LDV Vision Summit 2024

10th Annual LDV Vision Summit

March 21, 2024, 11:00 - 3:00 PM ET Virtual Event

LDV Vision Summit in 2019

LDV Capital’s Evan Nisselson & Dr. Thomas Reardon, VP of Research at Meta Reality Labs & computational neuroscientist, co-founder & CEO of CTRL-labs (acquired by Facebook/Meta in 2019)

Dr. Lourdes Agapito, Professor of 3D Computer Vision at University College London, Co-Founder at LDV portfolio company Synthesia

Since its inception in 2014, our Annual LDV Vision Summit has been the premier global gathering in visual tech and AI. Every year we bring together an impressive array of brilliant speakers, ranging from tech giants to under-the-radar startups, esteemed research labs and leading venture capital firms.

3 fireside chats, 7 lightning keynotes & 2 panels

Speakers

• Roelof Botha
  Sequoia Capital
  Partner
  Menlo Park, CA

• Dr. Molly Gibson
  Flagship Pioneering, Origination Partner
  Generate:Biomedicines, Co-Founder
  Boston, MA

• Dr. Kiersten Stead
  DCVC Bio
  Managing Partner
  SF, CA

• Anuroop Sriram
  Meta, Research Engineering Lead (FAIR)
  San Francisco, CA

• Dr. Hani Eskandari
  Sonus Microsystems, CEO
  Vancouver, BC

• Dr. Elizabeth Neumann
  University of California, Davis
  Assistant Professor
  Davis, CA

• Neil Inala
  Nobias Therapeutics, CEO
  Mountain View, CA

• Dr. Laura Smoliar
  Taiwan Science & Tech Hub at Stanford, Executive Director
  San Francisco, CA

• Esther Dyson
  Wellville, Founder; Investor, Author & Court jEsther
  New York, NY

• Dr. Jon Starck
  Synthesia, CTO
  London, UK

• Maryanna Saenko
  Future Ventures
  Co-Founder and Partner
  San Francisco, CA

• Dr. Stefan Leichenauer
  SandboxAQ - AI and Quantum
  VP, Engineering
  Austin, Texas

• Dr. Olga Troyanskaya
  Princeton U., Professor CS, Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics.
  Princeton, NJ

• Lindy Fishburne
  Breakout Ventures
  Managing Partner
  San Francisco, CA

• Evan Nisselson
  LDV Capital
  General Partner
  New York, NY

• Dr. Serge Belongie
  DIKU Professor, Director at Pioneer Centre for AI
  Copenhagen, Denmark

Schedule

11:00AM ET Keynote: Investment Opportunities Leveraging Visual Tech & AI Across Life Sciences, Neuroscience, Biotech, Advanced Materials and Much More
LDV Capital has invested in people building businesses powered by Visual Technologies and Artificial Intelligence for Over 11 Years. LDV Capital's Founder & General Partner Evan Nisselson will share insights on the trends shaping the investment landscape of the next decade with a focus on visual technologies and artificial intelligence.
– Evan Nisselson, General Partner at LDV Capital

11:10AM ET Keynote: A Ph.D. Cognitive Scientist (Founded NextMind & Sold it to Snap) Shares Insights on Brain-Computer Interfaces & Augmented Reality
– Sid Kouider, Director of Engineering & Research at Snap

11:20AM ET Fireside Chat: Roller Coaster Stories On Investing & Advice for People Building Businesses Powered by AI – From Proactive Healthcare, Human Capital to Aerospace and More
– Esther Dyson, Founder of Wellville; Investor, Author & Court jEsther

11:55AM ET Keynote: New Frontiers in Generative AI: Bringing Human-Level Performance to Generative Video
– Dr. Jon Starck, CTO at Synthesia

12:00PM ET Keynote: Increasing ROI in Hospital Operating Rooms Using Computer Vision & AI
– Thomas Knox, Co-Founder & CEO of VitVio

12:05PM ET Panel: Visual Tech Advancements in Life Sciences & Biotech Paving the Way for Longer and Healthier Lives
Moderator: Dr. Laura Smoliar, the Executive Director of the Taiwan Science & Technology Hub at Stanford University.
Panelists:

• Dr. Elizabeth Neumann, Assistant Professor at the University of California, Davis
• Neil Inala, CEO at Nobias Therapeutics
• Dr. Olga Troyanskaya, Director at Princeton Precision Health

12:45PM ET Keynote: Harnessing AI to Address Climate Change: A Computational Approach for Material Discovery for Carbon Dioxide Removal
– Anuroop Sriram, Research Engineering Lead (FAIR) at Meta

12:50PM ET Fireside Chat: The Age of New Medicines: How AI is Empowering & Disrupting the Discovery of Proteins, Biologics, Therapeutics & Materials
– Dr. Molly Gibson, co-founder and chief strategy and innovation officer at Generate Biomedicines

1:25PM ET Keynote: Harnessing the Exponential Power of AI + Quantum (AQ) Technology to Develop Commercial Products for Computationally-Intensive Industries
– Dr. Stefan Leichenauer, the Vice President of Engineering and Lead Scientist at SandboxAQ

1:35PM ET Panel: Where Are the Next Billion-Dollar Visual Technology and AI Investment Opportunities?
Moderator: Kia Kokalitcheva, Senior Reporter at Axios.
Panelists:

• Maryanna Saenko, Co-Founder and Partner at Future Ventures
• Lindy Fishburne, Managing Partner of Breakout Ventures
• Dr. Kiersten Stead, Managing Partner at DCVC Bio

2:15PM ET Keynote: Revolutionizing Healthcare Diagnosis with High-Performance, Customizable and Flexible Ultrasound
– Dr. Hani Eskandari, CEO at Sonus Microsystems

2:25PM ET Fireside Chat: To Be Successful in Business, You Have to Be Contrarian and Right
– Roelof Botha, Managing Partner and Steward of Sequoia Capital

3:00PM ET Thank you and closing remarks

Topics

We will discuss computer vision, computational imaging, machine learning and AI relating to the following sectors:

• Healthcare & Neurotech
• Life Sciences & Biotech, Synthetic Biology, Nanotech, Materials
• Internet of Eyes = Miniaturization of sensors & edge computing
• Agriculture & Food
• Advanced Computing, Quantum Computing and more!

Who should attend?

» Computer Vision, Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence experts, professors, students and professionals
» Media and brand executives interested in enhancing revenue through innovative imaging technologies & AI-powered products
» Investors looking for investment opportunities in businesses leveraging visual technologies & AI
» Technology executives assessing companies for potential partnerships and acquisitions
» Creatives: content creators of all kinds