Mayo Clinic will hold its 2024 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Summit, "Generative Multimodal AI — Potentials and Challenges," on July 8–9 in Rochester and virtually. The event will bring together AI experts and the healthcare community to discuss advances in large multimodal models and their use in healthcare.

"The role of artificial intelligence is evolving rapidly in areas from preventing and diagnosing diseases to developing new cures," says Cui Tao, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Informatics. "The summit is an exciting opportunity to explore the possibilities while navigating the challenges of developing and using transformative technology in healthcare." Dr. Tao is the Nancy Peretsman and Robert Scully Chair of AI and Informatics.

The event will be hosted by the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Analytics, in collaboration with the Mayo Clinic AI community.

Event details

The AI Summit will offer opportunities to hear from experts in AI, share knowledge and network through lightning talks, panel discussions and a poster session.

The keynote speakers will be:

• John Halamka, M.D., president, Mayo Clinic Platform
  "The Next Milestones for Predictive and Generative AI in Healthcare"
• Thomas Fuchs, DrSc, dean of Artificial Intelligence and Human Health, Mount Sinai
  "Beyond 1 Million Slides: How the Era of Foundation Models is Supercharging Precision Medicine"
• Anant Madabhushi, Ph.D., professor of biomedical engineering, Emory University
  "Walking the Talk: Validating AI for Precision Medicine with Clinical Trials"
• Shauna Overgaard, Ph.D., co-director of AI Validation and Stewardship, Mayo Clinic
  "Implementing Quality Management Systems to Close the AI Translation Gap and Facilitate Safe, Ethical and Effective Health AI Solutions"
• Hoifung Poon, general manager at Health Futures, Microsoft Research
  "The Emergence of Multimodal Generative AI in Biomedicine"

Hamid Tizhoosh, Ph.D., Artificial Intelligence and Informatics, will chair the event.

View the complete agenda.

Register to attend, submit an abstract

Registration for both Mayo Clinic and external participants is $350 for in-person or virtual attendance, with a discounted rate of $250 for students.

Register today to attend.

You can submit your work in an AI-related area for consideration to present at the summit. The conference will cover an array of topics — AI models and algorithms in general, generative AI, discovery science, bias, multimodality and more.

Three presentation formats are available:

• Lightning talk (10 minutes)
• Poster presentation
• Workshop/tutorial

Learn more and submit an abstract proposal on the conference website. Proposals will be accepted through June 9 (extended deadline).

Learn more

For more details, visit the AI Summit website.

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