Thought Leadership

Five AI conversations we’ll explore in this year’s ScaleUp:AI

Jen Jordan | September 27, 2023| 2 min. read
signage at ScaleUp:AI 2022

Following on the success of last year’s event, this October ScaleUp:AI returns with a fresh roster of 40 speakers — top thinkers, builders, innovators, and experts in the AI space. This year’s in-person and virtual event will bring context to the conversation about how AI is transforming our work and our lives. Here’s insight into some of the major themes our speakers will be exploring.

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ScaleUp:AI

Unlocking value with AI

Leading organizations are already experimenting with AI to drive better customer experiences, uncover new revenue opportunities, optimize operations, and free up employees to focus on higher-value work.

Relevant sessions

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Relevant speakers

  • Shane Orlick, President, Jasper
  • Zeev Farbman, CEO & Co-Founder, Lightricks
  • Ely Greenfield, CTO, Digital Media, Adobe
  • Nenshad Bardoliwalla, AI/ML Product Leader, Google
  • Vijay Tella, CEO & Co-Founder, Workato
  • Naveen Rao, VP of Generative AI, Databricks
  • Vaughn Schermerhorn, Director, Software and Product for Community, Amazon
  • May Habib, CEO & Co-Founder, Writer

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Responsible AI scaling and ethical design

Nearly every speaker is likely to touch on the rapidly evolving topic of responsibly using and scaling AI. Experts will share tips for designing, training, building, and scaling ethical AI systems, from data governance to understanding output and everything in between.

Relevant sessions

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Relevant speakers

  • Triveni Gandhi, Responsible AI Lead, Dataiku
  • Chris Van Pelt, Co-Founder, Weights & Biases
  • George Mathew, Managing Director, Insight Partners

Connect with all our speakers here.

More reading

Investor POV: AI governance and responsible use

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Collaboration and workforce transformation

Our speakers will share strategies for ensuring that AI enhances productivity without disrupting workflows and specific examples of how AI is supercharging the workforce and improving collaboration.

Relevant sessions

See the full agenda here.

Relevant Speakers

  • Kyle Daigle, COO, GitHub
  • Marco Argenti, CIO, Goldman Sachs

Connect with all our speakers here.

How AI is transforming specific industries (and national security)

Leaders in finance, healthcare, and national security will talk about how AI has impacted specific industries. From AI’s transformative role in cybersecurity and risk mitigation to leveraging real-time AI to improve patient outcomes, subject-matter experts will explain the transformational power of innovation in outdated, bureaucratic systems.

Relevant sessions

See the full agenda here.

Relevant Speakers

  • Hui Wang, VP of Data Science and Machine Learning, PayPal
  • Sirisha Kadamalakalva, MD & Global Head of AI, Citi Group
  • Charles Phiri, Executive Director | SME AI/ML Innovation, J.P. Morgan
  • Evan Reiser, CEO & Co-Founder, Abnormal
  • Alexandra Mousavizadeh, CEO & Co-Founder, Evident
  • Sue Gordon, Former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence
  • Nand Mulchandani, CTO, CIA
  • Bianca Anghelina, Founder & CEO, Aily
  • Daniella Gilboa, CEO & Co-Founder, AIVF
  • Ron Vianu, Co-Founder & CEO, Covera Health

Connect with all our speakers here.

Lessons from AI pioneers and insights for the future

Insights from an investor’s perspective from working with AI scaleups and pioneers in the field, perspectives from the highest levels of leadership in some of the most innovative enterprises in the world, and predictions from co-authors of one of the most transformational papers in AI research.

Relevant sessions

See the full agenda here.

Relevant Speakers

  • Lila Tretikov, Corporate Vice President & Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft
  • Marco Argenti, CIO, Goldman Sachs
  • Lonne Jaffe, Managing Director, Insight Partners
  • Niki Parmar, Co-Founder, Essential AI
  • Ashish Vaswani, Co-Founder, Essential AI

Connect with all our speakers here.

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