AGENDA
What We'll Explore
Keynotes and Sessions
Fireside Chat:
View from a Board Member and CEO of a Publicly Traded Company
A candid conversation on how board-level strategy and executive leadership intersect in deploying AI for competitive advantage across global enterprises.
Melissa Smith
CEO
WEX (NYSE: WEX)
Shikhar Ghosh
Professor
Harvard Business School and Board Member WEX
How Mayo Clinic is Transforming Health Care
Explore Mayo Clinic’s pioneering approach to AI in healthcare delivery, from digital diagnostics to platform-based patient care transformation.
Dr. John Halamka
President
Mayo Clinic Platform
10 Predictions for AI from one of the largest investment banks
Gain exclusive insight into how AI will shape global markets, capital allocation, and investor behavior from the perspective of a top institutional investor.
Ulrike Hoffmann-Burchardi
Chief Investment Officer Americas and Global Head Equity
UBS (NYSE:UBS)
Lessons from Driving Employee Engagement
This multi-perspective session uncovers real-world strategies for boosting workforce productivity and morale using AI and analytics.
Andy Stetzler
Enterprise AI Lead
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Susanne Seitinger
Director of AI/ML Product Marketing
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN)
Karen Stroup
Chief Digital Officer
WEX (NYSE: WEX)
Venkat Vedam
Head of Generative AI
Manulife Financial Corporation (NYSE: MFC)
Private Equity Panel
Hear how private equity leaders are evaluating, deploying, and creating value with AI in their portfolio companies.
Ian Roberton
Director Technology/AI
American Securities
Vikram Mahidhar
PE Operating Partner, Board Member
Apollo Global Management, Inc
Drake Pruitt
Operating Partner, Product and Innovation
Clearhaven Partners
AI is Transforming Insurance Industry
Explore how leading insurers are modernizing underwriting, claims, and customer experience through AI-driven innovation.
Heather Lavoie
EVP and CIO
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Jean Olive
CIO
John Hancock, division of Manulife Financial Corp (NYSE: MFC)
How CIOs Are Driving True Business Value with AI
This discussion dives into how forward-thinking CIOs are moving beyond pilots to enterprise-scale AI deployments with measurable ROI.
Mike Grandinetti
Serial Tech Entrepreneur & Faculty
Harvard (Moderator)
Monica Caldas
Global Chief Information Officer
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Brionna Jimerson
Vice President
JP Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM)
Trends in Enterprise Intelligence Applications Vendor Trends
A front-line look at how large tech vendors and emerging players are shaping the future of enterprise AI solutions.
Andy Roberts
AI Architect
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)
Rizwan Mallal
COO
Quantum Gears
Answer Engines: The Fall of Search and Transformation
Examine how the dominance of search is eroding and being replaced by answer engines that directly serve consumer intent.
The AI Agents Revolution
Discover how AI agents are poised to automate complex human tasks, with cutting-edge insights from one of the field’s most innovative researchers.
Ramesh Raskar
Professor and Director Media Lab
MIT
Live HBS Case Study on AI
Join an immersive, real-time case study examining how businesses are transforming with generative AI, taught HBS-style.
Jeffrey Rayport
Professor
Harvard Business School
CIO Panel: Picking the right investment level and vendors
This panel unpacks how top CIOs are balancing experimentation and scale—choosing the right partners and budgets to lead in AI.
Gamiel Gran
Chief Commercial Officer
Mayfield Fund (Moderator)
Nathan McBride
CIO
Xilio Therapeutics
Ankit Mangal
VP of Data and Software Engineering
Cirkul
Jim Chilton
EVP, Chief Technology Officer
Cengage Group
CISO View: How Does AI and Security Fit?
For the CISOs there are issues with how their roles fit into the AI landscape. Is the CISO resp for hallucinations for example? Or what are the new firewalls for agents or bots supposed to do, and how they fit into the current SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) and SOC (Security Operations Center) stack of tools.
Gamiel Gran
Chief Commercial Officer
Mayfield Fund (Moderator)
Sameer Sule
CISO
Rhapsody
Where VCs are investing in AI
Top investors share where capital is flowing in the AI ecosystem—from infrastructure to vertical solutions.
Rudina Seseri
Managing Partner
Glasswing Ventures
Kent Lucas
Founding Partner
Non Sibi Ventures
Break-Out Sessions
AI Transformation in Life Sciences
Christopher Boone
​Group VP of Life Sciences
Oracle (NYSE: ORCL)
Kausar Riaz Ahmed
Director
Generative AI, Pfizer (NYSE: PFE)
Vivek Mukhatyar
Generative AI Medical Engagement Lead
Pfizer (NYSE: PFE)
A look into how pharma leaders are deploying GenAI across research, engagement, and drug lifecycle management.
Health Provider Trends Panel
Dr. Thomas Kingsley
Director Epidemiology AI Lab
UCLA Health
Dr. Ryan Vega
Chief Health Officer
Vantiq
Gaye Bok
Partner
AI and Digital Innovation Fund, Mass General Brigham
Learn how health systems are reinventing operations, clinical workflows, and patient interaction through applied AI.
