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  • Tuesday, 15 Apr, 2025
    8:00 AM
    Registration & Networking
    8:55 AM
    Opening Remarks
    9:05 AM
    Chair's Opening Address

    Author:

    Lip-Bu Tan

    CEO
    Intel

    Lip-Bu Tan is chief executive officer of Intel Corporation and serves on the company’s board of directors. He was appointed to his position in March 2025.

    Tan is an accomplished executive with more than two decades of semiconductor and software experience and deep relationships across the technology ecosystem. He has received several accolades for his significant contributions to the industry, including the 2022 Robert N. Noyce Award, the Semiconductor Industry Association’s highest honor, and was named one of Forbes’ Top 50 Venture Capitalists.

    Tan previously served as chief executive officer of Cadence Design Systems Inc. and was also a member of its board of directors. During his 12 years as Cadence’s chief executive officer, he led a reinvention of the company and drove a cultural transformation centered on customer-centric innovation that enabled Cadence to more than double its revenue, expand operating margins and significantly outperform the market.

    Tan is a founding managing partner of Walden Catalyst Ventures and chairman of Walden International, a leading venture capital firm. He has also served on the boards of public companies Credo Technology Group and Schneider Electric.

    Tan holds a Bachelor of Science in physics from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, a Master of Science in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from the University of San Francisco.

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    Lip-Bu Tan

    CEO
    Intel

    Lip-Bu Tan is chief executive officer of Intel Corporation and serves on the company’s board of directors. He was appointed to his position in March 2025.

    Tan is an accomplished executive with more than two decades of semiconductor and software experience and deep relationships across the technology ecosystem. He has received several accolades for his significant contributions to the industry, including the 2022 Robert N. Noyce Award, the Semiconductor Industry Association’s highest honor, and was named one of Forbes’ Top 50 Venture Capitalists.

    Tan previously served as chief executive officer of Cadence Design Systems Inc. and was also a member of its board of directors. During his 12 years as Cadence’s chief executive officer, he led a reinvention of the company and drove a cultural transformation centered on customer-centric innovation that enabled Cadence to more than double its revenue, expand operating margins and significantly outperform the market.

    Tan is a founding managing partner of Walden Catalyst Ventures and chairman of Walden International, a leading venture capital firm. He has also served on the boards of public companies Credo Technology Group and Schneider Electric.

    Tan holds a Bachelor of Science in physics from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, a Master of Science in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from the University of San Francisco.

    9:20 AM
    Keynote Address

    In this keynote, Andrew will explore how current technologies, particularly agentic workflows, are revolutionizing the development of AI products. He will also delve into the role of AI in prototyping, showcasing how AI lowers the cost of software development, accelerates the prototyping process, and drives broader corporate innovation.

    Author:

    Andrew Ng

    Managing General Partner
    AI Fund

    Andrew Ng is the Managing General Partner at AI Fund, Founder of DeepLearning.AI, Executive Chairman of LandingAI, and an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University.

    As a pioneer in machine learning and online education, Dr. Ng has changed countless lives through his work in AI and has taught over 8 million people AI. He was the founding lead of the Google Brain team, which led Google’s drive to adopt modern AI, and the VP & Chief Scientist at Baidu.

    He is also Chairman and  Co-founder of Coursera, a leading online education company. In 2023, he was named to the Time100 AI list of the most influential AI persons in the world. Dr. Ng now focuses his time primarily on providing AI training and on his entrepreneurial ventures, looking for the best ways to accelerate responsible AI adoption globally.

    Dr. Ng has authored over 200 papers in AI and related fields, and holds a B.Sc. from CMU, M.Sc. from MIT, and Ph.D. from UC Berkeley.

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    Andrew Ng

    Managing General Partner
    AI Fund

    Andrew Ng is the Managing General Partner at AI Fund, Founder of DeepLearning.AI, Executive Chairman of LandingAI, and an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University.

    As a pioneer in machine learning and online education, Dr. Ng has changed countless lives through his work in AI and has taught over 8 million people AI. He was the founding lead of the Google Brain team, which led Google’s drive to adopt modern AI, and the VP & Chief Scientist at Baidu.

    He is also Chairman and  Co-founder of Coursera, a leading online education company. In 2023, he was named to the Time100 AI list of the most influential AI persons in the world. Dr. Ng now focuses his time primarily on providing AI training and on his entrepreneurial ventures, looking for the best ways to accelerate responsible AI adoption globally.

    Dr. Ng has authored over 200 papers in AI and related fields, and holds a B.Sc. from CMU, M.Sc. from MIT, and Ph.D. from UC Berkeley.

    9:45 AM
    Panel

    As organizations move from generative through agentic systems and beyond, how must infrastructure evolve to meet the ever expanding requirements for AI development? On the road to AGI, is a paradigm shift on the horizon, or can we get there with just more of the same?

    Author:

    Andrew Ng

    Managing General Partner
    AI Fund

    Andrew Ng is the Managing General Partner at AI Fund, Founder of DeepLearning.AI, Executive Chairman of LandingAI, and an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University.

    As a pioneer in machine learning and online education, Dr. Ng has changed countless lives through his work in AI and has taught over 8 million people AI. He was the founding lead of the Google Brain team, which led Google’s drive to adopt modern AI, and the VP & Chief Scientist at Baidu.

    He is also Chairman and  Co-founder of Coursera, a leading online education company. In 2023, he was named to the Time100 AI list of the most influential AI persons in the world. Dr. Ng now focuses his time primarily on providing AI training and on his entrepreneurial ventures, looking for the best ways to accelerate responsible AI adoption globally.

    Dr. Ng has authored over 200 papers in AI and related fields, and holds a B.Sc. from CMU, M.Sc. from MIT, and Ph.D. from UC Berkeley.

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    Andrew Ng

    Managing General Partner
    AI Fund

    Andrew Ng is the Managing General Partner at AI Fund, Founder of DeepLearning.AI, Executive Chairman of LandingAI, and an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University.

    As a pioneer in machine learning and online education, Dr. Ng has changed countless lives through his work in AI and has taught over 8 million people AI. He was the founding lead of the Google Brain team, which led Google’s drive to adopt modern AI, and the VP & Chief Scientist at Baidu.

    He is also Chairman and  Co-founder of Coursera, a leading online education company. In 2023, he was named to the Time100 AI list of the most influential AI persons in the world. Dr. Ng now focuses his time primarily on providing AI training and on his entrepreneurial ventures, looking for the best ways to accelerate responsible AI adoption globally.

    Dr. Ng has authored over 200 papers in AI and related fields, and holds a B.Sc. from CMU, M.Sc. from MIT, and Ph.D. from UC Berkeley.

    Author:

    Mark Papermaster

    CTO & EVP
    AMD

    Mark Papermaster is Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President responsible for Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) technical direction and product development. He led the re-design of engineering processes at AMD and the development of the award-winning “Zen” high-performance x86 CPU family, high-performance GPUs and the company’s modular design approach, Infinity Architecture. He also oversees Information Technology (IT) that delivers AMD’s compute infrastructure and services.

    His 40+ years of engineering experience includes significant leadership roles managing the development of a wide range of products, from microprocessors to mobile devices and high-performance servers. Before joining AMD in October 2011 as Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President, Papermaster was the leader of Cisco’s Silicon Engineering Group, Apple Senior Vice President of Devices Hardware Engineering for iPod and iPhone and held multiple IBM roles in technology development including blade server and the microprocessor technology in mainframe, server, and storage products.

