MAIIC 2026
2026 Program
Speakers and Topics
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Enterprise AI Practicum: From Hype to Impact: Scaling AI Agents for Real ROI
Lead: Marco Buchbinder, CEO/Cofounder, Ampliwork
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Keynote Speaker Pravin Pandey
Managing Director Financial Services | AI & Data
Deloitte Consulting LLP
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Industry Presentations
- Olivia Ramos, CEO, Deepblocks
- Pavel Entin, CEO/Cofounder, SynPlanet
- Sarah Cuellar, Vice President, DataShapes
- Jose Quan, Doc2AI
Coffee Break | 2:30 pm to 3pm
3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Panel Discussion: Beyond the Frontier: Harnessing Today’s AI Breakthroughs to Shape Tomorrow’s Intelligent Enterprise
Panelists
- Jacob John, Solutions Leader, Oracle Industries
- Shilpi Sharma, Product & Strategy Leader, FinTech Advisory Board Member
- Harveer Singh, Rizz Wireless
- Marco Buchbinder, CEO/Cofounder, Ampliwork
4:15 PM to 5:00 PM
Q&A with speakers and panelists
5:30 PM to 7 PM
Wine and Cheese Social
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
Breakfast
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
Welcome Remarks
Paul A. Pavlou, Dean
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Daniel Sokol, USC
"Institutional Adaptation and Technological Shock: The Role of AI Regulation in Influencing
Startup Financing"
9:30 AM-10:00 AM
PK Kannan, University of Maryland
"Infusing Organizational Memory in Marketing Analytics with LLM-Enhanced AutoML"
10:00 AM-10:30 AM
"Infusing Organizational Memory in Marketing Analytics with LLM-Enhanced AutoML"
10:00 AM-10:30 AM
Coffee Break | 10:00 AM-10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Adi Pattabhiramaiah, Georgia Tech
"Enhancing Instructor Curiosity Through AI-Based Simulation Practice"
"Enhancing Instructor Curiosity Through AI-Based Simulation Practice"
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Jennifer Tucker, University of Florida
"Corporate use of AI and subsequent product market performance"
"Corporate use of AI and subsequent product market performance"
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
DK Lee, Boston University
"Take caution in using LLMs as human surrogates: Scylla Ex Machina"
"Take caution in using LLMs as human surrogates: Scylla Ex Machina"
Lunch Break | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Editors' Panel
Suprateek Sarker, Puneet Manchanda, Raphael Thomadsen, Elizabeth Blankespoor
Moderator: Kevin Hong
Suprateek Sarker, Puneet Manchanda, Raphael Thomadsen, Elizabeth Blankespoor
Moderator: Kevin Hong
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Yuheng Hu, Ohio State University
"Predicting Human Behavior with Large Language Models: Evidence from Field Experiments"
"Predicting Human Behavior with Large Language Models: Evidence from Field Experiments"
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Elizabeth Blankespoor, University of Washington, Seattle
"GenAI and Investor Processing of Financial Information"
"GenAI and Investor Processing of Financial Information"
Coffee Break | 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Raphael Thomadsen, Washington University, St. Louis
The Winner's Curse in Data-Driven Decision-Making: Evidence and Solutions"
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Shunyuan Zhang, Harvard Business School
"AI-Driven Insights Into Customer Engagements"
"AI-Driven Insights Into Customer Engagements"
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Avi Goldfarb, University of Toronto
"The Economics of Bicycles for the Mind: Artificial Intelligence, Computers, and the Division of
Labor"
"The Economics of Bicycles for the Mind: Artificial Intelligence, Computers, and the Division of
Labor"
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Puneet Manchanda, University of Michigan
"Does Access to Human Coaches Lead to More Weight Loss than With AI Coaches Alone?"
"Does Access to Human Coaches Lead to More Weight Loss than With AI Coaches Alone?"
Closing Remarks | 6:00 PM