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Building the autonomous world

October 28 | 2:00PM – 8:30PM

Above the Rim at Chase Center
San Francisco, CA

Lucy Sotelo

Lucy Sotelo

Sr. Director for Global Partner Strategy and Management, UnitedHealthcare
A healthcare ops leader with 30+ years of experience, Lucy oversees large-scale domestic and international vendor-supported operations, performance governance, operational excellence and CX initiatives.
Nicole Blumenfeld

Nicole Blumenfeld

Sr. Director, Trust, Safety & Support,
Epic Games
Nicole has 10+ years of experience scaling Trust & Safety operations for major consumer technology platforms. A former attorney, she brings a practical, human-centered approach to online community safety.
Honora Whitfield

Honora Whitfield

VP, Global Operations, Scaled Operations,
Meta
Honora leads large-scale operations, shaping AI-driven work transformation and high-impact operating models. She holds an MBA and is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.
Paari Krishnamurthy

Paari Krishnamurthy

Strategy and Operations Leader, OpenAI
Paari specializes in human evaluations, AI automation and workforce strategy. With experience at Bain, Goldman Sachs and AI startups, he drives customer value, reliable deployment and business viability.

Harry Campbell

Harry Campbell

Founder, The Driverless Digest
A thought leader in the mobility space, Harry has spent the past decade analyzing key industry trends alongside executives, policymakers and investors shaping the future of transportation.


Tiffany Xingyu Wang

Tiffany Xingyu Wang

CEO, Songsheet AI
Tiffany founded Songsheet, co-founded Oasis Consortium, which set Web3’s first user safety standards, and wrote The Trust Code. A WEF Young Global Leader with two ML patents, her work is featured in TIME, MIT Technology Review and Forbes.

Sam Krause

Sam Krause

SVP and Head of Operations and Member Experience, Chime
Sam oversees key operational functions aimed at making Chime’s customer support a true differentiator. She led strategy & ops across diverse industries and holds an MBA from Wharton alongside an MA from Johns Hopkins.
Glen Wise

Glen Wise

Co-Founder and CEO, Cinder
Glen is the Co-Founder and CEO of Cinder, a platform that fortifies companies against online abuse and manipulation. Prior to starting Cinder, he was an engineer at Meta building trust and safety investigation tools.

Tom Tang

Tom Tang

Chief People & Customer Operations Officer (CP&COO), May Mobility
As CP&COO at May Mobility, Tom scales AV operations with partners like Lyft and Uber. Named a Business Insider self-driving power player, he previously scaled Cruise from 100 to 3,000+ employees.
Sam Krause

Adeline Ley

SVP, Operations,
Talkiatry
With 11 years of multidisciplinary experience, Adeline transforms businesses and leads teams through rapid change. She helped scale Talkiatry 40x and played a pivotal role in MedOptions’ turnaround and acquisition by LifeStance.
Daryl Sando

Daryl Sando

VP, Trust & Safety Operations,
Match Group
Daryl oversees moderation and CX operations for Match Group (MG), including Tinder and E&E brands. She manages governance functions, built MG’s first Trust & Safety policy and drove Tinder’s DSA compliance.
Fazulul Haque “Sheik” Sheik

Fazulul Haque “Sheik” Sheik

Co-Founder & Co-CEO, TARS AI
Sheik is Co-Founder and Co-CEO of TARS AI, an AV depot orchestration platform. A former combat pilot, he previously led robotics at Amazon, ran Tesla Zero-Service ops in North America and later managed field deployment for the Optimus program.
Dr. Shubhra Jain, MD, MBA

Dr. Shubhra Jain, MD, MBA

Chief Business Officer, Hippocratic AI
Dr. Shubhra leads business growth for Hippocratic AI’s safety-focused platform for healthcare. A former physician, she led healthcare venture investments at Tarsadia and was a Principal at Cota Capital, backing and serving on boards of biotech companies.

What to expect

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Pilot to production

Operationalizing autonomous projects and deploying them in the real world

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AI safety

Data and trust frameworks to make systems reliable

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Policy & adoption

Navigating compliance and boosting public trust