The Grove Theater

Tue Apr 7th
9:00a - 9:15a
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In Person Only
Speaking Session
Rehearsals with Paramount
Phil Wiser
CTO • Paramount
Tue Apr 7th
9:15a - 9:55a
GROVE_TUE_414
In Person Only
Networking
Crew standby
Tue Apr 7th
9:55a - 10:00a
GROVE_TUE_A19
Record
Speaking Session
Opening Remarks
Megan Stinson
Co-founder • COMMAND
Tue Apr 7th
10:00a - 10:20a
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Record
Speaking Session
Looking Back To Look Forward At AI’s Impact On Media
Phil Wiser
CTO • Paramount
Tue Apr 7th
10:20a - 10:40a
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Record
Speaking Session
Building AI That Amplifies Human Creativity
Milena Marinova
CVP, AI Acceleration Studio • Microsoft
Jon Snoddy
Co-founder & CEO • Operative Games
Martine Paris MOD
Tech Contributor • Forbes
Tue Apr 7th
10:40a - 11:05a
GROVE_TUE_566
Record
Speaking Session
Creativity at AI Speed
Abhay Parasnis
Founder & CEO • Typeface
Jessica Powell
Co-founder & CEO • AudioShake
Mikayel Vardanyan
Co-founder • Picsart
Nora Ali MOD
Founder • NKA Media
Tue Apr 7th
11:05a - 11:25a
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Record
Speaking Session
AI Video and the Distinction Between Viewing and Experiencing
Dean Leitersdorf
Co-founder & CEO • Decart
Demi Guo
Co-founder & CEO • Pika
Rebecca Bellan MOD
Senior Reporter • TechCrunch
Tue Apr 7th
11:25a - 11:45a
GROVE_TUE_1C0
Record
Speaking Session
Brand Strategy in a Post-Platform Era
Caroline Ingeborn
COO • Luma AI
Joe Kessler
Partner & Global Head of UTA IQ • United Talent Agency
Sally Shin
EVP, Growth and Partnerships • CNBC
James Louderback MOD
CEO & Editor • Inside The Creator Economy
Tue Apr 7th
11:45a - 12:10p
GROVE_TUE_448
Record
Speaking Session
Powering the Full Customer Journey
Kate Prouty
SVP & CIO • Akamai
Bill Gross
CEO • ProRata AI
Alicia Shapiro MOD
CMO, Head of News Reporting • AiNews.com
Tue Apr 7th
12:10p - 12:30p
GROVE_TUE_8F3
Record
Speaking Session
Craft and Code: Reimaging Heritage Brands with AI
Cristina Diezhandino
CMO • Diageo
James Louderback MOD
CEO & Editor • Inside The Creator Economy
Tue Apr 7th
12:30p - 12:55p
GROVE_TUE_CDE
Record
Speaking Session
AI, Identity, and the Future of Connection
George Arison
CEO • Grindr
Renate Nyborg
Founder & CEO • Meeno
Michael Nunez MOD
Editorial Director • VentureBeat
Tue Apr 7th
12:55p - 1:15p
GROVE_TUE_06B
Record
Speaking Session
Building Brands That Matter in the Age of AI
Marcel Marcondes
Global CMO • AB InBev
Nora Ali MOD
Founder • NKA Media
Tue Apr 7th
1:15p - 1:35p
GROVE_TUE_BBE
Record
Speaking Session
Startup Energy, Snap Scale: AI as a Force Multiplier
Saral Jain
SVP, Head of Engineering & CIO • Snap Inc.
Harry McCracken MOD
Global Technology Editor • Fast Company
Tue Apr 7th
1:35p - 2:20p
GROVE_TUE_2AE
In Person Only
Networking
Lunch break
Tue Apr 7th
2:20p - 2:25p
GROVE_TUE_A39
Record
Speaking Session
Opening Remarks
Mary Ann Brennan
Principal Consultant - Sourcing Decision Design • Alpha St8 Consulting
Tue Apr 7th
2:25p - 2:50p
GROVE_TUE_031
Record
Speaking Session
Can AI Protect the Enterprise from Itself?
