Future Talent Forum
Foster Global
AI Summit
March 27, 2025
An invitation-only gathering of executives, academic thought leaders, and HR innovators as we explore AI’s transformative role in business and talent management
Nominated leaders meet for an executive event in one of the most innovative locations in the world
Global
+100 world-leaders adding a diverse set of perspectives, insights and connections
Cross-sector
Governmental, educational and industry leaders shaping cross-industry and cross-sector alliances
Impact
An action-oriented setting. Talks, roundtables, and facilitated personal meeting agendas
Tailored
Participants are connected with executive planners pre-event. Enabling tailored agendas and personal meeting schedules
Foster Global AI Summit
The world of work, and education is ready for a realistic, factual, and ambitious dialogue on how to go from experimentation to acceleration, from AI to ROI.
The Foster AI Summit is an invitation-only event bringing together Seattle’s top AI leaders, industry executives, and academic pioneers to discuss the real-world impact of AI on business and talent. Senior executives, leaders of higher educational institutions, researchers, and policymakers from around the world will gather to connect, collaborate, and co-create.
During a full-day event, we will ask the hard questions, uncover data from case studies from around the world, and listen to the world’s leading experts on job market transformations, skills development at scale, and technological acceleration.
Dates
March 27, 2025
Location
Seattle, USA
Venue
Foster School of Business
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Agenda
MORNING
9.00 – 13.00
09.00 - 09.05: Welcome Address - Meet the Moment
Director-General, Future Talent Council
09.05 - 09.10: Welcome Address - Leading with Purpose in the Age of AI
Dean, Foster School of Business
9.10 - 09.40: Keynote - AI Means Business The Global Pulse on AI Adoption, Integration & "Bang for the Buck"
EVP & GM, Data Center & Artificial Intelligence. Incoming Nokia CEO.
Intel Corporation
9.40 - 10.10: Panel Discussion - The End of Jobs as We Know Them?
Reconstruction of Work, & Rediscovery of Human Value?
Natasha Jaques (US)
Senior Research Scientist, Google DeepMind,
Assistant Professor, UW Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering
Meagan Gregorczyk (US)
Global Talent Enablement, Snowflake
Marni Baker Stein (US)
Chief Learning Officer, Coursera
Alan May (US) (Moderator / Facilitator)
Affiliate Professor, UW Foster School of Business
Chief People Officer, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (2015-2024)
10.10 - 10.30: Break
Mid Morning 20 Minute Break
10.30 - 11.20: Breakout Room 1 Business: The Age of Uncertainty: Sustainable Leadership for the 2025-2030 Era
Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the UW Foster School of Business
Tahsin Alam (Lead facilitator)
Associate Dean, Foster School of Business
10.30 - 11.20: Breakout Room 3 Engineering: Generative AI for Multimodal Biomedicine
10.30 - 11.20: Breakout Room 2 Talent: Rethinking the Future of Work for a Data-Agentic Era
10.30 - 11.20: Breakout Room 4 Innovation: The AI Engineer Transforming Software & Product Development
11.20 - 11.30: Break
11.30 - 12.00: Keynote - Leading Through the AI Boom
12.00 - 13.00: Lunch & Networking
AFTERNOON
13.00 – 18.30
13.00 - 13.30: Keynote - Multimodal AI Education for Youth
13.30 - 13.40: Break
13.40 - 14.30: Breakout Room 1 Business: The AI Balance Sheet: Navigating the Human-AI Partnership
13.40 - 14.30: Breakout Room 2 Talent: Embracing Humanity In The Age Of AI
13.40 - 14.30: Breakout Room 3 Engineering: Robotics
13.40 - 14.30: Breakout Room 4 Innovation: Measuring ROAI: Return on AI Investment
14.30 - 15.00: Break
15.00 - 15.50: Breakout Room 1 Business: AI-Driven Optimization in Economic Forecasting and Financial Strategy
15.00 - 15.50: Breakout Room 2 Talent: Higher Education Transformation Insights from 50+ Universities
15.00 - 15.50: Breakout Room 3 Engineering: Open Language Model (OLMo) Training and Reasoning
15.00 - 15.50: Breakout Room 4 Innovation: AI in the Startup World
15.50 - 16.00: Break
16.00 - 16.30: Keynote: AI Native Companies: A Blueprint for Future Dominance
16.30 - 17.00: Conclusions, Next Steps and Thank You
Closing
17.00 - 18.30: Happy Hour & Networking
On the premises.
Honorary Participants & Contributors
Daniel Kjellsson
Director-General
Future Talent Council
Frank Hodge
Orin & Janet Smith Endowed Dean
UW Foster School of Business
Neil MacDonald
Executive Vice President & General Manager Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Justin Hotard
Executive Vice President and General Manager Intel Corporation
Emad Elwany
Vice President of Engineering
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Kristin McJunkins
Director, Advanced Degree Applications & STEM Career Advising Yale University
Gretchen Neisler
Vice Provost for International Affairs University of Tennessee
Matthew Hull
Vice President Global AI Platform Solutions Nvidia
Ryan Wang
Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer
Assembled
Sam Stone
Vice President of Product & Design
EvenUp
Pelin Bicen
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs Suffolk University, Boston
Ian Wong
Co-Founder & CEO
Summation
Alan May
Former Chief Integration Officer
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Tahsin Alam
Associate Dean of Advancement
Michael G. Foster School of Business
Jackie Shyman Holt
Chief People Officer
Dr. Squatch
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Future Talent Council is independent, impartial and not tied to any special interests
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