2024

Startup Tri-Valley AI Summit

The Startup Tri-Valley AI Summit is Here!

Hosted by Patelco Credit Union and sponsored by Rezolve.ai and the City of Dublin.

August 21, 2024 | 4:00 – 7:00pm | Patelco Credit Union Headquarters | Dublin, CA

The program kicks off with a networking reception, featuring table topic facilitators in areas such as AI privacy, bias, transparency, legislation, and guardrails. This setup allows attendees to mingle, connect with colleagues, and dive into the subject matter of the night with experts in the field. The program opens with opening remarks from Yolanda Fintschenko of Startup Tri-Valley followed by welcoming remarks from Michael McCorriston, Mayor of the City of Dublin.

This will be followed by a panel discussion featuring AI pioneers, innovative startup founders, cutting-edge scientists, and policy experts, who will explore the intricacies of responsible AI development and use.

Connect with the Tri-Valley artificial intelligence scene.

More than 100 AI entrepreneurs and professionals attended the inaugural 2023 Tri-Valley AI Summit.

Event Schedule

The AI Summit is designed to provide busy professionals with actionable insights they can immediately apply in their work, along with opportunities to connect with like minded individuals. This year’s program, Making AI Serve Us: A discussion about privacy, transparency, guardrails, and bias, and use in the real world, is tailored to deliver high-value, relevant content. You’ll find a snapshot of the agenda to the right (or below), highlighting key sessions and topics.

4:00 PM

Enjoy passed appetizers and drinks from the bar while engaging in lively discussions at our Table Topics sessions.

5:00 PM

Opening Remarks – Yolanda Fintschenko, Executive Director, i-GATE Innovation Hub

Welcome Address – Michael McCorriston, Mayor of the City of Dublin

5:15 PM

Panel Discussion with AI Experts and Entrepreneurs

6:00 - 7:00 PM

Closing Remarks and Networking

Speakers, Panelists and Moderators

Saurabh Kumar

PANEL DISCUSSION MOD

Brian Spears

PANEL DISCUSSION PARTICIPANT

Chun Jiang

PANEL DISCUSSION PARTICIPANT

Chiranjeevi Ikkurthy (“IC”)

PANEL DISCUSSION PARTICIPANT

Meet our AI experts facilitating discussions on important AI topics.

Cindy Gonzales

Position: Deputy Director, Data Science Institute, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Additional Role: Group Leader, Intelligent Detection, Exploitation, and Analysis Group
Role: Transparency Facilitator

DV Subramanyam Dronamraju

Position: CEO, Essert
Role: Bias Facilitator

Heidi Lorenzen

Position: Executive Producer, The Humanity Code
Role: Guardrails Facilitator

Shaila Ruparel

Position: Global Privacy Officer & General Counsel, Coherent Corp.
Role: Privacy Facilitator

Slater Sharp

Position: Science Fellow, Assembly Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection
Role: Legislative Facilitator

FAQs

Who Should Attend?
Technologists, investors, and business professionals working in industries that intersect with AI, particularly those with entrepreneurial ambitions, a passion for innovation, or interest in responsible AI.

Why Should I Attend?
This summit is designed to provide valuable insights, spark inspiration, and foster meaningful networking opportunities for, empowering you to take your AI initiatives to the next level.

How can I contact the organizers with any questions?
Please complete our contact form.

How do I register for the summit?
Head over to our Eventbrite.

2024 Sponsors & Affiliates

We are honored to partner with individuals and organizations in the Tri-Valley who have demonstrated their commitment to creating an AI hub in the region.

Host

Event Sponsors

Affiliates

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Photos From Our Previous Summit

2024 AI Summit Organizers

Yolanda Fintschenko, Ph.D.

Executive Director, i-GATE Innovation Hub
Director, Startup Tri-Valley and Daybreak Labs

Alisa Horiike

Field Representative for Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan

Brandon Harris

Management Fellow, City of Dublin

Cara Houck

Community Relations Partner at Patelco Credit Union

Les Schmidt

Executive Director at BRIIA

Nimit Gupta

Director Digital Marketing at Rezolve.ai

Saurabh Kumar

Co-Founder and CEO at Rezolve.ai

Veena Kaul

Vice President at Kensington Laboratories & Entrepreneur, Dublin Technology Center (DTC) Workspaces

Vikas Mehta

Lead Data Engineer at Patelco Credit Union

Location

Patelco Credit Union HQ will host the Tri-Valley AI Summit at their headquarters in Dublin, CA.

