Davos, Switzerland: HPE puts AI in the spotlight at World Economic Forum
What do you discuss while the world’s leaders convene? Artificial Intelligence, of course.
- Last week in Davos, Switzerland, HPE executives and experts attended World Economic forum and AI House Davos.
- AI House Davos is a non-profit that connects industry leaders, tech founders, research, companies, investors and policy makers to discuss the impact of AI on the world.
- Replays are now available from the three HPE sessions at the AI House Davos. Topics covered focus on some of the biggest opportunities and challenges of AI today.
The world’s leaders descended on Davos, Switzerland last week to discuss essential trends, advancing technologies, global climate and more at the World Economic Forum (WEF). If you’re curious as to why HPE executives attend, and what their week looked like, take a short walk in the snow with CEO Antonio Neri and podcaster Michael Bird as they discuss the what it means to join the world’s stage on today’s most challenging topics.
As you might imagine, AI continues to be a key WEF topic of interest due to its incredible potential and paradoxes. In fact, CEO Antonio Neri represented HPE’s thought leadership on AI in both a World Economic Forum blog, “Scaling AI sustainably: 4 urgent priorities,” as well as a session you can watch here: “Powering the Technology Revolution.”
But just down the road from the Congress Center, was AI House Davos, a sponsored activation organized by HPE and partner companies, with the intention of creating a space to address and act on the most pressing questions in AI. HPE hosted three different sessions, all aimed at exploring the boundaries, possibilities and governance of artificial intelligence:
- “Defining Sovereignty in a new era of AI” – Phil Mottram, EVP and GM, joined fellow executives to discuss the demand for sovereign AI, which has become a prerequisite for protecting national security and strengthening the resilience of the public sector. Sovereign AI also allows nations to make compute and tools accessible for the greater good to innovate and unlock economic growth. You’ll see the speakers explore how nations invest in sovereign AI and through a strong public-private collaboration, can scale AI and make it inclusive to create a positive societal. Watch the session replay here.
- “In the era of AI, the world is only as strong as our infrastructure” - Kirk Bresniker, HPE Fellow and Chief Architect at Hewlett Packard Labs served as moderator for this session which focused on networking technologies, (along with related policies and programs they face,) that will directly impact companies and governments’ ability to succeed. This comes at a time of great convergence including technological, organizational, and even infrastructure collaboration. The discussion demonstrated why reliable, secure, ubiquitous connectivity is crucial not only to advancing AI but our entire society. Watch the session replay here.
- “Can we resolve the paradox of sustainable AI?” – A session again moderated by Kirk Bresniker, but also featuring Monica Batchelder, Chief Sustainability Officer, HPE. The adoption of AI comes with a large energy consumption challenge. The massive compute power required to run AI applications puts a heavy strain on resources and costs and, in the near term, risks exacerbating the climate crisis. Geopolitical factors are also creating energy challenges in certain parts of the world, making it even more difficult to adopt AI. This panel explored holistic strategies—from reimagining data centers to establishing future-proof initiatives with a collaborative, whole-society approach—to reduce the carbon intensity of AI deployments and build a more sustainable world. Watch the session here.
Take a look at our other World Economic Forum and AI House resources here.
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