    In October 2024, he was appointed the Vice Chair of the US Department of Commerce Industrial Advisory Committee (IAC) for the CHIPS for America program. He is also an active member of several boards and committees, including the Global Semiconductor Alliance Board of Directors, IEEE Industry Advisory Board, The University of Texas at Austin Cockrell School of Engineering Advisory Board, The University of Texas President’s Austin Innovation Board, and Purdue University Semiconductor Degrees Leadership Board.

    Papermaster received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin and master’s degree from the University of Vermont, both in Electrical Engineering.

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    Mark Papermaster

    CTO & EVP
    AMD

    Mark Papermaster is Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President responsible for Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) technical direction and product development. He led the re-design of engineering processes at AMD and the development of the award-winning “Zen” high-performance x86 CPU family, high-performance GPUs and the company’s modular design approach, Infinity Architecture. He also oversees Information Technology (IT) that delivers AMD’s compute infrastructure and services.

    His 40+ years of engineering experience includes significant leadership roles managing the development of a wide range of products, from microprocessors to mobile devices and high-performance servers. Before joining AMD in October 2011 as Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President, Papermaster was the leader of Cisco’s Silicon Engineering Group, Apple Senior Vice President of Devices Hardware Engineering for iPod and iPhone and held multiple IBM roles in technology development including blade server and the microprocessor technology in mainframe, server, and storage products.

    In October 2024, he was appointed the Vice Chair of the US Department of Commerce Industrial Advisory Committee (IAC) for the CHIPS for America program. He is also an active member of several boards and committees, including the Global Semiconductor Alliance Board of Directors, IEEE Industry Advisory Board, The University of Texas at Austin Cockrell School of Engineering Advisory Board, The University of Texas President’s Austin Innovation Board, and Purdue University Semiconductor Degrees Leadership Board.

    Papermaster received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin and master’s degree from the University of Vermont, both in Electrical Engineering.

    Author:

    Fidelma Russo

    CTO, EVP & GM, Hybrid Cloud
    HPE

    Fidelma Russo is the Executive Vice President and General Manager of Hewlett Packard Enterprise's Hybrid Cloud business unit, and the company's Chief Technology Officer. Fidelma's Hybrid Cloud team is tasked with solving some of IT's biggest challenges, including transforming business through the power of data, modernizing IT infrastructure with a true cloud experience, and dramatically simplifying operations across hybrid cloud IT estates - all as they help customers accelerate their adoption of AI.

    As the leader of this global organization of over 5,500 employees, Fidelma is responsible for driving the strategic direction, development, and execution of HPE's GreenLake platform, storage, private cloud, and SaaS solutions, along with creating an innovation pipeline through the capabilities and services of the Office of the CTO. 

    Fidelma joined Hewlett Packard Enterprise in September 2021 as Chief Technology Officer, where she led the creation, development, and delivery of HPE's GreenLake platform, a central offering for all of HPE's edge-to-cloud solutions and cloud services.

    Based in Houston, Texas, Fidelma has more than 30 years of technology leadership spanning machine learning and analytics, global IT business services, cloud services, servers, storage, networking, backup, and infrastructure.

    Prior to joining Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Fidelma was Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Cloud Services business unit at VMware. She has held notable senior leadership positions including Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President at Iron Mountain, Senior Vice President and General Manager at EMC, Vice President of Adaptive Infrastructure at Hewlett-Packard, and Senior Vice President of Network, Storage, and Software at Sun Microsystems.

    Fidelma was appointed to Equinix's Board of Directors and audit committee in June 2022, and she also sits on the HP International Bank's Board of Directors. In July 2023, Fidelma was recognized in CRN's Top 100 Executive awards and Top 25 IT Innovators of 2023.

    Fidelma holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in electrical engineering from University College Cork, a master's in computer science from Boston University, and completed the Internet of Things Executive Education program at MIT's Sloan School of Management.

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    Fidelma Russo

    CTO, EVP & GM, Hybrid Cloud
    HPE

    Fidelma Russo is the Executive Vice President and General Manager of Hewlett Packard Enterprise's Hybrid Cloud business unit, and the company's Chief Technology Officer. Fidelma's Hybrid Cloud team is tasked with solving some of IT's biggest challenges, including transforming business through the power of data, modernizing IT infrastructure with a true cloud experience, and dramatically simplifying operations across hybrid cloud IT estates - all as they help customers accelerate their adoption of AI.

    As the leader of this global organization of over 5,500 employees, Fidelma is responsible for driving the strategic direction, development, and execution of HPE's GreenLake platform, storage, private cloud, and SaaS solutions, along with creating an innovation pipeline through the capabilities and services of the Office of the CTO. 

    Fidelma joined Hewlett Packard Enterprise in September 2021 as Chief Technology Officer, where she led the creation, development, and delivery of HPE's GreenLake platform, a central offering for all of HPE's edge-to-cloud solutions and cloud services.

    Based in Houston, Texas, Fidelma has more than 30 years of technology leadership spanning machine learning and analytics, global IT business services, cloud services, servers, storage, networking, backup, and infrastructure.

    Prior to joining Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Fidelma was Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Cloud Services business unit at VMware. She has held notable senior leadership positions including Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President at Iron Mountain, Senior Vice President and General Manager at EMC, Vice President of Adaptive Infrastructure at Hewlett-Packard, and Senior Vice President of Network, Storage, and Software at Sun Microsystems.

    Fidelma was appointed to Equinix's Board of Directors and audit committee in June 2022, and she also sits on the HP International Bank's Board of Directors. In July 2023, Fidelma was recognized in CRN's Top 100 Executive awards and Top 25 IT Innovators of 2023.

    Fidelma holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in electrical engineering from University College Cork, a master's in computer science from Boston University, and completed the Internet of Things Executive Education program at MIT's Sloan School of Management.

    Moderator

    Author:

    Sean White

    CEO
    Inflection AI

    Sean White is the CEO of Inflection AI, a pioneer in human-centered artificial intelligence. With a career spanning decades in tech innovation, Sean has been at the forefront of computer vision and AI technology. His experience includes key roles at Mozilla as Chief R&D Officer, work on augmented reality at the Smithsonian and Columbia University, and contributions to early web-based email systems. Sean’s passion for human-computer interaction and collaborative intelligence drives Inflection AI’s mission to create AI systems that enhance human capabilities and improve organizations.

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    Sean White

    CEO
    Inflection AI

    Sean White is the CEO of Inflection AI, a pioneer in human-centered artificial intelligence. With a career spanning decades in tech innovation, Sean has been at the forefront of computer vision and AI technology. His experience includes key roles at Mozilla as Chief R&D Officer, work on augmented reality at the Smithsonian and Columbia University, and contributions to early web-based email systems. Sean’s passion for human-computer interaction and collaborative intelligence drives Inflection AI’s mission to create AI systems that enhance human capabilities and improve organizations.

    10:30 AM
    Special Guest Keynote Address

    Over the past two decades, Reddit users have built the largest repository of human-generated information online, capturing the breadth and depth of the human experience. And because of its organized topics, quality-voting system, and anonymous (read: authentic) nature, this goldmine of user-generated content has become a particularly valuable resource for AI companies in training their learning models. Hear firsthand from Co-founder/CEO Steve Huffman as he shares key insights from Reddit’s journey, exploring how the platform’s unique model fuels AI innovation, and what the future holds for this symbiotic relationship between Reddit and AI.

