AI INNOVATION Summit

Portland, Oregon

October 2nd 2025

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An exclusive FULL-day for Top ai Leaders

You’re invited to an exclusive, invite-only AI summit designed specifically for Oregon’s top AI leaders. This isn’t a large conference—it’s a curated gathering focused on the strategic future of artificial intelligence.

Join us at an elegant space in Portland to connect with a small, hand-selected group of leaders, share insights, and discuss the most pressing challenges and opportunities in the AI landscape.

WHERE

Portland, Oregon

WHAT TO EXPECT

This is a unique opportunity to connect with a curated group of the most influential CTOs, CIOs, VPs of Data, and VPs of AI/ML in Oregon. You will gain valuable insights from industry pioneers, including leaders from companies like IBM, AWS, Google, Microsoft, Block, Providence, Cambia, Daimler, Qualtrics and the Allen Institute

WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND

This is more than just another conference—it’s an opportunity to transform your approach to AI. By attending, you’ll gain the education needed to understand the “art of the possible” for AI innovation, learning how to actually drive impact within your organization. Our sessions are crafted for non-technical leaders to provide you with the practical tools and strategies necessary to turn innovative ideas into successful business outcomes.

AGENDA

Date What Your Day Looks Like

9:00 AM

Arrivals & Registration

You will check in at the registration desk to receive your materials, followed by lunch and networking prior to our Keynote start of 9:30am.

9:30 - 10:00 AM

Kickoff Fireside Chat with NVIDIA

A dynamic conversation on the role of public-private partnerships, policy, and innovation in shaping Oregon’s AI ecosystem. This session offers a rare perspective on how government and industry leaders are working together to harness AI for economic growth and global impact.

10:00 – 10:45 AM

Measure What Matters with AI

Speaker: Jim Warner – Snowflake’s AI Innovation Team. Learn to get clear, data-driven answers about your business. This session covers two key areas: using machine learning to measure the true cause-and-effect of your decisions, and using Generative AI to make those insights easy for anyone on your team to act on.

10:45 – 11:00 AM

Break

11:00 – 11:45 PM

Fireside Chat - Head of Data & AI, Block

Join Block’s AI & Data leader for a fireside chat on delivering high-value AI & Agentic products in the enterprise. Learn how Goose, the company’s new open-source agentic AI framework, is transforming developer productivity and opening the door to broader creative and enterprise applications through the power of open source.

11:45 - 12:45 PM

Lunch

Lunch will be provided onsite.

12:45 – 1:45 PM

Unlocking cognitive abundance: A leader’s guide to transformation through AI

For centuries, organizations have been constrained by human cognitive bandwidth, resulting in linear output scaling and exponential coordination costs. Agentic AI represents a paradigm shift that fundamentally breaks these constraints, offering unprecedented potential for organizational transformation. Just as cloud computing revolutionized digital infrastructure, AI agents are poised to redefine how organizations think, decide, and operate. Learn how AWS’s Generative AI Innovation Center (GenAIIC) is helping organizations navigate this transformation through practical, responsible implementation of agentic AI solutions. This session introduces our customer-tested framework for organizational transformation, drawing from real-world implementations and proven strategies. Through this presentation, you’ll gain actionable insights into:

Identifying high-impact opportunities for agentic AI
Building scalable agent-powered systems to drive productivity, efficiency, and new business growth
Managing the organizational change required for successful adoption
Ensuring responsible AI implementation

1:45 – 3:00 PM

Panel: Opportunities and Challenges in AI

From infrastructure to applications, AI is transforming every layer of business. This panel brings together leaders from Snowflake, Google, Microsoft and Fivetran to unpack the real opportunities and hard challenges in scaling AI—from research breakthroughs and infrastructure demands, to enterprise adoption, governance, and responsible innovation. Attendees will gain an insider’s view of where AI is headed next, and how to position their organizations to lead.

3:00 - 3:15 PM

Break

3:15 – 4:00 PM

Panel: Healthcare & Enterprise Transformation with AI

AI is reshaping both patient care and enterprise operations, but the path forward is complex. Leaders from Providence, Cambia, and Qualtrics will share how they are navigating this shift—leveraging AI to improve outcomes, optimize costs, and unlock new insights while balancing governance, trust, and adoption challenges. This conversation will give leaders a practical view of where AI is delivering impact today and how to prepare for the agentic future ahead.

4:00 – 5:15 PM

From Memo to Movement: Crafting Generative AI Mandates That Inspire and Deliver

Executives are under pressure to become AI first organizations. They try to translate this need to evolve into an “AI mandates” —whether to motivate, inform, inspire, etc. But too many land as vague, uninspiring, anxiety-inducing or disconnected from reality. This interactive 90-minute workshop equips senior leaders to craft mandates that not only announce intent, but build trust, empower teams, and set the right tone for adoption. Participants will critique real-world AI mandates from companies like Amazon and Duolingo, identify what resonates (and what falls flat), and then work in small groups to draft their own mandates under realistic business scenarios. By writing from both the leader and employee perspective, participants gain a dual lens on credibility and impact.

5:15 – 5:30 PM

Closing Remarks

5:30 - 7:30 PM

Happy Hour at Departure

Departure | Eater Portland Join us on the stunning rooftop of The Nines hotel for a exclusive culinary experience. Departure boasts upscale, asian-fusion food served with creative fare & global cocktails in a chic space with city views.