Conference And Speakers
Conference And Speakers
General Sessions
9:00 AM
General Session Room
Welcome: Harnessing AI for Transformative Value
Paul and John will discuss key lessons from 2024, share predictions for 2025 and 2026 based on GAI Insights' research, and there will be a brief message from our platinum and gold sponsors.
John Sviokla
​GAI Insights
Co-Founder
Paul Baier
GAI Insights
Co-Founder
9:15 AM
General Session Room
Fireside Chat: Advice for AI for Competitive Advantage from HBS Professor and CEO of a Public Company
Paul talks with Shikhar Ghosh who has unique view of AI as a HBS professor and Melissa Smith who is managing the expectations of investors, the board, and other stakeholders in this Age of AI.
Shikhar Ghosh
Harvard Business School
Professor
Melissa Smith
WEX
CEO ​
Paul Baier (Moderator)
GAI Insights
Co-founder​​
9:40 AM
General Session Room
Fireside Chat: The Globally-Unique and Amazing Mayo Clinic Platform
Learn how the globally unique Mayo Clinic Platform is redefining healthcare. Mayo unique ecosystem unites a huge set of de-identified patient data (11 million patient records), world-class clinical expertise, global partners and AI startups.
Dr. John Halamka, MD, MS
Mayo Clinic Platform
President
Paul Baier
(Moderator)
GAI Insights
Co-Founder
10:05 AM
General Session Room
Fireside Chat: Managing the AI Cost Explosion - Yes, It's Very Real
GenAI deployments is driving an explosion of token usage and costs, which had direct implications for architecture total cost of ownership.
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Rizwan Mallal
​Quantum Gears​
COO​
Bill Fandrich
Blue Cross Blue Shield - MIchigan
EVP and CIO
John Sviokla (Moderator)
GAI Insights
Co-founder
10:20 AM
General Session Room
Adam's AI Adventures and Two AI Startup Pitches
Adam Rappaport
GAI Insights
Co-Founder, Research Analyst & Tech Wizard​
Supreet Deshpande
Synthio Labs
​Co-Founder and CEO
François Martel
Neubird
Field CTO​​​
10:30 AM
Boylston Hallway
Networking Break and Exhibits
11:00 AM
General Session Room
10 Predictions for AI
Ulrike leads a team at one of the largest investment banks in the world and will share top trends and implications they see from GenAI/AI. Will value creation move beyond chip and foundational models sold by cloud providers?
Ulrike Hoffmann-Burchardi
UBS
Chief Investment Officer Americas and Global Head Equity
11:25 AM
General Session Room
The Key for Unlocking Value: View AI as a Capability, not a Technology
John Sviokla
​GAI Insights
Co-Founder
​Building agentic systems is easier than ever, however confidently releasing it still remains a challenge. While folks are still dealing with the right context engineering and hallucinations, new attack vectors are emerging. Learn the critical failure modes of AI agents, from prompt injection and memory poisoning to deception, collusion, and autonomy escalation.
11:35 AM
The Iceberg Under the Iceberg: Deploying Agentic AI at Scale
Matt Konwiser
IBM
Field CTO
11:50 AM
General Session Room
Adam's AI Adventures and Two AI Startup Pitches
Adam Rappaport
GAI Insights
Co-Founder, Research Analyst & Tech Wizard
Puneet Suri
Tresle AI
Co-Founder & COO​
Artem Lukoianov
Sundai Club
Volunteer​
1:00 PM
Hands on AI Workshops
Meibel AI Confidence Framework
The Meibel Team
Room 309
Learn How GAI Insights Uses AI Internally
The Seekr Build
The Seekr Team
Room 310
Room 311
Discussion - Best Practices for GenAI Employee Training
Room 312
Room 313
ThoughtSpot, Analytics Powered Agents
The ThoughtSpot Team
6 -- Breakout Tracks (Scaling, Healthcare, Marketing, Finance, Employee, Tech)
General Session Room
Room 304 2:00 PM
How USA's Leading AutoExchange is Adopting GenAI for Competitive Advantage - CarGurus Case Study
How CarGurus is using AI to change customer expectations.
