TechEquity Ai Summit 2026: Talks + Workshops + Hackathon, Ft Google, Nvidia

​The TechEquity Ai Summit 2026 is a four-day hybrid event that brings together over 2,000 AI leaders, founders, investors, and educators across sectors, including enterprise, startups, healthcare, workforce, education, marketing, and creative.
This session is part of the TechEquity Ai Flagship Event, combining strategic insights and real-world use cases from industry leaders, alongside technical workshops and live demos.

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​Tuesday, 11/03/26 - Enterprise AI & Transformation
AI in Enterprise | AI in Marketing & Creative

​Wednesday, 11/04/26 - Data, Agentic AI & Open Source
AI in Enterprise | AI in Infrastructure

​Thursday, 11/05/26 - AI for Workforce & Enterprise
AI in Enterprise | AI in Workforce Transformation | AI in Education | AI in Nonprofits

​Friday, 11/06/26 - AI in Healthcare
AI in Diagnosis and Imaging | Surgery and Robotics | Drug Discovery | Patient Monitoring | Clinical Decision Support | Mental Health | Safety and Equity

• ​Gopi Kallayil - Chief Business Strategist at Google
• ​Ran Hu - Director of Strategic Business Development at Nvidia
• ​Krishnan Parasuraman - VP, Head of Global Field CTO Office at
• ​Andy Parsons - Global Head of Content Authenticity at Adobe
• ​Aaron Luber - Director at Google Labs
• ​Lara Cohen - VP of Strategic Partnerships: Media, Creators & AI at Cloudflare
• ​Sneha Ghosh - EVP Data NAMER at Monks
• ​Sam Lewis - SVP Creative & Media at DEPT
• ​Ali Payani - Founder & CEO at Payani AI
• ​Ben Relles - Founder at Make Believe
• ​Kathi Vidal - Partner at Winston & Strawn, Former Director at USPTO
• ​Matthew Thomas Miller - Of Counsel at Winston Taylor
• ​Xuyang Zhu - Partner at Winston Taylor
• ​Richie Bachala, Senior Manager of Applied Engineering at
• ​Dave Doan - Senior Delivery Manager at
• ​Abhijeet Joshi - Senior Technical Program Manager at

• ​Amjad Shaikh - VP, Platform and AI Experiences at ServiceNow
• ​Stephen Chin - VP of Developer Relations at Neo4j
• ​Jeff Bellinghausen - CTO at Sidekick Wellness Inc.
• ​Okhtay Azarmanesh - Principal AI/ML Architect, Applied Field Engineering at
• ​Harsha Reddy, Senior Engineering Leader at Doordash
• ​George Fraser - CEO at Fivetran
• ​Ivan Lee - Founder & CEO at Datasaur
• ​Ashish Shubham - Engineering Fellow / VP at ThoughtSpot
• ​Dave Nielsen - Director of Community at

• ​Martin Gonzalez - Head of Organizational AI Research at Google DeepMind
• ​Stacy Robnett - Head of Org Design & Ecosystem Strategy at Lightspeed Venture
• ​Sowmya Kannan - Director, Education and Workforce Development, AI Alliance Co-Chair at IBM
• ​Sanjmeet Abrol - AI Strategy &
  Engineering Leader at IBM
• ​Karthik Yogeshwar - GenAI Workforce Planning and Vendor Strategy - Program Manager at Meta
• ​Charu Adesnik - Executive Director at Cisco Foundation
• ​Vineeth Kalluru - Senior Solutions Architect - Generative AI at Nvidia
• ​Kunal Patil - ML Engineer at Glean
• ​Tess Gilman Posner - Board Member at AI4ALL, Rounder & CEO at Resonance
• ​Oana Ignat - Assistant Professor at Santa Clara University
• ​Kolento Hou - Co-founder & CEO at Emergences Labs
• ​Christopher Camp - Surgeon at Mayo Clinic
• ​Ally Kaiser - Head of Product at NeuRealities
• ​Manisha Gupta - Former VP, Products, AI/ML Analytics on People Intelligence at Oracle, Founder at WearVedic
• ​Adam Kirsh CEO at Kirsh Industrial AI
  

• ​Walter Greenleaf, PhD - Researcher & Innovations Director at Stanford Medical Mixed Reality Center, Stanford University
• ​Daniel Kraft, Founder & Chair at NextMed Health
• ​Kabir Kasargod - Healthcare Lead at Qualcomm
• ​Susan Kirsh MD MPH - Deputy Assistant Undersecretary for Health at The Department of Veterans Affairs
• ​Cheristi Cognetta-Rieke - Vice Chair, Practice Transformation, Department of Nursing at Mayo Clinic
• ​Emily Ashby - Product Partnerships Director at
• ​Dan Donovan - Head of AI at NeuRealities
• ​Brendon Hale, Ph.D., Chief Science and Product Officer at Sidekick Platform
• ​Sean Vadney - Head of People Operations & Analytics at Hinge Health
• ​Beth Rogozinski - CEO at Oncoustics
• ​Michael Aratow - Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer at Elipsis Health
• ​Jim Cavuoto - Editor and Publisher at Neurotech Reports
• ​Nanea Reeves - Co-Founder & CEO at TRIPP
• ​Mylea Charvat, Ph.D. - Fractional C-Suite Leadership, Advisor, Board Member at Syntara Lifesciences Advisors
• ​Amy Peck - Founder & CEO at EndeavorXR, Venture Board, Harvard HealthLab Accelerator at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Member of AI Governance Alliance at​

​More sessions to be announced.

