Newsweek Contributing Editor for AI and President Emeritus of Bell Labs

Barham Abudayyeh MD MPH

Executive Director and Associate Dean for Innovation, Director of Interventional Gastroenterology | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Sheri Bachstein

President | The Weather Company

Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer | Kaiser Permanente

VP Technology, Science | Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, CZI Science

Allen Chang

ACMIO, Clinical Informatics Fellow | UMass Medical

Christina Chase

CoFounder & Managing Director | MIT Sports Lab

Francis deSouza

Chief Operating Officer | Google Cloud

Paul Ferraiolo

Director, Creative Consulting, LA Studio | DesignWorks, a BMW Company

SVP, Corporate Operations, Gilead Sciences & Board Chair | Gilead Foundation

Charlitta Hatch

Chief Data & Analytics Officer/Deputy Director of Innovation and Technology | City of Charlotte, NC

Xuedong Huang

Chief Technology Officer | Zoom

Brian Kursar

Group Vice President, Head of Enterprise Artificial Intelligence, Toyota Motor North America and Executive Technical Advisor, Toyota Research Institute | Toyota

Chief Innovation Officer | Michigan State University Federal Credit Union

Suma Nallapati

Chief Information Officer | City and County of Denver (Mayor's Office)

Girish N Nadkarni, MD, MPH

System Chair | The Windreich Department of Artificial Intelligence and Human Health

Director | The Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Health at Mount Sinai

Raj Pai

Vice President, Product Management, Cloud AI | Google Cloud

CEO | Secret Level

Governor, Chair, AI Task Force | Television Academy

Rob Teel

CTO | State of Oklahoma

Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Product and Technology | Ancestry.com

Dr. Denise Turley

V.P., Technology, Data & AI Implementation | US Chamber of Commerce

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Registration Opens and Nexus Connect Meetings Nexus Connect meetings are built to maximize your experience. They are 1:1 style meeting that give you guaranteed face time with other attendees. These meetings are each 10 minutes long and will take place throughout the 3 days of the summit. Meetings can be made with peers, partners, ticketed guests, and Nexus Connect attendees.

2:00 PM – 3:15 PM

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM   Opening Keynote

 

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM   Two Worlds of AI: To Buy or Build

When should an organization create an AI implementation in house and when should they outsource it? Where do partnerships with AI suppliers fit in the grand scheme? Learn the best practices and tips on when each is the better approach and ways to move forward.

 

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM  State of the Industry: Research Report

3:15 PM – 3:45 PM

Networking Break & Nexus Connect Meetings

3:45 PM – 4:30 PM

Industry Knowledge Share Roundtables

Roundtables led by industry experts. Use this time to look outside your own industry and get intimate knowledge and inspiration on how to apply lessons learned to your own day to day.

 

Attendees can choose their own adventure - join the conversation that relates best to your work:

- Build it or Buy it?

- Creating the Right Mindset Internally to Get AI Adoption

- The ROI of AI: Measuring Impact Beyond Hype

- The Future of Generative AI: What’s Next Beyond Chatbots?

- Privacy, Governance and Security in AI

4:30 PM – 5:15 PM

4:30 PM - 4:45 PM   The ROI of AI: Practical Measurements of Success

As the days of experimenting with AI evolve to deployments and new applications, investments are becoming more measured with increasing expectations of bottom-line results. See how some savvy companies are tightly linking their pilots and applications to their business objectives.

 

4:45 PM - 5:15 PM   AI Adoption: Overcoming a Reluctant Workforce

Whether targeted for upskilling new employees or enhancing the performance of seasoned workers, enterprises face a challenge to get everyone on board with their AI tools. Hear innovative approaches and useful strategies and tactics that can be used in your organization.

 

5:15 PM - 7:00 PM

Networking Reception & Nexus Connect Meetings

8:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Breakfast and Nexus Connect Meetings

9:15 AM - 10:45 AM

9:15 AM - 9:45 AM        Industry Spotlight: The Power of AI in Healthcare

This session will tackle everything from AI governance and regulatory shifts to real-world implementation challenges and success stories: unpacking both the promise and complexity of AI in health care. We will explore explore how AI can be responsibly scaled across hospitals, health systems, and medical groups.

 

9:45 AM - 10:00 AM    Fireside Chat: Personalizing the Power of AI

 

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM  Navigating the Regulatory Maze: Enhancing AI Governance, Privacy and Cybersecurity

Both internal and external AI policy are critical components of AI implementation. Hear how leading organizations ensure they are always in line with governance, ethics, and the steps they take to ensure privacy safeguards are in place and how they account for cybersecurity every step of way.

 

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM  AI Powered Cities are the Future

Through the broader lens of future cities and urban planning, experts discuss how the use of artificial intelligence is helping them envision what cities of the future and mobility will look like across the globe. Additionally, they examine how AI is helping solve the challenges of those cities, both today and tomorrow using anecdotal evidence from projects they have been involved in. 

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM

Networking Break & Nexus Connect Meetings

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Industry Knowledge Share Roundtables

Roundtables led by industry experts. Use this time to look outside your own industry and get intimate knowledge and inspiration on how to apply lessons learned to your own day to day.

 

Attendees can choose their own adventure - join the conversation that relates best to your work:

- Build it or Buy it?

- Creating the Right Mindset Internally to Get AI Adoption

- The ROI of AI: Measuring Impact Beyond Hype

- The Future of Generative AI: What’s Next Beyond Chatbots?

- Privacy, Governance and Security in AI

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch & Nexus Connect meetings

1:00 PM - 5:15 PM

Afternoon Activities

Feel free to use this time to relax, answer emails and stay on top of work.  Alternatively, how often are you in Sonoma? Join your new connections on some winery visits. Newsweek will arrange some informal groupings to visit the local wineries. Costs at your own discretion.

5:15 PM - 7:00 PM

Networking Reception & Nexus Connect Meetings

8:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Breakfast and Nexus Connect Meetings

9:15 AM - 10:45 AM

General Session

9:15 AM - 9:45 AM  AI in Motion: Autonomous Vehicles Driving the Future

After many years of development, fully autonomous cars, trucks, and delivery robots are on the move, all guided by AI. Discover how these new ways of moving people and things will impact a wide range of businesses. 

 

9:45 AM - 10:15 AM Closing Keynote

 

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM  Agentic AI: The Age of the New Workflow

New systems that think and act on their own on behalf of the user are about to flood the enterprise. Check how these scalable AI-powered assistants can remain secure with the promise of ethical and private behaviors. Hear how leaders from financial institutions to healthcare providers assure AI agents remain ROI focused.

11:00 AM

Closing Remarks

Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa

100 Boyes Blvd, Sonoma, CA 95476

Our discounted rate will be shared upon registration and is for attendees only. The rate expires on May 22, 2025 or when the block fills, whichever comes first.