Registration and our call for abstracts for the Acceleration Consortium’s (AC) 2023 Accelerate Conference are now open! Based at the University of Toronto, the AC is a global community of academia, government, and industry who are accelerating the discovery of new materials and molecules needed for a sustainable future.
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We welcome abstract submissions for conference talks, posters, and workshops. Application deadline: June 23, 2023.
Accelerate Conference
August 22–25, 2023
Toronto (in-person only)
Presented by the University of Toronto’s Acceleration Consortium, Accelerate is an interdisciplinary conference designed to bring together experts in academia, industry and government who are shaping the emerging field of AI for science. A forum to exchange ideas, advance research and explore opportunities for collaboration. This is an especially momentous year for the conference with the recent investment of $200 million into the Acceleration Consortium from the Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF).
We welcome abstract submissions for conference talks, posters, and workshops. Application deadline: June 23, 2023.
About the conference
Accelerate attendees will explore leading-edge methods, applications and research translation related to accelerated materials and molecular discovery. Join us for talks, panels and workshops across our 3 content tracks and special topics:
The tools
Accelerating discovery with leading-edge tools such as machine learning algorithms for AI-aided experimental design, quantum-based materials simulations and characterization, chemical ontologies and materials databases, robotics and control systems for high-throughput experimentation, and more.
Special topics / session themes:
Large language models for science
Human/AI interactions
Internet of scientific things
Smart algorithms for self-driving labs
The materials
Accelerating development of sustainable materials and molecules for a resilient world across applications such as solid-state materials for energy storage, nanoparticle formulations, soft materials for electronics, organic small molecule drugs, and more.
Special topics / session themes:
Accelerating discovery and understanding of chemical reactions
Accelerating the discovery of optoelectronic materials
Accelerating the screening of materials stability and toxicity
Accelerating catalysis for clean energy
The ecosystem
Designing ethical and equitable translation ecosystems for accelerated discovery, including commercialization, training, education, access, and more.
Special topics / session themes:
Democratizing science
Hardware formats and standardization
Trust, ethics, and bias mitigation
Data curation, management, and architecture
To take advantage of early-bird prices, register now! If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to the Acceleration Consortium team at acceleration@utoronto.ca.