2026 Program

Enterprise AI Practicum: From Hype to Impact: Scaling AI Agents for Real ROI
Lead: Marco Buchbinder, CEO/Cofounder
Ampliwork

Keynote Address
Pravin Pandey, Managing Director Financial Services | AI & Data
Deloitte Consulting LLP

Industry Presentations
Sarah Cuellar, Vice President, DataShapes
Pavel Entin, CEO/Cofounder, SynPlanet
Jose Quan, Doc2AI
Olivia Ramos, CEO, Deepblocks
Dr. Nick Tsinoremas, Vice Provost for Research Computing and Data, University of Miami

Panel Discussion: Beyond the Frontier: Harnessing Today’s AI Breakthroughs to Shape Tomorrow’s Intelligent Enterprise
Marco Buchbinder, CEO/Cofounder, Ampliwork
Jacob John, Solutions Leader, Oracle Industries
Shilpi Sharma, Product & Strategy Leader, FinTech Advisory Board Member
Harveer Singh, Rizz Wireless

Breakfast

Welcome Remarks
Paul A. Pavlou, Dean

"Institutional Adaptation and Technological Shock: The Role of AI Regulation in Influencing
Startup Financing"
Daniel Sokol, USC

"Enhancing Instructor Curiosity Through AI-Based Simulation Practice"
Adi Pattabhiramaiah, Georgia Tech

"Corporate use of AI and subsequent product market performance"
Jennifer Tucker, University of Florida

"Take caution in using LLMs as human surrogates: Scylla Ex Machina"
DK Lee, Boston University

Editors' Panel
Moderator: Kevin Hong, University of Miami
Elizabeth Blankespoor, University of Washington
Puneet Manchanda, University of Michigan
Paul Pavlou, Univesity of Miami
Suprateek Sarker, University of Virginia
Raphael Thomadsen, Washington University

"Predicting Human Behavior with Large Language Models: Evidence from Field Experiments"
Yuheng Hu, Ohio State University

"GenAI and Investor Processing of Financial Information"
Elizabeth Blankespoor, University of Washington, Seattle

"The Winner's Curse in Data-Driven Decision-Making: Evidence and Solutions"
Raphael Thomadsen, Washington University, St. Louis

"AI-Driven Insights Into Customer Engagements"
Shunyuan Zhang, Harvard Business School

"The Economics of Bicycles for the Mind: Artificial Intelligence, Computers, and the Division of
Labor"
Avi Goldfarb, University of Toronto

"Does Access to Human Coaches Lead to More Weight Loss than With AI Coaches Alone?"
Puneet Manchanda, University of Michigan