Kristian Hammond, Chief Scientist of Narrative Science, will speak on May 23rd about the reemergence of AI, how the proliferation of data is fostering a new era of AI successes and the role of Advanced NLG as a communication layer between people and intelligent systems. Other speakers at the conference include Andrew Ng, Chief Scientist of Baidu, Tye Brady, Chief Technologist of Amazon Robotics, Joaquin Candela, the Director of Applied Machine Learning at Facebook, and Peter Norvig, the Director of Research at Google. "The opportunities for AI are numerous. At EmTech Digital, we invite speakers from organizations that are making unique progress. Bringing together thought leaders from diverse industries helps form a more holistic view of the ecosystem and identifies places to layer in AI technologies to drive business goals," said Jason Pontin, editor in chief and publisher of MIT Technology Review.