
AI Realized Spring 2025
The enterprise AI deployment summit
UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center, San Francisco
An exclusive one-day in-person event for enterprise executives.
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500+ Enterprise Executives
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35+ Speakers
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20+ Sponsors and Partners
Sessions
Gain strategic insights and network with peers tackling AI deployment. Explore Fortune 2000 use cases, learn strategies from experienced practitioners, and gather input for strategic planning.












Previous Speakers
Leaders from Fortune 2000 companies with hands-on experience deploying AI in enterprise businesses, sharing real-world results and lessons learned.
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Sessions
Gain strategic insights and network with peers facing similar AI deployment challenges. Recruit key talent to your teams. Share your experiences and learn from others' successes and setbacks.
Agenda
8:00 AM Registration & Networking
9:00 AM Keynote
Paul Baier CEO, GAI Insights
Driving Company Value with GenAI & "Own Your Own Intelligence
9:40 AM AI Production Use Cases
Bank of America, Awais Bajwa, Head of Data & AI Banking,
Boosting Developer Productivity with AI in Financial Services
10:00 AM BREAK
10:20 AM AI Production Use Cases, Continued
Github, Chris Butler, Staff Production Operations Manager
Building Multi-agent, Sociotechnical Systems at GitHub
Tubi, Blake Bassett, VP of Product
AI-powered search to viewers something to watch faster
Stanford Health, Nikesh Kotecha, Head of Data Science
Operationalizing AI in Healthcare
Betterworks, Maher Hanafi, VP Engineering
GenAI in HR Tech: From PoC to Production
12:00 noon Lunch and Networking
1:00 PM Keynote
Steve Jones, EVP Data Driven Business and GenAI
1:30 PM M&E Panel:
Overcoming Challenges when Managing and Deploying AI in M&E Supply Chain & Production
Allan McLennan, Founder and President, PADEM Media Group, Moderator
Megan Mauck, SVP Media Operations, NBCUniversal
Brian Lakamp, Lakamp Media, former EVP Media Supply Chain at Paramount
Blake Basset, VP, Product, Tubi
2:20 PM Security Panel:
Overcoming Security Challenges when Deploying AI to Production
Shana Simmons, Chief Legal Officer, Zendesk, Moderator
Jake Martens, SVP & CISO, Aristocrat, Moderator
Liz O’Sullivan, CEO & Co-Founder, Vera AI
Vrajesh Bhavsar, CEO & Co-Founder, Operant AI
2:50 PM BREAK
3:10 PM Data Panel:
Overcoming Data Challenges when Deploying AI to Production
Randy Friedman, CCO, Cognizer AI, Moderator
Matt Maccaux, Head of Customer Engineering, Google Cloud
Nikesh Kotecha, Head of Data Science, Stanford Health
Maher Hanafi, VP Engineering, Betterworks
Kris Bondi, CEO and Co-Founder of Mimoto AI
3:45 PM Ops Panel:
Overcoming Operations and Infrastructure Challenges when Deploying AI to Production
Hanlin Fang, AI & SaaS Product Executive, Airbnb, Moderator
Ivan Lee, CEO, Founder, Datasaur.ai
Erin Yang, VP and Chief Technologist, Workday Ventures
Ping Wu, CEO, Cresta
Tim Crawford, CIO Strategic Advisor, AVOA
4:15 PM Organization Panel:
Overcoming Organizational and Management Challenges when Deploying AI to Production
Mandy Elliott, Director of AI and Data, Experience Engineering, Red Hat, Moderator
Kenn So, Director, Corporate Development & Strategy, Smartsheet
Matthew Swanson, Founder, Managing Partner, SVSG
Isar Meitis, CEO, Multiplai.ai
Lana Dubinskiy, Frational Chief AI Officer & Strategic Consultant and Co-Founder, Women and AI
4:45 PM Keynote
Jeremiah Owyang, GP, Blitzscaling Ventures:
Plot Your Path: The Road to an Agentic Enterprise: Integrating Copilots; AI Assistants; and AI Agents
5:20 PM Strategic Planning 2025: Technology
Ted Shelton, COO, Inflection AI, Moderator
Steve Jones, EVP Data Driven Business and GenAI
Nikesh Kotecha, Head of Data Science, Stanford Health
Awais Bajwa, Head of Data & AI Banking, Bank of America
Monte Gibbs, Chief Product Officer, AI/ML Architect
Ted Shelton, COO, Inflection AI, Moderator
Tolga Kurtoglu, CTO, Lenovo
Paul Vinogradov, Principal at Deloitte Consulting
Jake Martens, SVP and CISO, Aristocrat
Paul Baier, CEO, GAI Insights