Séminaires VOILA! : Visions Of InteLligence Artificielle

EFELIA Côte d'Azur, in conjunction with the Chair in AI and Innovation Economics, is launching its seminar series whose name, combining French and English, underlines its openness: Visions Of InteLligence Artificielle, VOILA!

VOILA! seminars explore the frontiers of AI in a way that is inclusive and open to all. They are designed to scientifically animate the large EFELIA Côte d'Azur community, made up of teaching and research staff, students and ecosystem partners. The aim is to provide food for thought or answers to the major questions facing society, and hence the university community, on themes such as AI & Environment, AI & Work, AI & Education, AI & Media, AI & Law, AI & Creation, AI & Health, and more.

Each seminar consists of 2 parts: a lecture from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm by an expert, followed by a round table from 5:00 pm to 5:30 pm led by Université Côte-d'Azur researchers.

All seminars are accessible online, and by default take place exclusively online, with occasional hybrid sessions (location indicated, and refreshments offered). They are also recorded and available online afterwards. We are accompanying this launch with the publication of our new page: Understanding AI.

Consisting mainly of organized, explained and freely accessible content, it is accessible to anyone wishing to understand what AI is, its tenants, challenges, limits and possibilities, in the broad socio-technical context in which this fully-fledged field is developing and whose systems are changing society.

Registration is free, but is required to receive the connection link on the morning of the event.

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Help us prepare season 4 of the VOILA seminars!

VOILA! Season 4 will be back in September 2025 but we start working on it already now. Fill 1-minute survey and choose (or suggest) topics that interest YOU!  

This is your chance to shape the conversation: 3 topics that receive the most votes will be featured in a dedicated episode of Season 4.  

We will post the winning topics after the survey ends on June 30 2025. Stay tuned by following us on LinkedIn, and visiting our VOILA! page, and YouTube playlist!