Charles Carmakal
CTO • Mandiant
Wendi Whitmore
Chief Security Intelligence Officer • Palo Alto Networks
Adam Meyers
SVP of Counter Adversary Operations • Crowdstrike
Sam Sabin MOD
Cybersecurity Reporter • Axios
Tue Apr 7th
2:50p - 3:15p
GROVE_TUE_C5C
Record
Speaking Session
When AI Joins the Team
Brian Peterson
Co-founder & CTO • Dialpad
Jennifer Smith
Co-founder & CEO • Scribe
Tim Shi
Co-founder Stealth AI lab • Cresta
Emil Protalinski MOD
Editor • Techmeme and EPro Strategies
Tue Apr 7th
3:15p - 3:40p
GROVE_TUE_088
Record
Speaking Session
Turning Customer Conversations into Action
Dylan Fox
Founder & CEO • AssemblyAI
Priya Vijayarajendran
CEO • ASAPP
Arun Chandra
COO • NiCE
Andrew Tan MOD
Founder • TLDR AI
Tue Apr 7th
3:40p - 4:05p
GROVE_TUE_887
Record
Speaking Session
From Demos to Deployment: Building Visual Infrastructure
Andreas Blattmann
Co-founder • Black Forest Labs
Viet Le-Martin
Investor • ‎
Maxwell Zeff MOD
Senior Writer • WIRED
Tue Apr 7th
4:05p - 4:25p
GROVE_TUE_801
Record
Speaking Session
Understanding AI Should Be Simple
Deepak Agarwal
Chief AI Officer • LinkedIn
Brody Ford MOD
Tech Reporter • Bloomberg
Tue Apr 7th
4:25p - 4:45p
GROVE_TUE_1E0
Record
Speaking Session
The Business Reality of AI Adoption
Will Abbey
EVP & CCO • Arm
Madison Mills MOD
Senior AI Reporter • Axios
Wed Apr 8th
9:35a - 9:40a
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Record
Speaking Session
Opening Remarks
Amir Kabir
Founder and Managing Partner • Overlook Ventures
Wed Apr 8th
9:40a - 10:00a
GROVE_WED_4F6
Record
Speaking Session
Who Protects the Public in the Age of AI?
Magnus Brunner
Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration • European Commission
Ashley Gold MOD
Senior Tech Policy Reporter • Axios
Wed Apr 8th
10:00a - 10:25a
GROVE_WED_A5E
Record
Speaking Session
Breaking the Wall After Product Market Fit
David Fischer
General Partner • 01 Advisors
Roseanne Wincek
Co-founder & Managing Director • Renegade Partners
Rob Toews
Partner • Radical Ventures
Scott McGrew MOD
News Anchor • NBC
Wed Apr 8th
10:25a - 10:50a
GROVE_WED_9B9
Record
Speaking Session
The VCs Behind the AI Narrative Machine
Vijay Reddy
GP • Mayfield Fund
Tamara Steffens
Managing Director • Thomson Reuters Ventures
Aaref Hilaly
Partner • Bain Capital Ventures
Charles Rollet MOD
Tech Correspondent • Business Insider
Wed Apr 8th
10:50a - 11:10a
GROVE_WED_4A7
Record
Speaking Session
How do you get the best out of founders?
