Vikram is an entrepreneur who has founded multiple innovative businesses in software and financial services. Among his earlier ventures, Vikram was the founding CEO of Neonyoyo, a mobile software startup with a successful exit to Interwoven (now part of HP). Prior to founding and advising on various startups, Vikram was a Principal in the Institutional Equities Division at Morgan Stanley.

Jayan is a technologist with over 20 years of experience in computer vision and AI. He was previously a Director of Applied Science at AWS where he led the applied science teams that built the AI for Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology. Before Amazon, he led programs at SRI International in visual media reasoning, automotive safety, and commercialization of computer vision technologies.

Prof. Al Bovik holds the Cockrell Family Regents Endowed Chair at The University of Texas at Austin, where he is Director of the Laboratory for Image and Video Engineering (LIVE). A preeminent vision scientist and video engineer, Prof. Bovik is winner of the 2022 Edison Medal, a Technology and Engineering Emmy Award in 2021, and a Primetime Emmy Award in 2015.

Prof. Joydeep Ghosh is currently the Schlumberger Centennial Chair Professor at the University of Texas, Austin, specializing in Data Sciences and Artificial Intelligence. Among his numerous awards and recognitions, he has received the ICDM Award (2020) for lifetime research contributions to Data Mining and Machine Learning.

Dr. Shailesh Kumar is Chief Data Scientist at Jio Platforms and Dean, Jio Institute. Shailesh has over 23 years of academic, industrial, startup, and leadership experience in building AI Platforms and solutions combining a variety of AI paradigms including Natural Language Processing, Knowledge Graphs, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Optimization, etc. Prior to this, he worked as an AI/ML leader at Ola, Microsoft, Google, Yahoo!, and FICO.

David is an industry veteran with 30 years of full-stack enterprise software development experience, and particular expertise in architecting and implementing scalable SaaS (Software as a Service) products. He holds a BS and an MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.

Dr. Chatterjee is a software architect with 20 years of focus on applied research for strategic product development, including at Motorola and Interwoven. He co-founded Neonyoyo, a mobile software company that had a successful exit to Interwoven, now part of HP. Arun has a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.

Steven is a Senior Machine Learning Engineer with 6+ years of experience at the intersection of AI and Software Engineering building models and products for Amazon Just Walk Out and AWS. His expertise lies in bringing AI products to production at scale and optimizing model training workflows. He received a BS in Biomedical Engineering with a focus in Computational Biology from Johns Hopkins University in 2017.

Martin brings over 8 years of experience in integrating AI with complex software systems. His expertise lies in solving complex distributed data problems. His solutions are now core to powering the AI used in the autonomous drone systems at Anduril Industries and in the cashierless stores of Amazon Go. Martin holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Columbia University.

Nikhil Kumar has a diverse background in Machine Learning, Economics, Music and Computer Science. He is a Master of Science student at Arizona State University in the field of Computer Science.

Song Wang is a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. His works revolve around Natural Language Processing, and Generative AI. Before his Ph.D., Song obtained his M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin in 2021.

Dr. Kirschner is a pioneer in digital media, with focus on technologies that transform content and commerce. A veteran of five start-ups, Ann was the first digital strategist for the NFL, where she launched NFL SUNDAY TICKET, NFL.COM, and SUPERBOWL.COM. She is the president of Hunter College and professor of practice at Arizona State University.

James M. (Jim) Kennedy is a media strategist and venture advisor who led strategic planning and corporate development at The Associated Press for more than 20 years where he retired as senior vice president in 2022. Jim has deep expertise in digital product development, product-market fit and helping companies grow through strategic alignment with industry partners.

Larry Jones is a visionary pioneer in the realm of sports, broadcasting, and entertainment. He is a preeminent strategist and deal maker with deep relationships across the sports domain. He recently retired from Fox Sports as Executive Vice President, where he was involved in every major business endeavor over the past three decades.

Marcus Brauchli is co-founder and managing partner at North Base Media, a global investment firm focused on media and tools that support media. He spent a long career in journalism, including stints as top editor of The Wall Street Journal and of The Washington Post.