TechEquity Ai Summit 2026: Talks + AI Agent Workshops

​SESSIONS

​Tuesday, 11/03/26 - Enterprise AI & Transformation

​——AM——

• ​[Panel] Enterprise AI & Transformation 🌟 by
  Gopi Kallayil - Chief Business Strategist at Google;
  Ran Hu - Director of Strategic Business Development at Nvidia;
  Moderator: Abhijeet Joshi - Senior Technical Program Manager at Nvidia
• ​[Keynote] by
  Gopi Kallayil - Chief Business Strategist at Google
• ​[Fireside Chat] Innovation, Engineered: Why Good Design and Use Wins AI by
  Matthew Thomas Miller - Of Counsel at Winston Taylor;
  Xuyang Zhu - Partner at Winston Taylor;
  Moderator: Kathi Vidal - Partner and Executive Committee Member at Winston Taylor, Former Under Secretary of Commerce for IP and Director of the USPTO

​——PM——

• ​[Rapid Fire Keynote] Digital Provenance: Trust Signals in the World of Generative AI by
  Andy Parsons - Global Head of Content Authenticity at Adobe
• ​[Panel] AI in Marketing & Creative by
  Aaron Luber - Director at Google Labs;
  Sneha Ghosh - EVP Data NAMER at Monks;
  Moderator: Abhijeet Joshi - Senior Technical Program Manager at Nvidia
• ​[Rapid Fire Keynote] Growth Invention in the Age of Agents: A New Brief for Agencies by
  Sam Lewis - SVP Creative & Media at DEPT
• ​[Keynote] From Search to Answer: The Future of Content Discovery in AI by
  Lara Cohen - VP of Strategic Partnerships: Media, Creators & AI Cloudflare at Cloudflare
• ​[Keynote] AI and the Future of Interactive Video by
  Ben Relles - Founder at Make Believe

​——BREAK——

• ​[Keynote] Bring Your Own Model: The Case for Open Weights & Open Choice ❄️ by
  Richie Bachala, Senior Manager of Applied Engineering at Snowflake
• ​[Parallel Sessions]
• • ​[Workshop] Snowflake Platform Training by
    Dave Doan - Senior Delivery Manager at Snowflake
  • ​[Workshop] AI Agent Workshop Series by
    Dave Nielsen - Director of Community at IBM AI Alliance; Head of Dev Rel at Cognee

​Wednesday, 11/04/26 - Data, Agentic AI & Open Source

​——AM——

• ​[Keynote] The Agent Remembers What the Enterprise Records: Four-Tier Agentic Memory Architecture 🧠 by
  Amjad Shaikh - VP, Platform and AI Experiences at ServiceNow
• ​[Fireside Chat] by
  Harsha Reddy - Senior Engineering Leader at DoorDash;
  Moderator: Richie Bachala, Senior Manager of Applied Engineering at Snowflake
• ​[Keynote] One Agent to Many: Building Multi-Agent Orchestration Live with Snowflake CoCo ❄️ by
  Richie Bachala, Senior Manager of Applied Engineering at Snowflake
• ​[Demo] by
  Snowflake's Data Superhero

​——PM——

• ​[Keynote] 5% to 100%: The AI Adoption Curve That is Breaking Your Budget and How to Deal with It by
  Ivan Lee - Founder & CEO at Datasaur
• ​[Rapid Fire Keynote] MicroAgents: The Microservices of the Agentic Era by
  Ashish Shubham - Engineering Fellow / VP at ThoughtSpot

​——BREAK——

• ​[Parallel Sessions]
• • ​[Workshop] Gatekeeping AI, Responsible: Best Practices for AI Gateways with Snowflake AI Gateway by
    Okhtay Azarmanesh - Principal AI/ML Architect, Applied Field Engineering at Snowflake
  • ​[Hackathon] 👨‍💻by
    Dave Nielsen - Director of Community at IBM AI Alliance; Head of Dev Rel at Cognee;
    Michael "Max" Maximilien - Founder and CEO, ClawMax.ai

​Thursday, 11/05/26 - AI for Workforce & Enterprise

​——AM——

• ​[Keynote] The Future of Human Expertise by
  Martin Gonzalez - Head of Organizational AI Research at DeepMind
• ​[Panel] Workforce & Enterprise 🌟 by
  Stacy Robnett - Head of Org Design & Ecosystem Strategy at Lightspeed Venture;
  Sowmya Kannan - Director, Education and Workforce Development, AI Alliance Co-Chair at IBM;
  Martin Gonzalez - Head of Organizational AI Research at DeepMind;
  Moderator: Manisha Gupta - Former VP, Products, AI/ML Analytics on People Intelligence at Oracle, Founder at WearVedic
• ​[Keynote] Unlocking Economic Possibility: Using AI to Expand Opportunity and Dignity in Work by
  Charu Adesnik - Executive Director at Cisco Foundation
• ​[Panel] Workforce & Education by
  Karthik Yogeshwar - GenAI Workforce Planning and Vendor Strategy - Program Manager at Meta;
  Oana Ignat - Assistant Professor at Santa Clara University;
  Kolento Hou - Co-founder & CEO at Emergences Labs; Moderator: Abhijeet Joshi - Senior Technical Program Manager at Nvidia