Kobie Fuller
General Partner • Upfront Ventures
Larry Li
Founder and Managing Partner • Amino Capital
Marina Temkin MOD
Venture Capital & Startups Reporter • TechCrunch
Wed Apr 8th
11:10a - 11:35a
GROVE_WED_3BA
Record
Speaking Session
Beyond Capital: What Great AI Investors Actually Do
Avid Larizadeh Duggan OBE
Senior Managing Director • Teachers' Venture Growth, OTPP
Maria Palma
General Partner • Freestyle
Ross Fubini
Founder & Managing Partner • XYZ Venture Capital
Jacob Robbins MOD
Technology Reporter • PitchBook News
Wed Apr 8th
11:35a - 12:00p
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Record
Speaking Session
Decoding the Hype Behind the AI Boom
Asheem Chandna
General Partner • Greylock
Cassie Young
General Partner • Primary
Sahir Azam
Partner • Index Ventures
Natasha Mascarenhas MOD
Venture Capital & Startup Reporter • Bloomberg
Wed Apr 8th
12:00p - 12:25p
GROVE_WED_7E6
Record
Speaking Session
The Infrastructure Behind Scaled Generative Media
Gorkem Yurtseven
Co-founder and CTO • fal
Jennifer Li
General Partner • Andreessen Horowitz
Anna Tong MOD
Tech correspondent • Forbes
Wed Apr 8th
12:25p - 12:50p
GROVE_WED_A5F
Record
Speaking Session
Where Early Stage AI Money Is Going Now
Amber Atherton
Partner • Patron
Tiffany Luck
Partner • NEA
Janelle Teng
Partner • Bessemer Venture Partners
Josh Constine MOD
Venture Partner • SignalFire
Wed Apr 8th
12:50p - 1:15p
GROVE_WED_68A
Record
Speaking Session
Inside the 2026 AI VC Playbook
Salil Deshpande
General Partner • Uncorrelated Ventures
Esther Wong
Founder and CEO • 3C AGI Partners
Mark Terbeek
Partner • Greycroft
Gené Teare MOD
Senior Data Editor • Crunchbase
Wed Apr 8th
1:15p - 1:35p
GROVE_WED_3BD
Record
Speaking Session
Music & AI: Putting Creators in Control
Kakul Srivastava
CEO • Splice
Michael Nash
EVP & CDO • Universal Music Group
Dan Runcie MOD
Founder • Trapital
Wed Apr 8th
1:35p - 2:30p
GROVE_WED_B25
In Person Only
Networking
Lunch break
Wed Apr 8th
2:30p - 2:35p
GROVE_WED_FFF
Record
Speaking Session
Opening Remarks
Mary Ann Brennan
Principal Consultant - Sourcing Decision Design • Alpha St8 Consulting
Wed Apr 8th
2:35p - 2:55p
GROVE_WED_7BF
Record
Speaking Session
The AI Engines Driving the Future of Logistics
Shoaib Makani
CEO & Co-founder • Motive
Ossa Fisher
President • Aurora Innovation
Rob Pegoraro MOD
Contributor • PCMag
Wed Apr 8th
2:55p - 3:15p
GROVE_WED_2D4
Record
Speaking Session
Innovation That Starts and Ends with the User
Prashanth Chandrasekar
CEO • Stack Overflow
Anna Tong MOD
Tech correspondent • Forbes
Wed Apr 8th
3:15p - 3:35p
GROVE_WED_A04
Record
Speaking Session
How Generative Tools Are Rewiring Teamwork
Jon Noronha
Co-founder & CPO • Gamma
Andrey Khusid
Co-founder & CEO • Miro
Alex Konrad MOD
Founder & Editor • Upstarts Media
Wed Apr 8th
3:35p - 4:00p
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Record
Speaking Session
The New Retail Experience Powered by AI
Marcelo Cortes
Co-founder & Chief Architect • Faire
Robert Brunner
Founder & Creative Director • Ammunition
Reece Rogers MOD
Service Writer • WIRED
Wed Apr 8th
4:00p - 4:20p
GROVE_WED_DD0
Record
Speaking Session
How to market your AI tools successfully
Mada Seghete
Co-founder & CEO • Upside
Joleen Liang
Co-founder • Squirrel Ai Learning
Aliisa Rosenthal
General Partner • Acrew Capital
Alicia Shapiro MOD
CMO, Head of News Reporting • AiNews.com
Wed Apr 8th
4:20p - 4:45p
GROVE_WED_223
Record
Speaking Session
What It Takes to Modernise Global Operations
Tom Eggemeier
