CONFERENCE VP BANK EXPERTS INSIGHTS SPECIAL EVENT

On 23/11/2017 Alexander Linnikov  attended the conference Artificial intelligence: media hype or world-changing revolution? organized by the Moscow representative office of VP Bank (Switzerland).

At first, artificial intelligence was a theory which resulted in the development of computer systems which are able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence. Today artificial intelligence seems to be omnipresent: robotics, automated cars, cryptocurrency, ICOs, blockchain technology, Terminator-lookalike robot warriors or even robot financial advisors.

The conference was opened by  Thomas Westh Olsen, Head of Private Banking Central & Eastern Europe and Member of Executive Management and Jean-Michel Brunie, Head of the Moscow Representative Office of VP Bank (Switzerland) AG.

The list of speakers featured major experts in the field of artificial intelligence Tim Clough, Partner, Technology Leader in Russia, PwC Moscow, Alexander Dmitriev, Senior System Architect, IBM Client Center, Industrial Solutions Consultant, Sergey Negodyaev, Director of Portfolio Management, Internet Initiatives Development Fund, Bernd Hartmann, Chief Strategist and Head of Investment Research & Advisory, VP Bank Group  who  helped to sort out several issues. Is the media buzz around AI just a new dot-com bubble that will ultimately burst? Has artificial intelligence already proven itself in the real world? Will these new technologies dramatically impact both our daily lives and our business activities?