral researcher at the Allen Institute for AI. She received her PhD in Artificial Intelligence from Carnegie Mellon University in December 2022, and her MS from Carnegie Mellon University in 2018. Abhilasha is broadly interested in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and her research addresses the robustness and interpretability of NLP systems, with a focus o...
Levente is a long time enthusiast of anything cognitive. Originally a programmer, but finished his masters as a Buddhist Theologian, with cognitive science specialization. He started to do AI related work in the early 2000s in knowledge representation, then switched over to become the lead of research for a quantitative finance research group. He later founded an award winning startup (Best Chatbo...
DR. GEORGE A. TILESCH is President of the PHI Institute for Augmented Intelligence, specializing in global AI strategy, ethics, policy, talent, and governance. He is a senior global innovation and AI expert, executive, and consultant, primarily in the transatlantic space. For over 20 years, George has been active as a cross-sector and cross-industry conduit between AI ecosystems worldwide and as a...
Robert is a Machine Learning Engineering Lead at Turbine.ai working on unlocking biology by applying engineering disciplines to decrease cost, provide reproducibility, and answer "why?" in drug discovery.He holds a Ph.D., summa cum laude, in Engineering and Technology from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. In his dissertation, he broadened the set of mathematical tools used for ...
Gyula is a passionate AI evangelist, with an insatiable appetite for understanding the full scope of artificial intelligence technology and its transformative impact on the world. His academic journey began with a degree in Telecommunication Engineering, but his curiosity led him to also acquire a degree in Economics. This unique blend of technical and economic insight has positioned him perfectly...
With a background in physics and biophysics, I earned my PhD in network and data science in 2020. I studied and researched at the Eötvös Loránd University and the Central European University in Budapest, at the Barabási Lab in Boston, and the Bell Labs in Cambridge. Forbes 30u30 in 2020. NFT sales contributions on SuperRare and Foundation. Alumni at Eötvös Colleg...
Dr. Sohini Roychowdhury is the Head of AI/ML and Generative AI Products at Accenture, USA.Prior to this, she formed the Founding team and served as Director of Curriculum and MachineLearning at an Ed-Tech Startup called FourthBrain that provides specialized hands-on courses inthe field of Machine Learning and AI. FourthBrain is incubated and funded by Dr. Andrew Ng’sAI Venture fund. Prior to her e...
Gergely Szertics has been working in the field of artificial intelligence for 10 years. He first established his own AI development company and then, starting from 2018, alongside providing AI implementation advisory services, he also teaches about the possibilities of AI at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management. Between 2018 and 2020, he served as the head of the AI Coalition, which was ...

•BSc in Strategic Management•MSc in Data Science•6+ years in Data Science•Main areas: Banking & Retail•Senior Data Scientist at EPAM Systems...
Katherine Cass is a senior engineering manager of an AI/ML Platform Quality at Salesforce. Her current role is leading the scrum teams for Quality Engineering, Tooling and Test Framework Development, AI/ML Support, and Quality Observability/Monitoring for the AI/ML platform at Salesforce.Katherine has been working in quality engineering since 2018, starting with the Core Salesforce application and...
Sean J. Taylor is co-founder and chief scientist at Motif Analytics. Previously he was a data scientist and head of Lyft's Rideshare Labs and spent seven years as a research scientist on Facebook's Core Data Science team. Sean's work is at the intersection of experimentation and causal inference, with a focus on applied problems and generating business value using the latest methods. He earned his...
Daniel Miessler is the founder of Unsupervised Learning, a company focused on building products that help companies, organizations, and people identify, articulate, and execute on their purpose in the world. Daniel has over 20 years of experience in Cybersecurity, and has spent the last several years focused on applying AI to business and human problems. Daniel has held senior positions at Apple, ...

I am a postdoctoral researcher at Microsoft Research New England. My research focuses on the representation of geospatial phenomena in machine learning methods. I am also interested in the deployment of these methods in urban environments and to tackle climate change within both private and public sector organizations. In currently serve as a member of the board for Climate Change AI, a global non...

