PatSnap’s CIIT (Connected Innovation Intelligence Tours) is a wide webinar series focused on bringing together R&D and IP professionals in order to enhance collaboration between both teams, increase innovation and business productivity.​ In each CIIT series we'll join three different industry experts to get their takes on innovation's biggest topics.

Our fourth CIIT series covers the key areas within the industry where AI is having the biggest impact, major barriers to adoption and practical ways for industry players to deploy AI at scale.

Episode 1: Interview with Martin Soukup, VP of R&D, Connected Transport at Irdeto. With leadership roles in Fortune 500 and startups, Martin is a visionary of technology and passionate about network-enabled security, model driven design, and the practical application of machine learning.

Episode 2: Interview with Seham El Behissy, General Manager Digital & Connected Cars at Renault Middle East. Seham is passionate about sustainability and leveraging exponential technologies to making the world a better place, while always remembering that "Our real intelligence is what makes us human, and AI is just an extension of that coded in a machine box."

Episode 3: Interview with Bilal Farooq, Canada Research Chair in Disruptive Transportation Technologies and Services. Bilal is currently an Associate Professor in Transportation Engineering at Ryerson University. Bilal received his Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering from the University of Toronto, Master of Computer Science from Lahore University of Management Sciences, and Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan.

Register below to watch the first episode!