    Author:

    Steve Huffman

    Co-Founder & CEO
    Reddit

    Steve Huffman is Co-Founder and CEO of Reddit, an online community of communities. Raised in northern Virginia, Huffman pursued his passion for programming from an early age and followed it through a computer science degree at the University of Virginia. He and his college roommate pitched their first start-up to Y Combinator in 2005, but their initial idea was rejected in favour of building Reddit. After selling the company in 2006, Huffman co-founded the travel company Hipmunk and served as Chief Technology Officer. Huffman returned to Reddit as CEO in 2015 where he has led the company through international expansion, sweeping updates to the platform’s Content Policy, and a full site redesign, while also growing Reddit’s users and communities. In addition to his leadership at Reddit, Huffman is a mentor at Hackbright Academy, a San Francisco-based coding school for women. In his free time, he enjoys skiing, dancing, and browsing r/WholesomeMemes.

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    Steve Huffman

    Co-Founder & CEO
    Reddit

    Steve Huffman is Co-Founder and CEO of Reddit, an online community of communities. Raised in northern Virginia, Huffman pursued his passion for programming from an early age and followed it through a computer science degree at the University of Virginia. He and his college roommate pitched their first start-up to Y Combinator in 2005, but their initial idea was rejected in favour of building Reddit. After selling the company in 2006, Huffman co-founded the travel company Hipmunk and served as Chief Technology Officer. Huffman returned to Reddit as CEO in 2015 where he has led the company through international expansion, sweeping updates to the platform’s Content Policy, and a full site redesign, while also growing Reddit’s users and communities. In addition to his leadership at Reddit, Huffman is a mentor at Hackbright Academy, a San Francisco-based coding school for women. In his free time, he enjoys skiing, dancing, and browsing r/WholesomeMemes.

    11:00 AM
    Networking Break
    11:25 AM
    Presentation

    As artificial intelligence continues to redefine industries, executives are at the forefront of a technological revolution that demands bold leadership and a clear strategic vision. While many companies have embarked on this journey, only a select few have successfully adopted AI at scale and transformed their business models to unlock its full value potential. Drawing on QuantumBlack’s extensive experience in AI transformation and industry-leading technology, Alex will discuss how to "rewire" organizations to fully harness AI capabilities and drive innovation. He will also address the rise of AI agents and the inherent risks, including AI hallucinations and regulatory compliance.

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    Author:

    Alex Singla

    Senior Partner & Global Leader
    QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey

    Alex is a senior partner with the firm’s Chicago office and coleads QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey, globally. He helps companies transform by deploying digital and data and analytics solutions and ensuring these solutions go from pilot to full-scale adoption and scaling.

    He passionately embeds change management and capability building as core elements to every transformation to ensure sustainable and step-change improvements in growth, effectiveness, cost, and customer experience.

    In his nearly 25 years with McKinsey, Alex has advised clients on several topics, including strategy, digital and analytics, enterprise transformation, service operations, distribution, end-to-end customer journeys, technology, risk assessment, warranty and claims, marketing, and cost.

    Examples of Alex’s recent client work include the following:

    • leading an effort to reimagine the homeowner insurance market, using analytics and digital to improve the customer experience, cycle time, and growth, and fully deploying all solutions to nearly 2,000 outbound customer-care agents
    • leading an analytics and operations transformation to improve product quality, warranty costs, customer experience, and market share for a Fortune-200 heavy industrial company, and deploying the solutions to approximately 500 customer-facing sales and service representatives who utilize the analytic insights daily
    • working with a leading life insurer on a holistic enterprise transformation that included developing a multiyear strategy, reimagining and digitizing the core customer end-to-end journeys through analytics, and instituting a growth-and-operations frontline transformation to double earnings within five years
    • leading a frontline sales and analytics transformation from pilot to a national launch with frontline capability building and performance management of more than 2000 field and inside-sales agents, resulting in increased sales and margins

    Outside of work, Alex enjoys spending time with his wife and three children. He is a member of the board of trustees of Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, and a member of the Council of Governors of the American India Foundation. Also, he is a guest mentor for innovative technology startups who are accepted into the Creative Destruction Lab program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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    Alex Singla

    Senior Partner & Global Leader
    QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey

    Alex is a senior partner with the firm’s Chicago office and coleads QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey, globally. He helps companies transform by deploying digital and data and analytics solutions and ensuring these solutions go from pilot to full-scale adoption and scaling.

    He passionately embeds change management and capability building as core elements to every transformation to ensure sustainable and step-change improvements in growth, effectiveness, cost, and customer experience.

    In his nearly 25 years with McKinsey, Alex has advised clients on several topics, including strategy, digital and analytics, enterprise transformation, service operations, distribution, end-to-end customer journeys, technology, risk assessment, warranty and claims, marketing, and cost.

    Examples of Alex’s recent client work include the following:

    • leading an effort to reimagine the homeowner insurance market, using analytics and digital to improve the customer experience, cycle time, and growth, and fully deploying all solutions to nearly 2,000 outbound customer-care agents
    • leading an analytics and operations transformation to improve product quality, warranty costs, customer experience, and market share for a Fortune-200 heavy industrial company, and deploying the solutions to approximately 500 customer-facing sales and service representatives who utilize the analytic insights daily
    • working with a leading life insurer on a holistic enterprise transformation that included developing a multiyear strategy, reimagining and digitizing the core customer end-to-end journeys through analytics, and instituting a growth-and-operations frontline transformation to double earnings within five years
    • leading a frontline sales and analytics transformation from pilot to a national launch with frontline capability building and performance management of more than 2000 field and inside-sales agents, resulting in increased sales and margins

    Outside of work, Alex enjoys spending time with his wife and three children. He is a member of the board of trustees of Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, and a member of the Council of Governors of the American India Foundation. Also, he is a guest mentor for innovative technology startups who are accepted into the Creative Destruction Lab program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

    https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/alex-singla

    11.45 AM
    Fireside Chat

    Explore how Zoom and ServiceNow are leading the shift from reactive to agentic AI, transforming workplace productivity. Learn about high-impact use cases, implementation strategies, and the future of AI-first user interfaces. Discover how agentic AI reduces digital friction, drives efficiency, and redefines the enterprise landscape through intelligent orchestration and collaboration.

    Author:

    Xuedong "X.D." Huang

    CTO
    Zoom

    Xuedong (X.D.) Huang is the chief technology officer at Zoom, where he leads the AI strategy and services for the company. Xuedong is a renowned technology leader who has been instrumental in bringing speech recognition and AI to the mass market. He has led groundbreaking milestones in speech recognition, machine translation, natural language understanding, and computer vision.

     

    Prior to joining Zoom in 2023, he worked at Microsoft, where he served as Azure AI CTO and technical fellow. He began Microsoft’s speech technology group in 1993 and led Microsoft’s AI teams to achieve several of the industry’s first human parity milestones in speech recognition, machine translation, natural language understanding, and computer vision. He is an inventor with over 170 U.S. patents and has authored over 100 papers and two books. He is an IEEE and ACM Fellow, an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and received the IEEE Bose Industrial Leader Award in 2023.

