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Amii Monthly News: April 2025 - Upper Bound Must-Sees

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Apr 25, 2025

Hi there,

Upper Bound is nearly upon us! This is easily my favorite time of year, as we get to dive into AI in all its many facets, including startups, research, future of work, and public service. There are over 100 sessions to explore! 

We’re celebrating Rich Sutton winning the Turing award! We’re excited to celebrate with him at the famous Upper Bound Party and hear his keynote on the future of AI and the Age of Experience.

We have research leaders from around the world joining us for the week. Tech giants like Google, Dell, and NVIDIA, as well as leading startups like Jobber, AltaML, RLCore, and Artificial Agency!

Here are some highlights I’m excited about!

Business leaders are grappling with the opportunities and disruptions that AI is bringing. With tracks for business leaders, including the Business of AI track, we dive into challenges leaders face, like workforce readiness, AI literacy, AI and Regulators, and Generative AI for AI-powered productivity.

Healthcare is undergoing an AI revolution, and Upper Bound features a lot of health content digging deep into its impact: AI in ultrasound, translating AI into clinical practice at scale, and applications of AI in dentistry.

Machine learning is also accelerating progress in science writ large, and we have a theme exploring those exciting developments. DNA Foundation Models, AI in Drug Discovery, and Nucleate Canada’s Forum are among sessions that dive deeper into the topic.

Finally, the week is filled with things near and dear to our hearts here at Amii: Blue Sky Research, Startups and Venture, and Breakthrough AI Technologies are again a huge part of the conference.

And I'm not the only one here who is buzzing about Upper Bound - I've asked some other Amii team members to share what they're most excited about, which you can read below. 

Looking forward to seeing you at Upper Bound!

CELEBRATE WITH RICH SUTTON @ UPPER BOUND

Rich Sutton just won the Turing Award. We’re celebrating at Upper Bound with a keynote you won’t want to miss — and a party to match.

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STAFF PICKS

We asked the Amii team what they’re most excited about at Upper Bound, and they delivered! Here are some highlights:

INDUSTRY - Marlene McNaughton, Chief Revenue Officer

I’m looking forward to the Business of AI and AI-Powered Productivity tracks—plus Blue Sky Research for a glimpse into how top researchers are pushing AI forward...

RESEARCH - Alona Fyshe, Amii Fellow & CIFAR AI Chair

I’m excited for two talks: Understanding Emergent Properties in Neural Networks—a fascinating and often debated topic—and Training Large Language Models with the Adam Algorithm, which will offer valuable insights into ADAM and LLMs...

STARTUPS - Adam Danyleyko Adam Danyleko, Product Owner

I’m looking forward to the Venture and Startup Tracks, plus the launch of our first-ever AI Startup Pitch Competition—spotlighting Canada’s brightest early-stage companies and the investors driving AI innovation...

LITERACY - Jill Kowalchuk, Manager, AI Literacy

I’m excited for sessions on AI literacy and ethics in education, especially Dr. Eaton on the Postplagiarism Era and a fireside chat with Dr. McRae and Dr. Rockwell on why AI literacy matters in today’s world....

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