BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Montreal BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20180311T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20181104T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180503T000000Z UID:A565BCED-3C09-4B38-BC81-29D8A5BF5A8E DTSTART;TZID=America/Montreal:20180410T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Montreal:20180410T200000 DESCRIPTION:A networking soirée with presentations from local experts on t he Technologies behind Smart Assistants.\n\nThe IEEE Consumer Electronics Chapter at Montreal Section is pleased to announce a series of short prese ntations by local technology organizations\, followed by networking. Compl imentary snacks and drinks provided. It will be held on Tuesday 10th April at WeWork\, [3 Place Ville Marie](https://maps.google.com/?q=3+Place+Vill e+Marie\,+4th%0D+Floor&entry=gmail&source=g)\, 4th Floor reception\, from 6pm - 8pm.\n\nLocal experts will showcase their technology and product vis ion\, and their role in the Smart Assistant ecosystem\, covering topics su ch as:\n\n- Speech recognition - Vikrant Tomar\, Fluent.ai\n- Chatbots / c onversational systems - Frederic Ratle\, Automat.ai\n- NLP & Intent parser s - Tavian Barnes\, Microsoft\n- Internet-of-Things platforms - Soodeh Far okhi\, C2RO\n- Human-computer interaction & interfaces - Bessam Abdulrazak \, University of Sherbrooke\n\nRegistration is free\, but places are limit ed - click below now to reserve yours!\n\nCo-sponsored by IEEE Montreal Se ction and WeWork.\n\n- WeWork is a community of creators that aims to help companies grow by providing them with not just beautiful space\, but also the benefits\, amenities\, and professional community they need to focus on their business. Visit [our website](https://www.wework.com/l/montreal-- QC) to set up a tour today!\n- WeWork offre à son réseau international d e créateurs l’espace de travail\, la communauté\, et les services dont ils ont besoin afin qu'ils s'épanouissent non seulement dans leur travai l\, mais aussi dans leur vie. [Cliquez ici](https://www.wework.com/l/montr eal--QC) pour visiter nos espaces dès maintenant!\n\nCo-sponsored by: WeW ork and IEEE Montreal Section\n\nAgenda: \n6:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. Registrat ion\, Networking & Refreshments\n\n6:15 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Presentations\n\n 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Networking\, snacks and drinks\n\n3 Place Ville Mari e \, WeWork\, 4th Floor\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada\, H3B 2E3 LOCATION:3 Place Ville Marie \, WeWork\, 4th Floor\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Ca nada\, H3B 2E3 ORGANIZER:ce.montreal@ieee.org SEQUENCE:25 SUMMARY:Alexa\, Siri\, … what technology makes you work? URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/169345 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p dir="ltr">A networking soir&eacute\;e with presentations from local experts on the Technologies behind Smart Assista nts.</p>\n<p dir="ltr">The IEEE Consumer Electronics Chapter at Montreal S ection is pleased to announce a series of short presentations by local tec hnology organizations\, followed by networking. <strong>Complimentary snac ks and drinks provided.</strong> It will be held on Tuesday&nbsp\;<strong> 10th&nbsp\;April&nbsp\;</strong>at&nbsp\;<span style="text-decoration: und erline\;"><span class="il">WeWork</span>\,&nbsp\;<a href="https://maps.goo gle.com/?q=3+Place+Ville+Marie\,+4th%0D+Floor&amp\;entry=gmail&amp\;source =g">3 Place Ville Marie</a></span>\, 4th Floor reception\, from <span styl e="text-decoration: underline\;">6pm - 8pm</span>.</p>\n<p>Local experts w ill showcase their technology and product vision\, and their role in the S mart Assistant ecosystem\, covering topics such as:</p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>S peech recognition - Vikrant Tomar\, Fluent.ai</li>\n<li>Chatbots / convers ational systems - Frederic Ratle\, Automat.ai</li>\n<li>NLP &amp\; Intent parsers - Tavian Barnes\, Microsoft</li>\n<li>Internet-of-Things platforms - Soodeh Farokhi\, C2RO</li>\n<li>Human-computer interaction &amp\; inter faces - Bessam Abdulrazak\, University of Sherbrooke</li>\n</ul>\n</ul>\n< p dir="ltr"><strong>Registration is free\, but places are limited - click below now to reserve yours!</strong></p>\n<p dir="ltr">Co-sponsored by IEE E Montreal Section and WeWork.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><span style="font-size: 10pt\;">WeWork is a community of creators that aims to help companies grow by providing them with not just beautiful space\, but also the benefits\, amenities\, and professional community they need to focus on their busine ss. Visit <a href="https://www.wework.com/l/montreal--QC" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp\ ;q=https://www.wework.com/l/montreal--QC&amp\;source=gmail&amp\;ust=150201 6000032000&amp\;usg=AFQjCNHVa4UboyLf6gqJiIoMFCse67BHCg">our website</a> to set up a tour today!</span></em></li>\n<li><em><span style="font-size: 10 pt\;">WeWork offre &agrave\; son r&eacute\;seau international de cr&eacute \;ateurs l&rsquo\;espace de travail\, la communaut&eacute\;\, et les servi ces dont ils ont besoin afin qu'ils s'&eacute\;panouissent non seulement d ans leur travail\, mais aussi dans leur vie. <a href="https://www.wework.c om/l/montreal--QC" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="ht tps://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp\;q=https://www.wework.com/l/montreal--Q C&amp\;source=gmail&amp\;ust=1502016000032000&amp\;usg=AFQjCNHVa4UboyLf6gq JiIoMFCse67BHCg">Cliquez ici</a> pour visiter nos espaces d&egrave\;s main tenant!</span></em></li>\n</ul><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p dir="ltr"><str ong>6:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.</strong> Registration\, Networking &amp\; Refres hments</p>\n<p dir="ltr"><strong>6:15 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.</strong> Presentati ons</p>\n<p dir="ltr"><strong>7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.</strong> Networking\, snacks and drinks</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR