Amazon Transforms Secretive MARS Conference into Public Re:MARS Event
Amazon expands its exclusive MARS conference into a public event called Re:MARS, focusing on machine learning, automation, robotics, and space. The three-day Las Vegas gathering features a high-profile speaker lineup and highlights Amazon's own emerging technologies.
Amazon takes its highly secretive MARS conference and transforms it into a public-facing event called Re:MARS. The new conference maintains the original event's focus on Machine learning, Automation, Robotics, and Space, but opens the doors to a much larger audience in Las Vegas for three days this summer.
The speaker lineup features a mix of prominent academics and industry leaders, including MIT specialists, a UC Berkeley engineering chair, and a NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory technology officer. Amazon executives also take the stage to share insights, making the roster impressive but admittedly self-serving for the tech giant.
Multiple sessions highlight Amazon's own technological ventures, giving the company a direct platform to showcase products like Alexa, AWS, Prime Air, and Amazon Go. In a unique twist, the event offers free admission to astronauts, giving prospective space travelers a solid financial incentive to complete their training before the Vegas kickoff.