Agenda
8:15 AM - Registration & Breakfast
Start the day with registration, coffee and networking.
8:45 AM - Opening Remarks: From Hype to Hands-On
Welcome address outlining the summit's objectives with a look at how AI is shifting from hype to practical deployment.
Amit Shah, AI Trailblazers Co-Founder
Greg Kahn, AI Trailblazers Co-Founder
Shiv Singh, AI Trailblazers Co-Founder
9:00 AM - AI Agents: From Vision to Enterprise Deployment
Join Amit Shah for a keynote on how AI Agents will reshape enterprise functions in 2025—across marketing, ops, product, and beyond. Followed by a powerful conversation with George Mathew of Insight Partners, a top investor in the Agentic AI space.
Amit Shah, Co-Founder, AI Trailblazers
George Mathew, Managing Director, Insight Partners
9:45 AM - Commerce in the Agentic Era
Explore how AI is redefining commerce in a fireside chat with Mark Nelsen, Visa’s Chief Consumer Products Officer. Learn about Visa’s vision for AI commerce on the heels of launching its new product Visa Intelligent Commerce enabling AI Agents to Find & Buy. All powered by collaborations with Anthropic, IBM, Microsoft, Mistral AI, OpenAI, Perplexity, Samsung, Stripe, and more.
Mark Nelsen, Chief Consumer Products Officer, Visa Inc.
Shiv Singh, Co-Founder, AI Trailblazers
10:30 AM - Deploying AI at Scale — From Pilot to Payoff
Enterprise leaders share what’s truly working—and what’s not—as they move from experimental AI pilots to real-world impact across their organizations. Get behind the buzz to uncover the practical lessons, pitfalls, and breakthroughs of AI deployment at scale.
Emanuela Delgado, SVP Growth & Innovation, Parts Town
Sean King, General Manager of Veritone Commercial
Tarun Rathnam, Director, AI & Cloud for Marketers, Google Cloud
Hasard Lee, Air Force Pilot & #2 bestselling business book, "The Art of Clear Thinking."
Tanya Dua, Senior Technology Editor, LinkedIn (Moderator)
11:15 AM - Networking Break:
Grab coffee and connect with fellow attendees.
11:45 AM - Leading Through Transformation: AI's Role in Rewriting the CMO Playbook
Join IBM CMO Jonathan Adashek and 3C Ventures CEO Michael Kassan for a candid fireside chat on how AI is redefining the role of marketing leadership—from data to creativity, strategy to execution.
Jonathan Adashek, CMO, IBM
Michael Kassan, CEO 3C Ventures
12:15 PM - Marketing and the Future of AI: Hot Takes
What do CMOs really think about AI? Hear unfiltered insights from marketing leaders at H&R Block, Tishman Speyer, Northwell Health and ETS as they share bold perspectives on what's hype, what's real, and what's next for AI-powered marketing.
Jill Cress, CMO, H&R Block
Alicia Parker, CMO, Tishman Speyer
Michelle Froah, CMO, ETS
Katie Deighton, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal (Moderator)
1:00 PM - Lunch Break
Grab lunch and connect with fellow attendees.
2:10 PM - From Vision to Value: Real-World AI in Action
Rajeev Rai, Andy MacMillan, and Amit Shah will unpack how forward-thinking companies are moving beyond AI hype to deliver tangible business impact—sharing lessons from the front lines of implementation.
Rajeev Rai, CTO Groundworks, Former CTO - SRS Distribution (The Home Depot company)
Andy MacMillan, CEO, Alteryx
Amit Shah, Co-Founder, AI Trailblazers (Moderator)
2:45 PM - Vibe Shift: Marketing at the Speed of AI
In this panel from the trenches leaders will discuss how AI is supercharging modern marketing - from instant insights to hyper-personalized, emotionally resonant media campaigns that actually connect with consumers in real-time and drive action.
Erin Madorsky, Co-CEO US, MiQ
Domenic Venuto, Chief Product and Data Officer, Horizon Media
JiYoung Kim, COO, North America, WPP Media
Josh Palau, VP Performance Media, Pfizer
Shiv Singh (Moderator), Co-Founder, AI Trailblazers
3:30 PM - Fireside Chat with Andy Sack, former Advisor to Satya Nadella: Competing in the AI-First Era
Join tech visionary Andy Sack for a bold fireside chat on how AI is reshaping branding—where 95% of today’s marketing tasks may soon be handled by AI.
Hear insights from leaders like Sam Altman, Bill Gates, and Reid Hoffman—and learn how to compete in an AI-first world.
Andy Sack, Author, AI-First in Business & Brand, Former Advisor to Satya Nadella
Greg Kahn, Co-Founder, AI Trailblazers
4:00 PM - Afternoon Break
Grab coffee and connect with fellow attendees.
4:20 PM - Future of Search in the AI Era
Explore how AI is reshaping search in real time from Google's latest breakthroughs to the new rules of discoverability in the LLM Era where ChatGPT already has 800 million weekly active users a week up from 400 million in February. Learn how marketers, publishers, and platforms are adapting to an era where algorithms, agents, and intent drive the future visibility in this keynote and discussion.
Shiv Singh, Co-Founder, AI Trailblazers
Pete Blackshaw, Founder & CEO, Brandrank.ai
5:00 PM - Creative Intelligence: Advertising in the Age of AI
As AI reshapes storytelling, personalization, and production, creative boundaries are being redrawn. Join agency and brand leaders to explore how human imagination and machine intelligence are fusing to reinvent advertising.
PJ Pereira, Creative Chairman, Pereira O'Dell
Anthony Hamelle, Chief Innovation Officer, TBWA\Chiat]Day
Abbey Klassen, Global Brand President, dentsu Creative
Marty Swant, Senior Reporter, Digiday (Moderator)
5:30 PM - Overheard in AI Conversations: What No One Will Tell You
Get an insider’s look at the real AI conversations happening across industries and functions. Join the prolific Shelly Palmer and the AI Trailblazers founders as they unpack the insights, tensions, and truths you won’t hear anywhere else.
Shelly Palmer, The Palmer Group
Amit Shah, Co-Founder, AI Trailblazers
Greg Kahn, Co-Founder, AI Trailblazers
Shiv Singh, Co-Founder, AI Trailblazers
Steven Wolfe Pereira, The Alpha Forum (Moderator)
6:00 PM - Closing & AI Trailblazers Power 100 Cocktails
Wrap up the day and connect with peers and share key takeaways.
Registration Details
When: Thursday, June 5, 2025
Time: 8:30am - 8:00pm
Where: Neuehouse, New York, NY
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Agenda is subject to change based on unforeseen factors or circumstances beyond the control of the summit organizers.
