AI & Creation Day 2023.

Saturday, 4 November, 2023
10.00 am - 6.30 pm CET

The AI & Creation Day 2023 is a one-day forum for scientists, students, artists and the curious public. Talks and panels will cover topics such as generative AI, AI and creation, copyright and generative AI plus there will be a focus on Galicia as the future AI hub in Spain.

The event will take place at Cidade das TIC, A Coruña, Spain on 4 November 2023 and will also be live-streamed.

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10:00 am (CET)

Cidade das TIC

Opening: “Walking with AI”

In the Opening Session our speakers Amparo Alsonso, President of the Spanish Association of Artifial Intelligence, Gonzalo Trenor as representative of the Galician government, and Joel Cava, executive producer of the AI Song Contest 2023, will start the day by presenting their thoughts on what “Walking with AI” means from their perspective. Additionally there will be a message from José Bayón from ENISA, Spain's funding agency for startups and SMEs.

Speakers:

President of the Spanish Association for Artificial Intelligence

Amparo Alonso

Gonzalo Trenor

Xunta de Galicia Representative

Joel Cava

Executive Producer of 2023 AI Song Contest

CEO of ENISA

José Bayón

10:30 am (CET)

Cidade das TIC

The AI Song Contest - Then and Now

In its 4th year, the AI Song Contest has grown from a small experiment to a worldwide contest. Started by the Dutch broadcasting organization VPRO, the first contest saw 11 teams compete. Since then, the contest has grown to a regular of 35+ teams each year, and the field of AI in music has changed drastically. This session will give an overview of the AI Song Contest, presented by this year’s organizing team: Rebecca Leger, Dr. John Ashley Burgoyne, Ryan Groves and Dr. Natasha Mangal. They will discuss the challenges of running a contest, defining a rubric for AI co-creation, identifying rights issues and managing the changing climate of the perception of AI.

Speakers:

J. A. Burgoyne

Associate Professor at University of Amsterdam

Researcher at Fraunhofer IIS

Rebecca Leger

CEO of Infinite Album

Ryan Groves

Natasha Mangal

Legal and Policy Advisor CISAC

11:30 am (CET)

Cidade das TIC

Panel: "AI for Galician Culture"

This panel connects different perspectives on how generative AI can help preserving cultures but also making minority cultures more visible in the digital space:
Iria de Dios-Flores and Carmen Igleas will present Nós Project (Proxecto Nós), an initiative aimed at providing the necessary resources (datasets, tools, etc.) to integrate Galician into cutting-edge language-centric AI systems, thus enabling the natural use of Galician in human-machine interactions. Andrés Piñeiro Martín will present on how his work contributes to achieving language equality in the digital age, focusing their effort in languages with few resources like Galician with e.g. the Multilingual Voice Conversational Assistants.

Carmen Mateo will shed light on language technologies based on AI algorithms that have immense potential but there is also a technological gap between languages. In this presentation, she will show the situation of Galician in comparison with other languages, based on the study carried out in the European Language Equality (ELE) project. The main conclusion is that there is a limited number of resources, products and technologies for Galician. The situation of Galician therefore needs to improve. It is of great importance to raise awareness and support initiatives that can reverse this situation.

Speakers:

Carmen
Magariños Iglesias

Postdoc at Instituto da Lingua Galega, Univ. Santiago de Compostela

Professor at Universidade de Vigo, Consello da Cultura Galega

Carmen García Mateo

Researcher at Balidea Language Technologies

Andrés Piñeiro Martín

Iria de Dios-Flores

Postdoc at Instituto da Lingua Galega, Univ. Santiago de Compostela

12:30 (CET)

Cidade das TIC

Workshop: "Producing Galician Music with AI"

PAMP! (Proxecto Ana Maria Prieto) is a multidisciplinary group comprising artists, musicians, singers, engineers, and more. They came together for the AI Song Contest 2022. During their presentation, they will delve into their collaborative working methods and shed light on the perspectives of various members. Additionally, they will underscore the distinctions and parallels between their 2022 and 2023 candidacies.

Speakers:

Team PAMP!

Camille Hedouin, David Santos, Xandre Outeiro, Marta Verde, Sofía Oriana Infante, Rubén Laso

13:00 (CET)

Cidade das TIC

Talk: “Lawyer-Creator Chat on AI Music and Copyright”

The presence of AI technologies within the creative process has dramatically increased over the years, but what has that meant for the recognition and enforcement of copyright law? As an area of law meant to protect creators, is copyright still fit-for-purpose, or does it present new barriers against innovation? Join Natasha Mangal, U.S. Attorney and Legal and Policy Advisor at CISAC, Portrait XO and Kemi Sulola, for an exciting exploration of topics surrounding the present (and future) of copyright laws in an AI-driven society, presented from three unique perspectives.

Speakers:

Natasha Mangal

Legal and Policy Advisor CISAC, Paris

Artist, Berlin

Portrait XO

Kemi Sulola

Artist, London

14:30 (CET)

Cidade das TIC

Panel: “AI for Galician Business”

AI is not only there to help humans being creative but of course it can also help our society, in being more productive, too.

Our speakers will give different perspectives on how AI can support Galician businesses, e.g. with the Digital Innovation HUB-DIHGIGAL that supports in the field of automotive, food processing, textile and naval.

Speakers:

Javier Martínez Torres

Director of Artificial Intelligence in NTT DATA Europe & LATAM

Director of Operations Digital Innovation Hub Industrial de Galicia

Josefina Alonso Nocelo

Moderated by:

Pablo Grandío

Director of Quincemil

15:30 (CET)

Cidade das TIC

Panel: “Generative AI & Ethics”

The irruption of generative AI has been a milestone in the history of Artificial Intelligence, with notable advances that have captured global attention. While most AI experts agree that the benefits of this technology outweigh its risks, there is some concern about AI in society, possibly due to its portrayal in science fiction and sensationalist headlines. However, the risks are more related to people's vulnerability to issues such the appearance of bias in some AI systems. In addition, a new concern has recently emerged: the considerable energy demands of AI, particularly large-scale models such as ChatGPT.

Speakers:

Verónica Bolón Canedo

Associate Professor at University of A Coruña

Professor of Computer Science Goldsmith University, London

Mark d'Inverno

Matthew Yee-King

Postdoc at Goldsmith University of London

Moderated by:

Ryan Groves

Infinite Album, AI Song Contest Foundation

16:30 (CET)

Cidade das TIC

Talk: “Supercomputing & Quantum Machine Learning - Galicia as a Spanish Research Hub”

Speakers:

Andrés Gómez Tato

Applications & Projects Dept. Manager, Centro de Supercomputación

16:45 (CET)

Cidade das TIC

Talk: "Global Map of the City of A Coruña"

Over the centuries Galicia have developed a global profile in fields as diverse as economics, culture or language. In this history of Galicia, A Coruña plays a major role, historically and nowadays.

Today, A Coruña is an intermediate global city, which stands out for its international, cultural and academic connectivity in so many ways…All cities have a tourist map that points out tourist landmarks and prominent places that identify the tourist attractions of the city. The global city Map of A Coruña aspire to expand the idea of this map to other attractions of the territory, linked to its international connectivity, both of spaces and actors"

Speakers: