Dr. Fariba Yazdanpanah is a General Preventive Medicine and Public Health resident at the University of Texas at Tyler Health Science Center with more than 15 years of experience in clinical medicine and research. She is also board-certified in Cardiology by Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Iran. Dr. Yazdanpanah is committed to advancing patient safety and quality of care through the integration of preventive and curative approaches. Her work focuses on developing innovative healthcare strategies and conducting impactful, cutting-edge clinical research within academic and healthcare systems.

Dr. Fariba Yazdanpanah is a General Preventive Medicine and Public Health resident at the University of Texas at Tyler Health Science Center with more than 15 years of experience in clinical medicine and research. She is also board-certified in Cardi... Show more

Fer Berdugo has been a Copilot ROI Advisor and Copilot Champ at Microsoft for the past two years, where he advises corporate accounts across Europe on maximizing the impact, adoption, and return on investment of generative AI through incubation projects.
Before Microsoft, he spent several years as a Senior Customer Success Manager at LinkedIn, driving talent development and digital strategy for enterprise accounts in Italy and Iberia, where he was also an early adopter and internal trainer for Copilot.
His career includes Customer Success roles at Dynatrace—accelerating the adoption of cloud and observability solutions powered by AI across Iberia and Italy—as well as several years at SaaS tech startups in the hospitality and tourism sector across London, Rome, Barcelona, and Madrid.
Without a technical background, Fer has managed to build a career at top tech companies, proving that you don't need to be technical to thrive in this industry.
That's why, in parallel, Fer works as a mentor, public speaker, trainer, and advocate for the practical and sustainable use of artificial intelligence for professionals in Italy and Spain through his Human-OS methodology.

Fer Berdugo has been a Copilot ROI Advisor and Copilot Champ at Microsoft for the past two years, where he advises corporate accounts across Europe on maximizing the impact, adoption, and return on investment of generative AI through incubation proje... Show more

Verónica Analía Recchia is an Argentine lawyer and psychologist, lecturer at the Faculty of Psychology (UBA) and instructor at the Centro de e-Learning, UTN FRBA, where she teaches leadership, cognition, and applied decision-making in high-pressure environments.

Her research combines cognitive science, ethics, organizational psychology and AI-driven decision architectures. She is the author of Agilidad y Talento. Egoísmo y Altruismo del Poder (A pesar de la Mente Click) and is currently developing her new book MenteClick.IA (La continuidad de la especie) — ISBN 978-631-01-1706-5 — on artificial intelligence, evolutionary continuity and human-machine alterity.

She is a co-founder of EIA LATAM (Ethics of Artificial Intelligence), an emerging collaborative initiative focused on cognitive sovereignty, AI ethics, and human–machine coexistence. The project is currently developing the EIA Manifesto.

Her work examines how intuitive cognition and structured algorithmic systems can coexist to preserve human judgment, ethical direction, and political responsibility within accelerated technological ecosystems.

Verónica Analía Recchia is an Argentine lawyer and psychologist, lecturer at the Faculty of Psychology (UBA) and instructor at the Centro de e-Learning, UTN FRBA, where she teaches leadership, cognition, and applied decision-making in high-pressure e... Show more

I solve the $2M problems that happen when brilliant technology meets confused humans.

Over the past decade, I've built AI platforms that generate $5M ARR, transformed failing products into 340% growth stories, and led 50,000+ user migrations with zero downtime. But here's what I've really learned: the biggest technology challenges aren't technical at all. They're psychological.

With my Master's in Social Data Science from Oxford, I've spent my career at the intersection where human behavior meets enterprise technology. I've worked across healthcare, finance, and global consulting at Accenture, consistently discovering that the same patterns emerge everywhere: smart people make predictable, irrational decisions about technology adoption.
I'm the product leader who gets called in when expensive AI implementations sit unused, when teams resist change despite obvious benefits, or when leadership needs someone who can translate between C-suite vision and developer reality. My "human first AI" framework is now adopted by 3 Fortune 500 companies because it works with human psychology rather than against it.
My superpower is turning complex technological chaos into revenue generating clarity. I've reduced patient wait times from 48 hours to 4 hours, cut compliance review time by 87%, and helped teams embrace AI tools they initially feared. I understand both the technical possibilities (Python, TensorFlow, cloud architecture) and the human realities (cognitive bias, change resistance, team dynamics) of making technology actually work.

Whether I'm speaking about AI manipulation psychology, the neuroscience of developer attention, or why brilliant teams make terrible technology decisions, I bring data driven insights combined with real world war stories from the trenches of enterprise transformation.
I
believe the future belongs to leaders who understand that every technology problem is fundamentally a people problem. And people problems are endlessly fascinating to solve.

I solve the $2M problems that happen when brilliant technology meets confused humans. Over the past decade, I've built AI platforms that generate $5M ARR, transformed failing products into 340% growth stories, and led 50,000+ user migrations with ... Show more

Sathesh Suseendran is an accomplished Principal Software Test Lead at Broadcom (Brocade Communication Systems Unit), bringing extensive expertise in Network Management System Monitoring and Automation to his role. Currently leading a diverse team of 40 members across the United States and India, he has established himself as a seasoned professional in enterprise network management and testing. As a Principal Test Lead specializing in FC SAN Management Products, he demonstrates exceptional hands-on experience in Network Management System (NMS) testing of both SAN and LAN devices, with comprehensive skills in functionality, regression, integration, performance, scalability, longevity, and usability testing.
Throughout his career, Sathesh has successfully managed teams across geographical boundaries and developed strategic approaches to test automation. His technical proficiency spans automation tools and languages, including Python, JavaScript, QF Test, and Selenium, while his deep understanding of networking protocols such as SATA, FCP, FCIP, iFCP, SNMP, FICON, MPLS, and STP enables him to tackle complex testing scenarios. His commitment to professional development is evidenced by his certifications as a Brocade Certified Fabric Professional, Fabric Designer, Ethernet Fabric Engineer, and vRouter Engineer.
Sathesh's career has progressed steadily from Member Technical Staff in 2006 to his current Principal role in December 2023, consistently contributing to critical projects, including OEM qualifications, customer support, technical training, and technical white papers. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Thanthai Periyar Government Institute of Technology, Vellore. In his current role, he oversees release planning, requirement selection, project backlog management, and plays a crucial role in demonstrating new features to management, testing product scalability, and supporting customer queries while leading SQA sustenance issues and providing technical training to support engineers.

Sathesh Suseendran is an accomplished Principal Software Test Lead at Broadcom (Brocade Communication Systems Unit), bringing extensive expertise in Network Management System Monitoring and Automation to his role. Currently leading a diverse team of ... Show more

Shrikant Chikhalkar is a senior engineering leader with over two decades of experience designing and delivering high-performance software for regulated healthcare, neuromodulation, and medical imaging systems. His work spans safety-critical medical devices, PET/MR reconstruction platforms, and cloud-native, AI-enabled software architectures developed under IEC 62304 and FDA 510(k) regulatory frameworks.
Currently a Senior Staff Software Engineer, Shrikant leads backend and platform initiatives supporting clinician and patient applications, including consent management systems, dynamic configuration platforms, secure telemetry pipelines, and cross-platform MAUI architectures spanning iOS, Android, and Windows. He has played a key role in enabling global neuromodulation therapy launches across 27 European countries while ensuring GDPR, HIPAA, and regional data-sovereignty compliance. His work includes regulated SDLC execution, microservice modernization, DevOps automation, and the application of generative AI to improve engineering productivity and regulatory documentation workflows.
Previously, Shrikant spent a decade at GE Healthcare as a Staff Software Architect, where he led PET/MR reconstruction and acquisition software for clinical imaging systems. He was responsible for productizing advanced MR attenuation correction (MRAC) algorithms, motion-corrected PET/MR reconstruction pipelines, fault-tolerant imaging systems, and GPU-accelerated reconstruction frameworks that achieved up to 200× performance gains. His contributions supported FDA 510(k) submissions and were validated through phantom and clinical image-quality studies.
Earlier in his career, Shrikant held technical leadership and engineering roles at IGATE, Persistent Systems, Accenture, Manchitra, and a computational research lab, working on legacy modernization, distributed graph mining, seismic simulation, GIS rendering engines, and large-scale HPC systems using MPI, OpenMP, and GPU computing.
Shrikant holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Pune and has completed graduate-level coursework in artificial intelligence, deep learning, cloud computing, and algorithm analysis at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. He has earned certifications in Generative AI with Large Language Models, SAFe, and project management, and has submitted intellectual property related to AI-assisted code analysis. He has also presented at international conferences, including ISMRM, and has served as an architecture lead and mentor across global engineering teams.

Shrikant Chikhalkar is a senior engineering leader with over two decades of experience designing and delivering high-performance software for regulated healthcare, neuromodulation, and medical imaging systems. His work spans safety-critical medical d... Show more

Darlene Kilian is a seasoned English for Specific Purposes instructor and project leader at TU Bergakademie Freiberg’s International University Center (IUZ), specializing in academic and professional English language training and intercultural communication. She co-leads the Professional Communication curriculum, develops tailored courses for students and staff, and continues to drive Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) projects connecting TUBAF learners and educators with their peers abroad. Kilian also spearheads initiatives linking alumni and current students to showcase global English use in engineering and sciences, combining language pedagogy with digital and intercultural competencies to prepare participants for international academic and professional environments.

Darlene Kilian is a seasoned English for Specific Purposes instructor and project leader at TU Bergakademie Freiberg’s International University Center (IUZ), specializing in academic and professional English language training and intercultural commun... Show more

I am currently the Director of Product Engineering at SDVerse. I have extensive experience in MLOps, cloud computing, and machine learning applications. Previously, I technically led the Mach1ML platform at Ford Motor Company, focusing on generative AI initiatives and LLM-based applications. My expertise includes architecting and building sophisticated AI/ML systems, optimizing MLOps platforms, and integrating advanced machine learning models with deployment frameworks.

I am currently the Director of Product Engineering at SDVerse. I have extensive experience in MLOps, cloud computing, and machine learning applications. Previously, I technically led the Mach1ML platform at Ford Motor Company, focusing on generative ... Show more

Samuel Desseaux is a CTO & CIO Advisor focused on observability, edge AI, and IT/OT integration. He designs open-source observability labs and reproducible pipelines that help teams instrument, benchmark, and trust complex AI and high-performance systems deployed at the edge or within industrial infrastructures. His work spans factories, mobility systems, HPC-adjacent environments, and scientific instrumentation. Through his companies, Erythix in France and Aureonis in Belgium, he supports organizations in building transparent, resilient, vendor-neutral architectures that unify AI, OT, and HPC workflows.

Samuel Desseaux is a CTO & CIO Advisor focused on observability, edge AI, and IT/OT integration. He designs open-source observability labs and reproducible pipelines that help teams instrument, benchmark, and trust complex AI and high-performance sys... Show more

I’m a Staff Software Engineer at LogicMonitor, focused on designing scalable observability for Kubernetes and multi-tenant platforms. I work on agent architecture, telemetry pipelines, and performance at scale. I care about making monitoring intentional — not reactive — and this talk shares real-world lessons that help developers, SREs, and architects build smarter, more resilient systems.

I’m a Staff Software Engineer at LogicMonitor, focused on designing scalable observability for Kubernetes and multi-tenant platforms. I work on agent architecture, telemetry pipelines, and performance at scale. I care about making monitoring intentio... Show more

Technical Architect with over 17 years of experience driving digital transformation through cloud architecture, intelligent automation, and AI/ML-powered enterprise modernization. Currently at Mary Kay, USA, he plays a pivotal role in designing multi-cloud strategies across AWS, Azure, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), while also leading enterprise technology analysis for Supply Chain innovations—helping the organization achieve resilience, scalability, and cost optimization.

Technical Architect with over 17 years of experience driving digital transformation through cloud architecture, intelligent automation, and AI/ML-powered enterprise modernization. Currently at Mary Kay, USA, he plays a pivotal role in designing multi... Show more

Letsatsi Lekhooa is a Systems Librarian at the National University of Lesotho Library and the Chairperson of the Lesotho Research and Education Network (LesREN). His work focuses on the intersection of artificial intelligence, digital governance, open knowledge infrastructure, and digital rights within public and academic institutions. He has extensive experience supporting research systems, institutional repositories, data governance frameworks, and digital transformation initiatives in higher education.

He is a Research Fellow in AI in Academic Writing and Publishing and serves on editorial and peer review boards for academic journals. His research and professional engagements examine how emerging technologies, particularly AI-driven systems, affect access to information, privacy, accountability, and intellectual freedom in libraries and knowledge institutions. He has contributed to national and regional discussions on digital policy, open science, and technology governance across Africa.

Letsatsi is actively involved in multi-stakeholder initiatives on climate action, data governance, and digital inclusion, and regularly supports capacity building for librarians, researchers, and policymakers. His current interests include rights-based approaches to AI adoption in libraries, responsible data use, and strengthening public trust in digital knowledge systems

Letsatsi Lekhooa is a Systems Librarian at the National University of Lesotho Library and the Chairperson of the Lesotho Research and Education Network (LesREN). His work focuses on the intersection of artificial intelligence, digital governance, ope... Show more

Cofondateur de Shodo Studio, je construis depuis 15 ans du code durable et accompagne des équipes sur leurs projets les plus critiques. Convaincu que le développement est un artisanat qui se transmet, je partage mon savoir-faire avec la communauté sous plusieurs formats : articles, talks, et au sein de CraftsRecords, un collectif de passionnés.

Aujourd'hui, j'explore comment l'IA peut devenir un véritable allié dans la reprise de contrôle sur le legacy — à condition de garder la main et d'éviter les promesses marketing.

Cofondateur de Shodo Studio, je construis depuis 15 ans du code durable et accompagne des équipes sur leurs projets les plus critiques. Convaincu que le développement est un artisanat qui se transmet, je partage mon savoir-faire avec la communauté so... Show more

Highlighting place and location as memory, audiences explore our interactions with ecosystems revealing that what appears completely factual is often, not factually complete. Recognized as a leading voice in thinking beyond words to illuminate climate science and the human impact on our planetary boundaries, Bonny describes storytelling as where perception and truth create friction. Her expertise transforms raw data into compelling narratives that drive impactful decision-making.

Highlighting place and location as memory, audiences explore our interactions with ecosystems revealing that what appears completely factual is often, not factually complete. Recognized as a leading voice in thinking beyond words to illuminate climat... Show more

Alex is a Distributed Spatial Systems DevOps Tinkerer with many years of experience in geospatial data management and web- and cloud-based geoprocessing with a particular focus on land use, soils, hydrology, and water quality. His interests include open geospatial standards and web-services for location-based data sharing, modelling workflows, machine learning, and interactive geo-visualisation. Alex has been involved with web-based spatial data infrastructures for a long time as a developer, researcher and project leader. He is based at the Chair of Geoinformatics and Cartography at the Department of Geography of the University of Tartu.

Alex is a Distributed Spatial Systems DevOps Tinkerer with many years of experience in geospatial data management and web- and cloud-based geoprocessing with a particular focus on land use, soils, hydrology, and water quality. His interests include o... Show more

PhD in Applied Geosciences (Hydrogeology & Hydrochemistry)

PhD in Applied Geosciences (Hydrogeology & Hydrochemistry) Show more

I am an AI researcher at the CIAD Laboratory at UTBM in France, working on computer vision, robotics, and applied AI. My work focuses on deploying vision-based and intelligent robotic systems in real industrial environments, with a strong emphasis on robustness, scalability, and seamless integration into existing systems. My research spans perception for robotics, multi-sensor fusion, and deep learning for visual inspection.

I am an AI researcher at the CIAD Laboratory at UTBM in France, working on computer vision, robotics, and applied AI. My work focuses on deploying vision-based and intelligent robotic systems in real industrial environments, with a strong emphasis on... Show more

professional with strong expertise in Kubernetes platforms, DevSecOps practices, and zero-trust security. With hands-on experience in implementing admission control policies, container security scanning, and secure deployment pipelines, Subhash focuses on bridging the gap between development speed and security compliance. Having worked across full-stack development, SQL architecture, on-call operations, and cloud-native platforms, Subhash brings a practical perspective to container security.

professional with strong expertise in Kubernetes platforms, DevSecOps practices, and zero-trust security. With hands-on experience in implementing admission control policies, container security scanning, and secure deployment pipelines, Subhash focus... Show more

Dr. Sandya Venugopal is an award-winning neurosurgeon-scientist, public policy scholar, and interdisciplinary leader with accomplishments across academic, government, and private sectors. Her global expertise spans healthcare, public health, scientific research, health policy, data analytics, bioethics, regulatory compliance, and technological innovation—all applied to advancing impactful solutions for societal and policy challenges.

Committed to fostering inclusive and forward-thinking dialogue, Sandya leverages her diverse background to inspire meaningful change. Her contributions bridge the gap between advanced technologies and humanity’s needs, offering fresh perspectives on how innovation can transform lives ethically and equitably.

Dr. Sandya Venugopal is an award-winning neurosurgeon-scientist, public policy scholar, and interdisciplinary leader with accomplishments across academic, government, and private sectors. Her global expertise spans healthcare, public health, scientif... Show more

Head of Digital & Payments Factory at Poste Italiane, coordinating a team of ten people dedicated to the development of digital applications and payment solutions, specialized in microservices architectures running on Kubernetes and operating on Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, and on-premises datacenters.
Before joining Poste Italiane, he accumulated over 5 years of experience as a Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft and IBM, covering a wide range of Cloud Services, including IaaS, PaaS, Containers, Serverless, and IoT.

Head of Digital & Payments Factory at Poste Italiane, coordinating a team of ten people dedicated to the development of digital applications and payment solutions, specialized in microservices architectures running on Kubernetes and operating on Micr... Show more

Passionate about driving digital innovation and process optimization within the pharmaceutical industry, Keith is a seasoned professional with over 25 years of diverse experience spanning research, technology, operations, and leadership. His expertise lies at the intersection of SharePoint, Power Platform, and Pharma R&D, where he has successfully spearheaded impactful solutions and transformational projects.

Passionate about driving digital innovation and process optimization within the pharmaceutical industry, Keith is a seasoned professional with over 25 years of diverse experience spanning research, technology, operations, and leadership. His expertis... Show more

Principal Architect at DataStax, engineering and product on Cassandra and Open Source.

Beyond technology, crazy about snowboarding, rock climbing, trail running, skiing, surfing, and just anything awesome in nature.

Principal Architect at DataStax, engineering and product on Cassandra and Open Source. Beyond technology, crazy about snowboarding, rock climbing, trail running, skiing, surfing, and just anything awesome in nature. Show more

Shana Sumers is a keynote speaker, community builder and former HubSpot leader who teaches organizations and professionals to develop strategic relationship capital that drives career advancement and business growth. Known as "The Mayor" for her ability to connect everyone with anyone, she delivers high-energy sessions on building relationship capital, personal branding and authentic connection. With a track record of scaling communities by 400%, hosting 5 star working events and launching multiple communities in startup and corporate organizations, Shana brings proven frameworks, real-world stories, and actionable takeaways that help audiences turn connections into opportunities.

Shana Sumers is a keynote speaker, community builder and former HubSpot leader who teaches organizations and professionals to develop strategic relationship capital that drives career advancement and business growth. Known as "The Mayor" for her abil... Show more

Karen Dimitrijeski is a Digital Quality & Automation Consultant with over 10 years of experience in Quality roles supporting regulated IT across the Medical Device, Pharmaceutical, and Biotechnology industries. She translates complex global regulatory expectations into clear, actionable solutions that position Quality as a strategic partner, not a bottleneck. Her core expertise includes risk-based GxP system validation (CSV/CSA), data integrity, lifecycle management, and audit readiness.

Her background spans Quality System Management, systems administration, and business ownership for global, enterprise-scale regulated applications supporting hundreds of sites and thousands of users. She has partnered closely with infrastructure operations, IT security, data-center qualification teams, ITSM process owners (change, incident, problem, and access management), and SaaS/IaaS suppliers to ensure that enterprise systems remain compliant, resilient, and audit-ready throughout their lifecycle.

Karen builds scalable, system-agnostic automation architectures that modernize regulated software ecosystems, strengthen governance, and accelerate digital transformation—enabling Quality, ITSM, Security, and Infrastructure teams to operate as aligned partners rather than siloed functions.

Karen Dimitrijeski is a Digital Quality & Automation Consultant with over 10 years of experience in Quality roles supporting regulated IT across the Medical Device, Pharmaceutical, and Biotechnology industries. She translates complex global regulator... Show more

Vyacheslav (Slava) Tykhonov is the head of Artificial Intelligence and Interoperability at CODATA and has a background in information and computer science. Slava has worked for more than 25 years in the area of software development, research and innovation for national, European and international research infrastructures. Most recently, as a Senior R&D Engineer and FAIR data expert, Slava participated in various projects funded by the European Commission. For many years, he has been an active member of the Open-Source community around the Harvard Dataverse platform. As a knowledge engineer and Semantic Web enthusiast, Slava explored and implemented new solutions and data services, from AI and data enrichment to long-term archiving. Slava is co-author of the emerging Croissant for Machine Learning standard.

Vyacheslav (Slava) Tykhonov is the head of Artificial Intelligence and Interoperability at CODATA and has a background in information and computer science. Slava has worked for more than 25 years in the area of software development, research and inno... Show more

Miriah Peterson, a seasoned engineer with 6 years of expertise in Go programming, excels as a Data Reliability Engineer. Her professional journey includes crafting videos, tutorials, and courses, showcasing her mastery in Go and Data Engineering. A dynamic speaker, Miriah has delivered talks on Go, machine learning, and data engineering. As a board member of Forge Foundation Inc. and an organizer of the GoWest Conference, Utah Data Engineering, and Machine Learning Utah meetups, she actively shapes the tech community. Miriah earned her bachelor's degree in physics from Brigham Young University in 2017, laying a strong foundation for her multifaceted contributions to the field.

Miriah Peterson, a seasoned engineer with 6 years of expertise in Go programming, excels as a Data Reliability Engineer. Her professional journey includes crafting videos, tutorials, and courses, showcasing her mastery in Go and Data Engineering. A d... Show more

Fernando Posada is the group leader of the Systems Acceptance and User Environment group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. During his Ph.D., Fernando developed an interest in High-Performance Computing and completed a Master's degree in the same field from SISSA. He has been involved in various HPC projects, working on designing, deploying, managing, and providing support to users in different HPC resources.

Fernando Posada is the group leader of the Systems Acceptance and User Environment group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. During his Ph.D., Fernando developed an interest in... Show more

I did my Doctorate in the field computer vision for medical images. I have been working with images and textual data within medical domain. Currently, I have been involved in several projects related to bioinformatics, ML and multi-omics in veterinary science and evolutionary hologenomics. Apart from the main projects, I am working with other computer vision projects related to medical, infrastructure and other smaller projects. My future projects will include multi-modal models within health science.

I did my Doctorate in the field computer vision for medical images. I have been working with images and textual data within medical domain. Currently, I have been involved in several projects related to bioinformatics, ML and multi-omics in veterinar... Show more

Sumaiya has 15+ years of experience in diverse leadership roles including AI & Product Strategy, Product Development & Management, Digital Transformation and Talent Management. She has won many accolades throughout her career and has been honored as 40under40. Sumaiya also sits on a BOD of a global company.
She made it to the list of Top 20 global Product Leaders of 2023 and she is recognized as Top 100 most influential women of Canada. She is on Claro Top 100 AI & Tech Leaders list and is bestowed Global Recognition Awards twice. Sumaiya also won Chief Product Officer of the year 2024.

Currently she is Chief Product Officer at a category defining AI and Web3.0 company. Previously she served as Chief Product Strategy Officer and earlier she was VP of HR & Digital Transformation. She has worked with Telenor enabling them with their digital transformation. At IBM, she had 3 global roles and she led Technology M&As across 50+ countries in Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa enabling IBM to be an AI & Cloud company. As part of executive team, she has closed millions of dollars of funding for companies.

Sumaiya is a graduate of IBM Leadership Development Program. She is a Startup Advisor, Fulbright scholar with MS/MBA from Purdue University, INSEAD certified Digital Strategy Expert, Certified AI PM and an Engineer with experience of managing cross-functional teams across 6 continents (being based in 4 continents) with Fortune100 multinationals and tech start-ups. She serves on Harvard Business Review (HBR) Advisory Council, World Economic Forum’s AI Council and is on Canadian Web3.0 Committee (Canadian Blockchain Consortium). Sumaiya also collaborates with MIT, University of Toronto and University of Washington for advising portfolio startups across NA and globally specifically in AI, Ethical AI, Product, Technology and Healthcare domains.

As a researcher, keynote speaker, and thought leader, Sumaiya contributes extensively to the global AI and Product community through publications, speaking engagements, media appearances, board and advisory roles. Sumaiya has a strong commitment to mentorship and has mentored 1000s of individuals across the globe. She is also a published author in high-impact peer reviewed journals. Her areas of research are AI based Product Development, Bioinformatics & Biotechnology, Machine Learning/Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Computational Biology and Cybersecurity.

She speaks frequently at multiple forums globally. Sumaiya has spoken at US State Department with delegates from 47 countries including US Congress members. Also gave a talk at Grace Hopper Conference, attended by more than 40K technologists world-wide. Sumaiya has also been a Keynote speaker at University of Toronto and at several industry events including Google DevFest and IEEE. Sumaiya’s work has been featured in national and global media like Al Jazeera, Financial Post, National Post, Telegraph.

Outside work, Sumaiya is a staunch supporter of women and human rights, education and health for underprivileged individuals and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. She loves travelling, learning new things especially technology and history, meeting people from diverse backgrounds and experiencing new cultures.

Sumaiya has 15+ years of experience in diverse leadership roles including AI & Product Strategy, Product Development & Management, Digital Transformation and Talent Management. She has won many accolades throughout her career and has been honored as ... Show more

Valerio Pascucci is the founding Director of the Center for Extreme Data Management Analysis and Visualization (CEDMAV) of the University of Utah. Valerio is also a Faculty member of the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute, a Professor of the School of Computing, University of Utah, and a DOE Laboratory Fellow of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

Valerio Pascucci is the founding Director of the Center for Extreme Data Management Analysis and Visualization (CEDMAV) of the University of Utah. Valerio is also a Faculty member of the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute, a Professor of the ... Show more