MIT AI Conference

Agenda – October 17

8:15 AM

Registration

Foyer

General Admission: Lobby Sponsors / Speakers / VIPs / Judges: 2nd floor at the top of the stairs

8:15 AM4:15 PM

Coffee, Tea and Matcha

Foyer
Served by Fez —
Fez coffee menu: espresso, americano, cortado, flat white, cappuccino and latte; cardamom, salted miso caramel and lavender syrups; whole or oat milk; hot chocolate, tea and green juiceFez matcha menu: ube, vanilla and pandan matcha, each with ceremonial grade matcha; oat or whole milk
8:15 AM

Breakfast Snacks

Outside Hahn Auditorium

9:00 AM

Shuja KeenFounder & Chair / Founder & President MITAI / MITASLuna MarounCo-ChairMITAI 2026Rachel LangCo-ChairMITAI 2026Sasha HoffmanMITAI, Event ProducerThe Sasha Edition, Founder

9:20 AM

Vivek RanadivéChairman & CEO Sacramento KingsBrad PorterFounder & CEOCobotDaron AcemogluProfessor, Nobel LaureateMITCarina HongFounderAxiom Math

10:10 AM

Abhinav AdduriML Tech LeadArc InstituteFeyza HaskaramanPartnerFelicisIvan BurazinFounderDaytonaMaggie ChungCo-FounderVoioNancy WangCTO1Password

Ana PinczukPresident & CPTOSentinelOneBhawna SinghCTOLightspeed CommerceDor FledelMember of Technical StaffAnthropicJake SeidGeneral PartnerBallistic VenturesMike HamiltonBoard Member / Former CIOGenesys Works / CloudflareOmar KhawajaField CISODatabricks

11:00 AM

Julie YooGeneral PartnerAndreessen HorowitzNikhil Buduma Co-founder & CEOAmbience Healthcare Reshma Khilnani Co-founder & CEOMedplumVanessa ColellaPresident & CEOStellarus

Felipe ChavezCo-Founder & CEORobot.comKevin PetersonCTOBedrock RoboticsManal HabibCEOMightyFlySwati ChaturvediManaging PartnerCalculus VC

11:40 AM

Rachel LangCo-ChairMITAI 2026Shishir MehrotraCEOSuperhuman
12:00 PM1:30 PM

Lunch

Food available in the Grand Hall, seating in Hahn

Visit demo tables for our Hackathon winners, Research Slam students and our featured AI startups in Grand Hall

Lunch provided by SAJJ —

12:00 PM6:00 PM

Chai

Foyer

Chai served by Elaichi Chai —

12:30 PM

1:30 PM

Bret TaylorCEO / Chairman of the BoardSierra / OpenAIFawad AhmadCOO and CCOADT

2:15 PM

Dan Huttenlocher Dean, MIT Schwarzman College of ComputingMITMark GorenbergManaging DirectorZetta Venture PartnersMubarik ImamLecturer & Advisory CouncilStanford University Graduate School of Business

Hadi PartoviFounder / CEOCode.org / Payam MusicSarah MirzaPartner & Patent AttorneySquire Patton Boggs

2:50 PM

Research Slam Presentations, Hackathon Demos and Startup Pitches

Grand Hall

3:30 PM

Ann Miura-KoManaging PartnerFloodgateJames ChamPartnerBloomberg BetaJustin McCarthyFounderDiffusion AISam SchillaceCVP, Deputy CTOMicrosoft
4:00 PM

Snacks

Rolls and samosas provided by Zareen's
Outside Grand Hall and Hahn Auditorium —

Ice Cream provided by Salt and Straw
Foyer —

4:10 PM

Anna SunCo-FounderNowadaysJessica McKellarFounder & CEOPilotSelin KocalarCo-Founder & COODelveUmair KhanFounding PartnerMentors Fund

Anvisha PaiFounder & CEOModaHugo BarraVP Product, Superintelligence labsMetaMichael GrinichFounderWorkOSMoin NadeemCo-Founder Phonic

4:50 PM

DJ PatilFormer U.S. Chief Data ScientistThe White HouseSuhas PatilFounderCirrus Logic

5:15 PM

Shuja KeenFounder & Chair / Founder & President MITAI / MITAS

5:30 PM

Aparna ChennapragadaVP of Wearables ProductMetaArun SaigalCo-Founder & CEOThunkable
6:00 PM7:00 PM

Happy Hour

Foyer
Join us for mocktails, ice cream () and networking to close out the day.