• ​[Panel] From Chips to Strategy: How AI Becomes Business Value 🌟 by Gopi Kallayil/ Google, Ran Hu/Nvidia, moderated by Abhijeet Joshi/Nvidia
• ​[Keynote] Bring Your Own Model: The Case for Open Weights & Open Choice ❄️ by Richie Bachala/
• ​[Parallel Sessions]
  -​[Workshop] Snowflake Platform Training by Dave Doan/
  -​[Workshop] AI Agent Workshop Series by Dave Nielsen/AI Alliance

• ​[Keynote] The Agent Remembers What the Enterprise Records: Four-Tier Agentic Memory Architecture 🧠 by Amjad Shaikh/ServiceNow
• ​[Fireside Chat] Open Data, Intelligent Platform: A Conversation on AI at Petabyte Scale⚡by Harsha Reddy/DoorDash, moderated by Richie Bachala/
• ​[Parallel Sessions]
  -​[Workshop] From Sprawl to Control: A Hands-On Guide to Snowflake AI Gateway by Okhtay Azarmanesh/
  -​[Hackathon] Company Brain Hackathon 👨‍💻by Dave Nielsen/AI Alliance

• ​[Panel] AI for Workforce: Redesigning Teams, Skills, and Outcomes🌟 by Stacy Robnett/Lightspeed Venture, Sowmya Kannan/IBM, Martin Gonzalez/DeepMind, moderated by Manisha Gupta/WearVedic, Former Oracle
• ​[Demo] Present Inside Glean's Enterprise Agent Stack: Post-Training NVIDIA Nemotron and Engineering the Agent Harnessation🟢by Vineeth Kalluru/Nvidia, Kunal Patil/Glean
• ​[Workshops] AI Agent Workshop Series by Dave Nielsen/AI Alliance

• ​[Panel] Nurses as Co-Creators: Extending Expertise and Transforming Practice with AI 👩‍⚕️by Cheristi Cognetta-Rieke/Mayo Clinic, Dan Donovan/NeuRealities
• ​[Keynote] by Kabir Kasargod/Qualcomm
• ​[Panel] moderated by Walter Greenleaf, PhD/Stanford University
• ​[Panel] AI Innovations in Healthcare moderated by Susan Kirsh MD MPH/Department of Veterans Affairs
• ​[Workshops] AI Agent Workshop Series by Dave Nielsen/

Program details are subject to change.

8:30 AM–9:30 AM | Registration

​09:30 AM–12:15 PM | Talks

​12:15 PM–01:00 PM | Lunch & Networking

​01:00 PM–3:00 PM | Talks / Hackathon/Workshops

​3:00 PM–7:30 PM | Workshops

​More sponsors and exhibitors to be announced.
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• ​Changemakers and leaders building responsible AI systems across sectors
• ​Developers and engineers exploring applied AI and agent-based systems
• ​Startup founders building AI-powered products
• ​Students and career-transition professionals looking to deepen hands-on AI experience
• ​Anyone interested in practical, responsible approaches to modern AI development
  

• ​Format: In-person and online; thought-leadership talks and hands-on workshops
• ​What to Bring: Please bring a laptop for workshops
• ​Code of Conduct: This event follows TechEquity Ai’s community code of conduct to ensure a respectful, inclusive environment for all participants
  

• ​​Registration: Free to attend. RSVP required (limited capacity)
• ​F&B and Seating: Limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis
• ​Venue: Snowflake Silicon Valley AI Hub (SVAI)
• ​Address: 8th Floor at 135 Constitution Dr. Menlo Park, CA 94025
• ​Parking: Self-park in the garage next to the 135 Building
• ​Arrival Guide: Download the guide at -Arrival-Guide
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​TechEquity Ai is a nonprofit organization dedicated to democratizing access to artificial intelligence (AI) knowledge and applications.

​Our flagship initiative is the TechEquity Ai Summit, a series of high-impact events designed to foster innovation, broad participation, and education in AI. In addition to the Summit, TechEquity Ai hosts a Monthly Forum Series to keep the community engaged year-round through ongoing learning, networking, and hands-on exploration of emerging AI tools and ideas.

​Across our programs, we bring together builders, leaders, and learners through keynotes, panels, fireside chats, hands-on workshops, and interactive demos.

​To learn more about TechEquity Ai and our programs, visit techequity-ai.org or reach out to us at [email protected].

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