Explore the pros and cons of AI during #PTW18
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Trust the machine or fight it? MRP marketing chief James Regan previews his upcoming talk at Philly Tech Week 2018 presented by Comcast.

From autonomous cars to Siri and Alexa, artificial intelligence is quite literally becoming a household name.

As AI increasingly becomes an integrated part of how we live, play and work, many people feel skeptical, hesitant and even fearful of an AI-powered future. As someone who works with AI daily, I wanted to unpack some of the confusion and misunderstanding around AI as it exists in business now and how it will shape the future, and I wanted to understand how Philadelphia’s business and academic leaders understand the opportunities and challenges surrounding AI.

That’s how our Philly Tech Week event, Learning to Trust the Machine, was born.

Read more: https://technical.ly/philly/2018/03/28/ptw18-exploring-possibilities-risks-opportunities-ai/ 

ICON Helps Establish New Industry Standards Group to Improve Clinical Trial Collaboration and Execution

Founding member of Align Clinical CRO to help create open technology standards that make it easier for CROs and sponsors to work together during trials

Dublin, 29 March 2018 – ICON plc, (NASDAQ: ICLR) today announced it is a founding member ofAlign Clinical CRO, a new industry technology standards group dedicated to making it easier for life sciences companies and contract research organizations (CROs) to collaborate during clinical trials. ICON is joining six leading CROs to create open technology standards intended to simplify trial execution and improve the productivity and efficiency of clinical trials.

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