2022

2022

Dates

Dec 12, 2022

- Dec 15, 2022

About

  300+ attendees -

connect with other researchers and practitioners

  40+ speakers

attend a showcase of cutting-edge research and applied AI

  4+ tutorials

receive a practical introduction to machine learning for beginners

  50+ posters

share your work and get feedback from experts

  2+ hackathon problems

get your hands dirty and learn from the best


Schedule

 13h00 - 18h30

Registration

Engineering Building 3, Elandspoort 357-Jr, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa

 09h30 - 10h30
Keynote I 1 number of speakers

Opening talk

University of Pretoria
 10h30 - 12h00
Machine Learning - Foundations I 1 number of speakers
Computer labs
University of Pretoria
Research I 3 number of speakers
University of Pretoria
10h30 - 11h00
University of Pretoria
11h00 - 11h30
University of the Witwatersrand, DocFox
11h30 - 12h00
Applied ML & Industry I 3 number of speakers
CSIR, WomHub
10h30 - 11h00
11h00 - 11h30
Women in Big Data SA
11h30 - 12h00
 12h00 - 13h00

Lunch

 13h00 - 14h00
Keynote II 1 number of speakers
Masakhane: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Grassroots Research
 14h00 - 14h30

Break

coffee only

 14h30 - 16h00
Reinforcement Learning - Foundations II 1 number of speakers
Computer labs
Vodacom Group Limited
Research II 3 number of speakers
IBM Research - Africa
14h30 - 15h00
University of Edinburgh
15h00 - 15h30
DAIR Institute | Mila
15h30 - 16h00
Applied ML & Industry II 3 number of speakers
Lelapa.AI
14h30 - 15h00
Nosible
15h00 - 15h30
Sybrin
15h30 - 16h00
 16h00 - 16h30

Break

 16h30 - 18h00
Quantum Computing - Foundations III 1 number of speakers
Computer labs
IBM
Research III - Language 3 number of speakers
Delft University of Technology (Netherlands)
North-West University
University of Cape Town
Reinforcement Learning - Applied ML & Industry III 3 number of speakers
Sumogym Traffic Control: Reinforcement Learning From Simulation to Real World
Instadeep Ltd
Bytefuse.ai
 18h00 - 21h00
Poster session with AI Expo Africa 50+ number of speakers
Distributed

 09h00 - 10h00
Keynote III 1 number of speakers
Co-founder and CEO of DataProphet
 10h00 - 10h30

Break

 10h30 - 12h00
Probability - Foundations IV 1 number of speakers
Computer labs
University of Pretoria
Reinforcement Learning - Research IV 3 number of speakers
University of the Witwatersrand
University of the Witwatersrand
University of the Witwatersrand
ML Ops - Applied ML & Industry IV 3 number of speakers
Co-founder & CEO of Melio AI
 12h00 - 13h00

Lunch

 13h00 - 14h00
Keynote IV 1 number of speakers
North-West University
 14h00 - 14h30

Break

coffee only

 14h30 - 16h00
Transformers - Foundations V 1 number of speakers
Computer labs
ByteFuse
Research V 3 number of speakers
Stellenbosch University, InstaDeep
Institute for Groundwater Studies
University of Venda
ML Ops - Applied ML & Industry V 3 number of speakers
Cerebrium, Cornell
Kriterion, TensorflowExtended Special interest group
Explore AI
 16h00 - 16h30

Break

coffee only

 16h30 - 18h00
GANs - Foundations VI 1 number of speakers
Computer labs
Vision - Research VI 3 number of speakers
Rhodes University
University of Oxford
Applied ML & Industry VI 3 number of speakers
Durban University of Technology
Stellenbosch University
 18h00 - 21h00
Hackathon with Zindi 3+ number of speakers
Computer labs

 08h30 - 09h00

Morning coffee

 09h00 - 10h00
Panel discussion 5 number of speakers

A panel discussion featuring incredible panelists from the AI community

University of Pretoria
North-West University
University of Pretoria
 10h00 - 10h30

Break

 10h30 - 12h00
Hackathon with Zindi [continued] 1 number of speakers
Computer labs

Unconference
Workshop: AI in Healthcare 17 number of speakers
IBM Research Africa
10h30 - 11h00
11h00 - 11h30
Federated learning for healthcare
11h30 - 12h00
From paper to practice: The business of AI and healthcare
 12h00 - 13h00

Lunch

 13h00 - 15h00
Hackathon with Zindi [continued] 1 number of speakers
Computer labs

Unconference [continued]
Workshop: AI in Healthcare [continued] 2 number of speakers
LifeQ, ByteFuse
13h30 - 15h00
Ideathon launch + example idea pitch
 15h00 - 15h30
Hackathon presentations and prizes
 15h30 - 16h00
Closing remarks & IndabaX Annual General Meeting 1 number of speakers
 17h00 -
Closing event
Summit Sky Bar & Grill

Transport provided to the event


Organising committee

photo of Anna Bosman

Local organiser | Director

Anna Bosman

University of Pretoria
photo of Christopher Currin

CEO | Director

Christopher Currin

Institute of Science and Technology Austria & IBRO-Simons Computational Neuroscience Imbizo
photo of Maria Schuld

Accounting | Director

Maria Schuld

Xanadu & Part-Time Researcher at the University of KwaZulu-Natal
photo of Kerryn Gammie

Programme Chair

Kerryn Gammie

Independent
photo of Temitope Kekere

Fundraising

Temitope Kekere

University of Pretoria
photo of Windy Mokuwe

Catering & Social Events

Windy Mokuwe

Council for Science and Industrial Research
photo of Dinorego Bauba Mphogo

Catering & Social Events

Dinorego Bauba Mphogo

Tshwane University of Technology
photo of Sabathile Ndlovu

Marketing & Communications

Sabathile Ndlovu

University of KwaZulu-Natal
photo of Sicelukwanda Zwane

Marketing & Communications

Sicelukwanda Zwane

University College London
photo of Aboubacar Diallo

Hackathon

Aboubacar Diallo

Senior Data Analytics Consultant | AI/ML Applied in Healthcare (Independent)
photo of Stacey Baror

Fundraising

Stacey Baror

University of Pretoria
photo of Laing Lourens

Local organiser, Programme Chair, Fundraising, Catering & Social Events

Laing Lourens

CSIR
photo of Avashlin Moodley

Marketing & Communications

Avashlin Moodley

CSIR
photo of Sasha Naidoo

Marketing & Communications

Sasha Naidoo

Nedbank
photo of Thapelo Sindane

Local organiser, Catering & Social Events

Thapelo Sindane

University of Pretoria

Sponsors