Empowering Beyond Summit 2025 Agenda

BREAKFAST

Proceed to Breakwater Ballroom for EBS 25 Opening

Welcome Remarks

• Anupam Govil – Managing Partner, Avasant

Opening Keynote – Human AI Partnership – Preparing Your Workforce for The Digital Future

• Olivia Gambelin – AI Ethicist, Ethical Intelligence

Plenary Keynote – Inspiration Applied: Empowering Enterprises Through Breakthrough Innovations

• Kevin S. Parikh – Chairman & CEO, Avasant

Fireside Chat – From Algorithms to Conscience: Are we Headed towards a Symbiosis or Apocalypse?

• Ravi Sarkar – Enterprise CTO, Microsoft
• Amy Daali – CEO, Lucea AI
• Anupam Govil – Managing Partner, and Summit Chair, Avasant (Moderator)

COFFEE AND SNACK BREAK

CXO Deep Dive

(Breakwater Ballroom)

• Eric Iverson – Partner and CTO, UTA
• Lesley Silverman – Head of New Tech, UTA

Fireside Chat – The Future of Health: How AI and Innovation are Driving Operational and Patient Outcomes

• Lucilla Rastelli – CIO Global Services & Supply Chain, GE HealthCare
• Russ Scoville III – VP, Enterprise Data Services, CareSource
• Robert Dreussi – CTO, Adventist Health
• Nishant Verma – Managing Partner, Avasant (Moderator)

Panel Discussion – Beyond Digital First: A Real-World Roadmap for Finance and Insurance

(Breakwater Ballroom)

• Rohan Ranadive – Chief Risk Officer, WisdomTree
• Alpa Inamdar – Transformation Leader, AIG
• Vipul Nagrath – Senior Vice President, ADP
• Christopher Campbell – Managing Director, Head of Global Financial Services, Ensono
• Suzanne Brown – Director, NYSE
• Robert Joslin – Managing Partner, Avasant (Moderator)

Panel Discussion – Disrupting the Disruptors: Where Will the Next Wave of Innovation Come From?

(Coastal Ballroom)

• Jamie Roberts – Head of North America Venture Studio, Stellantis Ventures
• Nneka Ukpai – Chief Investment Officer, Pop Venture
• Bhaskar Ghosh – Partner, 8VC
• Chandrika Dutt – Research Director, Avasant (Moderator)

Panel Discussion – The Rise of Agentic AI: Powering the Next Level of Business Transformation

(Breakwater Ballroom)

• Dan Vasquez – AI Strategy Lead, Rocket Mortgage
• Adnan Masood – Chief Architect, UST
• Anju Gupta – CEO, 4BlueJay
• Nitesh Dhingra – Vice President, Data Science, Capital Group
• Shobhit Patnaik – Partner, Avasant (Moderator)

Panel Discussion – From Factory to Customer: Building Resilient Supply Chains in an Uncertain Global Economy

(Coastal Ballroom)

• Jim Panos – CIO, Central National Gottesman Inc.
• Joseph Pensiero – Former CIO, GPA Global
• Daniel Hedstrom – CIO, Modine Manufacturing Company
• Marissa Olaleye – Global Director Strategic Sourcing, Alcon
• Mike Wheeler – Partner, Avasant (Moderator)

LUNCH

Panel Discussion – GBS as a Strategic Enabler: Driving Business Growth and Efficiencies

(Breakwater Ballroom)

• Umesh Tejwani – Vice President, Wipro
• Peter Nag – Global Head BPO, Shared Services & Transformation, Merck
• Laura Walsh – Global CIO, Culligan International
• Jairo Quiros – SVP Global Business Services & Product Engineering Centres, Equifax
• Chirag Rawat – Senior Director, Consulting, Avasant (Moderator)

Panel Discussion – Next-Gen Media: How to Engage and Monetize Audiences in a Digital-First World

(Coastal Ballroom)

• Tom Gebauer – SVP Design & Research, Dow Jones & The Wall Street Journal
• Deepika Manglani – VP, Product & Program Management, Los Angeles Times
• Ranjit Raju – Head of AI Strategy, Media & Entertainment, Google
• Andre Sole – Partner, Avasant (Moderator)

