Tech Talks
Technical presentations in an amphitheatre setting. Tiered seating, closer to the conversation.
Tech Talks
Technical presentations in an amphitheatre setting. Tiered seating, closer to the conversation.
Tech Talks
Technical presentations in an amphitheatre setting. Tiered seating, closer to the conversation.
[Panel]
[Governing Intelligence]
9:00 AM
Workforce & People Analytics
The data layer beneath workforce transformation — how people analytics and AI are changing how organizations hire, develop, and retain talent.
[Panel]
[Governing Intelligence]
9:00 AM
Workforce & People Analytics
The data layer beneath workforce transformation — how people analytics and AI are changing how organizations hire, develop, and retain talent.
[Panel]
[Governing Intelligence]
9:00 AM
Workforce & People Analytics
The data layer beneath workforce transformation — how people analytics and AI are changing how organizations hire, develop, and retain talent.
[Panel]
[Deploying Intelligence]
9:30 AM
The AI Startup Landscape
The early-stage AI landscape — what founders are building, what investors are funding, and what the next generation of AI startups looks like.
[Panel]
[Deploying Intelligence]
9:30 AM
The AI Startup Landscape
The early-stage AI landscape — what founders are building, what investors are funding, and what the next generation of AI startups looks like.
Break
10:00 - 10:30 AM
Break
10:00 - 10:30 AM
[Panel]
[Deploying Intelligence]
10:30 AM
AI & Commercial Innovation in Pharma
How pharma is deploying AI beyond R&D — into commercial operations, diagnostics, and patient engagement.
[Panel]
[Deploying Intelligence]
10:30 AM
AI & Commercial Innovation in Pharma
How pharma is deploying AI beyond R&D — into commercial operations, diagnostics, and patient engagement.
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
Harpreet Mangat
Hippocratic AI
Chief Strategy Officer
Harpreet Mangat
Hippocratic AI
Chief Strategy Officer
[Panel]
[Governing Intelligence]
11:00 AM
Governance in the Age of AI
The governance gap: as AI capabilities accelerate, are institutions, frameworks, and enforcement mechanisms keeping pace?
[Panel]
[Governing Intelligence]
11:00 AM
Governance in the Age of AI
The governance gap: as AI capabilities accelerate, are institutions, frameworks, and enforcement mechanisms keeping pace?
[Panel]
[Governing Intelligence]
11:30 AM
Women in AI
The leadership, inclusion, and structural changes needed to ensure women shape the intelligence economy — not just participate in it.
[Panel]
[Governing Intelligence]
11:30 AM
Women in AI
The leadership, inclusion, and structural changes needed to ensure women shape the intelligence economy — not just participate in it.
Nina Araujo
Aras Corporation
Manager Learning & Development
Nina Araujo
Aras Corporation
Manager Learning & Development
Nina Huntemann
EDT&Partners
Senior Consultant
Nina Huntemann
EDT&Partners
Senior Consultant
Beth McKeon
Rally Social
CEO & Founder
Beth McKeon
Rally Social
CEO & Founder
Dilyana Ocetova
Liaison
Senior Director, Data Engineering & Analytics
Dilyana Ocetova
Liaison
Senior Director, Data Engineering & Analytics
Lunch
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Lunch
12:00 - 1:00 PM
[Interview]
[Sustaining Intelligence]
1:00 PM
Human-centered AI
Designing AI systems that serve human needs first — the frameworks, trade-offs, and design principles that keep people at the center when systems are built for scale.
[Interview]
[Sustaining Intelligence]
1:00 PM
Human-centered AI
Designing AI systems that serve human needs first — the frameworks, trade-offs, and design principles that keep people at the center when systems are built for scale.
[Panel]
[Governing Intelligence]
1:30 PM
AI & Law
The legal frontier of AI — from IP and liability to international arbitration and the regulatory frameworks being written in real time.
[Panel]
[Governing Intelligence]
1:30 PM
AI & Law
The legal frontier of AI — from IP and liability to international arbitration and the regulatory frameworks being written in real time.
