Slovenian Press Agency head of digital strategy department Aljosa Rehar's lecture 'Digital transformation of the news industry'

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On September 4 at 12:00, the head of the Slovenian Press Agency digital strategy department Aljosa Rehar will give a lecture on 'Digital transformation of the news industry'. The event will take place at ITMO University. 

The Slovenian Press Agency is an ITMO University's partner institution as part of the RENOIR (Reverse EngiNeering of sOcial Information pRocessing) EU 'Horizon 2020' grant 'Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions. Research and Innovation Staff Exchange' program of the Warsaw University of Technology Faculty of Physics. 

In his ITMO University lecture, the agency's head of digital strategy department Aljosa Rehar will talk about how the whirlwind development of digital technologies impacts the news industry. Artificial intelligence and other cutting-edge technologies slowly but surely change the face of the news agencies' day-to-day. But the agencies have taken a proactive approach to the changes by testing and implementing these technologies in collaboration with research institutes, as exemplified by the Horizon 2020 RENOIR project which sees the Slovenian Press Agency joining the forces with several leading research laboratories from all over the world. 

Register here to attend (please note that the registration form is in Russian). 

Participants

Everyone is welcome to attend.

Organizers

ITMO University

Contacts

Alina Mikhailovskaya

phone: +7 (921) 909 31 56