     

    Xuedong received his Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh in 1989 (sponsored by the British ORS and Edinburgh University Scholarship), his M.S. from Tsinghua University in 1984, and his B.S. from Hunan University in 1982.

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    Xuedong "X.D." Huang

    CTO
    Zoom

    Xuedong (X.D.) Huang is the chief technology officer at Zoom, where he leads the AI strategy and services for the company. Xuedong is a renowned technology leader who has been instrumental in bringing speech recognition and AI to the mass market. He has led groundbreaking milestones in speech recognition, machine translation, natural language understanding, and computer vision.

     

    Prior to joining Zoom in 2023, he worked at Microsoft, where he served as Azure AI CTO and technical fellow. He began Microsoft’s speech technology group in 1993 and led Microsoft’s AI teams to achieve several of the industry’s first human parity milestones in speech recognition, machine translation, natural language understanding, and computer vision. He is an inventor with over 170 U.S. patents and has authored over 100 papers and two books. He is an IEEE and ACM Fellow, an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and received the IEEE Bose Industrial Leader Award in 2023.

     

    Xuedong received his Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh in 1989 (sponsored by the British ORS and Edinburgh University Scholarship), his M.S. from Tsinghua University in 1984, and his B.S. from Hunan University in 1982.

    Author:

    Chris Bedi

    CCO
    ServiceNow

    As Chief Customer Officer and Special Advisor to the Chairman for AI Transformation, Chris Bedi is dedicated to helping customers maximize value across their entire journey with ServiceNow to harness the power of AI and accelerate business transformation. Chris brings a unique perspective and experience to the role having served as ServiceNow’s Chief Digital Information Officer from 2015 to 2024, where he led the company’s digital transformation and AI journey to drive growth and create scale.

    As CCO and Enterprise AI Advisor, Chris leads ServiceNow’s Chief Transformation Office and our Digital Technology and Security teams. His focus is on guiding customers through their AI and GenAI implementations and creating faster time to value on the ServiceNow Platform. In addition, Chris and the Digital Technology team are helping shape the ServiceNow Platform direction—as both a product incubator and revenue generator.

    Chris is an industry thought leader on digital transformation, advanced automation, and practical AI/ML adoption in the enterprise, and works closely with many of the world’s leading CIOs to address key industry issues.

    Prior to joining ServiceNow, Chris served as CIO of JDS Uniphase, where he was responsible for IT, workplace services, and indirect procurement. Before that, he held various executive positions at VeriSign from April 2002 until August 2011, including CIO. Chris began his career at KPMG Consulting where he drove global transformations across a diverse set of industries. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from the University of Michigan.

     

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    Chris Bedi

    CCO
    ServiceNow

    As Chief Customer Officer and Special Advisor to the Chairman for AI Transformation, Chris Bedi is dedicated to helping customers maximize value across their entire journey with ServiceNow to harness the power of AI and accelerate business transformation. Chris brings a unique perspective and experience to the role having served as ServiceNow’s Chief Digital Information Officer from 2015 to 2024, where he led the company’s digital transformation and AI journey to drive growth and create scale.

    As CCO and Enterprise AI Advisor, Chris leads ServiceNow’s Chief Transformation Office and our Digital Technology and Security teams. His focus is on guiding customers through their AI and GenAI implementations and creating faster time to value on the ServiceNow Platform. In addition, Chris and the Digital Technology team are helping shape the ServiceNow Platform direction—as both a product incubator and revenue generator.

    Chris is an industry thought leader on digital transformation, advanced automation, and practical AI/ML adoption in the enterprise, and works closely with many of the world’s leading CIOs to address key industry issues.

    Prior to joining ServiceNow, Chris served as CIO of JDS Uniphase, where he was responsible for IT, workplace services, and indirect procurement. Before that, he held various executive positions at VeriSign from April 2002 until August 2011, including CIO. Chris began his career at KPMG Consulting where he drove global transformations across a diverse set of industries. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from the University of Michigan.

     

    12:05 PM
    Breakout
    12:30 PM
    Lunch
    2:00 PM
    Panel

    If, as Sequoia’s David Cahn writes, AI has an ROI problem to the tune of $600B, then killer enterprise apps need to start emerging to justify further infrastructure capex. This panel will address where enterprise leaders see value, and where they currently need support from the technology ecosystem.

    Author:

    Berta Rodriguez-Hervas

    Chief AI and Analytics Officer
    Pfizer

    Berta Rodriguez Hervas is the Chief AI and Analytics officer at Pfizer and serves as co-chair of Pfizer’s AI Council. Berta has an extensive background in AI, machine learning and analytics, with a track-record of quickly developing AI solutions and delivering them at scale in large global organizations. Until recently, Berta was Vice President of Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms and Machine Learning Operation at Stellantis, a global automotive company, designing and implementing the strategy for the next generation of autonomous vehicles. Prior to that, she held key program and product development roles at NVIDIA, Tesla, and Mercedes-Benz.

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    Berta Rodriguez-Hervas

    Chief AI and Analytics Officer
    Pfizer

    Berta Rodriguez Hervas is the Chief AI and Analytics officer at Pfizer and serves as co-chair of Pfizer’s AI Council. Berta has an extensive background in AI, machine learning and analytics, with a track-record of quickly developing AI solutions and delivering them at scale in large global organizations. Until recently, Berta was Vice President of Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms and Machine Learning Operation at Stellantis, a global automotive company, designing and implementing the strategy for the next generation of autonomous vehicles. Prior to that, she held key program and product development roles at NVIDIA, Tesla, and Mercedes-Benz.

    Author:

    Sam Hamilton

    SVP, Head of Data & AI
    Visa

    Sam Hamilton leads the Data, Analytics, ML, AI, and GenAI Platform teams, which delivers secure, high-quality and easy-to-use Visa core data assets as a service together with reliable and scalable platforms as services to enable Visa and its partners to rapidly and efficiently innovate data and AI-driven business products and services to lead the digital payment industry.

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    Sam Hamilton

    SVP, Head of Data & AI
    Visa

    Sam Hamilton leads the Data, Analytics, ML, AI, and GenAI Platform teams, which delivers secure, high-quality and easy-to-use Visa core data assets as a service together with reliable and scalable platforms as services to enable Visa and its partners to rapidly and efficiently innovate data and AI-driven business products and services to lead the digital payment industry.

    Author:

    Shez Partovi

    Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer & Chief Business Leader, Enterprise Informatics
    Philips
     

    Shez is an experienced clinical professor, neuroradiologist, global executive and entrepreneur with a track record of leading large health systems, cloud transformation, and artificial intelligence and machine learning initiatives in the healthcare, life sciences and genomics industries.

    Since 2021, Shez has led Philips’ global Innovation & Strategy organization. In collaboration with the operating businesses, he is responsible for creating enterprise-wide strategies to deliver people- and patient-centric innovation, at scale. Shez and his teams raise the bar of innovation across the company and provide world-class capabilities and platforms to enable innovations that improve people’s health and healthcare outcomes, as well as making care more accessible, convenient, and sustainable.  

