Symposium on AI & Medicine: Promises and Limits

Symposium on AI & Medicine: Promises and Limits
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
AI and Clinical Practice

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8:45am / 2:45pm – Symposium portal opens – attendees log in

9:00am / 3:00pm– Symposium opening welcome 

  • Prof. Bernard Charpentier, President, Académie de Médecine 
  • Prof. Rafael Reif, President, MIT

9:10am / 3:10pm – Introductory remarks for Day One: AI and Clinical Practice

  • Prof. Daniela Rus, Deputy Dean of Research, Schwarzman College of Computing and Director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, MIT

9:15am-10:20am / 3:15pm-4:20pm

  • moderator introduction, Prof Nathalie Lassau, Université Paris-Saclay 
  • presentations by speakers:
    • Prof. Dimitrios Fotiadis, Univ. of Ioannina, Greece
    • Dr. Christophe Lecas, VP, Engineering, Heartflow, Inc. 
    • Dr. Ninon Burgos, CNRS Researcher, Paris Brain Institute (ICM)
  • panel discussion

break

10:30am-11:35am / 4:30pm-5:35pm – Session 1b. AI and Robots in Clinical Decision Making and Intervention

  • moderator introduction, Prof. Daniela Rus, MIT
  • presentations by speakers:
    • Dr. Ozanan Meireles, Director, Surgical Artificial Intelligence and Innovation Laboratory, Mass General Hospital
    • Dr. Pierre Jannin, Head, MediCIS, Université de Rennes
    • Prof. Dimitris Bertsimas, Associate Dean for Business Analytics, MIT Sloan School of Management; Faculty Lead, Entrepreneurship, Jameel Clinic, MIT 
  • panel discussion

break

11:45am-12:45pm / 5:45pm-6:45pm – Session 1c. Cells and Tissues

  • moderator introduction, Prof. Cécile Badoual, Université Paris Descartes 
  • presentations by speakers
    • Prof. David N. Louis, Pathologist-in-Chief, Massachusetts General Hospital; Benjamin Castleman Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
    • Prof. Ed Boyden, Director, MIT Center for Neurotechnology Engineering, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, McGovern Institute MIT
  • panel discussion

12:45pm-1:00pm / 6:45pm-7:00pm – Take home message 

  • Prof. Elazer R. Edelman, Director, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, MIT

Adjourn Day 1

Thursday, May 6, 2021
Ethical and Regulatory Issues

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9:00am / 3:00pm – Welcome comments for Day 2

  • Cédric Villani, Fields Medalist, Member of the Academy of Sciences, Member of the French Parliament

9:05am / 3:05pm – Introductory remarks for Day 2: Ethical and Regulatory Issues

  • Prof. Bernard Nordlinger, Académie Nationale de Médecine and President, CESREES

9:10am-10:10am / 3:10pm-4:10pm – Session 2a. Data regulation and Policies 

  • moderator introduction, Dr. Daniel Weitzner, Founding Director, MIT Internet Policy Research Initiative and Principal Investigator, CSAIL 
  • presentations by speakers
    • Jeanne Bossi Malafosse, Delsol Avocats
    • Prof. Nicholson Price, University of Michigan Law School 
  • panel discussion

break

10:20am-11:20am / 4:20pm-5:20pm – Session 2b. Ethics and AI for Medicine  

  • moderator and speaker, Prof. I. Glenn Cohen, Deputy Dean, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law and Policy, Biotechnology & Bioethics, Harvard University
  • presentations by speakers
    • Dr. Claude Kirchner, Chair, French National Pilot Committee for Digital Ethics 
  • panel discussion

break

11:30am-12:30pm / 5:30pm-6:30pm – Session 2c.  Health Data: Access and Applications

  • moderator introduction, Bernard Nordlinger
  • presentations by speakers:
    • Dr. Emmanuel Bacry, Chief Scientific Officer, Health Data Hub; Senior Researcher – CNRS – Université Paris-Dauphine
    • Prof. David Sontag, CSAIL & IMES, MIT
  • panel discussion

12:35pm-12:50pm / 6:36pm-6:50pm – Take home message, Dr. Emmanuel Bacry

12:50pm-12:55pm / 6:50pm-6:55pm – Closing statements

1:00pm / 7:00pm – Adjournment of symposium