Irina Loginova has 10 years+ experience in managing both software and infrastructure projects using waterfall, agile and hybrid approaches. In 2022 she was recognized as a value creator and received a CEO Award for bringing great results to the customers, strengthening company’s authority on the market and winning new engagements. Successful establishment and maintaining data-driven delivery helpe...

Maryna Didkovska is a Quality Engineering Director at EPAM Systems. As a Test Manager, Delivery manager and Software automation engineer, Maryna has managed teams to build scalable testing process on a projects with over 600 participants , develop testing ecosystems on Enterprise level, find solutions to quality architectural challenges, and coached others be experts and leaders. Being PhD in Soft...

Engineering Director at Bitrise. Before that, he was VP of Engineering at ingatlancom. He’s been a successful blogger since 2005 touching both professional and unofficial matters. He is the founder of the Leadership Meetup Budapest group and member of the Stretch Conference expert team. In 2018, he was awarded Young Leader of the Year in the Hungarian SME sector....

Freelance IT Culture & Communications Consultant, Coach - she’s been in the Hungarian IT sector for 8 years and has been working for 17 (hard for her to admit). She’s a subject matter expert in the Stertch conference organizer’s team and she hosts the successful Level-up Engineering podcast, interviewing internationally known IT leaders biweekly....

Husband, dad, and a spaniel owner all at once. Index.hu, Ustream/IBM, Bitrise alumnus. Right now he works as an engineering manager leading the DevEx Platform team of Hopin’s StreamYard. Professional beginner-surfer....

Adam is in the Automotive SW industry for more, than 7 years now. His focus is on ensuring project delivery and meeting project goals, while building and keeping sustainably working teams. Working for 5+ years in Driver Assistance field he has background in SW development, team coaching and technical leadership, delivering road safety features to several manufacturers. Currently he is leading a gr...

Nassim boasts over 10 years of extensive experience in the ADAS domain with a primary focus on the development of the perception software stack for RADAR sensors. His work spans over more than 3 generations of RADAR sensors at Continental, delivering results to countless vehicle manufacturers worldwide.He is currently serving as the Head of the Product Line Radar Organization in Budapest....

Alice Walther-Wosnitzka, originally a political scientist, has been working at ZEISS for 16 years - a great company, as she says, not only with great products, but also with a broad opportunity to develop oneself. And that's very important to her when you're at home in a company for a long time. Today, she is responsible as a product owner for the global employee portal and enterprise search, wher...

Zsolt graduated in economics, but throughout his 20-year career he has always worked close to IT and innovation. He was responsible for delivery of major projects, project office and then management of the entire IT area in a commercial bank for 10+ years. Currently, he leads the Innovation Directorate of K&H, where he and his team work on the development of "classic" digital channels and the ...

Abhash Sinha is an experienced Artificial Intelligence professional with a Master's degree in the field. He is passionate about Artificial Intelligence and has an extensive work experience in NLP domain. He has recently joined Zeiss as an NLP Engineer, where his focus is primarily on LLMs and their application. He is also an avid traveler who relishes exploring the diverse landscapes and cultures ...

Zoltan has 25 years+ experience with 18 years+ of architecture experiences. He is a member of the K&H Enterprise Architecture team, working on various strategic topics, including startegic target architecture, EA team internal communication, EA repositories, etc. and also supporting the new K&H IT capabilities required for Rapid Business Solutions....

Ádám has 15 years+ experience in IT solution delivery addressing customer needs. He is now leading the solution team of ICT Digital Directorate at K&H Bank. His mission is to design and deliver innovative solutions for bank customers....

Gergely has 25+ years of experience in IT in various positions and sectors. He has delivered IT solutions in healthcare, telecommunications and banking. Gergely and his team are currently responsible for the design and implementation of innovative IT solutions in the digital channels domain, including mobile banking and e-banking, as well as for Kate, the digital assistant of K&H....

Dénes, with 20 years of experience in the IT and Financial(Banking) sector, is an accomplished professional known for strategic ICT planning, budget management, and project leadership. His expertise encompasses integrated banking solutions, ICT Operations and DEVOPS transformations, reflecting his commitment to driving efficiency improvements and lean transformations in organizations....