Media innovation in the age of AI, social media and fake news

Moderator: Mirko Bischofberger
9:00 – 9:15 Arrival of participants and refreshments

9:15 – 9:30 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Prof. Pierre Vandergheynst, Vice-President EPFL

9:30 – 10:20 INNOVATION FOR THE MEDIA
Nicola Frank, Head of European Affairs EBU
Dr Hans Hoffmann, Head of Unit on Media Fundamentals and Production
technology EBU Technology and Innovation

10:20 – 10:45 Coffee break

10:45 – 12:25 HANDLING SOCIAL MEDIA AND FAKE NEWS
Prof. Pierre Vandergheynst, EPFL, Fact checking in the age of social media
Julia Bayer, Social Media, Deutsche Welle, Let’s verify together
Steve El-Sharawy, EzyInsights, Fake news and filter bubbles - how can
media institutions respond?
Prof. Robert West, EPFL, Detecting Hoaxes on Wikipedia

12:25 – 13:45 Lunch, networking, startups & labs demonstrations

13:45 – 15:50 LEVERAGING DATA AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
David Mowrey, VP Offering Management IBM Watson Media, Looking
Ahead: How AI is Powering the Intelligent Future of Video
Jacques-Edouard Guillemot, SVP Nagra Kudelski
Alain Dufaux, Director MetaMedia Center EPFL, From a collection to an
innovation Platform
Matteo Sorci, CTO nViso, AI: Media Research on Rocket Fuel
Jean-Sébastien Merieux, CEO Dartfish, Uberization of content production

15:50 – 16:00 WRAP-UP & CLOSING
Mirko Bischofberger, EPFL

More information on: http://www.mediaroad.eu/mr-conferences/media-innovation-through-research