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UPDATE:  Replays are now available here.

Watch the Watson University Symposium with Carnegie Mellon University and University of Pittsburgh at CMU on Wednesday, March 30 LIVE at www.livestream.com/IBMWatson.

The schedule is below.  All times in EST.

11:10 am Welcome

11:15 -1:00pm Deep Dive into Deep QA Natural Language Technology

• Welcome by Dr. Rick McCullough, VP of Research, CMU (tentative) or Dr. Randy Bryant, Dean of Computer Science, CMU, and Dr. Ron Larsen, Dean of Information Sciences, PITT
• Introduction by Bernie Meyerson, VP of Innovation and University Programs, IBM
• Keynote Speaker will be Dr. David Ferrucci, Lead Investigator, IBM
• Q and A to follow keynote moderated by Dr. Eric Nyberg, Professor, Language Technologies Institute, CMU

1:00-1:30 Interviews with experts at the event including students, professors and IBMers.

1:30 – 2:30pm Watson Has a New Job – Keynote Dave Ferrucci, Chief Scientist IBM Watson

• Welcome by Dr. Rick McCullough, VP of Research, and Dr Randy Bryant, Dean of Computer Science, CMU
• Welcome by Dr. Ron Larsen, Dean of Information Sciences, PITT
• Introduction of Agenda and Keynote Speaker by Bernie Meyerson, VP of Innovation and University Programs, IBM
• Keynote Speaker: Dr. David Ferrucci, Lead Investigator, IBM

2:30-3:30 Interviews with experts at the event including students, professors and IBMers

3:40-4:30pm Q&A Panel with experts from IBM, CMU and Pitt

• Moderated by Bernie Meyerson, VP of Innovation and University Programs, IBM
• Panel members to include:
  • Dr. David Ferrucci, Lead Investigator, IBM
  • Dr. Eric Nyberg, Professor, Language Technologies Institute, CMU
  • Dr. Scott Fahlman, Professor, Language Technologies Institute, CMU
  • Dr. Jan Wiebe, Professor, Department of Computer Science
    Director, Intelligent Systems Program, PITT
  • Dr. Diane Litman, Faculty Director, Intelligent Systems Program, PITT

4:30- 5:00 Closing remarks & interviews with IBM’s Bernie Meyerson & others.