Panel Discussion – Accelerating Digital Integration and Value Creation across Travel & Transportation

(Breakwater Ballroom)

• Mustafa Al Ausaje – Senior Consultant, GTAA
• Sunny S. Bajaj – Head of Infra, Data and AI, BNSF Railway
• Gabe Rizzi – President, ALTOUR
• Richard Kabrt – SVP Head of Advisor Relations, WNS Global Services
• Carlos Hernandez – Managing Partner, Avasant (Moderator)

Panel Discussion – Harnessing AI for Good: The Promise and Peril of AI

(Coastal Ballroom)

• Asha Saxena – Founder & CEO, World Leaders in Data and AI
• Veena Nayak – VP of Data Strategy and Solutions, University of Phoenix
• Chitra Rajeshwari – Executive Director & Principal, Avasant Foundation (Moderator)

Panel Discussion – From Claims to Care: The AI-Powered Future of Healthcare

(Breakwater Ballroom)

• Josh Goode – CIO, SCAN Health Plan
• Rishi Mehta – Vice President, LIBERTY Dental Plan
• Manjunath Yerragunta – Chief Business Officer, Healthcare, LTIMindtree
• Mark Biviano – Chief Operating Officer, Palco
• Matthew Barlow – Managing Partner, Avasant (Moderator)

Panel Discussion – Retail Re-imagined: Navigating Omnichannel, Sustainability, and Consumer Expectations

(Coastal Ballroom)

• Ann Marie Ippoliti – VP E-Commerce & Marketing, Michael Kors
• Seven Cohen – Head of Innovation, Capital Group
• Glenn Kalokira – Senior Technology Leader, Johnson & Johnson
• Harvey Gluckman – Principal, Avasant (Moderator)

COFFEE AND SNACK BREAK

Panel Discussion – Innovation at the Speed of Flight: Pioneering Digital Transformation in Aerospace & Defense

(Breakwater Ballroom)

• Will Setiyawan – Sr. Director, Global ERP CoE Lead, Northrop Grumman Corporation
• Kevin Ruggiero – Senior VP & CIO, Parsons Corporation
• David C. Whitaker – Vice President, CIO, General Atomics
• Patrick Tremblay – Client Account Partner, DXC Technology
• Naresh Lachmandas – Partner, Avasant (Moderator)

Avasant Research Insights – The Dawn of Autonomous Systems: The Agentic AI Playbook

(Coastal Ballroom)

• Chandrika Dutt – Research Director, Avasant
• Shael Roopchand – Senior Director, Corporate Strategy & Sustainability, Avasant
• Fernando Pons – BA, MBA and PHD
• Mandeep Maini – Distinguished Fellow, Avasant

Panel Discussion – Re-imagining Work: How AI Will Reshape the Digital Workplace

(Breakwater Ballroom)

• Rob Devers – VP & CIO, Majestic Realty Co.
• Anthony Moses – Global Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, Yamaha Motor Finance Corp.
• Michael Lederman – Vice President IT, The Leading Hotels of the World
• Gopal Govindarajulu – VP Information Technology, Enlyte
• Ed Kloskowski – Global Head of IT, Zoetis
• Rakesh Patro – Partner, Avasant (Moderator)

Panel Discussion – Innovation at the Edge: The Coming Impact of AGI and Quantum

(Coastal Ballroom)

• Stefan Leichenauer – VP of Engineering, SandboxAQ
• Aaron Lauda – Divisional Dean of Physical Sciences & Mathematics, USC
• Mark Gyure – Executive Director & Adjunct Professor, UCLA
• Nikhil Patel – Head of Ideation, Strategy & Scouting, State Farm
• Jim Rinaldi – Co-Chair Fellows Program, Avasant (Moderator)

Closing Fireside: Zooming Into the Future: Disruption, Innovation and the Human-AI Alliance

• Smita Hashim – Chief Product Officer, Zoom
• Andre Sole – Partner, Avasant

Closing Remarks

• Anupam Govil – Managing Partner, Avasant (Host)
• Jessica Chase – Event MC

Closing Reception