Agent's Atrium
A full parallel track in the Media Lab's open atrium — going deep on the topics the Forum introduces.
Agent's Atrium
A full parallel track in the Media Lab's open atrium — going deep on the topics the Forum introduces.
Agent's Atrium
A full parallel track in the Media Lab's open atrium — going deep on the topics the Forum introduces.
[Panel]
[Deploying Intelligence]
8:30 AM
Voice AI: Serving Customers at Scale
Building voice systems people actually want to talk to — how companies are deploying voice agents that handle live customer interactions, resolve issues, and operate reliably in production.
[Panel]
[Deploying Intelligence]
8:30 AM
Voice AI: Serving Customers at Scale
Building voice systems people actually want to talk to — how companies are deploying voice agents that handle live customer interactions, resolve issues, and operate reliably in production.
[Panel]
[Deploying Intelligence]
8:30 AM
Voice AI: Serving Customers at Scale
Building voice systems people actually want to talk to — how companies are deploying voice agents that handle live customer interactions, resolve issues, and operate reliably in production.
[Panel]
[Deploying Intelligence]
9:00 AM
Investing in Asia's AI Boom
How AI ecosystems across India, China, and the broader Asian market are scaling — and where the opportunities are.
[Panel]
[Deploying Intelligence]
9:00 AM
Investing in Asia's AI Boom
How AI ecosystems across India, China, and the broader Asian market are scaling — and where the opportunities are.
Alvin Graylin
Stanford HAI/DEL
Bestselling Author | Digital-Fellow
Alvin Graylin
Stanford HAI/DEL
Bestselling Author | Digital-Fellow
Nivruti Rai
Invest India
MD & CEO
Nivruti Rai
Invest India
MD & CEO
Rohit Bansal
Reliance Industries Limited
Group-Level Leader
Rohit Bansal
Reliance Industries Limited
Group-Level Leader
Yashraj Akashi
EDGE Community
Founder
Yashraj Akashi
EDGE Community
Founder
[Panel]
[Sustaining Intelligence]
9:30 AM
Robotics at Scale
Shipping autonomous systems that work outside the lab — the engineering, regulatory, and commercial hurdles of deploying robots and drones at scale.
[Panel]
[Sustaining Intelligence]
9:30 AM
Robotics at Scale
Shipping autonomous systems that work outside the lab — the engineering, regulatory, and commercial hurdles of deploying robots and drones at scale.
Break
10:00 - 10:30 AM
Break
10:00 - 10:30 AM
[Fireside]
[Deploying Intelligence]
10:30 AM
Turning Intelligence into Infrastructure
The transition point where AI stops being a project and becomes infrastructure — embedded, invisible, and load-bearing.
[Fireside]
[Deploying Intelligence]
10:30 AM
Turning Intelligence into Infrastructure
The transition point where AI stops being a project and becomes infrastructure — embedded, invisible, and load-bearing.
[Panel]
[Deploying Intelligence]
11:00 AM
Data, Decisions, and the Intelligent Enterprise
Building organizations where data and AI aren't a department — they're the operating system. Enterprise strategy from the data layer up.
[Panel]
[Deploying Intelligence]
11:00 AM
Data, Decisions, and the Intelligent Enterprise
Building organizations where data and AI aren't a department — they're the operating system. Enterprise strategy from the data layer up.
Cindi Howson
ThoughtSpot
Chief Data & AI Strategy Officer
Cindi Howson
ThoughtSpot
Chief Data & AI Strategy Officer
Manuela Veloso
Carnegie Mellon University
Herbert A. Simon University Professor Emerita
Manuela Veloso
Carnegie Mellon University
Herbert A. Simon University Professor Emerita
Josep Puig Ruiz
Nasdaq
Director of Data Science
Josep Puig Ruiz
Nasdaq
Director of Data Science
[Panel]
[Deploying Intelligence]
11:30 AM
AI Across the Care Continuum
How AI is reshaping healthcare from drug development and clinical neuroscience to medical agents and real-time data.
[Panel]
[Deploying Intelligence]
11:30 AM
AI Across the Care Continuum
How AI is reshaping healthcare from drug development and clinical neuroscience to medical agents and real-time data.
