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By the end of 2015 not all of our colleagues will be human and that will be the norm. The relationship between man and machine will no longer be the domain of sci-fi movies but a part of everyday life at work.

It's a revolution to be embraced, not feared but history shows we have always feared for our jobs. The "humans vs machines" freak-out goes back to the Industrial Revolution — when 90% of U.S. workers were farmers — even though emerging technology in the 1800s enabled laborious jobs to be more efficient. Now, only 1% of the US are farmers – and those advancements have contributed to an interconnected, global economy.

Today, the Cognitive Revolution and widespread application of artificial intelligence is inevitable. IPsoft's CEO Chetan Dube will discuss how true AI will impact humanity, healthcare and finance—unleashing the potential of human creativity while redefining roles, accepting our byte-based brethren, and transforming the very nature of what it means to be human.