Futurist Forum
The summit's central forum. Panels and firesides running back to back, each hour closing with a live AI demo.
Futurist Forum
The summit's central forum. Panels and firesides running back to back, each hour closing with a live AI demo.
Futurist Forum
The summit's central forum. Panels and firesides running back to back, each hour closing with a live AI demo.
[Hosts]
7:30 AM
Welcome & Setting the Stage
Governor Maura Healey recorded address
[Hosts]
7:30 AM
Welcome & Setting the Stage
Governor Maura Healey recorded address
[Hosts]
7:30 AM
Welcome & Setting the Stage
Governor Maura Healey recorded address
[Fireside]
8:00 AM
The New Venture Stack: AI, Capital, and Scale
[Fireside]
8:00 AM
The New Venture Stack: AI, Capital, and Scale
[Fireside]
8:30 AM
World Models and the Inflection Point of Intelligence
Madry on frontier research at OpenAI
[Fireside]
8:30 AM
World Models and the Inflection Point of Intelligence
Madry on frontier research at OpenAI
[Fireside]
9:00 AM
Building the Agentic Enterprise
Agents, automation, future of work
[Fireside]
9:00 AM
Building the Agentic Enterprise
Agents, automation, future of work
[Panel]
9:30 AM
Telling the Future: Media, Markets, and Meaning
[Panel]
9:30 AM
Telling the Future: Media, Markets, and Meaning
[Break]
10:00 AM
Break
Break
[Break]
10:00 AM
Break
Break
[Panel]
10:30 AM
Building in the Age of Acceleration: Startups, AI, and Scale
[Panel]
10:30 AM
Building in the Age of Acceleration: Startups, AI, and Scale

Rudina Seseri
Glasswing Ventures
Founder & Managing Partner

Rudina Seseri
Glasswing Ventures
Founder & Managing Partner

Bing Gordon
Kleiner Perkins
Chief Product Officer & Advisor

Bing Gordon
Kleiner Perkins
Chief Product Officer & Advisor

Robi Krempus
Manulife Wealth and Asset Management
VP & Global Head of AI

Robi Krempus
Manulife Wealth and Asset Management
VP & Global Head of AI
[Keynote]
11:00 AM
A Pro Human Future
[Keynote]
11:00 AM
A Pro Human Future
[Panel]
11:30 AM
Autonomy at the Edge: Warfighters, AI, and the Future of Defense
Robotics, autonomy, defense, Physical AI
[Panel]
11:30 AM
Autonomy at the Edge: Warfighters, AI, and the Future of Defense
Robotics, autonomy, defense, Physical AI
[Break]
12:00 PM
Lunch
Lunch
[Break]
12:00 PM
Lunch
Lunch
[Break]
12:30 PM
Lunch
Lunch
[Break]
12:30 PM
Lunch
Lunch
[Panel]
1:00 PM
Trust in the Intelligent Age
The Architecture of Intelligence: From Models to Machines
[Panel]
1:00 PM
Trust in the Intelligent Age
The Architecture of Intelligence: From Models to Machines

Daniela Rus
MIT CSAIL
Director

Daniela Rus
MIT CSAIL
Director

Alexander Wissner-Gross
Founder & Investor

Alexander Wissner-Gross
Founder & Investor

Alexander Amini
LiquidAI
Co-Founder & Chief Science Office

Alexander Amini
LiquidAI
Co-Founder & Chief Science Office

Rohit Prasad
Amazon
SVP & Head Scientist of AGI

Rohit Prasad
Amazon
SVP & Head Scientist of AGI
[Panel]
1:30 PM
From Gemini to the World: How AI Is Reshaping Power
[Panel]
1:30 PM
From Gemini to the World: How AI Is Reshaping Power