Ra'ad Siraj
Trusted Data and AI Executive
Ra'ad Siraj
Trusted Data and AI Executive
Adam Starr
U.S. Office of Personnel Management
Chief Information Officer
Adam Starr
U.S. Office of Personnel Management
Chief Information Officer
Harut Minasian
Paul, Weiss
Associate
Harut Minasian
Paul, Weiss
Associate
Hugh Carlson
Three Crowns
CEO
Hugh Carlson
Three Crowns
CEO
[Panel]
[Deploying Intelligence]
2:00 PM
HBS Startups
Building AI companies from idea to traction — founders on what the HBS network uniquely enables in the current landscape.
[Panel]
[Deploying Intelligence]
2:00 PM
HBS Startups
Building AI companies from idea to traction — founders on what the HBS network uniquely enables in the current landscape.
Rudina Seseri
Glasswing Ventures
Founder & Managing Partner
Rudina Seseri
Glasswing Ventures
Founder & Managing Partner
Vidhan Bhaiya
Cortex Ventures, Inc.
Co-Founder
Vidhan Bhaiya
Cortex Ventures, Inc.
Co-Founder
Lily Lyman
Underscore VC
General Partner
Lily Lyman
Underscore VC
General Partner
Joe Schwarzmann
Robby
Co-Founder
Joe Schwarzmann
Robby
Co-Founder
[Fireside, Video Call]
[Converging Intelligence]
2:30 PM
AI Frontiers
Two leading voices on the frontiers of AI research and its implications for economics, labor, and society.
[Fireside, Video Call]
[Converging Intelligence]
2:30 PM
AI Frontiers
Two leading voices on the frontiers of AI research and its implications for economics, labor, and society.
[Panel]
[Sustaining Intelligence]
3:00 PM
Neuroscience
What neuroscience reveals about how intelligence actually works — and how those insights are informing the next generation of AI architectures.
[Panel]
[Sustaining Intelligence]
3:00 PM
Neuroscience
What neuroscience reveals about how intelligence actually works — and how those insights are informing the next generation of AI architectures.
Mahault Albarracin
NEXT Integrative Minds Life Sciences
Special Advisor, AI Science & Research
Mahault Albarracin
NEXT Integrative Minds Life Sciences
Special Advisor, AI Science & Research
David Rock
NeuroLeadership Institute
Founder & CEO
David Rock
NeuroLeadership Institute
Founder & CEO
Simran Chana
University of Cambridge
Director of Frontier Technologies Laboratory
Simran Chana
University of Cambridge
Director of Frontier Technologies Laboratory
[Panel]
[Deploying Intelligence]
3:30 PM
The One-Day Startup: Agentic Founders and the New Playbook
A new generation of founders is building companies where AI agents handle core operations from day one — not as a feature, but as the foundation. From rapid prototyping to open agent networks to fully autonomous business models, what the agentic startup playbook actually looks like in practice.
[Panel]
[Deploying Intelligence]
3:30 PM
The One-Day Startup: Agentic Founders and the New Playbook
A new generation of founders is building companies where AI agents handle core operations from day one — not as a feature, but as the foundation. From rapid prototyping to open agent networks to fully autonomous business models, what the agentic startup playbook actually looks like in practice.
Nikolay Vyahhi
AI-Native Autonomous Businesses
Founder & CEO
Nikolay Vyahhi
AI-Native Autonomous Businesses
Founder & CEO
Andrew Mead
Vector Lab
Founder
Andrew Mead
Vector Lab
Founder
Maria Gorskikh
Researcher, Project NANDA
Visiting Lecturer, MIT
Maria Gorskikh
Researcher, Project NANDA
Visiting Lecturer, MIT
Artem Lukoianov
Co-founder, Sundai
PhD candidate, MIT
Artem Lukoianov
Co-founder, Sundai
PhD candidate, MIT
Break
4:00 - 4:30 PM
Break
4:00 - 4:30 PM
[Fireside]
[Deploying Intelligence]
4:30 PM
The Deloitte Perspective: AI at Enterprise Scale
How the world's largest professional services network is embedding AI across industries, clients, and its own operations — from frontier research at the Deloitte AI Institute to large-scale enterprise transformation.
[Fireside]
[Deploying Intelligence]
4:30 PM
The Deloitte Perspective: AI at Enterprise Scale
How the world's largest professional services network is embedding AI across industries, clients, and its own operations — from frontier research at the Deloitte AI Institute to large-scale enterprise transformation.
