AE: Global Summit on Open Problems for AI
What are the next set of challenges for AI technology?
Join the world’s leaders in algorithm development, ethics, and application.
AI技術のこれからの課題は？
AIアルゴリズムの開発、倫理、社会実装において世界をリードする専門家が議論します。
9-11th April, 2025.
Tokyo, Japan.
Algorithms Day アルゴリズム
9th April
Session Chairs
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Dr James Whittington
Stanford & Oxford University & Zyphra
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Dr Lucy Lai
OIST & Harvard University
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Dr Yusuke Iwasawa
University of Tokyo
Speakers
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Dr Shane Gu
Google DeepMind
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Prof. Taro Toyoizumi
RIKEN CBS
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Prof. Masanori Koyama
University of Tokyo
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Prof. Yunzhe Liu
Beijing Normal University
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Dr Emtiyaz Khan
Riken AIP
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Dr Kai Arulkumaran
Araya Inc.
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Dr Jad Tarifi
Integral AI
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Dr Sam Passaglia
Cohere
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Dr Jiaxian Guo
Google Research
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Dr Andrey Filchenkov
Noeon Research
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Kiran Mysore
University of Tokyo (UTEC)
Ethics & Society Day 倫理と社会
10th April
Session Chairs
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Nicolay Hagen
UC Berkeley
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Prof. Skyler Wang
McGill University
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Dr Colin Conwell
Harvard University
Speakers
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Prof. Yuko Harayam
Head of GPAI at NICT
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Prof. Arisa Ema
University of Tokyo & RIKEN AIP
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Prof. Toshie Takahashi
Waseda University
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Prof. Yuko Itatsu
University of Tokyo
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Dr Colin Rowat
Rakuten, Cambridge
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Dr Joe Ledsam
Google Health
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Kenny Song
Citadel AI
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Kevin Loi-Heng
Avalon Insights
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Chris Lengerich
Context Fund
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Evan Burkosky
Kimaru AI
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Tiffany Kayo
Coral Capital
Applications Day 社会実装
11th April
Session Chairs
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Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday
Harvard & MIT
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Dr Conglong Li
Google Deepmind
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Ilya Kulyatin
Tokyo AI (TAI)
Speakers
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Prof. Yukie Nagai
University of Tokyo
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Prof. Hiroaki Kitano
OIST
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Sho Ito
Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
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Takahiro Matsumoto
Cisco / Robust Intelligence
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Dr Jungo Kasai
Kotoba Tech
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Dr Daisuke Okanohara
Co-founder, Preferred Networks
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Dr Nick McGreivy
Princeton University
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Dr Andrew Fyfe
Neutone
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Robert Lange
Sakana AI
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Elizabeth Oda
Braid Technologies
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Dr Tiago Ramalho
Recursive
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Francis Hamilton
Tektome Inc
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Dr Qi Chen
Para
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Kosuke Arima
Stockmark
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Dr Yoshitaka Ushiku
NexaScience
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Dr Joshua Tan
Metagov
Partners
Speakers from the the world’s leading institutions discuss the future challenges and opportunities in AI research and application
世界トップクラスの企業や研究機関の講演者が、AIの研究と社会実装における可能性および課題について議論します。
Join hundreds of like-minded researchers, policy makers, and entrepreneurs in:
同じ志を持つ多くの研究者、政策立案者、起業家と一緒に議論しよう。
Keynote talks 基調講演
Panel discussions パネルディスカッション
Breakout rooms 小会議室
Our speakers are associated with
Schedule
Day 1 - Algorithms Day (April 9th)
09:00: Morning Keynotes - Open Problems in AI
09:00 - 09:20 - Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday (Harvard & MIT & Thinking About Thinking):
Opening Remarks
09:20 - 10:00 - Dr Shane Gu (Google DeepMind):
The history of GenAI from Passive to Active General Intelligence
10:00 - 10:20 - Prof. Masanori Koyama (University of Tokyo):
What shall AI simulate?
10:20 - 10:40 - Dr Kai Arulkumaran (Araya Inc.):
Neuro-inspired AI: Reinforcement Learning and Consciousness
10:40: Break & Networking
11:20: Panel: Is Scale Enough?
Dr Lucy Lai (Session Chair) - OIST & Harvard University
Dr Kai Arulkumaran (Araya Inc.)
Prof. Masanori Koyama (The University of Tokyo)
Dr Emtiyaz Khan (RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP) )
Dr Jad Tarifi (Integral AI)
Dr Sam Passaglia (Cohere)
12:00: Break & Networking
13:00: Afternoon Keynotes - Open Problems for AI
13:00 - 13:20 - Prof. Taro Toyoizumi (RIKEN Center for Brain Science):
Modeling the brain's representation of abstraction and probability
13:20 - 13:40 - Prof. Yunzhe Liu (Beijing Normal University)
Interpreting Sleep Activity Through Neural Contrastive Learning
13:40 - 14:00 - Dr James Whittington (Stanford & Oxford University)
14:20 - Break & Networking
15:00 - 15:20 - Dr Emtiyaz Khan (RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project):
Adaptive Intelligence
15:20 - 15:40 - Dr Jiaxian Guo (Google Research):
An Overview of Large Language Model Efficiency
15:40-16:20: Panel: What will be the next breakthrough in AI?
