See the Future at GTC 2024

NVIDIA will host its flagship GTC 2024 conference at the San Jose Convention Center in California from March 18-21. More than 300,000 people are expected to register to attend in person or virtually.

NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang will deliver the keynote from the SAP Center on Monday, March 18, at 1 p.m. Pacific time. It will be livestreamed and available on demand. Registration is not required to view the keynote online.

The event’s 900 sessions and over 300 exhibitors will showcase how organizations are deploying NVIDIA platforms to achieve breakthroughs across industries, including aerospace, agriculture, automotive and transportation, cloud services, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, manufacturing, retail and telecommunications, NVIDIA reports.

“Generative AI has moved to center stage as governments, industries and organizations everywhere look to harness its transformative capabilities,” Huang says. “GTC has become the world’s most important AI conference because the entire ecosystem is there to share knowledge and advance the state of the art. Come join us.”

Some of the speakers include:

• Brad Lightcap, chief operating officer, OpenAI
• Sébastien Bubeck, vice president, Microsoft GenAI
• Vincent Vanhoucke, distinguished scientist and senior director of robotics, Google DeepMind
• Joelle Pineau, vice president of AI research, Meta
• Dr. Fei-Fei Li, professor of computer science and HAI co-director, Stanford University
• Dr. Priscilla Chan, cofounder and co-CEO, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
• Stefan Goebel, senior vice president, chief of staff, product engineering and head of strategic engineering partnerships, SAP Labs

More than 1,000 organizations will participate, including Adobe, Amazon, Amgen, Anthropic, Blackrock, Cohere, Databricks, Dell Technologies, Genentech, Getty Images, HPE, Hugging Face, Lockheed Martin, L’Oreal, Lowe’s, Lucasfilm and ILM, Mercedes-Benz, Micron, Mistral AI, Netflix, Oracle, Pixar, Runway, Saudi Aramco, Scale AI, ServiceNow, Siemens, Snowflake, Supermicro, Walt Disney Animation Studios and Zoox.

Registration is open here. 

AI, Auto, Robotics on Display

From generative AI to robotics to automotive, GTC attendees can interact with dozens of demos, see the latest autonomous vehicle technology and explore how generative AI will impact virtually every industry.

The Generative AI Pavilion will include a huge, multisensory, interactive installation by world-renowned AI artist Refik Anadol and a demo of Cuebric, a generative AI tool for filmmakers, by Seyhan Lee.

Vehicles on display will include the new Volvo EX90, Mercedes-Benz Concept CLA Class, Polestar 3, WeRide Robobus and Nuro R3 autonomous delivery vehicle.

Twenty-five robots ranging from humanoids to industrial manipulators will be on the show floor, from companies including Agility Robotics, Boston Dynamics, Disney and Google DeepMind.

Learning and Development

GTC presents a variety of learning and development opportunities for career professionals, policymakers, educators and students.

Policy makers can join a discussion on the challenges of AI regulation with representatives from the U.S. Congress, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the European Union and NVIDIA.

Attendees can choose from 20 full-day, instructor-led, hands-on technical workshops, many of which will be available virtually in EMEA and APAC time zones. For the first time at GTC, participants can receive professional certification in generative AI.

More than 40 complimentary onsite training labs are included in the GTC “Conference + Training” package.

Opportunities for Startups 

NVIDIA Inception, a global program designed to nurture cutting-edge startups with more than 18,000 members, will host an interactive pavilion featuring demos from dozens of startups. More than 150 Inception members will participate in GTC through exhibitions, presentation sessions, pitches and more.

Sessions for startups include:

• AI Secrets I Wish I Knew
• Building Tools for Digital Worlds: Startups Pioneering OpenUSD and Generative AI
• Global Strategies: Startups, Venture Capital and Climate Change Solutions

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.

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