Agenda
Keynote Speakers
Monday, September 16
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Registration, Networking
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Welcome & Opening Keynote Address
Speakers

MC: Richard Walker
CEO
York Solutions

Matthew Versaggi
Artificial Intelligence Expert, Entrepreneur, Professor, Evangelist, Patent Holder, Presidential Innovation Fellow (AI)
Office of the White House
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Panel Discussion: AI Innovation Across Industries
Speakers

Moderator: Emily Balfour
VP, Technology Solutions
York Solutions

Teddy Bekele
Chief Technology Officer
Land O'Lakes

Aamer Charania
Head of Applied Machine Learning
Best Buy

Melissa Flicek
Chief Information Officer
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota

Shawn Swearingen
Chief Innovation Officer
Faegre Drinker
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch, Networking
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Breakout: Laying the Foundation for Co-existence with AI
Speakers

Moderator: Jeff Tollefson
President & CEO
Minnesota Technology Association

Priya Senthilkumar
Vice President, Technology & Product Engineering
Pearson

Carey Smith
SVP, Chief Operating Officer
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota

Francois du Toit
Chief Technology Officer
Zelis
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
AI in Action: Case Studies and Lessons Learned from Real-World Implementations
Speakers

Moderator: Rachel Lockett
Former Chief Information Officer
Pohlad Companies

Jason Clarkin
Head of MarTech Engineering & Customer Data
JCPenney

Thomas Gilbertson
Senior Vice President of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Automation
WellSense Health Plan

Jim Graham
Chief Information Officer
NMDP

Michael Mathews
Chief Information Officer
Tennant Company
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Breakout: AI Visionaries. Charting the Course for the Next Wave of Tech
Speakers

Moderator: Emily Balfour
VP, Technology Solutions
York Solutions

Brett Cooksey
Chief Technology Officer
Redwood Logistics

Grant Ecker
Founder and Chairman of the Board
Chief Architect Network

Steven Peterson
Senior Director, Enterprise Architecture
Rodan + Fields
1:45 PM - 2:05 PM
Networking
2:05 PM - 2:35 PM
Keynote: Tolgahan Cakaloglu, Ph.D.
Speaker

Tolgahan Cakaloglu, Ph.D.
Distinguished Scientist of AI - GenAI/LLM/RL & Knowledge Base
Walmart
2:35 PM - 3:00 PM
YorkX
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Keynote Fireside Chat
Speakers

Moderator: Emily Balfour
VP, Technology Solutions
York Solutions

Matthew Versaggi
Artificial Intelligence Expert, Entrepreneur, Professor, Evangelist, Patent Holder, Presidential Innovation Fellow (AI)
Office of the White House

Tarek Tomes
Chief Information Officer
State of Minnesota
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Afternoon Break
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Closing Keynote Address
Future Outlook
Speaker

Marc Kermisch
CEO
Clarity 3Sixty
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Closing
Speaker

Richard Walker
CEO
York Solutions
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