    Shez also leads the Enterprise Informatics business at Philips, established in 2023. Enterprise Informatics combines Philips software and hardware solutions to empower healthcare leaders and care providers with the actionable insights they need to make informed decisions, optimize workflows and operations, and deliver high-quality care to improve patient outcomes. Shez and his informatics teams advance the mission of Philips as a world leader and trusted partner in integrated diagnostics, scaling insights & analytics.

     

    Shez joined Philips from Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he served as Worldwide Head of Business Development for Healthcare, Life Sciences and Medical Devices. In that role, he was responsible for the global AWS go-to-market strategy, charting the path for customer cloud transformation, and the adoption of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Prior to joining AWS in 2018, Shez spent 20 years at Dignity Health, the fifth largest health system in the U.S. He started his career in 1998 as a neuroradiologist at the Barrow Neurological Institute and was in clinical practice until 2013. In addition to his medical training at McGill University in Montreal, he has post-graduate qualifications in computer science. Shez has a passion for learning and teaching. He helped launch the Biomedical Informatics Department at Arizona State University and taught there as a clinical professor for three years.

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    Shez Partovi

    Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer & Chief Business Leader, Enterprise Informatics
    Philips
     

    Shez is an experienced clinical professor, neuroradiologist, global executive and entrepreneur with a track record of leading large health systems, cloud transformation, and artificial intelligence and machine learning initiatives in the healthcare, life sciences and genomics industries.

    Since 2021, Shez has led Philips’ global Innovation & Strategy organization. In collaboration with the operating businesses, he is responsible for creating enterprise-wide strategies to deliver people- and patient-centric innovation, at scale. Shez and his teams raise the bar of innovation across the company and provide world-class capabilities and platforms to enable innovations that improve people’s health and healthcare outcomes, as well as making care more accessible, convenient, and sustainable.  

    Shez also leads the Enterprise Informatics business at Philips, established in 2023. Enterprise Informatics combines Philips software and hardware solutions to empower healthcare leaders and care providers with the actionable insights they need to make informed decisions, optimize workflows and operations, and deliver high-quality care to improve patient outcomes. Shez and his informatics teams advance the mission of Philips as a world leader and trusted partner in integrated diagnostics, scaling insights & analytics.

     

    Shez joined Philips from Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he served as Worldwide Head of Business Development for Healthcare, Life Sciences and Medical Devices. In that role, he was responsible for the global AWS go-to-market strategy, charting the path for customer cloud transformation, and the adoption of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Prior to joining AWS in 2018, Shez spent 20 years at Dignity Health, the fifth largest health system in the U.S. He started his career in 1998 as a neuroradiologist at the Barrow Neurological Institute and was in clinical practice until 2013. In addition to his medical training at McGill University in Montreal, he has post-graduate qualifications in computer science. Shez has a passion for learning and teaching. He helped launch the Biomedical Informatics Department at Arizona State University and taught there as a clinical professor for three years.

    Author:

    Andrew Feldman

    Co-Founder & CEO
    Cerebras Systems

    Andrew Feldman is co-founder and CEO of Cerebras Systems. He is an entrepreneur dedicated to pushing boundaries in the compute space. Prior to Cerebras, he co-founded and was CEO of SeaMicro, a pioneer of energy-efficient, high-bandwidth microservers. SeaMicro was acquired by AMD in 2012 for $357M. Before SeaMicro, Andrew was the Vice President of Product Management, Marketing and BD at Force10 Networks which was later sold to Dell Computing for $800M. Prior to Force10 Networks, Andrew was the Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Development at RiverStone Networks from the company’s inception through IPO in 2001. Andrew holds a BA and an MBA from Stanford University.

     

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    Andrew Feldman

    Co-Founder & CEO
    Cerebras Systems

    Andrew Feldman is co-founder and CEO of Cerebras Systems. He is an entrepreneur dedicated to pushing boundaries in the compute space. Prior to Cerebras, he co-founded and was CEO of SeaMicro, a pioneer of energy-efficient, high-bandwidth microservers. SeaMicro was acquired by AMD in 2012 for $357M. Before SeaMicro, Andrew was the Vice President of Product Management, Marketing and BD at Force10 Networks which was later sold to Dell Computing for $800M. Prior to Force10 Networks, Andrew was the Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Development at RiverStone Networks from the company’s inception through IPO in 2001. Andrew holds a BA and an MBA from Stanford University.

     

    Moderator

    Author:

    Pankaj Dugar

    SVP & GM, North America
    AI21 Labs

    Pankaj is the Senior Vice President and General Manager of North America for AI21 Labs - a leader in generative AI and Large Language Models, with the mission to bring reliable Generative AI solutions to the enterprise.

    Previously, he was the Vice President of Product and Data Partnerships at Databricks where he built over 100 successful partnerships from the ground up.

    Prior to Databricks, he led the Google Cloud Platform team responsible for its largest, and most strategic cloud partnerships.

    He has over two decades of experience holding leadership roles in sales and corporate strategy at large multinational technology and management consulting firms, including Oracle, Cisco and McKinsey.

    Pankaj graduated from Dartmouth with a degree in CS and has an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

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    Pankaj Dugar

    SVP & GM, North America
    AI21 Labs

    Pankaj is the Senior Vice President and General Manager of North America for AI21 Labs - a leader in generative AI and Large Language Models, with the mission to bring reliable Generative AI solutions to the enterprise.

    Previously, he was the Vice President of Product and Data Partnerships at Databricks where he built over 100 successful partnerships from the ground up.

    Prior to Databricks, he led the Google Cloud Platform team responsible for its largest, and most strategic cloud partnerships.

    He has over two decades of experience holding leadership roles in sales and corporate strategy at large multinational technology and management consulting firms, including Oracle, Cisco and McKinsey.

    Pankaj graduated from Dartmouth with a degree in CS and has an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

    2:55 PM
    FIRESIDE CHAT

    Author:

    Jeremy Legg

    CTO
    AT&T

    Jeremy Legg, Chief Technology Officer – AT&T Services, Inc., oversees the technology organizations for Business, Consumer, Data & Analytics, IT & Cloud, Network Architecture & AT&T Labs, Security and New Product Development.

    Jeremy’s AT&T Technology Services (ATS) organization is helping AT&T modernize its legacy IT infrastructure and migrate as much of it as possible to the cloud while retiring outdated systems. In addition, Jeremy’s team also includes network, business and consumer technology platforms as well as experts developing new products and services built on AT&T’s leading-edge 5G and fiber connectivity.

    ATS also includes AT&T’s chief data office and chief security office, as artificial intelligence and machine learning make customers and employees more efficient and innovative, while security is vital in a connected world of constantly evolving threats.

    Prior to joining AT&T in June 2020, Jeremy was executive vice president and CTO for WarnerMedia, responsible for all technology strategy, development and operations, as well as the technology development of the video streaming platform HBO Max. 

    He previously served as the executive vice president and CTO for Turner, where he was responsible for the overall technology strategy and all aspects of Turner’s linear and digital technologies and resources.

    Before that he led technology strategy and product monetization for TBS, Inc. and as the former senior vice president of business development and multi-platform distribution for TBS, Inc., Jeremy oversaw TV Everywhere and all non-linear and product distribution and strategy across broadband, iTV and wireless.  He has also held management positions at AOL, Oracle and Accenture.