Dr James Whittington - Conference Chair (Oxford & Stanford & Zyphra)
Dr Yuzuke Iwasawa (University of Tokyo)
Dr Taro Toyoizumi (RIKEN Center for Brain Science)
Dr Jiaxian Guo (Google Research)
Dr Andrey Filchenkov (Noeon Research)
Kiran Mysore (Principal at UTEC)
Day 2 - Ethics & Society Day (April 10th)
09:00: Micro Ethics (Keynotes): AI & the Individual (Researcher)
09:00 - 09:20 - Nicolay Hagen - Session Chair (NTNU & Thinking About Thinking)
AI Ethics Introduction
09:20 - 09:40 - Dr Colin Rowat (Rakuten, Cambridge University):
Interpretability and explainability in ML and AI: an overview with some questions
09:40 - 10:00 - Dr Kenny Song (Citadel AI)
A primer on Trustworthy AI
10:00: Micro Ethics (Panel) : What are the ethical decisions about AI that individual researchers can make? 個々の研究者が AI に関して下せる倫理的な決定とは何でしょうか?
Nicolay Hagen - Session Chair (NTNU & Thinking About Thinking)
Dr Kenny Song (Citadel AI)
Dr Colin Rowat (Rakuten, Cambridge University)
Prof. Skyler Wang (McGill University)
10:40: Break & Networking
11:20: Meso Ethics (Keynotes) - AI & Organizations
11:20-11:40 - Dr Joe Ledsam (Google Health):
Innovations and challenges for AI in Health 医療分野における AI の革新と課題
11:40-12:00 - Dr Arisa Ema (University of Toyko, RIKEN):
Interdisciplinary Approach to AI Governance
12:00: Break & Networking
13:00-13:20 - Prof. Skyler Wang (McGill University)
AI’s Second Order Impacts
13:20: Meso Ethics (Panel): What are the ethical decisions about AI that organizations can make? 組織が AI に関して下せる倫理的な決定とは何でしょうか?
Prof. Skyler Wang - Session Chair (McGill & Thinking About Thinking)
Prof. Arisa Ema (University of Tokyo, RIKEN)
Dr Joe Ledsam (Google Health)
Evan Burkosky (Kimaru AI)
14:00: Break & Networking
14:40: Macro Ethics (Keynotes) - AI & Society
14:40-15:00 - Prof. Toshie Takahashi (Waseda University)
15:00-15:20 - Prof. Yuko Harayama (Head of GPAI at NICT):
"AI and human society" from the perspective of Society 5.0
AIと人間社会」Society 5.0の視点から
15:20: Macro Ethics (Panel): What are the ethical decisions about AI that society can make? 社会が AI に関して下せる倫理的な決定とは何でしょうか?
Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday - Session Chair (Harvard University & MIT)
Prof. Toshie Takahashi (Waseda University)
Kevin Loi-Heng (Avalon Insights)
Tiffany Kayo (Coral Capital)
Day 3 - Applications Day (April 11th)
09:00: Morning Keynotes: Applications of AI
09:00 - 09:20 - AI Applications Introduction
09:20 - 09:40 - Dr Jungo Kasai (Kotoba Technical University)
09:40 - 10:00 - Dr Yukie Nagai (University of Tokyo):
AI for Understanding Human Intelligence
人間の知能の理解に向けた人工知能
10:00 - 10:20 - Fireside Chat: Japan, Entrepreneurship, and AI
Chair: Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday (Harvard, MIT, Thinking About Thinking)
Special guest: Sho Ito (Deputy Director for Innovation Policy, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan)
Special guest: Ilya Kulyatin (Founder, Tokyo AI | TAI)
10:20: Break & Networking
11:00: Lightning Talks by Local AI Entrepreneurs
11:00 - Elizabeth Oda (Braid Technologies)
11:10 - Tiago Ramalho (Recursive)
11:20 - Francis Hamilton (Tektome)
11:30 - Qi Chen (Para)
11:40 - Andrew Fyfe (Neutone)
11:50 - Kosuke Arima (Stockmark)
12:00: Break & Networking
13:00: Afternoon Keynotes: AI & Entrepreneurship
13:00 - 13:20 - Takahiro Matsumoto (Cisco / Robust Intelligence):
AI x Security - Security for AI… and AI for Security as well
13:20 - 13:40 - Dr Daisuke Okanohara (Preferred Networks)
13:40 - 14:00 - Dr Joshua Tan (Metagov)
An Airbus for AI
14:00: Break & Networking
14:40: Afternoon Keynotes: AI for Science
14:40 - 15:00 - Dr Nick McGreivy (Princeton University):
AI for Science: 5 Lessons from my PhD
15:00 - 15:20 - Robert Lange (Sakana AI):
The AI Scientist-v2: Workshop-Level Automated Scientific Discovery via Agentic Tree Search
15:20 - 15:40: Fireside Chat: How can AI revolutionize Science?
Chair: Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday (Harvard, MIT, Thinking About Thinking)
Special guest: Professor Hiroaki Kitano (Adjunct Professor, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University)
15:40 - 16:20: Panel: How can AI revolutionize Science?
Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday (Harvard, MIT, Thinking About Thinking)
Prof. Hiroaki Kitano (OIST)
Dr Nick Mcgreivy (Princeton University)
Dr Yoshitaka Ushiku (NexaScience)
Robert Lange (Sakana AI)
16:20 - 18:00: End of conference reception (Sakura Deeptech; all guests invited)
Conference Chairs
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Dr James Whittington
Stanford & Oxford University & Zyphra
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Dr Lucy Lai
Harvard
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Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday
Harvard & MIT
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Prof. Dan V. Nicolau Jr
Kings College London
Team
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Prof. Skyler Wang
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Nicolay Hagen
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Jason Barlett
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Yukti Chopra
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Federico Fosci
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Miriam Jansen
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Eva Sevenster
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Dr Colin Conwell
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Hannah Mellor
Team Lead
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William Zhang