Fantastic Futures 2019 Conference

Stanford Libraries will host the 2nd International Conference on AI for Libraries, Archives, and Museums over three days, December 4, 5 & 6, 2019. The first'Fantastic Futures' conference, which took place in December 2018 at the National Library of Norway in Oslo, initiated a community-focused approach to addressing the challenges and possibilities for libraries, archives, and museums in the era of artificial intelligence. The Stanford conference will expand that charge, adding to the plenary gathering a full day of workshops and a half day'unconference' shaped by the interests of those assembled. Wednesday, December 4, will be a day of plenary sessions to introduce attendees to a range of topics in AI, from the concerns of algorithmic bias and data privacy to the exciting developments in transforming discovery and digital content curation (see the full program). The two keynote addresses reflect Stanford Library's position as an academic center in close proximity to Silicon Valley: Bryan Catanzaro, the Vice President of Applied Deep Learning at Nvidia, will speak to the important contribution he thinks libraries can make in AI.