AI Action Summit: Launch of the Franco-Chilean Binational Center for Artificial Intelligence
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Changed on 09/02/2025
The Embassy of Chile in France, Inria, and the Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge, and Innovation of Chile, are organizing the launch of the Franco-Chilean Binational Center for Artificial Intelligence on February 10, 2025, at 7:00 PM, at the Embassy of Chile in France, in Paris.
During the AI Action Week, which brings together heads of state and government, scientists, representatives from the global public and private sectors, large companies, startups, and civil society in Paris from February 6 to 12, the Franco-Chilean Binational Center for Artificial Intelligence will be launched at the Embassy of Chile in France.
With the agreement signed on November 20, 2024, at the Palacio de La Moneda in Chile, between the Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge, and Innovation of Chile and Inria, in the presence of the President of Chile, Gabriel Boric, and the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, both institutions demonstrated their commitment to bilateral cooperation focused on responsible, transparent, and public interest-oriented artificial intelligence.
This pioneering global initiative, which fully aligns with the objectives of the AI Action Summit, will be officially launched during this global event on February 10, 2025, in Paris, at a gathering of the Franco-Chilean artificial intelligence ecosystem.
19:00 - 19:15 hours
- Welcome
19:15 - 19:30 hours
- Opening remarks
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Raúl Fernández Daza, Ambassador of Chile to France
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Corinne Borel, Deputy Director General of Research and Innovation and Head of the Research and Innovation Strategy Service, Ministry of Higher Education and Research
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Bruno Sportisse, Chairman and CEO of Inria
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Aisén Etcheverry, Minister of Science, Technology, Knowledge, and Innovation of Chile
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Other authorities to be confirmed
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19:30 - 20:15 hours
- Roundtable: "Artificial Intelligence: Challenges and Opportunities for Scientific and Technological Cooperation"
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Ricardo Baeza - Chilean National Prize for Applied and Technological Sciences 2024, Professor at the Universidad de Chile, CSO Theodora
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Serge Gratton - Scientific Director of the ANITI AI Cluster
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Jacques Sainte-Marie - Applied mathematician at Inria and Sorbonne Université. Head of ICT and environment program at Inria
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Nayat Sánchez-Pi -Director of Inria Chile, Director of the Franco-Chilean Binational Center on AI
Moderator: Julio Pertuzé - Professor at the School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Former Undersecretary of State for Economy and Small Businesses in Chile - Moderator
20:15 - 20:30 hours
- Presentation of the Franco-Chilean Binational Center for Artificial Intelligence
Nayat Sánchez-Pi, Director of the Franco-Chilean Binational AI Center and Director of Inria Chile
20:30 hours
- Cocktail
When?
🗓️Monday, February 10, 2025
🕒Starting at 19:00 hours (CET)
Where?
📌Embassy of Chile in France, 2 Avenue de la Motte Picquet, 75007, Paris.
Register
Event accessible by invitation only.