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2026 Featured Speakers

Discover the visionary leaders and experts who shared their insights at the 2026 Ai Summit. Learn from their diverse perspectives on innovation, inclusivity, and the transformative potential of AI.

Gopi Kallayil

Chief Business Strategist

​Amjad Shaikh

VP, Platform and AI Experiences

David Rhew, M.D.

Global Chief Medical Officer & VP of Healthcare, Health & Life Sciences

Martin Gonzalez

Head of Organizational AI Research

Charu Adesnik

Executive Director

Abhijeet Joshi

Senior Technical Program Manager

Walter
Greenleaf, PhD.

Researcher & Innovations Director

Andy Parsons

Global Head of Content Authenticity

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​Okhtay Azarmanesh

Principal AI/ML Architect, Applied Field Engineering

Kathi Vidal

Partner at Winston & Strawn, Former Under Secretary of Commerce for IP and Director

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Aaron Luber

Director at 
Google Labs

Sneha Ghosh

EVP Data NAMER

Sam Lewis

SVP Creative & Media

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Ben Relles

Founder

Susan Kirsh 
MD MPH

Deputy Assistant Undersecretary for Health

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Lara Cohen

VP of Strategic Partnerships: Media, Creators & AI Cloudflare

Amir Rubin

CEO

Ivan Lee

Founder & CEO

Charlene Yu Vaughn

Co-founder at UCSF Global Healthcare Innovation Cohort Founder & CEO at Kinala Health, Inc.

Tess Gilman Posner

Board Member at AI4ALL, Founder & CEO

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Dave Nielsen

Head of Dev Rel 
at Cognee

Manisha Gupta

Former VP, Products, AI/ML Analytics on People Intelligence at Oracle, 
Founder at WearVedic

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Joe Sabado

Deputy Chief Information Officer at UC Santa Barbara, UC AI Council

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Our Mission

Making artificial intelligence
accessible to everyone.

AI Themes

UseAI

  • AI in Healthcare
  • AI in Autonomous Systems and Smart Cities
  • Creative AI
  • AI in Finance
  • AI in Retail
  • AI in Education
  • Other

BuildAI

  • Agentic AI
  • Multimodal AI
  • Research in Deep Learning, GenAI, LLMs
  • AI in AR/VR
  • Edge AI
  • AI Hardware
  • Tools and Platforms for AI Development
  • Automated Machine Learning (AutoML)
  • AI in Internet of Things (IoT)
  • Emerging AI: AI in Neuroscience, Synthetic Data, Explainable AI (XAI)
  • Other

ResponsibleAI

  • Advancements in AI Security
  • Ethics of Multimodal and Advanced AI Systems
  • Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning
  • Regulation, Policy, and Governance
  • AI for Social Good
  • Sustainability and AI
  • Bias and Fairness in AI
  • AI and Workforce Impact
  • Other

C-SuiteAI

  • Startups and AI
  • AI Leadership and Strategy
  • AI Impact and Case Studies
  • Innovation and Investment
  • Other

Highlights

Sponsors & Partners

Meet the sponsors and partners whose generous support makes the Ai Summit possible. Their commitment helps us expand opportunities, foster collaboration, and amplify the impact of inclusive innovation in AI.

Donors

Meet the donors whose generous support makes the TechEquity Ai Summit possible. Their commitment includes in-kind support, grants, and contributions that help expand opportunities and amplify our reach.

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