TechCon 2024
AI Demystified: From Buzz to Business
We welcome you to our upcoming TechCon 2024!
This year's theme is "AI Demystified: From Buzz to Business" where we'll turn hype into real-world solutions. TechCon is your passport to understanding how buzzworthy AI concepts are transforming businesses worldwide. These questions will be answered by panelists who have founded startups, published Forbes opinions and spoken on CNN, invest in AI companies, and work at Tech companies like Google, Microsoft, and IBM. We will also have a keynote speaker who leads the Gemini (Bard) team at Google! Admission includes coffee, snacks, and an alumni networking happy hour There will also be raffle prizes, swag bags, and food for all attendees throughout the day.
This year’s TechCon will be on April 12th, 1pm at NYU Stern. Grab your tickets below!
Conference Schedule
12:45 - 1:15 Check In
1:15 - 1:30 Opening Remarks
1:30 - 2:00 Opening Keynote Address by Pankaj Srivastava (VP of Infrastructure Strategy & Business Development Group IBM) — Room 2.60
2:10 - 3:10 Panel Session A
Panel A1 — Room 2.60: Will AI Take My Job? with Path Detroja (CEO of Pair AI), Katherine Von Jan (Founder of Tough Day), Sarah Krasley (Founder of Shimmy.io) and Bhushan Sethi (Partner at Strategy& & NYU Stern Adjunct Professor)
Moderated by Rob Seamans, Professor at NYU Stern
Panel A2 — Room 1.70: Ethical Dilemmas of Integrating AI with Jamie VanDodick (Director, AI Ethics at IBM), Yuncong Chen (Senior Scientist, GenAI Security at Amazon), Alex Wyllie (Program Director at IBM)
Moderated by Natalia Levina, Professor at NYU Stern
3:10 - 3:30 Refreshments
3:30 - 4:30 Panel Session B
Panel B1 — Room 2.60: Technology Investor Philosophies with Al Zollar (Executive Advisor at Siris Capital), Meera Nair (Principal at Alumni Ventures), Oliver Mitchell (Partner at ff Venture Capital), Harsh Nanda (Partner, Technology Private Equity at Goldman Sachs)
Moderated by Dan Gode, Clinical Professor at NYU Stern
Panel B2 — Room 1.70: Overcoming AI Implementation Challenges with Nitin Jaiteley (Senior Product Manager at Microsoft), Gene Sussman (Product Manager at IBM), Denzil Eden (Founder and CEO of Smarty.AI), Philipp Tsipman (Camcorder AI Founder and CEO)
Moderated by Doreen Wang, MBA Candidate at NYU Stern
4:30 - 5:00 Closing Keynote by Manaal Faruqui (Senior Staff Research Scientist at Google) — Room 2.60
5:00 - 5.15 Closing Remarks — Room 2.60
5:15 - 6:00 Happy Hour with Alumni — Room 5.50
Speaker list
Pankaj Srivastava
VP of Infrastructure Strategy, IBM
Sarah Krasley
Founder & CEO at Shimmy.io
Alex Wyllie
Program Director, Marketing at IBM
Katherine Von Jan
Co-founder & CEO of Tough Day
Denzil Eden
Founder of Smarty AI
Oliver Mitchell
Partner at ff Venture Capital
Parth Detroja
Founder & CEO at Pair AI
Nitin Jaitely
Senior Product Manager at Microsoft
Harsh Nanda
Head of Technology Private Equity at Goldman Sachs
Bhushan Sethi
Partner at Strategy& and Adjunct Professor at NYU Stern
Philipp Tsipman
Founder and CEO of Camcorder AI
Meera Nair
Principal at Alumni Ventures
Yunchong Chen
Senior Scientist for GenAI Security Team at Amazon
Natalia Levina
Professor at NYU Stern School of Business
Manaal Faruqui
Senior Staff Research Scientist at Google
Alfred Zollar
Executive Advisor at Siris Capital Group
Dan Gode
Clinical Professor at NYU Stern School of Business
Rob Seamans
Professor at NYU Stern School of Business
Doreen Wang
MBA Candidate at NYU Stern School of Business
Jamie VanDodick
Director of AI & Governance at IBM
Moderator list
Gene Sussman
Group Product Manager for IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps
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