AGENDA
What We'll Explore
2024
7:30 AM
Registration Opens
7:45 AM
Women in AI Breakfast
The Women in AI Breakfast is a morning event focused on empowering women in the AI field through networking and knowledge sharing. Attendees will engage in focused discussions at themed tables covering: Startups in AI, Responsible AI, AI in Marketing, AI Use-Cases Across Industries, and Using AI to Elevate Yourself to the C-Suite. This gathering offers a unique opportunity to connect with industry peers, gain valuable insights, and explore strategies for career growth and innovation in AI.
9:00 AM
Welcome
Summary of Day 1, Preview of Day 2
Paul Baier
John Sviokla
GAI Insights
GAI Insights
Co-Founder
Co-Founder
Workshop: Live HBS case on AI Making Decisions Inside the Tornado
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9:05 AM
The entire audience turns into an HBS Classroom as Jeffrey teaches an HBS case that involves some of the leadership challenges of using GenAI/AI. Experience the learning experience with this participative workshop
John Sviokla
GAI Insights
Co-Founder
Jeffrey Rayport
Harvard Business School
Faculty
How Will We Reach Our Customers in the Coming SEO Bloodbath
9:45 AM
Prof. Edelman and Pete Blackshaw are world experts on digital marketing. Gartner predicts that 25% Google Search will flow to large language models. This presents a massive change to a $600B+ industry essential for marketing and lead gen for companies. How real is this change and what specifically can be done in 2025
Pete Blackshaw
Brandrank.ai
Founder & CEO
10:05 AM
Transforming Existing Firms: A Private Equity Perspective
PE firms have been very aggressively deploying GenAI/AI solutions to drive operating leverage and improve cash flows. What are emerging best practices? What are lessons learned so far? What is outlook for 2025?
John Sviokla
Ian Robertson
Erik Oken
GAI Insights
American Securities
Co-Founder
Director
MidOcean Partners
Panel Moderator
Sheila Jordan
10:25 AM
Teaching the Giant to Dance: The Art of Agility
Honeywell started in 1895 and has a strong history of innovation. Learn how this traditional industrial/consumer company is driving transformational change with strong GenAI/AI projects with a high ROI.
Honeywell
Chief Digital Technology Officer
10:45 AM
Prompt Examples and Startup Pitches: Descrybe AI and First TouchI
Adam Rappaport
Data#3 and GAI Insights
AI Solution Architect & Analyst
10:55 AM
Break
Refuel, Recharge, Repeat: The Break Where Ideas Brew and So Does the Coffee!
11:15 AM
Break-Out Sessions
11:15 AM
How AI Can Help Realize Preventative, Precision, and Personalized Healthcare for All
Dan Elton
Mass General Brigham AI
Data Scientist
11:35 AM
From Data to Insight: What Oracle Sees Happening in Healthcare
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Chris Boone
Oracle
Group Vice President, Research Services, Life Sciences
11:55 AM
Trends in Healthcare and Life Sciences Needs
Pat Condo
Seekr
CEO
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Yann Stoneman
Cohere
Staff Solutions Architect
John Sviokla
GAI Insights
Co-Founder
12:15 PM
Lunch
1:15 PM
Break-Out Sessions, Continued
1:15 PM
Generative AI in Healthcare: Implementation Challenges and Use Case Applications
Sahar Hashmi
Myriad Consulting
Founder and CEO
1:35 PM
How to Prioritize AI Projects: The PRISM Framework
John Sviokla
GAI Insights
Co-founder
2:05 PM
Data is new Lifeblood
Data is the lifeblood of value derived from AI/GenAI projects but often overlooked and under appreciated. What are the leading best practices and what should practioners plan for in 2025?
Mike Bloom
WEKA
AI Solution Architect
2:20 PM
Fireside Chat: How Real Is Cyber Risk from AI in 2025. Are Companies Under Investing??
As organizations move to reap the benefits of AI/ML technologies, they assume a responsibility to keep those systems secure. Cybersecurity risks, already a challenge for even the most sophisticated companies, are amplified by the adoption of AI, which exposes an increased attack surface to threat actors. Meanwhile, regulators are being empowered with new laws and enhanced funding to maintain accountability.
John Sviokla
Jud Welle
GAI Insights
Goodwin
Co-Founder
Panel Moderator
Partner
2:30 PM
Special Announcement
2:35 PM
Break
3:00 PM
Prompt Examples and Startup Pitches: SandBox and TrueFoundry
Adam Rappaport
Data#3 and GAI Insights
AI Solution Architect & Analyst
3:05 PM
The AI Massachusetts Plan
​The State of MA and Boston are driving transformation change with improved AI ecosystems and public-private partnerships.
Yvonne Hao
Massachusetts
​Secretary of Economic Development, Commonwealth
3:10 PM
CIOs: My Biggest Frustration with Buying from AI Vendors.
What are Enterprise Intelligence Applications? What are key components and who are emerging leading players? What are the approaches companies are for their internal AI and IT architecture and technology approach?
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Paul Baier
Toby Eduardo Redshaw
Sandeep Sacheti
GAI Insights
Co-Founder
Verus Advisory
CEO
Wolters Kluwer
(XAMS WTKWY)
​Former EVP, Customer
Information Management
Andy Fanning
Cigna
Former AI Leader
3:30 PM
AI and Higher Education: 5 Things to Prepare the Workforce of Tomorrow Today!
How is GenAI radically changing the skills and expectations of college graduates? What do employers need to understand about hiring college grads with extensive GenAI experience?
Paloma Shelton
Student
3:40 PM
Time to Reimagine the World, Co-Workers and Co-Intelligence: A Robot Demonstration
Tom Ryden
MassRobotics
Executive Director
4:00 PM
How to Foster an AI Ecosystem: The Massachusetts Plan
The State of MA and Boston are driving transformation change with improved AI eco-system and public-private partnerships. What is the vision and plans? What can be learned for other regions?
John Werner
Yvonne Hao
Judah Phillips
Imagination in Action
CEO
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary of Economic Development
Squark
CEO and Co-Founder
4:15 PM
What Do We Teach Our Children about GenAI
Implications of What You’ve Heard and Thoughts for 2025
Paul Baier
GAI Insights
Co-Founder
John Sviokla
GAI Insights
Co-Founder
4:25 PM