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

Melody Ayeli

Senior Director of Enterprise AI, Toyota Motor North America

Sheri Bachstein

President | The Weather Company

 Dr. Ashis Barad    

Hospital for Special Surgery Chief Digital & Technology Officer

Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer | Kaiser Permanente

VP Technology, Science | Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, CZI Science

Allen Chang, MD

ACMIO, Clinical Informatics Fellow | UMass Medical

Christina Chase

CoFounder & Managing Director | MIT Sports Lab

MJ Chun

Co-founder & VP of Product and Design | Serve Robotics

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

Surya Gummadi

President, Cognizant Americas | Cognizant

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

 Co-Founder and CEO | Asteria

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

Rob Purinton

 Chief AI Officer | Advent Health

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

Salvatore Viscomi, MD

CEO & Co-Founder | Carna Health

2:00 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.

Speakers:

Melody Ayeli, Senior Director, Enterprise AI, Toyota Motor North America

Vicram Kooblall, CIO and Chief Information Security Officer, Scahill Law Group

Raj Pai, VP, AI Product, Google Cloud

The New Era of AI: From Experimentation to Transformation

The era of AI has brought about profound changes in the way organizations and employees operate everyday. What was once small scale experimentation is now becoming foundational technology driving tangible business value and societal impact for startups and large enterprises alike. This session will explore how organizations in every industry are successfully deploying the latest models and platforms, overcoming challenges and fundamentally changing business models and processes -- and what the future holds for AI.

Speaker:

Francis deSouza, COO, Google Cloud

AI at Ancestry: From Content Transformation to Customer Empowerment

Join Ancestry's CTO for an illuminating discussion on our AI journey—from developing proprietary technologies over 10 years ago that scaled the world's largest family history collection to delivering cutting-edge generative AI experiences directly to customers. Discover how Ancestry's practical AI applications in handwriting recognition, computer vision, and predictive machine learning have revolutionized content digitization and product experiences. Learn how Ancestry is leveraging AI to create new innovative features and transforming customer interactions with generative AI applications, that expand their customers' capabilities to uncover even more discoveries like never before.

 Speaker:

Sriram Thiagarajan, Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Product & Technology

Networking Break & Nexus Connect Meetings

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?

Led by: Raj Pai, VP, AI Product, Google Cloud

- Privacy, Governance and Security in AI

1:1 Conversation with Zoom

Speaker:

Xuedong Huang, Chief Technology Officer, Zoom

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. 

Speakers:

Paul Ferraiolo, Director, Creative Consulting LA Studio, DesignWorks/BMW 

MJ Chun, Co-Founder, Vice President of Product Design, Serve Robotics

1:1 Fireside Chat 

Networking Reception & Nexus Connect Meetings

Breakfast and Nexus Connect Meetings

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.

Speakers:

Dr. Allen Chang, Clinical Informatics Fellow, UMass Medical

Rob Purinton, Chief AI Officer, AdventHealth 

Lights, Camera, Algorithm: AI in Film Making

Artificial Intelligence is no longer just science fiction — it's transforming the way stories are told, films are made, and audiences engage with entertainment. From scriptwriting and casting to post-production and personalized recommendations, AI technologies are revolutionizing the creative and operational sides of the industry.

Speakers:

            Bryan Mooser, CEO, Co-Founder Asteria

            Eric Shamlin, CEO, Secret Level

Networking Break & Nexus Connect Meetings

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.

Speakers:

Denise Turley, VP Technology, Data and AI Implementation, US Chamber of Commerce

                 Joydeep Ganguly, SVP Corporate Operations, Gilead Sciences and Board Chair, Gilead Foundation

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

1:1 Fireside Chat

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. 
                 Speakers:
                 Suma Nallapati, Chief Information Officer, City of Denver
                 Charlitta Hatch, Chief Data & Analytics Officer, Deputy Director of Innovation and            Technology, City of Charlotte, NC
 

Lunch & Nexus Connect meetings

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.

Networking Reception & Nexus Connect Meetings

Breakfast and Nexus Connect Meetings

     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.

Speakers:

Sachi Desai, Vice President of AI, Climate (Bayer)

Srini Kairos, CEO, Kairos Sears

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.

Speakers:

Patricia Brennan, VP, Technology, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, CZI Science

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.

Speakers:

Rob Teel, CTO, State of Oklahoma

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.