• In his opening speech, Faruk Eczacıbaşı underlined that the Informatics Foundation of Turkey signed the official agreement with Vector Institute before Geoffrey Hinton won the Nobel Prize. Stating that we cannot manage airline flows with highway rules, Eczacıbaşı underlined that we need a new language and rule set.
  • Ceren Zeytinoğlu Atıcı, Board Member of the Informatics Foundation of Turkey and co-founder of Start Point, emphasized the need for more technical leaders to focus on producing climate solutions.
  • Prof. Pascal Poulpart, Chair of Artificial Intelligence at Vector Institute, emphasized the role of AI in overcoming climate challenges and the climate friendliness of AI. He highlighted the potential of AI in energy management, biodiversity conservation and climate adaptation. On the other hand, he said that for AI to be more sustainable, data sets and models should be hosted in a decentralized manner.
  • Prof. Luis Seco, Director of the Risk Lab at the University of Toronto, said that AI can optimize the carbon swap market. Referring to the 21st century's biggest raw material as risk, Prof. Seco said that we need to get used to navigating in uncertainty. Explaining that the time we have to solve the problems brought by the climate crisis does not match the goals we have set, Prof. Seco underlined that the climate crisis can only be solved by changing the market rules, so carbon swaps are very important.
  • Dr. Deval Pandya, Head of Artificial Intelligence Engineering Department at Vector Institute, mentioned that artificial intelligence can create more environmental impact than carbon footprint. Talking about how we can create a net positive data-centered environment, Deval referred to Jevons' paradox, which explains that increased efficiency leads to increased consumption.