AI today: the World, Belgium, and our daily lives.

The Rotary Club of Brussels is pleased to invite you to its statutory meeting on Tuesday, February 10th at 7:15 pm, which will feature a presentation by our Rotary friend Joseph Antoun on Artificial Intelligence and its current challenges. His presentation will be in English.

Joseph Antoun is a Digital Strategy, Data, and AI Consultant who helps organizations become digital-native, data-native, and AI-enabled. He also speaks at conferences and advises management on strategy, governance, and the execution of transformation programs.

When we talk about AI, we often mix three things: real achievements, marketing hype, and sometimes fears. This presentation offers a simple and practical approach.

First, a global overview: where AI stands today and what it is already capable of. It can generate text, images, and code; summarize, translate, and analyze documents; assist in decision-making; and automate tasks. It's progressing rapidly and becoming ubiquitous: in businesses, education, healthcare, public services, and, of course, in our phones.

Next, we'll focus on Belgium: what uses are already in place here, in our organizations, schools, and services? The challenge isn't to "follow a trend," but to adopt AI intelligently, taking into account our constraints regarding trust, data, regulation, and skills.

Finally, we come to the most important point: ourselves, as individuals. AI is already part of our daily lives, sometimes without us even realizing it. It brings many positive aspects, but also real risks: false but convincing information, manipulation, privacy breaches, fraud, bias, and addiction.

The goal of this conference is simple: to give you a clear-eyed perspective, neither alarmist nor naive, so that everyone knows where they stand, and above all, to better guide our children and our community: how to use it, how to question it, and how to maintain control.

You are welcome to attend the conference and the cocktail separately. Please indicate your choice when registering.

INFOS PRATIQUES

📍 Lieu : Avenue F.D. Roosevelt, 42, CP 114/1, (1050 Ixelles) -  bâtiment R42, niveau 4. (ULB/Solvay)

🕖 Heure : Accueil 19h / conférence 19h15

💳 Prix : Conférence gratuite. Cocktail : 35 € (inscription séparée – merci d’indiquer votre choix lors de l’inscription). Payement par carte sur place

👥 Nos conférences sont ouvertes aux membres, leurs partenaires et leurs invités

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Ⓜ️ STIB: Tram 7 et 25 (ULB - Buyl), Bus 71 (ULB/Buyl) 👥 Nos conférences sont ouvertes aux membres, leurs partenaires et leurs invités – Pensez au covoiturage 📩 Inscriptions : via Polaris ou par mail à info@rotary.brussels Version en PDF téléchargeable ici