    Jeremy earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Brown University. He serves on the Customer Advisory Boards for Microsoft & IBM and is a regular speaker and panelist at events such as CES and other industry events. He is recognized as one of the top 50 tech leaders on Forbes CIO Next 2022 and received Broadcasting & Cable’s Technology Leadership Award in 2016.

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    Jeremy Legg

    CTO
    AT&T

    Jeremy Legg, Chief Technology Officer – AT&T Services, Inc., oversees the technology organizations for Business, Consumer, Data & Analytics, IT & Cloud, Network Architecture & AT&T Labs, Security and New Product Development.

    Jeremy’s AT&T Technology Services (ATS) organization is helping AT&T modernize its legacy IT infrastructure and migrate as much of it as possible to the cloud while retiring outdated systems. In addition, Jeremy’s team also includes network, business and consumer technology platforms as well as experts developing new products and services built on AT&T’s leading-edge 5G and fiber connectivity.

    ATS also includes AT&T’s chief data office and chief security office, as artificial intelligence and machine learning make customers and employees more efficient and innovative, while security is vital in a connected world of constantly evolving threats.

    Prior to joining AT&T in June 2020, Jeremy was executive vice president and CTO for WarnerMedia, responsible for all technology strategy, development and operations, as well as the technology development of the video streaming platform HBO Max. 

    He previously served as the executive vice president and CTO for Turner, where he was responsible for the overall technology strategy and all aspects of Turner’s linear and digital technologies and resources.

    Before that he led technology strategy and product monetization for TBS, Inc. and as the former senior vice president of business development and multi-platform distribution for TBS, Inc., Jeremy oversaw TV Everywhere and all non-linear and product distribution and strategy across broadband, iTV and wireless.  He has also held management positions at AOL, Oracle and Accenture.

    Jeremy earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Brown University. He serves on the Customer Advisory Boards for Microsoft & IBM and is a regular speaker and panelist at events such as CES and other industry events. He is recognized as one of the top 50 tech leaders on Forbes CIO Next 2022 and received Broadcasting & Cable’s Technology Leadership Award in 2016.

    Author:

    Lari Hämäläinen

    Senior Partner
    QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey

    Lari is a senior partner in Seattle who is a leader in QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey. He previously led McKinsey’s technology practices across Northern Europe and Northeast Asia and served as managing partner for McKinsey’s Finland office.

    Lari’s passion is to help companies build new businesses while renewing their existing business models. He comes from a family of entrepreneurs and has, from a young age, been involved in building technology businesses and helping organizations better adapt technology to their needs. Over the last 15 years at McKinsey, Lari has helped numerous organizations build new services, channel models, and set up digital attackers. He has also been the Chief Transformation Officer at a major technology company supporting them in their renewal journey. Recently, Lari has also been a front-runner in driving artificial-intelligence- and analytics- related thinking and in advising companies on how to best utilize the technologies at scale.

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    Lari Hämäläinen

    Senior Partner
    QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey

    Lari is a senior partner in Seattle who is a leader in QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey. He previously led McKinsey’s technology practices across Northern Europe and Northeast Asia and served as managing partner for McKinsey’s Finland office.

    Lari’s passion is to help companies build new businesses while renewing their existing business models. He comes from a family of entrepreneurs and has, from a young age, been involved in building technology businesses and helping organizations better adapt technology to their needs. Over the last 15 years at McKinsey, Lari has helped numerous organizations build new services, channel models, and set up digital attackers. He has also been the Chief Transformation Officer at a major technology company supporting them in their renewal journey. Recently, Lari has also been a front-runner in driving artificial-intelligence- and analytics- related thinking and in advising companies on how to best utilize the technologies at scale.

    3:20 PM
    Afternoon Break & Networking
    3:40 PM
    Panel

    Scaling AI to enterprise-scale and beyond is a great feat of technical and organizational engineering. This panel will look at how to make deploying AI at scale easy for enterprises, which technical roadblocks exist, why they exist, and how companies are engineering around them.

     

    Author:

    Victoria Coleman

    CEO
    Acubed (Airbus)

    Victoria joined in 2024 as CEO of Acubed and Airbus’ Head of Research & Technology for North America. She has 35 years of experience and expertise that extends across multiple domains, from cybersecurity and computer science to emerging platforms and software engineering. Prior to joining Acubed, she served as the Chief Scientist of the United States Air Force where she was the preeminent scientific advisor to top leadership, including the Secretary of the Air Force, Air Force Chief of Staff and Chief of Space Operations. Her responsibilities included assessing a wide range of scientific and technical issues crucial to the department's mission, as well as identifying and analyzing technical challenges to provide innovative solutions. Prior to her role as Chief Scientist, Dr. Coleman served as the 22nd Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and serves as a Visiting Professor in Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley.

    Beyond her government service, her career includes executive roles at pioneering organizations such as Atlas AI P.B.C, where she spearheaded the development of cutting-edge AI solutions for sustainable development. She was also the founding director of the System Design Laboratory at SRI International, leading research in trustworthy systems and cyber security. She also has held leadership positions at companies including Samsung, Hewlett-Packard, Nokia, Yahoo, and the Wikimedia Foundation.

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    Victoria Coleman

    CEO
    Acubed (Airbus)

    Victoria joined in 2024 as CEO of Acubed and Airbus’ Head of Research & Technology for North America. She has 35 years of experience and expertise that extends across multiple domains, from cybersecurity and computer science to emerging platforms and software engineering. Prior to joining Acubed, she served as the Chief Scientist of the United States Air Force where she was the preeminent scientific advisor to top leadership, including the Secretary of the Air Force, Air Force Chief of Staff and Chief of Space Operations. Her responsibilities included assessing a wide range of scientific and technical issues crucial to the department's mission, as well as identifying and analyzing technical challenges to provide innovative solutions. Prior to her role as Chief Scientist, Dr. Coleman served as the 22nd Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and serves as a Visiting Professor in Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley.

    Beyond her government service, her career includes executive roles at pioneering organizations such as Atlas AI P.B.C, where she spearheaded the development of cutting-edge AI solutions for sustainable development. She was also the founding director of the System Design Laboratory at SRI International, leading research in trustworthy systems and cyber security. She also has held leadership positions at companies including Samsung, Hewlett-Packard, Nokia, Yahoo, and the Wikimedia Foundation.

    Author:

    Ric Lewis

    SVP, Infrastructure
    IBM

    Ric Lewis is Senior Vice President of Infrastructure for IBM and has global responsibility for the company’s servers, storage, associated software, and infrastructure support and services. He oversees IBM’s cloud business and also leads the IBM-wide mission for IBM Supply Chain.

    Prior to joining IBM, Ric worked for 32 years at Hewlett Packard and Hewlett Packard Enterprise where he held numerous leadership roles focused on business and product innovation. Most recently, Ric was the Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Software Defined and Cloud Group, where his team incubated the software technology and strategy to enable as-a-service delivery of HPE’s entire portfolio. Ric’s groups created the industry-wide composable infrastructure product category and led it with an entirely new HW/SW design known as HPE Synergy that became the fastest new product/business in HP/HPE’s history to reach a billion dollars of revenue. 

    Ric led businesses and R&D organizations delivering many innovative, successful products and upgrades for HP/HPE including HPE Simplivity hyperconverged systems, HP Converged Systems, HP Bladesystem, HP OneView, Superdome 2, Superdome X, NonStop systems, Integrity servers, and the HP-UX and OpenVMS operating environments. 

