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2026 Conference Sessions

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM

Registration, Breakfast & Networking

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

Conference Introduction

8:45 AM - 9:15 AM

Keynote

Opening Keynote: What Still Wins When Everyone Has AI

- Where advantage truly comes from now
- Why execution and trust matter more as AI commoditizes
- Lessons that apply across software, science, and infrastructure

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9:15 AM - 9:55 AM

Fireside Chat

Building Winning Products Under Very Different Rules

- Product decisions that age well (or don’t)
- Translating AI capability into customer‑ready value
- What operators misunderstand about markets outside their own

9:55 AM - 10:10 AM

Networking Break

10:10 AM - 10:55 AM

Panel Discussion

How Buyers Actually Decide Now (and Why GTM Is Harder Than It Looks)

- How trust is built across enterprise, healthcare, fintech, and industrial markets
- Where pilots stall and why conversions fail
- Go-to-Market models that still hold up

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Keynote

Keynote Address: The AI Opportunity in Life Sciences: What's Real and What's Next

- Where AI is creating measurable value today
- The opportunities and challenges ahead
- What founders, investors, and industry leaders should be watching as AI transforms drug development, clinical research, and healthcare delivery

11:30 AM - 11:50 PM

TiE Global Update

11:50 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch & Curated Networking

- What Buyers Pay For Now
- Go-to-Market Reality Check: What Stopped Working
- Scaling After Early Traction
- Building in Regulated or High‑Trust Markets
- Efficient, Not Timid
- How AI Reshapes Teams, Roles, and Decisions

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Panel Discussion

What You Actually Have to Prove to Get Funding

- How capital expectations differ and converge across sectors
- Where founders over‑optimize for the wrong signals
- Designing companies that deploy capital well

1:50 PM - 2:45 PM

Showcase

2026 Emerging Company Showcase & Awards

Join us as we spotlight 18 trailblazing finalists—Seed to Series A—building the future across emerging sectors that are transforming the US.

2:45 PM - 3:15 PM

Networking Break

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM

Fireside Chat

The Messy Middle: Where Good Companies Stall

- Execution breakdowns between traction and scale
- Hiring, organization design, and pace mismatches
- When AI amplifies weaknesses instead of fixing them

4:00 PM - 4:20 PM

2026 Emerging Company Showcase Awards Presentation

4:20 PM - 4:50 PM

Keynote

Closing Keynote: Building Companies That Hold Up Over Time

- Leading teams through constant change
- Designing for relevance, not just valuation
- Why cross‑sector learning matters more each cycle

4:50 PM - 5:00 PM

Conference Wrap-up

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Post‑Conference Networking Reception

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