​——PM——

• ​[Demo] Present Inside Glean's Enterprise Agent Stack: Post-Training NVIDIA Nemotron and Engineering the Agent Harnessation 🟢 by
  Vineeth Kalluru - Senior Solutions Architect - Generative AI at Nvidia;
  Julie Mills - Product Marketing at Glean
• ​[Demo] From Apps to Equity: Making AI Adoption Work for Everyone ❤️ by
  Dan O'Leary - Head of GTM Partnerships at Lovable
• ​[Demo] Enterprise AI Transformation: Designing the Human-Agent Partnership by
  Adam Kirsh - Founder & CEO at Stealth

​——BREAK——

• ​[Rapid Fire Keynote] What If Operations Could See What’s Coming? by
  Karthik Yogeshwar - GenAI Workforce Planning and Vendor Strategy - Program Manager at Meta
• ​[Rapid Fire Keynote] by
  Sanjmeet Abrol - Sr. Manager, AI Strategy & Engineering- Head of HR AI CoE at IBM
• ​[Rapid Fire Keynote] by
  Tess Gilman Posner - Board Member at AI4ALL, Founder & CEO at Resonance
• ​[Workshops]
• • ​AI Agent Workshop Series by
    Dave Nielsen - Director of Community at IBM AI Alliance; Head of Dev Rel at Cognee
  • ​Sidekick Platform Workshop by
    Sidekick
• ​[Networking] 🍷
• • ​International Delegate VIP Networking Session

​Friday, 11/06/26 - AI in Healthcare

​——AM——

• ​[Fireside Chat] Leveraging AI in Healthcare to Reach Rural and Underserved Communities ➕ by
  David Rhew, M.D. - Global Chief Medical Officer & VP of Healthcare, Health & Life Sciences at Microsoft;
  Moderator: Charlene Yu Vaughn, Founder & CEO at Kinala Health; Co-founder at UCSF Global Healthcare Innovation Cohort
• ​[Keynote] by
  Walter Greenleaf, PhD - Researcher & Innovations Director at Stanford Medical Mixed Reality Center, Stanford University
• ​[Panel] by
  Kabir Kasargod - Healthcare Lead at Qualcomm;
  Beth Rogozinski - CEO at Oncoustics;
  Michael Aratow - Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer at Ellipsis Health;
  Moderator: Walter Greenleaf, PhD - Researcher at Stanford University

​——BREAK——

• ​[Panel] by
  Susan Kirsh MD MPH - Deputy Assistant Undersecretary for Health at Department of Veterans Affairs;
  Evan Carey, PhD - Acting Director at National Artificial Intelligence Institute, at Department of Veterans Affairs;
  Anne Lord Bailey, PharmD, BCPS - Executive Director, Strategic Initiatives Lab at Department of Veterans Affairs
  Moderator: Walter Greenleaf, PhD - Researcher at Stanford University

​——PM——

• ​[Panel] by
  Mayo Clinic and NeuRealities
• ​[Workshop] Personal Healthcare Agent 💻 by
  Dave Nielsen - Director of Community at IBM AI Alliance; Head of Dev Rel at Cognee;
• ​[Networking] 🍷
• • ​VIP Networking Session

​More sessions to be announced.

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Agenda

Program details are subject to change.

8:30 AM–9:30 AM | Registration

​09:30 AM–12:00 PM | Talks

​12:00 PM–12:45 PM | Lunch & Networking

​12:45 PM–3:00 PM | Talks / Hackathon

​3:00 PM–7:00 PM | Workshops

FEATURED SPONSORS AND EXHIBITORS

​More sponsors and exhibitors to be announced.

👉Interested in sponsoring? We welcome sponsors and exhibitors to take part through speaking opportunities, workshops, live demos, exhibits, and other formats. Select your demo table here, or contact [email protected] for more information.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• ​Changemakers and leaders building responsible AI systems across sectors
• ​Developers and engineers exploring applied AI and agent-based systems
• ​Startup founders building AI-powered products
• ​Students and career-transition professionals looking to deepen hands-on AI experience
• ​Anyone interested in practical, responsible approaches to modern AI development

​IMPORTANT DETAILS

• ​Format: In-person and online; thought-leadership talks and hands-on workshops
• ​What to Bring: Please bring a laptop for workshops
• ​Code of Conduct: This event follows TechEquity Ai’s community code of conduct to ensure a respectful, inclusive environment for all participants

​EVENT INFO

​🎟️ Registration: Free to attend. RSVP required (limited capacity)

🍽️🪑 F&B and Seating: Limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis

🏢 Venue: Snowflake Silicon Valley AI Hub (SVAI)

📍 Address: 8th Floor at 135 Constitution Dr. Menlo Park, CA 94025

🚗Parking: Self-park in the garage next to the 135 Building

❗Arrival Guide: Download the guide at bit.ly/SVAI-Arrival-Guide

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About the Event Organizer

​TechEquity Ai is a nonprofit organization dedicated to democratizing access to artificial intelligence (AI) knowledge and applications.

​Our flagship initiative is the TechEquity Ai Summit, a series of high-impact events designed to foster innovation, broad participation, and education in AI. In addition to the Summit, TechEquity Ai hosts a Monthly Forum Series to keep the community engaged year-round through ongoing learning, networking, and hands-on exploration of emerging AI tools and ideas.

​Across our programs, we bring together builders, leaders, and learners through keynotes, panels, fireside chats, hands-on workshops, and interactive demos.

​To learn more about TechEquity Ai and our programs, visit techequity-ai.org or reach out to us at [email protected].

​Official Website: techequity-ai.org