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AGENDA

What We'll Explore

TUESDAY, OCT 8

Registration Opens

7:30 AM

Women in AI Breakfast

7:45 AM

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.

Welcome

9:00 AM

Summary of Day 1, Preview of Day 2

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John Sviokla 

Paul Baier

GAI Insights

GAI Insights

Co-Founder

Co-Founder

Workshop: Live HBS case on AI Making Decisions Inside the Tornado

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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

Jeffrey Rayport

Jeffrey Rayport

Harvard Business School

Faculty

9:05 AM

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John Sviokla

GAI Insights

Co-Founder

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

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Pete Blackshaw

Brandrank.ai

Founder & CEO

Transforming Existing Firms: A Private Equity Perspective

10:05 AM

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?

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John Sviokla

Ian Robertson

Erik Oken

GAI Insights

American Securities

Co-Founder

Director

Chairman, Private Equity

MidOcean Partners

Panel Moderator

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Teaching the Giant to Dance: The Art of Agility

10:25 AM

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.

Sheila Jordan

Sheila Jordan

Honeywell

                   Chief Digital                     Technology Officer

Prompt Examples and Startup Pitches: Descrybe AI and First TouchI

10:45 AM

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Adam Rappaport

Data#3 and GAI Insights

AI Solution Architect & Analyst

Break

10:55 AM

Refuel, Recharge, Repeat: The Break Where Ideas Brew and So Does the Coffee!

Break-Out Sessions

11:15 AM

11:15 AM

How AI Can Help Realize Preventative, Precision, and Personalized Healthcare for All

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Dan Elton

Mass General Brigham AI

Data Scientist

11:35 AM

From Data to Insight: What Oracle Sees Happening in Healthcare

Chris Boone

Chris Boone

Oracle

Group Vice President, Research Services, Life Sciences 

11:55 AM

Trends in Healthcare and Life Sciences Needs

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Pat Condo

Seekr

CEO

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Yann Stoneman

Cohere

Staff Solutions Architect

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John Sviokla

GAI Insights

Co-Founder

Lunch

12:15 PM

Break-Out Sessions, Continued

1:15 PM

1:15 PM

Generative AI in Healthcare: Implementation Challenges and Use Case Applications

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Sahar Hashmi

Myriad Consulting

Founder and CEO

1:35 PM

How to Prioritize AI Projects: The PRISM Framework

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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?

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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.

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Jud Welle

Goodwin

Partner

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John Sviokla

GAI Insights

Co-Founder

Panel Moderator

Special Announcement

2:30 PM

Prompt Examples and Startup Pitches: SandBox and TrueFoundry

3:00 PM

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Adam Rappaport

Data#3 and GAI Insights

AI Solution Architect & Analyst

Break

2:35 PM

The AI Massachusetts Plan

3:05 PM

​The State of MA and Boston are driving transformation change with improved AI ecosystems and public-private partnerships. 

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Yvonne Hao

Massachusetts

​Secretary of Economic Development, Commonwealth

CIOs: My Biggest Frustration with Buying from AI Vendors.

3:10 PM

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

GAI Insights

Co-Founder

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Toby Eduardo Redshaw

Verus Advisory

CEO

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Sandeep Sacheti

Wolters Kluwer

(XAMS WTKWY)

​Former EVP, Customer

Information Management 

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Andy Fanning

Cigna

Former AI Leader

AI and Higher Education: 5 Things to Prepare the Workforce of Tomorrow Today!

3:30 PM

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?

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Paloma Shelton

Student

Time to Reimagine the World, Co-Workers and Co-Intelligence: A Robot Demonstration

3:40 PM

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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?

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John Werner

Imagination in Action

CEO

Yvonne Hao

Yvonne Hao

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Secretary of Economic Development

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Judah Phillips

Squark

CEO and Co-Founder

What Do We Teach Our Children about GenAI
Implications of What You’ve Heard and Thoughts for 2025

4:15 PM

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Paul Baier

GAI Insights

Co-Founder

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John Sviokla 

GAI Insights

Co-Founder

4:25 PM

Conference End

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