The 21st International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-09) will be held in Pasadena in July 2009. This is the premier forum in the world for bringing together researchers and practitioners from academia, industry and government who are developing and/or utilizing AI-based capabilities. The theme of the 2009 conference is "The Interdisciplinary Reach of Artificial Intelligence" and a byline is "Southern California is a home to the aerospace and entertainment industries."

On behalf of the IJCAI-09 Local Arrangements Committee (LAC) and Conference Committee, we would like to invite participation from local and other industry in certain aspects of the IJCAI-09 program. In particular, there are three parts of the conference program we¹d like to bring to your attention:

Industry Day

This is a one-day session scheduled for Friday, July 17, 2009, intended to be a forum for industry to "tell their AI story." The content is entirely up to the industry participants. The forum can be utilized for networking, recruiting, marketing, or even just bragging. All conference registrants have access to the Industry Day event. The day will be structured around a panel and a series of industry presentations.

IJCAI 2009 Industry Day Agenda

Friday, 17th July 2009

For information contact: Colin.P.Williams@jpl.nasa.gov / cell: 650-242-2051

MORNING
08:30 – 09:00	David Ferrucci / Chris Welty, IBM	“Building Watson: A High-Performance Open-Domain Question Answering System”
09:00 – 09:30	Mark Thielen	Massive Software, “Generating and Visualizing Crowd Behaviors”
09:30 – 10:00	Randy Hill, USC ICT	“A.I. and Synthetic Experiences in the Human Dimension”
10:00 – 10:30	Kevin Delin, Sensorware Systems,	“The Sensor Web: A Cerebrionic Platform for In-Field Situational Awareness”
10:30 – 10:45	Morning Coffee
10:45 – 11:15	Ray Perrault, SRI International	“Siri and Social Kinetics: A.I. for the Consumer Internet”
11:15 – 11:45	Stephen Wolfram, Wolfram Research	“The Science of Wolfram|Alpha”
11:45 – 12:30	Panel Discussion: Ferrucci, Welty, Thielen, Hill, Delin, Perrault, Wolfram
12:30 – 14:00	Luncheon
AFTERNOON
14:00 – 14:30	Geordie Rose, DWave	“Special-purpose Superconducting Processors for A.I. Applications”
14:30 – 15:00	Hartmut Neven, Google	“Explorations in Machine Learning with Quantum Algorithms”
15:00 – 15:30	Phillip Reid, Boeing and Russell Knight, JPL	“The Orbital Express Mission – Artificial Intelligence Supporting Orbital Autonomous Satellite Refueling and Repair Servicing”
15:30 – 15:45	Afternoon Tea
15:45 – 16: 15	Moses Chan, Lockheed	“A.I. in Missile Defense”
16:15 – 16:45	Karen Myers, SRI International	“Military Transition Outcomes from DARPA’s PAL Program”
16:45 – 17:30	Panel Discussion: Rose, Neven, Reid, Knight, Chan, Myers