Peter Danenberg
Google DeepMind
Senior Software Engineer

Peter Danenberg
Google DeepMind
Senior Software Engineer

Peter Grabowski
Gemini Research

Peter Grabowski
Gemini Research

James Rubin
AI Product Lead

James Rubin
AI Product Lead

Roger Jin
Google DeepMind
Former Product Lead

Roger Jin
Google DeepMind
Former Product Lead
[Panel]
2:00 PM
Intelligence at Scale
Rebuilding Industries — enterprise, finance, insurance
[Panel]
2:00 PM
Intelligence at Scale
Rebuilding Industries — enterprise, finance, insurance
[Panel]
2:30 PM
Embodied Intelligence: How Machines Learn, Move, and Decide
Afternoon Deep Dive
[Panel]
2:30 PM
Embodied Intelligence: How Machines Learn, Move, and Decide
Afternoon Deep Dive

Kevin Blankespoor
Boston Dynamics
Senior VP & General Manager

Kevin Blankespoor
Boston Dynamics
Senior VP & General Manager

Russ Tedrake
MIT CSAIL
Professor

Russ Tedrake
MIT CSAIL
Professor

Leslie Pack Kaelbling
MIT
Panasonic Professor of Computer Science & Engineering

Leslie Pack Kaelbling
MIT
Panasonic Professor of Computer Science & Engineering

Josh Gruenstein
Tutor Intelligence
Co-Founder & CEO

Josh Gruenstein
Tutor Intelligence
Co-Founder & CEO
[Panel]
3:00 PM
Enterprise
[Panel]
3:00 PM
Enterprise

Robert Blumofe
Akamai Technologies
Executive Vice President & CTO

Robert Blumofe
Akamai Technologies
Executive Vice President & CTO

Denise Lee
Cisco
Vice President of the Engineering Sustainability Office

Denise Lee
Cisco
Vice President of the Engineering Sustainability Office

Sears Merritt
MassMutual
Head of Enterprise Technology & Experience

Sears Merritt
MassMutual
Head of Enterprise Technology & Experience

Rick McDonald
Rick McDonald Supply Chain Advisory
CEO

Rick McDonald
Rick McDonald Supply Chain Advisory
CEO
[Panel]
3:30 PM
Future of Work
[Panel]
3:30 PM
Future of Work
[Break]
4:00 PM
Break
Break
[Break]
4:00 PM
Break
Break
[Fireside, Interview]
4:30 PM
AI-Powered Music & Creative AI
[Fireside, Interview]
4:30 PM
AI-Powered Music & Creative AI
[Video Call, Fireside]
5:00 PM
Leading at the Frontier
Benioff on AI-first enterprise and transformation
[Video Call, Fireside]
5:00 PM
Leading at the Frontier
Benioff on AI-first enterprise and transformation
[Fireside]
5:30 PM
The Space Race 2.0: China, AI, and Global Power
[Fireside]
5:30 PM
The Space Race 2.0: China, AI, and Global Power

Annika Thomas
MIT Dept. Mechanical Engineering
PhD Candidate

Annika Thomas
MIT Dept. Mechanical Engineering
PhD Candidate

Alvin Graylin
Stanford HAI/DEL
Bestselling Author | Digital-Fellow

Alvin Graylin
Stanford HAI/DEL
Bestselling Author | Digital-Fellow

Philip Johnston
Starcloud
Co-Founder and CEO

Philip Johnston
Starcloud
Co-Founder and CEO
[Panel]
6:00 PM
Trust in the Intelligent World
[Panel]
6:00 PM
Trust in the Intelligent World

Bernhard Kowatsch
United Nations World Food Program
Director Global Accelerator & Ventures

Bernhard Kowatsch
United Nations World Food Program
Director Global Accelerator & Ventures

Noelle Russell
AI Leadership Institute
Founder & CEO

Noelle Russell
AI Leadership Institute
Founder & CEO

Lindy Cameron
British High Commissioner to the Republic of India

Lindy Cameron
British High Commissioner to the Republic of India

Rumman Chowdhury
Humane Intelligence
CEO

Rumman Chowdhury
Humane Intelligence
CEO
[Panel, Video Call]
6:30 PM
Building the Backbone: Energy, Compute, and the Future of Infrastructure
[Panel, Video Call]
6:30 PM
Building the Backbone: Energy, Compute, and the Future of Infrastructure
[Hosts]
7:00 PM
Closing Remarks
[Hosts]
7:00 PM





