Eric Rosenthal
MGB NeuroAI Center
Program Director
Eric Rosenthal
MGB NeuroAI Center
Program Director
Sufian Chowdhury
Kinetik
CEO
Sufian Chowdhury
Kinetik
CEO
Gokul Radhakrishnan
Eli Lilly
Sr. Vice President, Software Product Engineering
Gokul Radhakrishnan
Eli Lilly
Sr. Vice President, Software Product Engineering
Brad Reimer
Sanford Health
Chief Information Officer
Brad Reimer
Sanford Health
Chief Information Officer
Lunch
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Lunch
12:00 - 1:00 PM
[Announcement]
1:00 PM
MIT Media Lab x HCLTech
A special announcement on new initiatives at the intersection of AI and global innovation.
[Announcement]
1:00 PM
MIT Media Lab x HCLTech
A special announcement on new initiatives at the intersection of AI and global innovation.
[Panel]
[Deploying Intelligence]
1:30 PM
Enterprise Agents
What it takes for agents from different vendors to discover each other, establish trust, and coordinate accountable work inside the enterprise.
[Panel]
[Deploying Intelligence]
1:30 PM
Enterprise Agents
What it takes for agents from different vendors to discover each other, establish trust, and coordinate accountable work inside the enterprise.
Antonio Figueiredo
Salesforce
Senior Director
Antonio Figueiredo
Salesforce
Senior Director
Sam Sharaf
Global Product Solutions & Innovation Lead
Sam Sharaf
Global Product Solutions & Innovation Lead
Partha Madhira
Kyndryl
Principal Performance Engineer
Partha Madhira
Kyndryl
Principal Performance Engineer
Karan Bharadwaj
Nasiko
Head of Product, Co-Founder
Karan Bharadwaj
Nasiko
Head of Product, Co-Founder
[Panel]
[Deploying Intelligence]
2:00 PM
Personal Agents
How a personal agent can carry your identity, memory, and preferences across services — and actually be owned by you.
[Panel]
[Deploying Intelligence]
2:00 PM
Personal Agents
How a personal agent can carry your identity, memory, and preferences across services — and actually be owned by you.
Maria Gorskikh
Co-Founder of Maritime
Researcher at Project NANDA & Visiting Lecturer at MIT
Maria Gorskikh
Co-Founder of Maritime
Researcher at Project NANDA & Visiting Lecturer at MIT
Jordan Tian
ZeroClawLabs
Co-Founder
Jordan Tian
ZeroClawLabs
Co-Founder
Greg Raiz
Founders Edge
General Partner
Greg Raiz
Founders Edge
General Partner
Niresh Agarwal
Amazon
GM - AGI Proactive Information & Strategic Areas
Niresh Agarwal
Amazon
GM - AGI Proactive Information & Strategic Areas
Uzma Farheen
Keep AI Safe Foundation
Director of Responsible AI Strategy
Uzma Farheen
Keep AI Safe Foundation
Director of Responsible AI Strategy
[Panel]
[Deploying Intelligence]
2:30 PM
Innovations
The research and engineering frontiers of the agentic web — which of today's assumptions break first, and which primitives have to get invented next.
[Panel]
[Deploying Intelligence]
2:30 PM
Innovations
The research and engineering frontiers of the agentic web — which of today's assumptions break first, and which primitives have to get invented next.
Manuela Veloso
Carnegie Mellon University
Herbert A. Simon University Professor Emerita
Manuela Veloso
Carnegie Mellon University
Herbert A. Simon University Professor Emerita
Anil Sharma
Global Head, Co-Innovation Network
Tata Consultancy Services
Anil Sharma
Global Head, Co-Innovation Network
Tata Consultancy Services
Abhishek Mehta
Tresata
CEO
Abhishek Mehta
Tresata
CEO
Ayush Chopra
MIT
PhD Candidate
Ayush Chopra
MIT
PhD Candidate
Phillip Isola
MIT
Associate Professor
Phillip Isola
MIT
Associate Professor
[Panel]
[Deploying Intelligence]
3:00 PM
Agentic Commerce
How agents discover, price, and transact with each other at machine scale, and the trust and settlement layer that has to exist underneath.
[Panel]
[Deploying Intelligence]
3:00 PM
Agentic Commerce
How agents discover, price, and transact with each other at machine scale, and the trust and settlement layer that has to exist underneath.
