Omar Khawaja
Databricks

Omar Khawaja

Databricks, Field CISO

Omar Khawaja leads Databricks’ Field Security practice globally, teaches at Carnegie Mellon University’s CISO, CDAIO and NACD programs, serves on the boards of HITRUST and FAIR Institute, spent 9 years as CISO of a $26B enterprise and is leading a team that developed two actionable AI risk frameworks (DASF, DAGF) being adopted by large organizations globally.

October 17, 2026

On the agenda

  • When AI Gets It Wrong, What’s on the Line?

    10:10 AMGrand Hall

    AI is moving beyond assisting with work to making decisions and taking action inside some of our most consequential systems. As agents gain greater autonomy across cybersecurity, enterprise infrastructure, and the systems that shape economic opportunity, the stakes of failure rise with them.

    Speakers

    • Dor Fledel, Anthropic — MIT AI Conference speaker
      Anthropic

      Dor Fledel

      Anthropic

      Member of Technical Staff

    • Ana Pinczuk, SentinelOne — MIT AI Conference speaker
      SentinelOne

      Ana Pinczuk

      SentinelOne

      President & CPTO

    • Jake Seid, Ballistic Ventures — MIT AI Conference speaker
      Ballistic Ventures

      Jake Seid

      Ballistic Ventures

      General Partner

    • Mike Hamilton, Genesys Works / Cloudflare — MIT AI Conference speaker
      Genesys Works / Cloudflare

      Mike Hamilton

      Genesys Works / Cloudflare

      Board Member / Former CIO

    • Bhawna Singh, Lightspeed Commerce — MIT AI Conference speaker
      Lightspeed Commerce

      Bhawna Singh

      Lightspeed Commerce

      CTO