CEO • Zendesk
Steve Lucas
CEO • Boomi
Sophie Schmidt MOD
Founder & Publisher • Rest of World
Thu Apr 9th
9:15a - 9:45a
GROVE_THU_687
In Person Only
Speaking Session
Rehearsals with d-Matrix
Sid Sheth
Founder & CEO • d-Matrix
Thu Apr 9th
9:45a - 10:10a
GROVE_THU_557
In Person Only
Networking
Crew standby
Thu Apr 9th
10:10a - 10:15a
GROVE_THU_170
Record
Speaking Session
Opening Remarks
Grace Gong
Founder • Smart Venture Media
Thu Apr 9th
10:15a - 10:35a
GROVE_THU_8C2
Record
Speaking Session
Built to Trust: Designing Safe, Smart Systems
Radha Basu
Founder & CEO • iMerit
Shuman Ghosemajumder
Co-founder & CEO • Reken
Andrea Thomaz
Co-founder & CEO • Diligent Robotics
Jennifer Strong MOD
Pulitzer Fellow & SHIFT Host • PRX
Thu Apr 9th
10:35a - 11:00a
GROVE_THU_3E7
Record
Speaking Session
AI That Works on Real Data or Not at All
Daniela Braga
Founder & CEO • Defined.ai
Jared Quincy Davis
Founder & CEO • Mithril
Lexi Reese
Ceo And Co-founder • Lanai
Jeff Wilser MOD
Journalist & Founder • AI-Curious
Thu Apr 9th
11:00a - 11:20a
GROVE_THU_EB2
Record
Speaking Session
Why the future will be built by design
Loredana Crisan
Chief Design Officer • Figma
Richard Nieva MOD
Senior Writer • Forbes
Thu Apr 9th
11:20a - 11:45a
GROVE_THU_3A1
Record
Speaking Session
What It Takes to Build AI Agents People Actually Use
Edo Segal
CTO • Napster Corporation
Nancy Wang
CTO • 1Password
Ashwin Sreenivas
Co-founder & President • Decagon
Michael Nunez MOD
Editorial Director • VentureBeat
Thu Apr 9th
11:45a - 12:10p
GROVE_THU_A5A
Record
Speaking Session
What does it take to truly scale AI across an organization
Teuila Hanson
SVP & Chief People Officer • LinkedIn
Vijay Kotu
Chief Analytics Officer • ServiceNow
Kevin Delaney MOD
Editor-in-Chief • The San Francisco Standard & Charter
Thu Apr 9th
12:10p - 12:30p
GROVE_THU_C7F
Record
Speaking Session
Grounded Intelligence Is the Next Frontier
Jay Chen
Interim CEO • Contextual AI
Emil Eifrem
Co-founder & CEO • Neo4j
Nat Rubio-Licht MOD
Senior Reporter • The Deep View
Thu Apr 9th
12:30p - 12:55p
GROVE_THU_817
Record
Speaking Session
Signal Before the Surge: How to Spot AI Winners Early
Songyee Yoon
Founder and GP • Principal Venture Partners
Jager McConnell
CEO • Crunchbase
Santiago Zavala
Global Managing Partner • 500 Global
Marina Temkin MOD
Venture Capital & Startups Reporter • TechCrunch
Thu Apr 9th
12:55p - 1:35p
GROVE_THU_398
In Person Only
Networking
Lunch break
Thu Apr 9th
1:35p - 1:40p
GROVE_THU_BA1
Record
Speaking Session
Opening Remarks
Tarush Gupta
Student • The Harker School
Thu Apr 9th
1:40p - 2:05p
GROVE_THU_149
Record
Speaking Session
Post Code: Building AI Systems We Can Trust and Afford
Jyoti Bansal
Co-founder & CEO • Harness
Jeff Wang
Windsurf CEO • Cognition
Eric Schurenberg MOD
Founder • Alliance for Trust in Media
Thu Apr 9th
2:05p - 2:25p
GROVE_THU_84A
Record
Speaking Session
The Hidden Power of Behavioral Data
David Shim
Co-Founder • Read AI
Jaime Lien
Co-founder & Chief Scientist • Archetype AI
Jeremy Fraenkel
Co-founder & CEO • Fundamental
Matt Rosoff MOD
Editor in Chief • The Register
Thu Apr 9th
2:25p - 2:40p
GROVE_THU_249
Record
Speaking Session
The GPU-Only Era Is Over
Sid Sheth
Founder & CEO • d-Matrix
Thu Apr 9th
2:40p - 3:00p
GROVE_THU_D77
Record
Speaking Session
Scaling with AI agents in practice
Eléonore Crespo
Co-founder & co-CEO • Pigment
Olivier Pomel
Co-founder & CEO • Datadog
Ilona Limonta-Volkova MOD
Fintech Writer • Forbes
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