Artificial intelligence (AI) is a tool capable to broadly reshape medicine, potentially improving the experiences of both clinicians and patients. The most relevant advancement has been obtained in medical imaging, inducing already six years ago Geoffrey Hinton, one of the most prominent scientists in deep learning, to state that we should have stopped training radiologists. AI also addresses several promising avenues for new medical AI research, including non-image data sources, unconventional problem formulations and human–AI collaboration. However, the massive adoption of AI in medicine poses also serious technical and ethical challenges, spanning from data scarcity to racial bias. Nonetheless, if AI’s potentials are properly realized, they could make healthcare tremendously more accurate, efficient and accessible for patients worldwide.
In this symposium, we will explore several aspects of AI and medicine interaction with the help of Australian, Italian and Italo-Australian experts in the field.
This event is hosted by the Italian consulate in Brisbane and the Embassy of Italy in Canberra.
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PROGRAM
Welcome
Brigid Betz-Stablein - The University of Queensland and Frazer institute
Luna Angelini Marinucci - Italian Consul for Queensland and the Northern Territory
Ilaria Pagani - ARIA The association of Italian researchers in Australasia
AI - In society
Gianluca De Martini (UQ): Human-in-the-loop Artificial Intelligence for Public Good
Caitlin Curtis (Center for Policy Futures, UQ): AI-deploying organizations are key to addressing the ‘perfect storm’ of AI risks?
Mario Pennisi (Chair of the strategic advisory board at Compounds Australia): Compounds Australia – a national facility with international impact
AI - In Medicine
Ilaria Pagani (SAHMRI, Adelaide University and ARIA president): T.B.D.
Chiara Palmieri (School of Veterinary Science, UQ): T.B.D.
Martina Barzan (Griffith Centre of Biomedical & Rehabilitation Engineering (GCORE), Griffith University): Virtual surgical planning for complex lower limb deformity correction in children and adolescents: our journey from concept to clinical service
Claudio Pizzolato (Griffith Centre of Biomedical and Rehabilitation Engineering | Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University): Developing the next generation of rehabilitation technologies using human digital twins
Brigid Betz-Stablein (Dermatology Research Centre, Frazer Institute, The University of Queensland): Artificial Intelligence in Dermatology: Dermoscopy and 3D total body photography
Chair Marco Lazzarino – Scientific attaché at The Embassy of Italy in Canberra
Networking event