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    Ric Lewis

    SVP, Infrastructure
    IBM

    Ric Lewis is Senior Vice President of Infrastructure for IBM and has global responsibility for the company’s servers, storage, associated software, and infrastructure support and services. He oversees IBM’s cloud business and also leads the IBM-wide mission for IBM Supply Chain.

    Prior to joining IBM, Ric worked for 32 years at Hewlett Packard and Hewlett Packard Enterprise where he held numerous leadership roles focused on business and product innovation. Most recently, Ric was the Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Software Defined and Cloud Group, where his team incubated the software technology and strategy to enable as-a-service delivery of HPE’s entire portfolio. Ric’s groups created the industry-wide composable infrastructure product category and led it with an entirely new HW/SW design known as HPE Synergy that became the fastest new product/business in HP/HPE’s history to reach a billion dollars of revenue. 

    Ric led businesses and R&D organizations delivering many innovative, successful products and upgrades for HP/HPE including HPE Simplivity hyperconverged systems, HP Converged Systems, HP Bladesystem, HP OneView, Superdome 2, Superdome X, NonStop systems, Integrity servers, and the HP-UX and OpenVMS operating environments. 

    Author:

    Chris Lattner

    Co-Founder & CEO
    Modular

    Chris Lattner is Co-Founder & CEO of Modular, and is a distinguished leader who founded and scaled critical infrastructure including LLVM, Clang, MLIR, Cloud TPUs and the Swift programming language. Chris built AI and core systems at multiple world leading technology companies including Apple, Google, SiFive and Tesla.

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    Chris Lattner

    Co-Founder & CEO
    Modular

    Chris Lattner is Co-Founder & CEO of Modular, and is a distinguished leader who founded and scaled critical infrastructure including LLVM, Clang, MLIR, Cloud TPUs and the Swift programming language. Chris built AI and core systems at multiple world leading technology companies including Apple, Google, SiFive and Tesla.

    Author:

    Janet George

    EVP, AI
    Mastercard

    Mastercard recently announced Janet George as executive vice president of artificial intelligence. George, who will report to the company’s chief AI and data officer, will focus on enhancing, protecting and personalizing payments through cutting-edge AI technology. 

    “The opportunity to leverage AI and data-driven insights to drive innovation and create value for Mastercard’s customers is incredibly exciting,” said Greg Ulrich, Mastercard’s chief AI and data officer. “Janet’s leadership and expertise, combined with her commitment to innovation, trust and responsibility, position her well in this exciting new role.”

    George will lead Mastercard’s AI Center of Excellence focused on the company’s most critical AI and data science efforts. George will also play a critical role in helping to shape the technology, tooling and infrastructure to support Mastercard’s data scientists and AI talent. 

    “It's clear that AI and data are not just tools – they are foundations of our future,” George said. “I look forward to collaborating with this talented team to push the boundaries of what's possible and to contribute to Mastercard's mission of connecting and powering the digital economy.” 

    George previously held positions at Intel and Oracle. 

    Mastercard has harnessed AI for decades to secure its network and protect more than 159 billion transactions annually. Its AI and data analytics expertise enhances personalized experiences for merchants and financial institutions and helps banks detect fraudulent transactions.  

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    Janet George

    EVP, AI
    Mastercard

    Mastercard recently announced Janet George as executive vice president of artificial intelligence. George, who will report to the company’s chief AI and data officer, will focus on enhancing, protecting and personalizing payments through cutting-edge AI technology. 

    “The opportunity to leverage AI and data-driven insights to drive innovation and create value for Mastercard’s customers is incredibly exciting,” said Greg Ulrich, Mastercard’s chief AI and data officer. “Janet’s leadership and expertise, combined with her commitment to innovation, trust and responsibility, position her well in this exciting new role.”

    George will lead Mastercard’s AI Center of Excellence focused on the company’s most critical AI and data science efforts. George will also play a critical role in helping to shape the technology, tooling and infrastructure to support Mastercard’s data scientists and AI talent. 

    “It's clear that AI and data are not just tools – they are foundations of our future,” George said. “I look forward to collaborating with this talented team to push the boundaries of what's possible and to contribute to Mastercard's mission of connecting and powering the digital economy.” 

    George previously held positions at Intel and Oracle. 

    Mastercard has harnessed AI for decades to secure its network and protect more than 159 billion transactions annually. Its AI and data analytics expertise enhances personalized experiences for merchants and financial institutions and helps banks detect fraudulent transactions.  

    Moderator

    Author:

    Sriram Viswanathan

    Founding Managing Partner
    Celesta

    Sriram Viswanathan has more than 30 years of technology business operations and venture capital experience. Prior to Celesta, Sriram was the founder of IndusAge Partners, a cross border venture firm investing in innovative companies in the US-India Technology corridor. Sriram spent nearly 20 years at Intel Corporation in various senior management roles, including vice president of the Intel Architecture Group (IAG), vice president of Intel Capital and general manager of Intel’s Incubation and Innovation Group.

    Sriram is an active Advisory Board member of the India Semiconductor Mission, an initiative led by the Indian Government under Prime Minister Modi, guiding the development of a robust semiconductor and display manufacturing ecosystem in India. He also serves on the boards of the Aravind Eye Foundation and the World Affairs Council/ Commonwealth Club of California.

    Sriram holds an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Business (1997) and degrees in physics, computer science, and automation from the American College and the Indian Institute of Science in India.

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    Sriram Viswanathan

    Founding Managing Partner
    Celesta

    Sriram Viswanathan has more than 30 years of technology business operations and venture capital experience. Prior to Celesta, Sriram was the founder of IndusAge Partners, a cross border venture firm investing in innovative companies in the US-India Technology corridor. Sriram spent nearly 20 years at Intel Corporation in various senior management roles, including vice president of the Intel Architecture Group (IAG), vice president of Intel Capital and general manager of Intel’s Incubation and Innovation Group.

    Sriram is an active Advisory Board member of the India Semiconductor Mission, an initiative led by the Indian Government under Prime Minister Modi, guiding the development of a robust semiconductor and display manufacturing ecosystem in India. He also serves on the boards of the Aravind Eye Foundation and the World Affairs Council/ Commonwealth Club of California.

    Sriram holds an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Business (1997) and degrees in physics, computer science, and automation from the American College and the Indian Institute of Science in India.

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    4:30 PM
    Panel

    It is now clear that the primary bottleneck for global AI development is power consumption. AI infrastructure, at both the IT and datacenter level, needs to be as efficient as possible, while enormous extra energy capacity needs to emerge from clean, sustainable sources. What needs to be done to make AI systems and datacenters more efficient, and energy generation and distribution more sustainable?

    Author:

    Rodrigo Liang

    Co-Founder & CEO
    SambaNova Systems

    Rodrigo is CEO and co-founder of SambaNova Systems. Prior to joining SambaNova, Rodrigo was responsible for SPARC Processor and ASIC Development at Oracle. He led the engineering organization responsible for the design of state-of-the-art processors and ASIC's for Oracle's enterprise servers.

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    Rodrigo Liang

    Co-Founder & CEO
    SambaNova Systems

    Rodrigo is CEO and co-founder of SambaNova Systems. Prior to joining SambaNova, Rodrigo was responsible for SPARC Processor and ASIC Development at Oracle. He led the engineering organization responsible for the design of state-of-the-art processors and ASIC's for Oracle's enterprise servers.