Pradyumna Chari
MIT Media Lab
Postdoctoral Associate
Pradyumna Chari
MIT Media Lab
Postdoctoral Associate
Shyam Nagarajan
ex COO at Hedera
Chief Partnership Officer at Hashgraph
Shyam Nagarajan
ex COO at Hedera
Chief Partnership Officer at Hashgraph
Robert Bench
Radius
Co-Founder & CEO
Robert Bench
Radius
Co-Founder & CEO
Peeyush Aggarwal
Deloitte Consulting
Partner | Chief AI Advisor | Financial Services
Peeyush Aggarwal
Deloitte Consulting
Partner | Chief AI Advisor | Financial Services
Alex Jaimes
JPMorganChase
Managing Director, Head of Conversational AI & Search
Alex Jaimes
JPMorganChase
Managing Director, Head of Conversational AI & Search
[Panel]
[Deploying Intelligence]
3:30 PM
Agentic Ecosystems
How telcos, hyperscalers, data platforms, and integrators fit together to build an open, interoperable agentic web.
[Panel]
[Deploying Intelligence]
3:30 PM
Agentic Ecosystems
How telcos, hyperscalers, data platforms, and integrators fit together to build an open, interoperable agentic web.
Mark Austin
AT&T
Vice President, Data Science
Mark Austin
AT&T
Vice President, Data Science
Amit Nag
TELUS
Vice President - Connected Products & Experiences
Amit Nag
TELUS
Vice President - Connected Products & Experiences
Erik Haug
Hexaware
Senior Director | Strategic AI Partnerships
Erik Haug
Hexaware
Senior Director | Strategic AI Partnerships
Mainak Sen
Databricks
Senior Director of Engineering
Mainak Sen
Databricks
Senior Director of Engineering
Vinay Kanitkar
Akamai Technologies
VP CDN/Compute/AI Architecture
Vinay Kanitkar
Akamai Technologies
VP CDN/Compute/AI Architecture
[Panel]
[Deploying Intelligence]
4:00 PM
Sport, Identity, Investment, & Entertainment
How AI is transforming the business of sport — from fan engagement and player analytics to media rights and the identity of athletic brands.
[Panel]
[Deploying Intelligence]
4:00 PM
Sport, Identity, Investment, & Entertainment
How AI is transforming the business of sport — from fan engagement and player analytics to media rights and the identity of athletic brands.
George Barrios
Isos Capital Management
Founder & Co-CEO
George Barrios
Isos Capital Management
Founder & Co-CEO
Sumair Khan
Catch 12
Chief Business and Legal Officer
Sumair Khan
Catch 12
Chief Business and Legal Officer
Brian Walker
DraftKings
SVP of AI & Operations
Brian Walker
DraftKings
SVP of AI & Operations
Lauren Selig
Shake and Bake Productions
Founder
Lauren Selig
Shake and Bake Productions
Founder
Break
4:30 - 5:00 PM
Break
4:30 - 5:00 PM
[Panel]
[Deploying Intelligence]
5:00 PM
Code from a Prompt: The AI-Native Dev Stack
The new generation of AI-native development tools, and what that means for engineering, product, and the startup playbook.
[Panel]
[Deploying Intelligence]
5:00 PM
Code from a Prompt: The AI-Native Dev Stack
The new generation of AI-native development tools, and what that means for engineering, product, and the startup playbook.
[Panel]
[Governing Intelligence]
5:30 PM
Organizations Supporting MA AI Ecosystem
What makes Massachusetts a global AI hub — the university-to-startup pipeline, state policy, and the ecosystem dynamics that keep Boston competitive.
[Panel]
[Governing Intelligence]
5:30 PM
Organizations Supporting MA AI Ecosystem
What makes Massachusetts a global AI hub — the university-to-startup pipeline, state policy, and the ecosystem dynamics that keep Boston competitive.
Paul Baier
Founder of AI Blueprint for MA
CEO & Co-Founder of GAI Insights
Paul Baier
Founder of AI Blueprint for MA
CEO & Co-Founder of GAI Insights
Sabrina Mansur
Massachusetts AI Hub
Director
Sabrina Mansur
Massachusetts AI Hub
Director
Ryan Durkin
WHOOP
Vice President AI @ Work
Ryan Durkin
WHOOP
Vice President AI @ Work
Giuseppe Stuto
Offscript
Founder
Giuseppe Stuto
Offscript
Founder
Nathan Spielberg
Tamarin AI
Co-Founder & CTO
Nathan Spielberg
Tamarin AI
Co-Founder & CTO
[Panel]
[Building Intelligence]
6:00 PM
Sensory AI
The frontier of machine perception — from AI-powered hardware to video understanding, how AI is learning to see, hear, and interpret the physical world beyond text.
[Panel]
[Building Intelligence]
6:00 PM
Sensory AI
The frontier of machine perception — from AI-powered hardware to video understanding, how AI is learning to see, hear, and interpret the physical world beyond text.
