--- title: Yoshua Bengio will Headline the World Summit AI Americas Stage description: In just TWO months, on 19-20th April, Yoshua Bengio will be Headlining at World Summit AI Americas in Canada's main high tech centre, the city of Montréal. image: https://blog.worldsummit.ai/hubfs/Untitled%20design%20(24)-1.png ---   [BOOK NOW](http://worldsummit.ai/tickets/)     ![WSAI Amsterdam Orange no dates 2000x300 (1)](https://blog.worldsummit.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/WSAI%20Amsterdam%20Orange%20no%20dates%202000x300%20(1).png?width=259&name=WSAI%20Amsterdam%20Orange%20no%20dates%202000x300%20(1).png)   ![IM_Mothership_assets_LOGO_MINT (2)](https://blog.worldsummit.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/IM_Mothership_assets_LOGO_MINT%20(2).png?width=263&name=IM_Mothership_assets_LOGO_MINT%20(2).png)     [BOOK NOW](http://worldsummit.ai/tickets/) # Yoshua Bengio will Headline the World Summit AI Americas Stage Posted by [World Summit AI](https://blog.worldsummit.ai/author/world-summit-ai) on Feb 22, 2023 11:13:23 AM ![World Summit AI](https://blog.worldsummit.ai/hubfs/1.%20World%20Summit%20GIF.gif) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) In just two months, on 19-20th April, Yoshua Bengio will be Headlining at [World Summit AI Americas](https://americas.worldsummit.ai/) in Canada's main high tech centre, the city of Montréal.  ## Known as one of the original ‘Godfathers of AI’, Yoshua is recognized worldwide as one of the LEADING experts in artificial intelligence, most known for his pioneering work in deep learning, earning him the 2018 ACM A.M. Turing Award, “the Nobel Prize of Computing,” with Geoffrey Hinton and Yann LeCun. ## His main research ambition? To understand principles of learning that yield intelligence. Yoshua is a celebrated name for his work on artificial neural networks and deep learning. This is your chance to [hear the latest from him](https://americas.worldsummit.ai/tickets/), meet him and be part of the LATEST conversations on AI! ![Untitled design (24)-1](https://blog.worldsummit.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/Untitled%20design%20(24)-1.png?width=400&height=400&name=Untitled%20design%20(24)-1.png) ## According to [MIT Today](https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/01/24/1067232/the-economy-is-down-but-ai-is-hot-where-do-we-go-from-here/), AI research is having its “main character” moment. There may be an economic downturn, but AI research is still exciting. Yoshua has always been a front runner of knowing where AI goes next. ![a lot of inspiration from the brain went into the design of neural networks as theyre used now.](https://blog.worldsummit.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/a%20lot%20of%20inspiration%20from%20the%20brain%20went%20into%20the%20design%20of%20neural%20networks%20as%20theyre%20used%20now..png?width=400&height=400&name=a%20lot%20of%20inspiration%20from%20the%20brain%20went%20into%20the%20design%20of%20neural%20networks%20as%20theyre%20used%20now..png) [Hear what Yoshua has to say live](https://americas.worldsummit.ai/tickets/) at World Summit AI Americas in just 8 weeks. Yoshua Bengio is a Full Professor at Université de Montréal, and the Founder and Scientific Director of Mila – Quebec AI Institute (who, by the way, is our OFFICIAL CONTENT PARTNER for World Summit AI Americas) . He co-directs the CIFAR Learning in Machines & Brains program as Senior Fellow and acts as Scientific Director of IVADO. In 2019, he was awarded the prestigious Killam Prize and in 2022, became the computer scientist with the highest h-index in the world. He is a Fellow of both the Royal Society of London and Canada, Knight of the Legion of Honor of France and Officer of the Order of Canada. Concerned about the social impact of AI and passionate that AI benefits all, he actively contributed to the Montreal Declaration for the Responsible Development of Artificial Intelligence. [Get your ticket now](https://americas.worldsummit.ai/tickets/) to experience a live talk from Yoshua Bengio. 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