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Data Center
Hardware
Infrastructure

Author:

Anton McGonnell

Head of SW Products
SambaNova

Anton McGonnell is SambaNova’s Head of SW Products and leads the team defining their

cutting-edge full-stack chips-to-model platform. Prior to SambaNova, Anton played a pivotal

role in shaping the development and implementation of advanced machine learning

technologies at UIPath. Anton received his Bachelor’s in Computer Science from Queens

University in Belfast and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He is a native of County

Tyrone, Ireland and currently resides in Palo Alto, CA.

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Anton McGonnell

Head of SW Products
SambaNova

Anton McGonnell is SambaNova’s Head of SW Products and leads the team defining their

cutting-edge full-stack chips-to-model platform. Prior to SambaNova, Anton played a pivotal

role in shaping the development and implementation of advanced machine learning

technologies at UIPath. Anton received his Bachelor’s in Computer Science from Queens

University in Belfast and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He is a native of County

Tyrone, Ireland and currently resides in Palo Alto, CA.

Generative AI
Systems

Author:

Donald Thompson

Distinguished Engineer
Microsoft

Donald is currently a Distinguished Engineer Microsoft, following his recent tenure as Distinguished Eningeer at LinkedIn, where he oversaw the company's generative AI strategy, architecture, and technology. He has more than 35 years of hands-on experience as a technical architect and CTO, with an extensive background in designing and delivering innovative software and services on a large scale. In 2013, Donald co-founded Maana, which pioneered computational knowledge graphs and visual no-code/low-code authoring environments to address complex AI-based digital transformation challenges in Fortune 50 companies. During his previous 15 years at Microsoft, Donald started the Knowledge and Reasoning group within Microsoft's Bing division, where he innovated "Satori", an internet-scale knowledge graph constructed automatically from the web crawl. He co-founded a semantic computing incubation funded directly by Bill Gates, portions of which shipped as the SQL Server Semantic Engine. Additionally, he created Microsoft's first internet display ad delivery system and led numerous AI/ML initiatives in Microsoft Research across embedded systems, robotics, wearable computing, and privacy-preserving personal data services.

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Donald Thompson

Distinguished Engineer
Microsoft

Donald is currently a Distinguished Engineer Microsoft, following his recent tenure as Distinguished Eningeer at LinkedIn, where he oversaw the company's generative AI strategy, architecture, and technology. He has more than 35 years of hands-on experience as a technical architect and CTO, with an extensive background in designing and delivering innovative software and services on a large scale. In 2013, Donald co-founded Maana, which pioneered computational knowledge graphs and visual no-code/low-code authoring environments to address complex AI-based digital transformation challenges in Fortune 50 companies. During his previous 15 years at Microsoft, Donald started the Knowledge and Reasoning group within Microsoft's Bing division, where he innovated "Satori", an internet-scale knowledge graph constructed automatically from the web crawl. He co-founded a semantic computing incubation funded directly by Bill Gates, portions of which shipped as the SQL Server Semantic Engine. Additionally, he created Microsoft's first internet display ad delivery system and led numerous AI/ML initiatives in Microsoft Research across embedded systems, robotics, wearable computing, and privacy-preserving personal data services.

 

Arne Stoschek

Vice President of AI, Autonomy & Digital Information
Acubed (Airbus)

Arne is the Vice President of AI, Autonomy & Digital Information and oversees the company’s development of autonomous flight and machine learning solutions to enable future, self-piloted aircraft. In his role, he also leads the advancement of large-scale data-driven processes to develop novel aircraft functions. He is passionate about robotics, autonomy and the impact these technologies will have on future mobility.

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Arne Stoschek

Vice President of AI, Autonomy & Digital Information
Acubed (Airbus)

Arne Stoschek

Vice President of AI, Autonomy & Digital Information
Acubed (Airbus)

Arne is the Vice President of AI, Autonomy & Digital Information and oversees the company’s development of autonomous flight and machine learning solutions to enable future, self-piloted aircraft. In his role, he also leads the advancement of large-scale data-driven processes to develop novel aircraft functions. He is passionate about robotics, autonomy and the impact these technologies will have on future mobility. After holding engineering leadership positions at global companies such as Volkswagen/Audi and Infineon, and at aspiring Silicon Valley startups, namely Lucid Motors/Atieva, Knightscope and Better Place, Arne dared to take his unique skill set to altitude above ground inside Airbus. Arne earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Technical University of Munich and held a computer vision and data analysis research position at Stanford University.

 

 

Christian Plowman

Global Investigations Specialist
Norwegian Refugee Council

Christian Plowman

Global Investigations Specialist
Norwegian Refugee Council

Christian Plowman

Global Investigations Specialist
Norwegian Refugee Council
 

Fredrik Svensson

Partner
Mannheimer Swartling

Fredrik Svensson

Partner
Mannheimer Swartling

Fredrik Svensson

Partner
Mannheimer Swartling
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