Generative AI has created completely new opportunities for people to interact and collaborate with technology. How is Google positioning Bard, and what innovations might be coming in the future? We hear from the woman leading Google’s approach to bringing generative AI to people everywhere.
Speaker:
Sissie Hsiao, Vice President and General Manager, Google Assistant and Bard, Google
Moderator: Jeremy Kahn, Senior Writer, FORTUNE; Co-chair, Fortune Brainstorm AI

From the world’s largest retailer to niche brands, the retail industry is being transformed by artificial intelligence. AI is enhancing the customer experience, by delivering data-driven personalization, offering voice shopping or solving issues with orders. Off the floor, AI is streamlining operations and optimizing delivery. We delve into the latest innovations from supply chain to rack.
Speakers:
Yasir Anwar, Chief Technology and Chief Digital Officer, Williams-Sonoma Inc.
Sravana Karnati,  Senior Vice President and CTO, Walmart International, Walmart
Moderator: Verne Kopytoff, Senior Editor, FORTUNE; Co-chair, Brainstorm AI

AI is helping pharma and health companies optimize medicines, create better biologics, and slow disease progression. Machine learning and big data are driving innovation to improve care and control costs. In this session, we explore the latest advancements. 

Speakers:
Andrew Bindman, MD, Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, Kaiser Permanente
Lidia Fonseca, Executive Vice President, Chief Digital and Technology Officer, Pfizer
Sean McClain, Founder and CEO, Absci
Moderator: Michal Lev-Ram, Editor-at-Large, FORTUNE

The buzz of AI is everywhere, but introducing it or expanding it within a company can be a slow process. In this session, we explore how to re-engineer to be “AI first” and integrate the technology within teams throughout organizations and share AI's impact across industries.

Speakers:
Jim Cathey, Chief Commercial Officer, Qualcomm
Kyle Daigle, Chief Operating Officer, GitHub
Madhav Thattai, Chief Operating Officer, Salesforce AI
Moderator: Rana el Kaliouby, Co-founder and CEO, Affectiva; Co-chair, Brainstorm AI

The well-off can afford tutors, but is there a way AI can help scale one-on-one coaching for the masses, at a reasonable cost? How can these learning tools help teachers and students? We delve into the latest technologies, plus learnings from the fall semester.
Speaker:
Sal Khan, Founder and CEO, Khan Academy
Moderator: Jeremy Kahn, FORTUNE

The recent OpenAI saga gripped Silicon Valley, leaving founders and investors left to make sense of the unprecedented and fast-moving tumult. Aaron Levie gives us a big-picture view of what we learned from the episode, plus provides his take on AI’s impact on the future of work, when to build vs. buy, and why he thinks President Biden’s executive order on AI is the gold standard for how government should regulate tech.
Speaker:
Aaron Levie, Co-founder and CEO, Box
Moderator: Michal Lev-Ram, FORTUNE

Generative video is being deployed for training courses, news content, product marketing, language learning, and more. In this demo, watch a video being made with virtual human tech, hear about the latest use cases, and catch a glimpse of what the future holds for this AI-enabled technology.
Speaker:
Natalie Monbiot, Head of Strategy, Hour One
Moderator: Ellie Austin, Deputy Editorial Director, Live Media, FORTUNE

Job killer or productivity enhancer? Will robots replace us? AI and LLMs are disrupting the workforce in good ways and bad. We dive into the economic impacts of this technology, including questions around productivity, skills, innovation, all against the backdrop of how individuals can stay relevant in the workforce.
Speakers:
Erik Brynjolfsson, Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Professor and Senior Fellow, Stanford Unstitute for Human-Centered AI (HAI)
Shane Luke, Vice President, Product and Engineering, Head of AI and Machine Learning, Workday
Atif Rafiq,  Founder and CEO, Ritual.work; Author, Decision Sprint
Moderator: Jeff John Roberts, Crypto Editor, FORTUNE

AI is reimagining the future of entertainment. Machine learning and large language models are accelerating content development, interactivity of digital entertainment, and the development of new creative tools. Prepare to be entertained as we look at recent innovation in this space.
Speakers:
Anastasis Germanidis, Co-founder and CTO, Runway
Kylan Gibbs, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer, Inworld AI
Ely Greenfield, Chief Technology Officer, Digital Media, Adobe
Moderator: Ellie Austin, FORTUNE

Organizations need to innovate quickly with AI, which requires appropriate infrastructure. We dig into the building blocks needed to construct a foundation so AI can effectively address operational risks and expand opportunities – on-premises, in the public cloud and with SaaS – to drive innovation, mitigate security risks, and increase reliability.
Speakers:
Matthew Prince, Co-founder and CEO, Cloudflare
Jennifer Tejada, Chairperson and CEO, PagerDuty
Moderator: Michal Lev-Ram, FORTUNE

AI offers endless possibilities, if it is used responsibly. Leading minds are tackling AI ethical and social issues such as bias, privacy, safety and accountability. We dive into how organizations can get AI to do what they want–safely, fairly and transparently.
Speakers:
Stuart Armstrong, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Aligned AI
Tulsee Doshi, Director and Head of Product, Responsible AI, Google
Brian Patrick Green, Director, Technology Ethics, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University
Moderator: Rana el Kaliouby, Affectiva, Brainstorm AI

Arati Prabhakar has said, “The duality of bright and dark is the nature of powerful technologies.” As the president’s top advisor on science and technology, Prabhakar is tasked with tackling that duality related to AI, as the White House weighs how to ensure safety and security, protect privacy, and battle bias, all while boosting innovation. We hear from her about the president’s executive order on AI, and more.
Speaker:
Arati Prabhakar, Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, The White House (appearing virtually)
Moderator: Alan Murray, Fortune