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February 27, 2025 | Marcy LaRont, I-Connect007Estimated reading time: 1 minute
“AI, Automation and the Digital Transformation”
Presenter: Kevin Surace, futurist, visionary, and inventor of disruptive innovation and generative AI
8:30–9:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 18 (Open to all)
Discover where artificial intelligence stands today, where it's headed, and how you can participate. Witness robots and algorithms achieving real-world success and learn about the processes that can transform your company starting now—nothing to fear, it's just math. You'll laugh out loud while also being prompted to think deeply, leaving with fresh insights ready to implement.
As AI, IoT, and cloud computing represent the most significant technological shifts in decades, understanding what they are, how they work, and the practical knowledge you can apply today is crucial. Those who embrace these innovations will effortlessly outpace their competition. Regardless of your industry, integrating these technologies into your business is easier than you might think. You'll learn how to reach the "Center of Annihilation" and much more in this engaging, fun, and energetic talk.
Surace, known as the father of the virtual assistant, is a Silicon Valley “disruptive” innovator and leader in the application of AI, with 94 worldwide patents. He was INC Magazine's Entrepreneur of the Year, a CNBC top Innovator of the Decade, World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer, featured for five years on TechTV’s Silicon Spin, and inducted into RIT’s Innovation Hall of Fame.
He led pioneering work on the first cellular data smartphone, the first AI virtual assistants (like Siri), the first generative AI in software testing, and many artificial intelligence inventions.
To read this entire article, which appeared in the February 2025 issue of PCB007 Magazine, click here.
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