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
Closing Remarks
