| 8:00 – 8:30 a.m. |
Recoding Business in the Age of AI: The Leadership Agenda
Vijay Gurbaxani, Director, Center for Digital Transformation
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| 8:30 - 8:50 a.m. |
Unleashing Value with AI and Data Science: An Investor Perspective
Matt Katz, Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Data Science, Blackstone
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| 8:50 – 9:10 a.m. |
Driving Autonomy at Rivian: Building an AI-Powered Organization
James Philbin, VP, Autonomy & AI, Rivian
Moderator: Vibhanshu Abhishek, Associate Professor of Information Systems, The Paul Merage School of Business, UC Irvine
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| 9:10 – 9:40 a.m. |
Transforming Traditional Industries: Addressing Legacy Challenges
Gajen Kandiah, CEO, Hitachi Vantara; President, Hitachi Digital
Mark Leiter, Chief Digital Strategy Officer, Boeing
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| 9:40 – 10:00 a.m. |
Group Discussion: Leveraging AI - Attendee Perspectives
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| 10:00 – 10:30 a.m. |
BREAK
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| 10:30 – 11:00 a.m. |
Enabling AI: Modernizing the Tech Stack
Chris Nardecchia, SVP and Chief Digital & Information Officer, Rockwell Automation
Marcello Damiani, Board Director, Cellarity, Benevolent AI and Former CDO, Moderna
Amar Maletira, CEO, Rackspace
Moderator: Peter High, President, Metis Strategy
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| 11:00 – 11:20 a.m. |
Frontier Technologies: Keeping an Eye on Quantum Computing
Christopher Monroe, Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, IonQ
Moderator: Kiva Allgood, Board Director, Airgain and Former President & CEO, Sarcos Robotics
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| 11:20 – 11:35 a.m. |
Research Spotlight: The Impact of LLMs on the Labor Market
Daniel Rock, Professor of Operations, Information, and Decisions, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
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| 11:35 – 12:00 p.m. |
Reimagining Work: The Future of Human Capital
Rebecca House, SVP, Chief People & Legal Officer, Rockwell Automation
Imtiaz Shaikh, Deputy Chief HRO, Hitachi, Ltd.
Moderator: Dawn Behnke, EVP, Life Insurance Division, Pacific Life Insurance Company
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| 12:00 – 12:20 p.m. |
Group Discussion: Automating or Augmenting Talent? - Attendee Perspectives
Vijay Gurbaxani, Director, Center for Digital Transformation
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| 12:20 – 1:00 p.m. |
Lunch: Birds of a Feather Conversations
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| 1:00 – 1:40 p.m. |
Incubating The Future: Solving Global Challenges With Predictive AI
Stuart McClure, CEO, NumberOne AI; CEO, Qwiet AI; Founder, Cylance
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| 1:40 – 2:15 p.m. |
Playing with Fire: Managing the Risks of AI
Pierre Baldi, Distinguished Professor of AI; Director, Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics, UC Irvine
David Danks, National AI Advisory Committee; Professor, Data Science and Philosophy, UCSD
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| 2:15 - 2:55 p.m. |
DEEP DIVE - Reorganizing for AI: Instilling a Culture of Innovation
Julie Guggemos, Board Director, Evrnu, Beekman 1802 and Former SVP & Chief
DEEP DIVE - The New Core Competence: Building AI Capabilities
Meghna Sinha, VP of AI, Verizon
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| 2:55 – 3:15 p.m. |
Frontier Technologies: Keeping an Eye on Extended Reality (xR)
Scott Connolly, Technical Product Development Solutions Architect in the Immersive and Web 3.0 Technologies Group, Verizon
Ely Stacy, Technical Solutions Lead, Disguise
Moderator: Tom Andriola, Vice Chancellor, Information, Technology and Data & CDO, UC Irvine
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| 3:15 – 3:30 p.m. |
Key Audience Takeaways and Next Steps
Vijay Gurbaxani, Director, Center for Digital Transformation
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