ML Engineer and Author.

Maxime Labonne is a Senior Staff Machine Learning Scientist at Liquid AI, serving as the head of post-training. He holds a Ph.D. in Machine Learning from the Polytechnic Institute of Paris and is recognized as a Google Developer Expert in AI/ML. An active blogger, he has made significant contributions to the open-source community, including the LLM Course on GitHub, tools such as LLM AutoEval, and several state-of-the-art models like NeuralBeagle and Phixtral. He is the author of the best-selling book “Hands-On Graph Neural Networks Using Python,” published by Packt.

Speaker, Technologist, and Startup Advisor

Valentina Alto is a Data Science Graduate who joined Microsoft Italy in 2020 as an Azure solution specialist. Since 2022, she has been focusing on data and AI workloads within the manufacturing and pharmaceutical industries. She has been working closely with system integrators on customer projects to deploy cloud architecture with a focus on Modern Data Platforms and AI-powered applications.nnIn June 2024, she moved to Microsoft Dubai as an AI App Tech Architect to focus more on AI-driven projects in the Middle East.nnSince commencing her academic journey, she has been writing tech articles on statistics, machine learning, deep learning, and AI in various publications. She has authored several books on machine learning and large language models.

Clint Bodungen is a globally recognized cybersecurity professional and thought leader with 25+ years of experience, and author of Hacking Exposed: Industrial Control Systems. He is a U.S. Air Force veteran, has worked for notable cybersecurity firms Symantec, Booz Allen Hamilton, and Kaspersky Lab, and is a co-founder of ThreatGEN, a cybersecurity gamification and training firm. Clint has been at the forefront of integrating gamification and AI into cybersecurity with his flagship product, ThreatGEN® Red vs. Blue, the world's first online multiplayer computer game designed to teach real-world cybersecurity. Clint continues his pursuit to help revolutionize the cybersecurity industry using gamification and generative AI.

Sr. Enterprise Solutions Architect - Generative AI, NVIDIA

AI Practitioner, CEO and Owner at LogicAI & RecoAI, ElephantAI

Bestselling Author, Innovator in Data, AI, & Technology

AI Influencer of the Year, AI Monetization Expert, Founder & CEO

Engineering Leader, Machine Learning at Meta

Denis Rothman graduated from Sorbonne University and Paris-Diderot University, and as a student, he wrote and registered a patent for one of the earliest word2vector embeddings and word piece tokenization solutions. He started a company focused on deploying AI and went on to author one of the first AI cognitive NLP chatbots, applied as a language teaching tool for Moët et Chandon (part of LVMH) and more. Denis rapidly became an expert in explainable AI, incorporating interpretable, acceptance-based explanation data and interfaces into solutions implemented for major corporate projects in the aerospace, apparel, and supply chain sectors. His core belief is that you only really know something once you have taught somebody how to do it.

Bill Schmarzo, The Dean of Big Data is a University of San Francisco School of Management Executive Fellow and an Honorary Professor at the School of Business and Economics at the National University of Ireland-Galway where he teaches and mentors students in his courses “Big Data MBA” and “Thinking Like a Data Scientist". He is the author of Big Data: Understanding How Data Powers Big Business, Big Data MBA: Driving Business Strategies with Data Science, and The Art of Thinking Like a Data Scientist. He has written countless whitepapers, articles and blogs, and given keynote presentations and university lectures on the topics of data science, artificial intelligence/machine learning, data economics, design thinking and team empowerment.

Chief AI Strategist, Intelligence Briefing

Aleksander Molak is a Machine Learning Researcher and Consultant who gained experience working with Fortune 100, Fortune 500, and Inc. 5000 companies across Europe, the USA, and Israel, designing and building large-scale machine learning systems. On a mission to democratize causality for businesses and machine learning practitioners, Aleksander is a prolific writer, creator, and international speaker. As a co-founder of Lespire, an innovative provider of AI and machine learning training for corporate teams, Aleksander is committed to empowering businesses to harness the full potential of cutting-edge technologies that allow them to stay ahead of the curve.

Specialist Leader - AI & Analytics, Deloitte

Joseph Labrecque is a creative developer, designer, and educator with nearly two decades of experience creating expressive web, desktop, and mobile solutions. He joined the University of Colorado Boulder College of Media, Communication and Information as faculty with the Department of Advertising, Public Relations and Media Design in Autumn 2019. His teaching focuses on creative software, digital workflows, user interaction, and design principles and concepts. Before joining the faculty at CU Boulder, he was associated with the University of Denver as adjunct faculty and as a senior interactive software engineer, user interface developer, and digital media designer.nnLabrecque has authored a number of books and video course publications on design and development technologies, tools, and concepts through publishers which include LinkedIn Learning, Apress, Peachpit, Packt, and Adobe. He has spoken at large design and technology conferences such as Adobe MAX and for a variety of smaller creative communities. He is also the founder of Fractured Vision Media, LLC; a digital media production studio and distribution vehicle for a variety of creative works.nnJoseph is an Adobe Education Leader, Adobe Community Expert, and member of Adobe Partners by Design. He holds a bachelor’s degree in communication from Worcester State University and a master’s degree in digital media studies from the University of Denver.

AI Lead, Microsoft