LDV Vision Summit 2021
February 11, 2021, 11:00 - 3:00 PM ET
Online Event
© Robert Wright
© Robert Wright
© Robert Wright
Our premier global gathering in visual tech goes online to bring to you a mini-Summit that showcases the cutting edge in computer vision, machine learning, and AI solutions to improve the world we live in. Join us for this free event from the comfort of your couch.
Speakers
Rick Heitzmann
FirstMark
Founder and Partner
Kelly Chen
DCVC | Data Collective
Partner
Sarah McBride
Bloomberg
Reporter
Dareen Salama
Gryps
CEO & Co-Founder
Serge Belongie
Cornell Tech
Professor, Computer Vision & Associate Dean
Evan Nisselson
LDV Capital
Founder & General Partner
Frida Polli
pymetrics
CEO & Co-Founder
Matthias Niessner
Technical U. Munich, Professor
Synthesia, Co-Founder
Julian Green
Headroom
Co-Founder & CEO
Sumanta Talukdar
Gardin
Founder & CEO
Meryl Breidbart
LDV Capital
Associate
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Abby Hunter-Syed
LDV Capital
Partner
Abhijay Prakash
Universal Filmed Entertainment
President
Deena Shakir
Lux Capital
Partner
Trang T. Nguyen
TI Platform Management
Co-Founder
Hayden Field
Morning Brew
Emerging Tech Reporter
Peter Stern
Voyant Photonics, CEO
LDV Capital, Venture Partner
Hayley Barna
First Round
Partner
Amir Khosrowshahi
Intel
Vice President
Azeem Azhar
Exponential View
Founder
Dragos Maciuca
Ford Motor Company
Executive Technical Director
Samir Kumar
M12
GM & Managing Director
Topics
We will discuss:
– Avatars, Virtual Beings and Synthetic Content Creation
– Computational Healthcare
– Sensors and Chips
– Food and Agriculture
– Logistics and Manufacturing
– Investing in Businesses Powered by Visual Technologies
Schedule
11:00 AM ET
Keynote: Visual Technology Powers Business Opportunities Across Healthcare, Media, Food, Agriculture and Beyond
– Evan Nisselson, LDV Capital, General Partner
11:15 AM ET
Fireside Chat: The Next Billion-Dollar Computer Vision Companies
– Rick Heitzmann, FirstMark, Founder and Partner
– Evan Nisselson, LDV Capital, General Partner
11:50 AM ET
Keynote: Sustainable, Affordable, Nutritious Food via Multispectral Sensors and Computer Vision
– Sumanta Talukdar, Gardin, Founder and CEO
11:55 AM ET
Keynote: State of the Art Neural Rendering and The Future of Content Creation
– Matthias Niessner, Technical U. Munich, Professor, and Synthesia, Co-Founder
12:00 PM ET
Keynote: Computer Vision: Broadening Vistas of Opportunity for Venture LPs
– Trang T. Nguyen, TI Platform Management, Co-Founder
12:10 PM ET
Fireside Chat: Biggest Trends in Visual Tech Investing According to Founder-Turned-Investor, Hayley Barna
– Hayley Barna, First Round, Partner
– Abigail Hunter-Syed, LDV Capital, Partner
12:45 PM ET
Keynote: Visual Tech Fighting Climate Change
– Azeem Azhar, Exponential View, Founder
12:50 PM ET
Keynote: Talent Matching with AI: Ethically-Designed & Human-Centered
– Frida Polli, pymetrics, CEO and Co-Founder
1:00 PM ET
Panel: 3D Sensors Enable Low-Cost Machine Perception: Hype or Reality?
– Moderator: Hayden Field, Morning Brew, Emerging Tech Reporter
Panelists:
– Peter Stern, Voyant Photonics, CEO and LDV Capital, Venture Partner
– Dragos Maciuca, Ford Motor Company, Executive Technical Director
1:30 PM ET
Keynote: Computational Neuroscientist-Turned-Entrepreneur on Selling Nervana to Intel
– Amir Khosrowshahi, Intel, Vice President
1:35 PM ET
Keynote: Delivering Efficiencies to the Construction Industry via Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Computer Vision and AI
– Dareen Salama, Gryps, CEO and Co-Founder
1:45 PM ET
Panel: Investing Trends in Businesses Powered by Visual Technologies
– Moderator: Sarah McBride, Bloomberg, Reporter
Panelists:
– Samir Kumar, M12, GM, and Managing Director
– Kelly Chen, DCVC | Data Collective, Partner
– Deena Shakir, Lux Capital, Partner
2:15 PM ET
Keynote: Next Generation Video Meetings Powered By Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence
– Julian Green, Headroom, Co-Founder and CEO
2:20 PM ET
Fireside Chat: The Cutting Edge Technologies Impacting Hollywood & the Media
– Abhijay Prakash, Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, President
– Evan Nisselson, LDV Capital, General Partner
2:50 PM ET
Closing Remarks