Parag Shah
CarGurus
​VP Data
Ben Kasdon
CarGurus
VP Products
Room 304 2:30 PM
Where VC's are Investing Today
Kleida Martiro
Glasswing Ventures
Partner​​
Kent Lucas
Non Sibi Ventures
Founding Partner​​
Camille Little
non sibi ventures
Senior Associate​​
John Sviokla (Moderator)
GAI Insights
Co-founder
General Sessions
3:30 PM
General Session Room
CIO Panel: "Making AI Real"
Learn how to stand up reliable “AI plumbing” in 90 days and redesign roles for the next 12–36 months so your customers get faster answers, better service, and fewer handoffs. You’ll leave with a capital-allocation map (how to deploy the next $100M), plus checklists and templates for data foundations, governance, and agent/copilot rollout—prioritized customer impact and enterprise ROI.
Ankit Mangal
Cirkul
VP of Data and Software Engineering
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Ramesh Razdan
Chief Information Officer
Bain & Company
Jim Chilton
Cengage Group
EVP, Chief Technology Officer
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Nathan McBride
Xilio Therapeutics
CIO
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Gamiel Gran (Moderator)
Mayfield Fund
Chief Commercial Officer
4:05 PM
General Session Room
Fireside Chat: The Importance of Explainability in GenAI with Seekr.
Stefanos Poulis
Seekr
Chief Technology Officer & AI Officer
John Sviokla
GAI Insights
Co-Founder
4:20 PM
General Session Room
Implications of the Amazing AI Agent Revolution
Ramesh will share where he is seeing the top 5 mega AI trends that executives and investors need to be aware of the next 2 years and the biggest areas of value creation.
Ramesh Raskar
MIT
Professor, MIT Media Lab Director, ProjectNanda, Internet for AI Agents
4:35 PM
General Session Room
Private Equity Panel
Hear how private equity leaders are evaluating, deploying, and creating value with AI in their portfolio companies.
Ian Robertson
American Securities
Director at American Securities
Vikram Mahidhar
Apollo Global Management
Operating Partner
Drake Pruitt
Clearhaven Partners
Operating Partner, Product and Innovation
John Sviokla
(Moderator)
GAI Insights
Co-founder
4:55 PM
General Session Room
Adam's AI Adventures and Two AI Startup Pitches
Adam Rappaport
GAI Insights
Co-Founder, Research Analyst & Tech Wizard
Mo Aidrus
Ekai
co-founder & CEO
5:05 PM
General Session Room
Trends, Summary of Shared Notes, and Questions from the Day
John Sviokla
GAI Insights
Co-Founder
Tuesday, September 30
7:30 AM
Room 312
Our Women in AI section is designed to celebrate, support, and empower female AI professionals who are pushing the boundaries of what is possible. Join us for a networking breakfast where we will discuss various topics in roundtable discussions, each led by a woman who is breaking barriers in the AI space. All are welcome!
Sponsored by:
General Sessions
9:00 AM
General Session Room
Welcome: Summary of Day 1 & Preview of Day 2
Paul Baier
GAI Insights
Co-Founder
John Sviokla
GAI Insights
Co-Founder
9:05 AM
General Session Room
Workshop: Live HBS case on AI
​The entire audience turns into an HBS Classroom as Jeffrey teaches an HBS case that involves some of the leadership challenges of using GenAI/AI. Experience the learning experience with this participative workshop.
