EVOLUTION OF DEEP LEARNING SYMPOSIUM A FOUR-DECADE TOUR IN CELEBRATION OF DR. GEOFFREY HINTON’S WORK THAT LED TO THE 2018 ACM A.M. TURING AWARD

OCTOBER 16 & 17 2019UPDATED SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

EXCLUSIVE EVENT SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR VECTOR INDUSTRY SPONSORS

Join us for a two-day symposium to celebrate the work and achievements of the Vector Institute’s Chief Scientific Advisor, Dr. Geoffrey Hinton, who earlier this year received the 2018 ACM A.M. Turing Award alongside Drs. Yoshua Bengio and Yann LeCun for their pioneering work on artificial neural networks.

The 2018 ACM A.M. Turing Award is computing’s highest honour and considered the “Nobel Prize” of Computer Science. The award celebrates scientists and engineers for propelling the field forward and making a significant technical impact.

As a Vector Institute Industry Sponsor, you are invited to sponsor this one-of-a-kind event featuring Dr. Geoffrey Hinton’s Turing Award lecture and a four-decade tour of his career and collaborators. The event will bring together an audience of 400 both local and global machine learning experts and business leaders in AI from across Canadian industry.

VALUE FOR EVENT SPONSORS • Demonstrate your company’s AI leadership amongst Canada’s AI influencers, executives, top AI talent, researchers, media, and thinkers and doers

• Network with top machine learning talent by showcasing your company’s AI career opportunities, research, projects, and data

• Develop relationships with potential partners and collaborators to enhance your AI activities and profile

• Show your company’s support in honouring Dr. Geoffrey Hinton’s receipt of the 2018 ACM A.M. Turing Award

• Learn about the latest research, trends, and innovations in AI

• Promote your brand amongst Canadian and global AI leaders

Event sponsorships will be booked on a first come, first-served basis. Reserve your event sponsorship now to be part of history-in-the-making.

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ABOUT THE EVENT

SYMPOSIUM DAY 1 OCT 16 Sheraton Centre Hotel, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto8am – 4pm

The symposium will feature technical talks by collaborators and peers of Dr. Geoffrey Hinton as well as industry lab leaders.

AUDIENCE Estimated 500 local and global invited machine learning researchers and students.

PROGRAMDr. Geoffrey Hinton’s Turing Award LectureEarlier this year, Dr. Hinton received the 2018 ACM A.M. Turing Award – often referred to as the “Nobel Prize” of computer science – alongside Drs. Yoshua Bengio and Yann LeCun for their pioneering work in artificial neural networks. Dr. Hinton is Chief Scientific Advisor at the Vector Institute, VP and Engineering Fellow of Google, University Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto and Advisor; Learning in Machines & Brains, CIFAR.

Radford M. Neal completed his PhD under Dr. Hinton’s supervision in 1994 and introduced a method to estimate the degree of certainty in predictions made by deep learning models. Dr. Neal’s foundational work continues to have a significant influence in the field today. Dr. Neal is Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto.

George Dahl completed his PhD under Dr. Hinton’s supervision in 2015 and was the first to successfully apply deep learning to speech recognition. Dr. Dahl also led the team that won the Merck challenge to help develop safe and effective medicine by predicting molecular activity. He is currently a research scientist on Google’s Brain team in California.

ONGOING Local and international invited research posters and industry booths

SPONSOR OPPORTUNITIES• Industry Booth to display company AI research, projects, and career opportunities• Networking Lunch • 2 Coffee Breaks

SYMPOSIUM WELCOME RECEPTIONSheraton Centre Hotel, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto4pm – 6pm

Fireside Chat with special guests Eric Schmidt, former CEO and executive chairman of Google and former executive chairman of Alphabet Inc. and Dr. Geoffrey Hinton.

