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Artificial intelligence has spiked in news coverage recently, especially with the Microsoft multibillion investment in OpenAI. As expected, there are a multitude of both challenges and opportunities as the AI technology becomes more advanced. Will this technological change upend or advance business? It's not always obvious how AI will change any particular business, but it's happening faster than anyone thought possible. Board members need to prepare. Join us for a session that will discuss the current state and rapid advancement of AI and its implications for business and for board member fiduciary duties.
SPEAKERS
GLENN GOW
Glenn Gow is “The AI guy”. He is a former CEO and has been a board member of four companies. He is currently a board member (Soteria Intelligence) and CEO coach. Glenn is a respected thought leader on technology disruption, especially AI. He writes a column on AI in Forbes. His other articles have been published in Fortune, NACD's Directorship Magazine, Directors & Boards, CIO Magazine, Inc., and InfoWorld. He is a sought-after speaker on AI and has spoken at the NACD, Private Directors Association, Financial Executives Networking Group, MIT/Stanford Venture Lab, Harvard Business School, Northern California Venture Capital Association and the Wall Street Journal AI Conference.
LISA HAMMITT
Lisa Hammitt is a 28-year veteran in Artificial Intelligence and Big Data, with a track record of building $100M+ businesses. Lisa sits on the board of directors for QuSecure, Intelsat, Clear Channel Outdoor, and Glassbox. She was previously the Global Vice President of Artificial Intelligence and Data at VISA, ran Watson at IBM and held senior positions in AI and Data at Salesforce and HP. She is an advisor to the University of California at San Francisco Medical Center and is member of the Executive Committee for IEEE’s Privacy by Design workstream.
MICHELLE K. LEE
The Hon. Michelle K. Lee is a digital transformation strategist, AI business leader, and CEO of Obsidian Strategies, a consulting firm that advises companies on identifying their highest return-on-investment digital transformation opportunities, particularly machine learning. Recently, Ms. Lee was a senior executive and the Vice President of the Machine Learning (ML) Solutions Lab and Computer Vision businesses at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Before Amazon, Ms. Lee served as the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). She led one of the largest intellectual property offices in the world and was the principal advisor to the President, through the Secretary of Commerce, on intellectual property policies. In this role, Ms. Lee brought AI and data analytics to this 200+ year old governmental agency to increase the quality, speed and consistency of patents issued. Prior to public service, Ms. Lee was an executive for 8 years at Google.
JEFF WONG
Jeff Wong is the Ernst & Young Global Chief Innovation Officer and brings deep experience across strategy, investing and building new ventures globally. Jeff sits on the Oxford Foundry Board, Oxford University and the Advisory Board for AI4All, a non-profit organization working to increase diversity and inclusion in artificial intelligence. He is also a member of the Forbes Technology Council.
DAN SICILIANO (moderator)
Dan Siciliano is a successful technology CEO-founder and entrepreneur as well as an independent director on the board of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco. He is a recognized expert in corporate strategy and governance, capital financial markets, technological disruption and cybersecurity. He is currently Chairman of SVDX and a fellow at Stanford University.