AI WORKSHOP SERIES

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This 6-part AI Workshop Series is designed to provide an overview of AI, layout opportunities across industry sectors, functions, start-ups, and investing, and discuss the challenges and risks that we must overcome to seize the tremendous potential that AI presents to us. The series will comprise of a series of lectures, discussions, case studies, hands-on workshops and will conclude with start-up pitches that best reflect the opportunities and incorporate the learnings from the series. Led by Pankaj Kedia – a prolific start-up AI investor, senior AI advisor at Brink, and adjunct Knauss MBA faculty at the University of San Diego, this series is designed for start-up founders, investors, students, and faculty who are ready to incorporate AI in their day-to-day life.

Attendees may attend the entire series or single events, and recordings will be accessible for past event in the series.

What to expect:

• Understand the range of AI opportunities across enterprises and consumers
• Understand the challenges and risks we must face for AI adoption
• A final session with a panel of judges providing feedback to AI Start-ups

Past Events In the Series:

Session 1:  AI Overview: The Past, Present, and Future

Session 2:  AI Opportunities Across Industry Verticals and Functions

Session 3:  AI Opportunities for Start-ups and Investors

INSTRUCTOR

Pankaj Kedia

Pankaj Kedia is a globally recognized AI thought-leader and expert as an early-stage investor, CXO advisor & consultant, adjunct MBA professor, keynote speaker, and Global AI150 honoree. Previously, Pankaj played pivotal roles incubating and growing a series of businesses during the Internet, Mobile, and Cloud technology eras across three decades at Intel and Qualcomm.

As the Founder & Managing Partner of 2468 Ventures, Pankaj has directly invested in 150+ early-stage startups and 15+ funds across silicon, systems, software, and services. He is now bringing the benefits of AI to society-at-large and is focused on accelerating the AI ecosystem. As a senior AI advisor at Brink, Pankaj is advising a number of AI-focused founders as they incubate and grow their start-ups. As an adjunct Knauss MBA professor at the Univ of San Diego, Pankaj has taught multiple AI courses and is currently leading the Torero Ventures Lab where 26 students are incubating eight (8) AI-powered start-ups. Pankaj is a lifelong learner with engineering and business degrees from Stanford, Wharton, Univ of Michigan, and the Indian Institute of Technology.

COURSE FORMAT

Sessions 1 – 4 – Hybrid

Session 5 – Online only

Session 6 – In Person at University of San Diego

Registration Policies:

Registration and Fees: Payment of seminar fees may be made by check, money order or credit card. Payment must be received to guarantee your space in an event.

Refund Policy: If you wish to request a refund, please contact the conference organizer listed above to discuss. You may also elect to send a substitute in your place. If the event is cancelled, all fees will be returned.

Special Accommodations: In accordance with the American Disabilities Act and state law, you may request accommodations due to a disability by contacting the event organizer listed above. Advance notice may be necessary for some accommodations. Registration must be paid prior to accommodation requests.