Julien Launay is the CEO and Co-founder of Adaptive ML, a startup enabling AI models to learn from experience. With dual headquarters in New York City and Paris, Adaptive ML powers Fortune 500 enterprises—including AT&T—by developing unique AI agents that seamlessly interface with enterprise systems and learn from production data.

Previously, Julien led extreme-scale research teams at HuggingFace and LightOn, where he pioneered advances in data scalability & quality, large-scale training pipelines, and principled model architectures. He is also the organizer of the Efficient Systems for Foundation Models workshop at ICML, a leading forum for discussions on scalable AI systems.

Priyambada Jain is a data science and artificial intelligence professional based in California, currently working in AI at BlackRock in Palo Alto. She has extensive experience in Generative AI, machine learning, and statistical modeling, applying these technologies to solve real-world business problems.

She holds a degree from the University of Southern California (USC) and has contributed to academic research in data science education. She co-authored papers such as Democratizing Data Science through Data Science Training and worked as a Research Assistant at USC on an NIH-funded project aimed at extending machine learning education to biomedical practitioners.

As part of this initiative, she contributed to the Educational Resource Discovery Index (ERuDIte), which focused on organizing online data science materials for broader accessibility.

Jackie Ho is AI Product Lead at Predibase, where she drives the development of cutting-edge AI infrastructure that helps enterprises deploy, fine-tune, and govern machine learning models and agents at scale.

With deep expertise spanning data science, MLOps, and product management, Jackie focuses on translating complex AI capabilities into practical, enterprise-ready solutions.

Adam Pingel is the IBM Head of Open Tools and Applications for the AI Alliance, a role he assumed in 2024 after joining IBM in 2022.

Adam has been fascinated by AI and chatbots since playing with Racter in the 80’s, though the “winters” were long and frequent. Nearly three decades later, in 2015, the stars aligned when he became VPE at Ravel Law. Ravel was building AI-powered tools for the legal industry and working with Harvard Law School on what is now known as the Caselaw Access Project. Following its acquisition by LexisNexis in 2017, Adam became CTO of Global Platforms in 2019.

When not at a keyboard, he enjoys spending time with his family.

Links
GitHub: https://github.com/adampingel
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adampingel/

Hicham Oudghiri is Co-Founder and CEO of Enigma, a New York-based data science and artificial intelligence company. While working as an energy analyst and managing a private sustainable finance program, he experienced a gap in the ability of enterprises to access and leverage data to solve problems.

Hicham co-founded Enigma in 2012 with the mission of gathering and entity-resolving data from public and private sources to map out the relationships between companies, people, and places.

Rita Waite is a Partner at In-Q-Tel, the strategic investor for the U.S. Intelligence and Defense Communities. Rita joined In-Q-Tel in 2022 and primarily leads investments across the AI landscape.

Prior to In-Q-Tel, Rita was an investor at Juniper Networks’ venture arm and Semapa Next VC, where she focused on AI/ML, computer networking, and fintech. Additionally, she held strategy and operational roles at Juniper Networks and Millennium bcp. Rita also serves as a startup mentor through Alchemist Accelerator and NVCA.

Bobak Tavangar is the Co-Founder and CEO of Brilliant Labs, where he works alongside a small but mighty team building an open source AI glasses platform.

A graduate of Cambridge University, Bobak is a life-long technologist, having previously founded several companies in computer vision and graph search before joining Apple as a Program Lead. Outside Brilliant Labs, Bobak is deeply engaged with the Baha’i Faith, its message of oneness, and its implications for global peace in today’s turbulent and interconnected world.

Byung-Gon Chun is the Founder and CEO of FriendliAI, leading innovations that make AI deployment more efficient and scalable. With decades of experience at the intersection of AI platforms and distributed systems, he blends academic rigor with practical leadership to advance AI performance and impact. He pioneered continuous batching, now the industry standard for LLM inference.

Byung-Gon is currently on leave from Seoul National University, where he is a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering. His prior research experience spans Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo!, and Intel. His work has received global recognition, including the ACM SIGOPS Hall of Fame Award, the EuroSys Test of Time Award, and research honors from Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Facebook. He holds a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, an M.S. from Stanford, and B.S./M.S. degrees from Seoul National University.

Arvind is VP of Product Management and Strategy at eGain, where he leads innovation across AI, knowledge management, and customer experience. With 20+ years of experience, he specializes in building scalable solutions that drive customer engagement and operational efficiency.

Arvind holds multiple patents in customer engagement technology and frequently speaks at industry events, including masterclasses on generative AI in customer service.

Wil Pong is Vice President of Product at Fiddler AI, where he leads product management and design teams building the next generation of observability tools for AI systems. At the forefront of agentic observability, Wil’s team is pioneering ways to unify application and model performance, giving developers a powerful edge in building, monitoring, and improving AI-driven products.

Prior to Fiddler, Wil has held multiple senior product leadership roles, most notably at Netflix, LinkedIn, Box, and Amplitude.