{"id":1170,"date":"2022-10-15T11:50:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T11:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/denayer.com\/blog\/?p=1170"},"modified":"2024-02-20T11:46:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T11:46:41","slug":"flanders-make-symposium-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/denayer.com\/blog\/flanders-make-symposium-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Flanders Make Symposium 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<p><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right\">15\/10\/2022<\/h6>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>BEYOND HYPE AND FEAR: HOW TO EMBRACE AI AS A PURELY PRACTICAL TOOL<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.briteflo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screen-Shot-2022-04-27-at-12.20.45.png?resize=1080%2C326&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1094 lazyload\" title=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The use of AI by companies suffers from unrealistic expectations and mystifications. This sometimes causes disappointment and at times even fear of what is essentially a practical data science tool. AI expert Wouter Denayer of consultancy firm Briteflo explained at Flanders Make&#8217;s Symposium how to use artificial intelligence smarter to optimise business performance.<\/strong><\/figure>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-p-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden text-long\">\n<p>After a long career with top companies, including seven years as CTO at technology giant IBM, Wouter Denayer now helps companies with their digital transformation with his own consultancy firm<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.briteflo.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Briteflo<\/a>. Artificial intelligence (AI) is obviously crucial in that digital transition, but unfortunately there are still many misunderstandings about it, which hinders effective implementation.<\/p>\n<p>The AI Monitor 2022 study conducted by Denayer in collaboration with CIONET, a networking organisation for digital leaders, showed this. To do so, Denayer interviewed 23 digital leaders in Belgium to gain insight into the critical success factors that enable them to achieve concrete results for their organisation with AI.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The first question concerned their strategy around AI,&#8221; Denayer told us. The conclusion of that round-up proved sobering. &#8220;You can sum that one up as: &#8216;nobody cares about AI&#8217;.&#8221; There was a lack of interest because of two reasons. &#8220;Some didn&#8217;t see the added value of it, for their sector. They are clearly wrong, AI will have an impact everywhere.&#8221; For others, it was more nuanced. &#8220;They were not interested in the technology itself, the practical finer points, but rather in what the innovative technology could concretely mean for their business.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flandersmake.be\/en\/blog\/beyond-hype-and-fear-how-embrace-ai-purely-practical-tool\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.briteflo.com\/download\/CIONETXBriteflo_AI_Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cionet.com\/en-us\/cionet-belgium\/events\/tacklingthemythsofai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leyton.com\/events\/global-innovation-summit\/innovation-and-value-creation-a-cross-industry-effect\/#orion-form-block\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>15\/10\/2022 BEYOND HYPE AND FEAR: HOW TO EMBRACE AI AS A PURELY PRACTICAL TOOL The use of AI by companies suffers from unrealistic expectations and mystifications. This sometimes causes disappointment and at times even fear of what is essentially a practical data science tool. AI expert Wouter Denayer of consultancy firm Briteflo explained at Flanders [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1171,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<!-- wp:heading {\"textAlign\":\"right\",\"level\":6} -->\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right\">15\/10\/2022<\/h6>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Towards a sustainable, digital and competitive&nbsp; industry<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":1094} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.briteflo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screen-Shot-2022-04-27-at-12.20.45.png?resize=1080%2C326&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1094\" title=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A nice write up of the content can be found&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flandersmake.be\/en\/blog\/beyond-hype-and-fear-how-embrace-ai-purely-practical-tool\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.briteflo.com\/download\/CIONETXBriteflo_AI_Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cionet.com\/en-us\/cionet-belgium\/events\/tacklingthemythsofai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leyton.com\/events\/global-innovation-summit\/innovation-and-value-creation-a-cross-industry-effect\/#orion-form-block\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34,36,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ai","category-events","category-talks"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/denayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/denayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/denayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/denayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/denayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/denayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/denayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/denayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/denayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/denayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}