GatherVerse AI Summit 2026
February 3-4, 2026 (8:00 AM PST)
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Day 1 – February 3, 2026
| Keynote: The Current and Future State of AI Speaker: Christopher Lafayette |
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| Roundtable Panel: The State of AI from my Eyes Moderator: Christopher Lafayette Speakers: Dr. Micarah Malone-Gawu, Quiana Bradshaw, James Welniak, Mary Collins, Kristi Straw, Nagawa Lule |
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| Fireside Chat: Technoliteracy: Power, Consent, and Reading Sentiment at Scale Host: Christopher Lafayette Guest: Eli Boahen |
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| Roundtable Panel: Agents Everywhere: Our Lives with AI Moderator: Russell Bundy Speakers: Quentin Reul, Aliyah Gibbs, Malvika Jethmalani, David Kaufer, Srinivasan Pakkirisamy, Delia Perla, Soenil Soebedar, Pradeep Anjuru |
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| Roundtable Panel: Living with extended intelligence: What we Should Know Moderator: Salvation Chigereoka Speakers: Cristina Obae, Tanya Kelen, Casey Jensen, Charlene Nichols, Allen Olson-Urtecho, Ricky Houck, Alison Morano, Devin Baldwin |
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| Roundtable Panel: The Impact of AI: What we’re Already Seeing Moderator: Grant McGaugh Speakers: Anar Bayramov, Narender Reddy Karka, Girlie Tendayi, Joy Dixon, Muhammad Langdi, Orestis Spyrou, Kamilah Sanders |
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| Session Topic: Designing Agentic AI for Human-Centered Decision Making Speaker: Gayatri Tavva |
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| Session Topic: AI and Humanity: Bridging Innovation with Compassion Speaker: Bernice Loman |
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| Session Topic: When AI Becomes Infrastructure: Rethinking Security, Privacy, and Oversight in an AI-Driven World Speaker: Vamshidhar Reddy Vemula |
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| Session Topic: Responsible AI: The importance that AI augments humans not replace them Speaker: Stephanie Sylvestre |
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| Session Topic: Bridging the Gap: How AI Can Democratise Education for All Speaker: Tsitsi Musiwarwo |
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| Closing: Day 1 To be continued on Day 2 (February 4, 2026 at 8:00 AM PST) |
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Day 2 – February 4, 2026
| Opening: The Promise and Perils of AI in a Globalized Society Speaker: Christopher Lafayette |
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| Roundtable Panel: The Rise of Physical AI Moderator: Lynn Gitau Speakers: Pooja Kashyap, Kee Jones, Mary Waweru, Prof. Veera Talukdar, Stefan Youngblood, Marian Villa, Golden Johnson, Sivaprakash Nithyanandam |
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| Roundtable Panel: Synthetic Relationships: Human + Machine Moderator: Christian Brown Speakers: Sally Good, Jesper Hansen, Kim Nelson-Wright, Michael Forman, Trevor Tomion, Serenity Parker |
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| Fireside Chat: Keeping Humans in the Lead When AI Learns Fast Host: Russell Bundy Speaker: Katherine Fry |
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| Roundtable Panel: Governance, Trust, and Accountability: Who Is AI Answerable To? Moderator: Russell Bundy Speakers: Haroon Bhorat, Michael Dixon, Faith Katua, Grant McGaugh, Onur Korucu, Venkata Sai Vasumitha Kadiyam, Beth Zukowsky, Annesha Chowdhury |
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| Roundtable Panel: Career Path Disruption: Living With Technical Transition Moderator: Salvation Chigereoka Speakers: Anar Rasul, Nolwenn Germain, Nehal El Naggar, Jebet Chepkoyo, Asante Asiedu, Raini Steffen, Lorna McFarlane, Santosh Kumar, Olayemi Arokoyo |
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| Session Topic: AI as a Force Multiplier for Global Equity Speaker: Linda Porter |
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| Session Topic: What make Protirement truly relevant in the AI era Speaker: Patrick Chang |
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| Session Topic: The Future of Empathy Driven AI Speaker: Thomas Wilson |
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| Closing: AI Summit 2026 | |