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MODERATOR

Saurabh Kumar

Co-Founder and CEO at Rezolve.ai

Saurabh Kumar is the CEO and Co-Founder of Rezolve.ai, a venture-backed Employee Service Automation platform. Used by hundreds of companies worldwide, Rezolve.ai is at the forefront of leveraging Generative AI to transform employee support in IT and HR. Its GenAI platform is highly rated by leading analyst firms such as Gartner and Forrester.

Before starting Rezolve.ai, Saurabh led digital transformation initiatives at several major corporations, including Wells Fargo, BNP Paribas, and Blue Shield of California. In these roles, he focused on bringing cutting innovations to large scale complex enterprise setups.

In addition to his leadership role at Rezolve.ai, Saurabh is an angel investor and mentor for aspiring entrepreneurs, particularly in the SaaS space. He is passionate about supporting innovation and helping startups succeed. Beyond his professional endeavors, Saurabh loves spending time with his family and volunteering for various non-profits in the early education space.

PANELIST

Brian Spears

Director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories AI Incubator

Brian Spears is the director of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Institutional Initiative a physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). He is responsible for setting vision for development and deployment of AI methods for national security missions at the Laboratory while driving LLNL excellence in AI for science. He is a principal architect of Cognitive Simulation – artificial intelligence (AI) methods that combine high-performance simulation and precision experiments to improve scientific prediction. He is also the Director of the LLNL AI Innovation Incubator, AI3, which develops strong public-private partnerships on collaborative research projects to advance scientific AI in the national interest.

Brian served as the Deputy for Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) Modeling where he guided the scientific simulation half of the ICF program at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) through its historic achievement of nuclear fusion ignition. In his personal research, he applies cognitive simulation techniques to stockpile stewardship missions with emphasis on quantifying uncertainty in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) experiments and developing a new generation of self-driving laboratory systems.

He designed ICF experiments for almost two decades, including the very first cryogenic layered experiments at the National Ignition Facility. He developed new ICF ignition metrics using the first large-scale ensembles of high-fidelity ICF simulations on the world’s largest supercomputers. He also pioneered data science and AI methods in ICF leading to the successful prediction of the world’s first fusion ignition event. He received the LLNL Mid-Career Recognition for career achievements in research. He is the recipient of two Secretary of Energy Achievement Awards, multiple National Nuclear Security Administration Defense Programs Awards of Excellence, the Hyperion HPC Innovation Award, and the HPC Wire Editors’ Choice Award for Best Use of High-Performance Computing in Energy. Brian completed his PhD at the University of California, Berkeley where he was a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellow and studied topological methods for high-dimensional dynamical systems. He also holds a BS in mechanical engineering and a BA in liberal arts from the University of Texas at Austin. When not doing science, he can be found racing his bike or chauffeuring his two children to swim practice.

PANELIST

Chun Jiang

Co-Founder and CEO at Monterey AI

Chun is the co-founder and CEO of Monterey AI - Y Combinator backed startup that companies like figma and comcast make it super easy to analyze large scale qualitative data like support tickets, transcripts, surveys, and drive product insights from them. Previously she led products and design at companies like Unfolded (acquired by Foursquare), Scale AI, and Uber. Chun graduated from Cornell in 2018, and has been obsessed with building the most ambitious and delightful Data and AI products in productivity, developer tooling, and autonomous vehicles.

PANELIST

Chiranjeevi Ikkurthy (“IC”)

Interim IT Administrative Director for Stanford Health Care

Chiranjeevi Ikkurthy (“IC”) is a seasoned IT leader with a proven track record of driving digital transformation in healthcare settings. He is part of Stanford Health Care's Technology and Digital Solutions team, and currently serves as the IT Director supporting Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley. Even though he has been part of SHC for over 17 years, his journey with SHC Tri-Valley began in late 2016 when he spearheaded a $100 million IT program to overhaul the hospital's digital infrastructure. This included deploying Epic electronic medical record (EMR) system and over 150 integrated applications, as well as 3,800 end-user devices, and training the entire staff and clinical teams. He is passionate about advancing the organization's digital capabilities and establishing SHC Tri-Valley as a hub for healthcare innovation in the East Bay.

Currently, he is focused on establishing an AI Workgroup to generate excitement, engagement, and education around AI within the hospital. This initiative directly supports the Advance Digital Innovation section SHC Tri-Valley's 2030 strategic plan. He is a key contributor for this section, which emphasizes leveraging and optimizing core technology platforms while also leveraging AI to optimize clinical and business operations for improved patient care and access to care. This work highlights his commitment to expanding patient care options and establishing SHC Tri-Valley as a frontrunner in healthcare innovation.