AI at Work. Now. In Production. Hear all about it. 6th of March. 17h00 CET. 12 EST.

An opportunity to learn from some of the Acadian Ventures portfolio companies.

We have all got the glossy brochures and the endless possibilities.

This lecture series is about making AI work. Now. The nitty-gritty of actually deploying AI in a productive, commercial setting. How do you manage the complexities of messy data, user adoption, LLM weirdness, responsible AI and more.

If you are an HR Leader or IT leader working with HR, or a founder in the space, or an investor, or just curious about AI in the HR space, come along to listen and discuss with our some of the founders and leaders of Acadian portfolio companies.

5 founders will give 20 minute talks, followed by a panel discussion and a Q&A.

Agenda. In CET times German time. session on zoom, registration via Luma

you can drop in as you like.

We may move the sessions around.

17:00 People figuring out they are on mute or their camera isn’t working.
17.03 Thomas Otter: Intros and context

17:10 Dan Turchin, co-founder and CEO at PeopleReign. How to deploy AI responsibly, address employee apprehension about automation, ensure cultural adoption of AI, and measure the business impact of AI.

17:30 Claire McTaggart, co-founder and CEO at SquarePeg: Building "explainable" AI products - why revealing your secret sauce is a good idea.
Audit, bias, compliance, & POCS - separating what works and what doesn't!

17:50 Leg stretch and some questions.

18:00 Jens-Joris Decorte, Lead Researcher at Techwolf Research as an innovation

18:20 Maxine Anderson, co-founder and CPO at Arist Building AI-first enterprise products that actually get adopted—balancing LLM advancements with real-world usability.

18:40 Jerome Gouvernel. co-founder and CEO at datascalehr Turning probabilistic methods into deterministic business outcomes

19:00 Panel discussion, Q&A.

19:30 ish close.

I’m expecting this will be the first in a series. We have lots to share.

As I usually do, I’ll end with a song. On a sad note, the drummer from the Jam, Rick Buckler, left us this week. The Jam will always be so deeply cool. Even 100 years from now. Play it loud, please.