Jeffrey Rayport
Harvard Business School
Professor
9:35 AM
General Session Room
ThoughtSpot's Empowering Agents with Analytics
Cindi Howson
ThoughtSpot
Chief Data & AI Strategy Officer
Paul Baier
(Moderator)
GAI Insights
Co-Founder
General Session Room
9:50 AM
Overview of the GAI Insights Corporate Buyer's Guide
Ankaj Mohindroo
GAI Insights
Head of AI Research
Paul Baier
GAI Insights
Co-Founder
10:00 AM
General Session Room
From Pilot to Value: How JP Morgan, J&J, and Liberty Mutual Operate GenAI at Scale
Monica Caldas
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Global Chief Information Officer
Josh Gagne
Johnson & Johnson
Co-Chair, J&J Global AI Council
Brionna Jimerson
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Vice President
Mike Grandinetti
(Moderator)
Harvard
Serial Tech Entrepreneur & Faculty
10:35 AM
General Session Room
Adam's AI Adventures and Pitches from Two AI Startups
Adam Rappaport
GAI Insights
Co-Founder, Research Analyst & Tech Wizard
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Ajay Joshi
Cipher Sonic Labs
CEO and Co-founder
Abhishek Mehta
Tresata
Co-founder and CTO
6 -- Breakout Tracks (Scaling, Healthcare, Marketing, Finance, Employee, Tech)
11:10 AM
Room 309
CISO View: How do 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 new firewalls for agents or bots supposed to do, and how should they fit into the current SIEM and SOC stack of tools.
​Sameer Sule
Rhapsody
CISO & VP, Compliance
Dmitriy Sokolovskiy
Semrush, Inc
SVP, Cyber Resilience
Richard Barretto
Progress Software
SVP, CISO
Gamiel Gran (Moderator)
Mayfield Fund
Chief Commercial Officer
11:40 AM
Lessons from Driving Employee Engagement
This multi-perspective session uncovers real-world strategies for boosting workforce productivity and morale using AI and analytics.
Karen Stroup
WEX
Chief Digital Officer
Andy Stetzler
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Enterprise AI Lead
Venkat Vedam
Manulife
Head of Generative AI
Paul Baier (Moderator)
GAI Insights
Co-Founder
12:10 PM
Room 313
Celebrating Black Pioneers Luncheon
Black innovators have played pivotal roles in shaping the future of GenAI, and at GAI World 2025, we are committed to recognizing the transformative impact of Black and African American voices in our industry. Our inaugural luncheon is designed to honor the achievements of Black leaders in GenAI - both established and emerging - and to create meaningful connections within the community.
Coordinated by:
Nina Grooms Lee
Alamo Group
Board Director
Christopher Boone
Oracle
Group Vice President
Chris McKay
Maginative
CEO
Anthony Hill
Aigility Al
Founder, CEO
1:40 PM
Hands on AI Workshops
Meibel AI Confidence Framework
The Meibel Team
Room 309
ThoughtSpot, Analytics Powered Agents
Learn How GAI Insights Uses AI Internally
The Seekr Build
The Seekr Team
Room 310
Room 311
Discussion - Best Practices for GenAI Employee Training
The ThoughtSpot Team
Room 312
Room 313
General Sessions
2:40 PM
General Session Room
AI in the Real-World: GenAI at the boundary of digital and physical environments.
Generative AI in the real world: Lessons from a leading company developing and deploying intelligent systems at the intersection of digital and physical environments.
Marty Sprinzen
Vantiq
CEO
John (Moderator)
GAI Insights
Co-founder
2:55 PM
General Session Room
Fireside Chat: Understanding the Top AI Legal Risks - The Risks Are Larger Than You Think
Bethany Withers
Goodwin
Partner, Chair of AI Practice
Kaitlin Betancourt
Goodwin
Partner
John Sviokla (Moderator)
GAI Insights
Co-founder
3:40 PM
General Session Room
GAI Insights Daily AI Show
Paul Baier
GAI Insights
Co-Founder
3:55 PM
General Session Room
Boston AI Ecosystem
MIT fellow John Werner will give an overview of the exciting trends and activities in the New England AI Community.
John Werner
Imagination in Action
Founder
4:05 PM
General Session Room
What Do We Teach Our Children about GenAI: Implications of What You’ve Heard and Thoughts for 2025
GenAI is becoming as important as literacy; This session will explore important implications for the next generation.
Paul Baier
GAI Insights
Co-Founder
John Sviokla
GAI Insights
Co-Founder