We are in the midst of an economy-wide AI transformation—one that is reshaping industries, redefining work, and challenging leaders to rethink how their organizations create value.
Leading with AI: Building Trust and Powering Growth will explore this rapidly evolving landscape, offering frontier insights, new connections, and practical ideas for navigating change. Hosted by the Johns Hopkins University Technology and Society Initiative in Washington, D.C., this two-day executive summit brings together 300 business leaders, policymakers, and academics to examine how AI can drive innovation and growth responsibly.
Featuring leading academics and business executives, the agenda bridges research and practice at the frontier of AI leadership, addressing:
- The economic and organizational impact of AI
- Building trust in the age of AI
- Leading through an AI transformation
- Launching AI-based products
In an era defined by disruption, Leading with AI equips decision-makers across business, government, and academia to underestand the evolving role of AI, leverage data and AI responsibly, and avoid the predictable missteps that derail transformation—helping them understand the current landscape and design trustworthy systems and strategies that will sustain innovation and growth.
Speaker Series Snapshot:
DAY 1 AGENDA
8:30 - 9:15 am - Breakfast
9:30 a.m. Welcome
Mike Luca, Carey School of Business, and director, Technology and Society Initiative
9:45 - 10:30 a.m. - Morning Keynote
Michael Chui, senior fellow at QuantumBlack AI by McKinsey
10:30 - 11:30 a.m. AI and Healthcare Panel
Ziad Obermeyer, University of California, Berkeley; and Zach Lipton, Carnegie Mellon University
Moderated by Emily Boss, Bloomberg School of Public Health
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Break
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Applications of AI
Beibei Li (Carnegie Mellon University); Anjali Adukia (University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Health)
1:00 -2:15 p.m. - Lunch
2:15-3:15 Founders Panel
Duncan Gilchrist, founder of Delphina; Ye Tian, founder of Theia Insights; and Mike Ostrovsky, Stanford Graduate School of Business, and co-founder, Topsort
3:15 - 4:15 p.m. AI and Innovation policy
4:15 - 6:00 p.m. Reception
DAY 2 AGENDA: TBA