AUDIENCE Hundreds of local and international researchers, business leaders and members of the Canadian AI Ecosystem

SPONSOR OPPORTUNITIES• Symposium Welcome Reception

SYMPOSIUM DAY 2 OCT 17Sheraton Centre Hotel, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto9am – 3:30pm

The symposium will feature technical talks by collaborators and peers of Dr. Geoffrey Hinton as well as industry lab leaders

AUDIENCE Estimated 500 local and global invited machine learning researchers and students.

PROGRAMMax Welling was a Postdoctoral Fellow under Dr. Hinton’s supervision until 2003. His work is prolific and diverse, including advancements that teach deep learning models how to categorize information effectively to improve speed and accuracy of predictions. Dr. Welling is a research chair in machine learning at the University of Amsterdam and VP Technologies at Qualcomm. Max Welling is also a Fellow in the Learning in Machines & Brains program at CIFAR

Terrance Sejnowski’s work is grounded in neuroscience and he was one of the earliest influencers and collaborators in Dr. Hinton’s career. Dr. Sejnowski is now President of the NeurIPS Foundation Board, overseeing the largest machine learning conference in the world. He is Professor and Head of the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory at the Salk Institute in California and an Advisor in Learning in Machines & Brains program at CIFAR.

ONGOING Local and international invited research posters and industry booths

SPONSOR OPPORTUNITIES• Industry Booth to display company AI research, projects, and career opportunities• Networking Lunch • 2 Coffee Breaks

AGENDA AT A GLANCE

EVENT SPONSORSHIP DETAILS

SYMPOSIUM OCT 16 & 17

INDUSTRY BOOTH OCT 16 OR OCT 17 ($2,000 FOR BOTH DAYS)

Provides you with an opportunity to connect with a highly targeted audience and showcase your organization’s AI activities. This is an ideal opportunity to build brand recognition, develop relationships for potential partnerships and enhance your business profile in the AI community. Each booth includes:

• 1 6-ft skirted table, 2 chairs, WIFI, power outlet (if required), waste basket• 3 booth representative passes • Optional rapid fire presentation (5 minute presentation on stage to a captive audience of hundreds of machine learning experts about your company’s AI activities and opportunities)• Company logo included in the acknowledgements in conference program to be distributed to all event attendees • Display your company’s research on a poster alongside academic posters featuring work by leading graduate students and professors in machine learning from Canada and abroad

NETWORKING LUNCH SPONSORSHIP OCT 16 OR OCT 17 ($40,000 PER LUNCH)

• Introduction from M.C. and opportunity to welcome attendees to lunch on stage (5 minutes) prior to the start of lunch • Company logo displayed on the screens in the event room and on tent cards placed on every table• Half page advertisement as well as company logo included in the acknowledgements in conference program to be distributed to all event attendees • Promotion on Vector’s social media channels including Twitter and LinkedIn with 13,000 international followers interested in machine learning

COFFEE BREAK SPONSORSHIPS 4 SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE ($8,000 EACH)

• Company logo on tent cards placed on every table where there is food service • Half page advertisement in the conference program• Company logo included in the acknowledgements in conference program to be distributed to all event attendees • Optional rapid fire presentation (5 minute presentation on stage to a captive audience of hundreds of machine learning experts about your company’s AI activities and opportunities)• Promotion on Vector’s social media channels including Twitter and LinkedIn with 13,000 international followers interested in machine learning

EVENT SPONSORSHIP DETAILS

SYMPOSIUM WELCOME RECEPTION OCT 16, 4PM-6PM ($50,000)

• Exclusive brand visibility at the welcome reception • Introduction from M.C. and opportunity to welcome attendees to the reception (5 minutes) • Company logo displayed on screens during reception • Company logo on cocktail cruisers throughout the event space• Company logo on custom cocktail napkins • Full page advertisement and company logo included in the acknowledgements in conference program to be distributed to all event attendees • Promotion on Vector’s social media channels including Twitter and LinkedIn with 13,000 international followers interested in machine learning

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