2023 Agenda
8:30-8:45am
Welcome + Opening Remarks

Tom Tabor
CEO & Founder, Tabor Communications Inc.

Jay Boisseau
CEO & Co-founder, Vizias, Former HPC & AI Technology Strategist, Dell
Quantum Computing Track
8:45-9:00am
Quantum Computing Overview: The State of QC in 2023
9:00-9:45am
Moderator: John Russell, Managing Editor, QCwire, HPCwire

Panelists:

Bob Sorensen
Senior Vice President of Research, Chief Analyst for Quantum Computing, Hyperion Research

Heather West, PhD
Research Manager, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms, and Technologies, IDC

Jay Boisseau
CEO & Co-founder, Vizias, Former HPC & AI Technology Strategist, Dell
9:45-10:30am
Quantum Keynote
Presenters:

Philip Farah
VP Sales, Industries and Strategic Relationships, IonQ

Bob Fletcher
Director of Enterprise Sales, IonQ
10:30-11:00am
Break + Exhibits
11:00am-12:00pm
Enrique Vargas, Head of Quantum Sales, Americas, IBM Quantum

High Performance Computing Track
12:00-12:15pm
High Performance Computing Overview: The State of HPC in 2023
12:15-1:00pm
Lunch + HPC Keynote

Ryan Quick
Principal, Providentia Worldwide

Craig Yamasaki
Senior Director of Product
Management, Supermicro
1:00-2:00pm
Moderator: Doug Eadline, Managing Editor, HPCwire

Panelists:

Prabhu Ramamoorthy
CFA, FRM, CAIA, Global Partner Success Manager, NVIDIA

Kiran Agrahara
Cloud Solutions Architect, Intel

Wyatt Gorman
Solutions Manager, HPC and AI Infrastructure, Google Cloud

Thomas Jorgensen
Senior Director, Technology Enablement, Supermicro
3:00-4:00pm
Moderator: Roman Chwyl, Managing Director Grid as a Service, IBM

Panelists:

Ty Panagoplos
CEO, ParkWest Advisors, Former EVP & CIO Transformation, Santander US, CIO, TD Securities, and Executive Director, JPMorgan Chase Grid

J Ram
Co-Founder, Concourse Labs, Former Managing Director, Goldman Sachs Grid and CTO/Executive Director, Morgan Stanley

Dino Vitale
Distinguished Engineer, Infrastructure Tech Solutions Cloud Engineering, TD Bank Group, and former SVP Citigroup Grid and Director, Morgan Stanley Grid
4:00-5:00pm
Prabhu Ramamoorthy, CFA, FRM, CAIA, Global Partner Success Manager, NVIDIA

5:00-6:00pm
Moderator: Dan Olds, Chief Research Officer, Intersect360 Research

Panelists:

Molly Presley
SVP, Marketing, Hammerspace

Doug Norton
Chief Marketing Officer, InspireSemi

Rob Glanzman
Global Strategic Alliances Principal Architect, Financial Services, Pure Storage

Nick Ihli
Director of Solutions Engineering and Cloud, SchedMD
6:00-7:30pm
Cocktail Reception
Wednesday, September 27th | Data Management + AI
All times listed in EDT.
Data Management Track
8:45-9:00am
Data Management Overview: The State of Big Data in 2023
9:00-9:45am
Alex Woodie, Managing Editor, Datanami

9:45-10:30am
Data Management Keynote
David Flynn, Co-founder and CEO, Hammerspace

10:30-11:00am
Break + Exhibits
11:00am-12:00pm
Dino Vitale, Distinguished Engineer, Infrastructure Technology Solutions Cloud Engineering Team, TD Bank Group

Artificial Intelligence Track
12:00-12:15pm
Artificial Intelligence Overview: The State of AI in 2023
12:15-1:00pm
Lunch + AI Keynote
Troy Kaster, Vice President of Generative AI, Penguin Solutions

1:00-2:00pm
Sagar Gaikwad, Managing Director, Bucket Theorem, Former Head of Machine Learning Foundations, Capital One

3:00-4:00pm
Moderator: Sagar Gaikwad, Managing Director, Bucket Theorem, Former Head of Machine Learning Foundations, Capital One

Panelists:

Ricardo Portilla
Industry Principal, Databricks

Christopher Parisien
Senior Manager of Applied Research, NVIDIA Guardrail

Frank Liu
Head of AI & ML, Zilliz
4:00-5:00pm
Closing Keynote
Traci Gusher, Americas Data and Analytics Leader, Ernst & Young

5:00-6:00pm
Moderator: Dan Olds, Chief Research Officer, Intersect360 Research

Panelists:

Matt Jacobs
Chief Commercial Officer, Cornelis Networks

Alan Benjamin
President and CEO, GigaIO

Troy Kaster
Vice President of Generative AI, Penguin Solutions
6:00-6:15 pm
Closing Remarks + Raffle Drawing