AI Business Leaders Conference

OCTOBER 18, 2023 | 9 AM to 5 PM | NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, BOSTON

About the Event:

Join us for a day-long event exclusively designed for business leaders, featuring captivating keynote presentations and interactive, actionable breakout sessions led by esteemed AI experts.

Keynote and Industry Speakers

Linda Avery

Former CDAO Verizon Communications, Federal Reserve Board of New York

Michelle Gansle

VP of Global Insights and Analytics at McDonald’s

Dan Rosensweig

Chief Executive Officer at Chegg

Manish Worlikar

Heads the Center of Excellence (CoE) for Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Analytics, Fidelity Institutional

Northeastern University Speakers

Usama Fayyad

Executive Director at the Institute for Experiential AI

David De Cremer

Dean of the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University

James Shanahan

Director of the AI Solutions Hub at the Institute for Experiential AI

Cansu Canca

Director of Responsible AI Practice at the Institute for Experiential AI

Jennifer Dy

Director of AI Faculty at the Institute for Experiential AI

Eugene Tunik

Director of AI + Health at the Institute for Experiential AI

Ricardo
Baeza-Yates

Director of Research at the Institute for Experiential AI

Deniz Erdogmus

Professor at the College of Engineering at Northeastern University

Byron Wallace

Associate Professor for Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University

Yakov Bart

Associate Professor of Marketing at D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University

Sarah Ostadabbas

Associate Professor at the College of Engineering at Northeastern University

Joanna Weiss

Executive Director of the AI Literacy Lab at Northeastern University

Ardeshir Contractor

Director of Strategic Research Projects at The Institute for Experiential AI

Sam Scarpino

Director of AI + Life Sciences at the Institute for Experiential AI

Michael Workman

Creative Director of the AI Literacy Lab at Northeastern University

Agenda

9:00 AM

Welcome
Opening Remarks with Usama Fayyad and Cansu Canca, the Institute for Experiential AI

9:15 AM

What if?
Opening keynote with Dan Rosenswieg, Chegg

9:40 AM

Transforming the World of Consumer and Small Business Finance with Generative AI
Keynote with Ashok Srivastava, Intuit

10:05 AM

What is Human-Centered AI?
Keynote with Peter Norvig, Google and Stanford HAI

10:30 AM

Coffee Break 

10:45 AM

Putting Responsible AI into Practice: When, How and Who
Panel with Xuning (Mike) Tang, Verizon, Ricardo Baeza-Yates and Cansu Canca, the Institute for Experiential AI

11:35 AM

Keynote 
Ronke Ekwensi, T-Mobile

12:00 PM

AI for the World’s Big Challenges: Health, Life Sciences, Climate & Sustainability
Lightning Talks with Gene Tunik, Sam Scarpino and Ardeshir Contractor, the Institute for Experiential AI

12:30 PM

Complimentary Lunch

1:30 PM

Technical and Extra-Technical Touchstones of Trust in AI
Keynote with Cynthia Dwork, Harvard University

1:55 PM

Generative AI Goes to Work – Enterprise Use Cases
Panel with Manish Worlikar, Fidelity Institutional, Paritosh Desai, Meta, Aleksandar Lazarevic, Sigmoid Analytics, and Byron Wallace, Khoury College of Computer Sciences
Moderator: James Shanahan, the Institute for Experiential AI

2:40 PM

What’s Next in AI: An Investor’s Perspective
Fireside Chat with Usama Fayyad, the Institute for Experiential AI and Rudina Seseri, Glasswing Ventures

3:00 PM

Coffee Break 

3:20 PM

The Human Side of AI
Keynote with Michelle Gansle, McDonalds

3:45 PM

AI as a Business Disruptor: What Your Board Needs to Know (and Do) on AI
Panel with Michael Nieset, Heidrick & Struggles, David De Cremer, Northeastern University and Linda Avery

4:15 PM

AI Literacy Lab: New Insights into Public Perceptions of AI
Panel with Joanna Weiss and Michael Workman, AI Literacy Lab at Northeastern University

4:30 PM

Cutting Edge Research in AI: Driving Innovation in the Industry
Lightning Talks with Jennifer Dy, the Institute for Experiential AI, Sarah Ostadabbas, Yakov Bart and Deniz Erdogmus, Northeastern University

5:00 PM

Closing Remarks

5:15 PM

Networking and Cocktail Hour

Northeastern University Speakers

Usama Fayyad

Executive Director at the Institute for Experiential AI

David De Cremer

Dean of the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University

James Shanahan

Director of the AI Solutions Hub at the Institute for Experiential AI

Cansu Canca

Director of Responsible AI Practice at the Institute for Experiential AI

Jennifer Dy

Director of AI Faculty at the Institute for Experiential AI

Eugene Tunik

Director of AI + Health at the Institute for Experiential AI

Ricardo
Baeza-Yates

Director of Research at the Institute for Experiential AI

Deniz Erdogmus

Professor at the College of Engineering at Northeastern University

Byron Wallace

Associate Professor for Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University

Yakov Bart

Associate Professor of Marketing at D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University

Sarah Ostadabbas

Associate Professor at the College of Engineering at Northeastern University

Joanna Weiss

Executive Director of the AI Literacy Lab at Northeastern University

Ardeshir Contractor

Director of Strategic Research Projects at The Institute for Experiential AI

Sam Scarpino

Director of AI + Life Sciences at the Institute for Experiential AI

Michael Workman

Creative Director of the AI Literacy Lab at Northeastern University

Location

East Village, Northeastern University, Boston, MA

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