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Join SOSCIP鈥檚 networking event and pitch competition featuring Loblaw and Unilever Canada

SOSCIP (Southern 黑料网 Smart Computing Innovation Platform) invites researchers to , a networking event centred on building breakthrough artificial intelligence (AI), on Thursday, June 17.

Event details:

  • Hear directly from Loblaw Canada and Unilever Canada about AI-based solutions they are interested in developing or exploring.
  • Learn about their current work.
  • Understand how they would like to engage with external partners to build novel solutions to their challenges.

For more information and to register, visit the .

Submit a pitch:

Researchers are welcome to submit a three-minute pitch by video for a chance to speak one-on-one with these industry-leading companies. Researchers registered for the June 17 event may submit one pitch to Loblaw Companies Ltd. and one pitch to Unilever Canada.

More information can be found in the , which can be used as a guide.

The deadline for pitch submissions is Friday, June 4 at 11:59 p.m.

Areas of interest for the pitch:

Loblaw Canada

  • How to efficiently leverage real-world data to offer personalized recommendations to consumers for health and wellness products.
  • How to identify optimal store assortment (i.e. which products should be stocked in-store vs. at micro-fulfilment centres) to meet variations in customer demand.
  • Data-supported proposal for cost-effective changes to the Loblaw supply chain strategy to increase resiliency in the face of disruption.

Unilever

  • E-commerce
    • Future of consumer engagement in Canada.
    • OMNI Channel: Assortment and market share.
    • Sustainability model.
    • The impact of influencers and social streaming/channels/posts on consumer search trends.
    • The variance of language consumers use to search for products across different e-commerce sites.

  • Digital marketing
    • Creative performance recommendation engine.
    • Modelling to optimize media activity based on product availability.

  • Ice cream business: Effect of pandemic and post-pandemic in consumer buying patterns
    • Pandemic projection of consumer buying patterns.
    • Post-pandemic projection of consumer buying patterns.
    • The rise of the fast-moving consumer goods categories for on-demand grocery within aggregators like online food ordering platforms.