Cambridge Innovation Institute Announces Acquisition Of The AI World Conference & Expo, AI Trends

By Bio-IT World Staff

April 18, 2018 | Cambridge Innovation Institute (CII), the parent company of Bio-IT World, announced the acquisition of Westborough, Massachusetts-based Trends Equity, which includes the properties of the annual AI World Conference & Expo and AI Trends media offerings.

Phillips Kuhl, President, Cambridge Innovation Institute, said in a press release, "CII currently has an extensive product portfolio that spans the life science and rechargeable battery industries, featuring conferences, training seminars and publications. The addition of both the AI World Conference & Expo and AI Trends publication aligns with our current strategy, but also allows us to expand our reach to additional verticals such as financial, manufacturing and robotics. I am very excited about the opportunities in front of us, and the fast-moving world of AI.”

The AI World Conference & Expo, Accelerating Innovation in the Enterprise, is taking place December 3-5 at the World Trade Center in Boston, MA and will feature over 70 sessions, 150+ speakers and 2,700+ attendees. Event sponsors include: Veritone, DELL EMC, KOGENTiX, Nuance, WorkFusion, DataRobot, PureStorage, ALEGION, Interactions, IDC, Splunk, UIPath, Fortune and MIT Sloan Management Review.

AI Trends, launched in January 2016, is the leading industry media channel focused on the business and technology of enterprise AI with over 8,700+ subscribers.

“We are extremely pleased to join CII,” Eliot Weinman, Founder of AI World and AI Trends, wrote in a statement following the announcement. “After only two years, AI World has become the largest independently produced business AI event in the U.S.  The world class event and publishing team at CII will enable AI World to continue to accelerate the growth of both AI World and AI Trends, and enable us to rapidly expand into key vertical markets such as Healthcare and Pharma.”

All Trends Equity employees have been retained, and the Westborough, Massachusetts office will remain open for the interim.