    Author:

    Vivek Mohindra

    SVP, Corporate Strategy
    Dell Technologies

    Vivek Mohindra is Dell Technologies’ Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy, working in close partnership with the Offices of the CEO and COO to develop and drive strategies that ensure Dell’s continued market leadership. Prior to joining the Corporate Strategy Office, Vivek led the Modern Computing Solutions Group (MCSG) within Dell’s Client Solutions Group, with a focus on modernizing the client product journey and accelerating the aaS businesses.

    During his first tenure with Dell (2005-2008), he held key executive roles at the corporate level, in client product group, in marketing and in sales. He returned to Dell in 2020.

    Vivek’s industry experience includes serving as a Partner in the High-Tech practice of McKinsey & Company where he co-led the global semiconductor practice based in the U.S. and South Korea, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Transformation at Freescale Semiconductor working on its turnaround after privatization and a successful IPO, Operating Group Partner at TPG Capital working with the Tech buyouts team and portfolio companies, and Partner at New Science Ventures making venture investments in Tech and Life Sciences sectors.

    Vivek has served on the Board of Directors for over 10 public and private companies including GlobalFoundries and CyberOptics. He currently serves on the Advisory Council of Carnegie Mellon University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

    Vivek received his Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (Roorkee), and his MBA and PhD in Chemical Engineering (in semiconductor processing) concurrently from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

    Outside of work, you’ll find Vivek exploring science fiction, researching trends in technology and innovation, and pursuing his interest in climate change issues sparked by his PhD thesis.

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    Vivek Mohindra

    SVP, Corporate Strategy
    Dell Technologies

    Vivek Mohindra is Dell Technologies’ Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy, working in close partnership with the Offices of the CEO and COO to develop and drive strategies that ensure Dell’s continued market leadership. Prior to joining the Corporate Strategy Office, Vivek led the Modern Computing Solutions Group (MCSG) within Dell’s Client Solutions Group, with a focus on modernizing the client product journey and accelerating the aaS businesses.

    During his first tenure with Dell (2005-2008), he held key executive roles at the corporate level, in client product group, in marketing and in sales. He returned to Dell in 2020.

    Vivek’s industry experience includes serving as a Partner in the High-Tech practice of McKinsey & Company where he co-led the global semiconductor practice based in the U.S. and South Korea, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Transformation at Freescale Semiconductor working on its turnaround after privatization and a successful IPO, Operating Group Partner at TPG Capital working with the Tech buyouts team and portfolio companies, and Partner at New Science Ventures making venture investments in Tech and Life Sciences sectors.

    Vivek has served on the Board of Directors for over 10 public and private companies including GlobalFoundries and CyberOptics. He currently serves on the Advisory Council of Carnegie Mellon University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

    Vivek received his Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (Roorkee), and his MBA and PhD in Chemical Engineering (in semiconductor processing) concurrently from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

    Outside of work, you’ll find Vivek exploring science fiction, researching trends in technology and innovation, and pursuing his interest in climate change issues sparked by his PhD thesis.

    Author:

    Raul Martynek

    CEO
    Databank

    Raul Martynek joined DataBank in 2017 as the Chief Executive Officer. In this role, he defines the strategic direction of the company and its operations. Raul is a 20+ year veteran in the telecom and Internet Infrastructure sector. He most recently served as a Senior Advisor for Digital Bridge Holdings LLC. Prior to Digital Bridge, he served as CEO for New Jersey-based data center and managed services operator Net Access, LLC. Net Access was acquired in 2015 by Denver-based data center operator Cologix. 5Prior to Net Access, he was the CEO of Voxel dot Net, Inc., a global managed hosting and cloud company, which was acquired by Internap Network Services Corp. in 2012. Mr. Martynek also served as the Chief Restructuring Officer of Smart Telecom, a Dublin, Ireland-based fiber carrier which was acquired by Digiweb in 2009.

    Before that he evaluated investment opportunities in the telecommunications and Internet sector as a Senior Advisor at Plainfield Asset Management, a $4B hedge fund. Prior to Plainfield, Mr. Martynek spent 13 years with telecom and Internet provider InfoHighway Communications Corp; first as Chief Operating Officer of Eureka Networks and then as President and CEO of InfoHighway. InfoHighway was acquired by Broadview Networks in 2007. Mr. Martynek earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Binghamton University and received a Master Degree in International Affairs from Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs.

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    Raul Martynek

    CEO
    Databank

    Raul Martynek joined DataBank in 2017 as the Chief Executive Officer. In this role, he defines the strategic direction of the company and its operations. Raul is a 20+ year veteran in the telecom and Internet Infrastructure sector. He most recently served as a Senior Advisor for Digital Bridge Holdings LLC. Prior to Digital Bridge, he served as CEO for New Jersey-based data center and managed services operator Net Access, LLC. Net Access was acquired in 2015 by Denver-based data center operator Cologix. 5Prior to Net Access, he was the CEO of Voxel dot Net, Inc., a global managed hosting and cloud company, which was acquired by Internap Network Services Corp. in 2012. Mr. Martynek also served as the Chief Restructuring Officer of Smart Telecom, a Dublin, Ireland-based fiber carrier which was acquired by Digiweb in 2009.

    Before that he evaluated investment opportunities in the telecommunications and Internet sector as a Senior Advisor at Plainfield Asset Management, a $4B hedge fund. Prior to Plainfield, Mr. Martynek spent 13 years with telecom and Internet provider InfoHighway Communications Corp; first as Chief Operating Officer of Eureka Networks and then as President and CEO of InfoHighway. InfoHighway was acquired by Broadview Networks in 2007. Mr. Martynek earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Binghamton University and received a Master Degree in International Affairs from Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs.

    Moderator

    Author:

    Sohrab Rahimi

    Partner
    QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey

    Sohrab helps organizations use AI to reinvent themselves and accelerate growth by creating new opportunities through reshaping their operations. He leads McKinsey’s North America Data Science Guild, with a dual focus on innovation and the cultivation of a culture of excellence.

     

    He works across industries, applying deep technical expertise in AI/GenAI and optimization methods. His primary focus is on conversational and voice-enabled AI products, where he has helped organizations enhance workforce management and operational excellence. His experience spans telecommunications, energy and utilities, life sciences, financial services, insurance, and healthcare.


    In addition to his client work, Sohrab has long been involved in AI research, having authored more than ten peer-reviewed machine learning publications. Additionally, he holds two patents in the field.

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    Sohrab Rahimi

    Partner
    QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey

    Sohrab helps organizations use AI to reinvent themselves and accelerate growth by creating new opportunities through reshaping their operations. He leads McKinsey’s North America Data Science Guild, with a dual focus on innovation and the cultivation of a culture of excellence.

     

    He works across industries, applying deep technical expertise in AI/GenAI and optimization methods. His primary focus is on conversational and voice-enabled AI products, where he has helped organizations enhance workforce management and operational excellence. His experience spans telecommunications, energy and utilities, life sciences, financial services, insurance, and healthcare.


    In addition to his client work, Sohrab has long been involved in AI research, having authored more than ten peer-reviewed machine learning publications. Additionally, he holds two patents in the field.

    5:15 PM
    Conference Close