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AI in Action 2026: Business Summit

AI summit for business leaders to explore practical AI through case studies, workshops, sector sessions, and networking.

HOSTED BY: 
The Roux Institute
LOCATION:
8:00 AM–5:30 PM
  
Jun
  
5
  
2026
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About the event

AI in Action 2026 brings together business leaders, innovators, and practitioners from across Northern New England and beyond, for a full day of applied learning, real-world case studies, and meaningful connection. Whether you're just beginning your AI journey or scaling what's already working, this summit is built for you.

Expect nationally recognized speakers, sector-specific tracks in life sciences & health, climate & sustainability, municipal, innovation, applied workshops, and conversations that spur new ideas.

This second-annual, all-day conference will feature:

  • Discussions on AI in Society & AI in Industry
  • Keynotes from thought leaders at the intersection of business and AI
  • Deep dives on how AI is being applied in areas like research and development, and in sectors including life sciences and health, climate and sustainability, and municipal government
  • Workshops focused hands-on skills
  • Showcase opportunities for startups and researchers working in/with AI
  • Networking

Speaker announcements coming soon. Grab your ticket now — space is limited!

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Tomo Lazovich
Assistant Professor of the Practice, AI Governance and Policy
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Brown University
Prudence Lam
PhD Candidate
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Northeastern University
Steven Geofrey
Associate Teaching Professor, Coordinator of Creative Coding
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Northeastern University, College of Arts, Media, and Design
Smit Desai
Assistant Professor in the College of Arts, Media and Design (CAMD) at Northeastern University
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Weiyan Shi
Assistant Professor
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Northeastern University, ECE & Khoury Computer Science
Melanie Tory
Director, Human Data Interaction Research
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Northeastern University
Mahsan Nourani
Assistant Research Professor
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Northeastern University
Berkeley Almand-Hunter
Technical Director of Partner Products
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The Roux Institute at Northeastern University
Tom Davenport
President’s Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and Management
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Babson College
Piotr Sapiezynski
Assistant Research Professor
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Khoury College of Computer Sciences
Don Fallis
Professor of Philosophy and Computer Science
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Northeastern University
Andrea De Souza
Chief Corporate Development Officer
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Qubit Pharmaceuticals
Vance Ricks
Associate Teaching Professor of Philosophy and Computer Science
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College of Social Sciences and Humanities and Khoury College of Computer Sciences
Zara Muradali
National Managing Principal, Life Sciences
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Grant Thornton Advisors, LLC
Ayan Paul
Research Scientist
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The Institute for Experiential AI
Nicholas Judson
Associate Leader - Energy Systems Group
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MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Lynée Turek-Hankins
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Dartmouth College
Qi “Ryan” Wang
Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Northeastern University
Sai Ravela
Principal Research Scientist, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS)
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MIT Center for Computational Science & Engineering
Stephen George
VP of System Operations and Market Administration
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ISO New England
Graham Turk
Regulatory Program Manager
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Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA)
Galen Nelson
Chief Climate Officer
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Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC)
Jinye Zhao
Principal Energy Market Analyst
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ISO New England
Andrea Staid
Principal Technical Leader in the Energy Systems and Climate Analysis Group
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EPRI
Jessica Trancik
Professor
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MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
Ryan McGranaghan
Data Scientist and Research Scientist
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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Caroline Routh
Recruitment & Engagement Manager
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Sean Martin
Business Development Manager
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The Institute for Experiential AI at Northeastern University
Chris Torina
Director of Entrepreneurship
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The Roux Institute at Northeastern University
Jim Reavis
CEO
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Cloud Security Alliance
Gemma Galdon-Clavell. Ph.D.
CEO
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Eticas.ai
Gian Corrado, MD
Director, Emergency Sports Medicine & Senior Associate Athletic Director and Chief Medical Officer
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Massachusetts General Hospital & Northeastern University
Alycia Markowski
Clinical Professor
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School of Clinical Rehab Sciences
Daniel Davis, MD
Senior Medical Director, Continuing Health
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Atrium Health
Sammy Assefa, Ph.D
Senior Vp, Head of AI
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US Bank
Mike Pollastri
Senior Vice Provost
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The Roux Institute at Northeastern University
Micheal Wan
Research Scientist
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The Institute for Experiential AI
Christian Reich
Professor of Practice
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Bouvé College of Health Sciences
Saeed Amal
Research Professor
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Northeastern University
Vito Quaranta
Professor of the Practice, Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Northeastern University
Agata Lapedriza
Principle Research Scientist
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The Institute for Experiential AI at Northeastern University
Jessica DiBiase
MPH and Data Analyst
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Maine Health
Stuart Middleton
Associate Professor
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University of Southampton
Angela Hosking
Dean and CEO
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NU-Charlotte Campus
Gopal Ramchurn
CEO
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RAiUK
Donnie Mitchem
Director, Behavioral Health Services
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Outpatient Therapy & Community Services
Danny F. Scalise II
Public Health Director
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Burke County Public Health
John Manning
Emergency Medicine Physician
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Atrium Health
Matt Lewis
Founder, CEO and Chief Augmented Intelligence Officer
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LL Mental
Arezoo Movaghar
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
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Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Robert Leeman
Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Sciences
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Bouvé College of Health Sciences at Northeastern University
Amanda Choflet
Dean, School of Nursing
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Bouvé College of Health Sciences at Northeastern University
Alisa Lincoln
Director, Institute for Health Equity and Social Justice Research
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College of Social Sciences and Humanities at Northeastern University
Rafael Mestre
Lecturer
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University of Southampton
Christine Zazzaro
President And Chief Executive Officer
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McLeod Centers for Wellbeing
Liz Scharnetzki
Faculty Scientist I
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MaineHealth
Ignacio Sarasua
Solution Architect
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Nvidia
Aynsley Bernard
Principal Data Scientist
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Kooth PLC
Aminat Adebiyi
Research Scientist
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IBM Research
Trinity Coakley
Health Science and Psychology Student
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Adam Woolley
Director of Assessment, Clinical Professor, Pharmacy and Health Systems Science
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Elizabeth Mynatt
Dean of Khoury College of Computer Sciences
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Sylvain Jaume
Director, School of Computer Science and Data Analytics
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University of New England
Erin O'Neill
Candidate for M.S. in Health Informatics
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Doug Sawyer
Medical Director
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Maine Medical
Karen Huhn
Professor of Physical Therapy and Program Director
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Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
David Harder
Professor & Director
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University of Maine Institute of Medicine
Dan Koloski
Head of Learning Programs, Roux Institute and Professor of the Practice, College of Professional Studies
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Northeastern University
Connie Yowell
Senior Advisor to the Provost
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Northeastern University
Justin Manjourides
Associate Professor of Public Health and Health Sciences
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Northeastern University
Aarti Sathyanarayana
Assistant Professor in Health Science and Computer Science
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Northeastern University
Jeanne Latourelle
Senior Vice President, Precision Medicine
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Aitia
John Brownstein
SVP and Chief Innovation Officer
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Boston Children’s Hospital
Colleen Hole
Innovation Strategic Advisor
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Atrium Health/Advocate Health
Jens Rueter
Chief Medical Officer; Medical Director
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The Jackson Laboratory; Maine Cancer Genomics Initiative
Predrag Radivojac
Professor of Computer Science and Associate Dean of Research, Khoury College of Computer Science
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Northeastern University
Jason Springs
Co-founder & CEO
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Endpoint Health
Timothy Ruchti
Director Algorithms
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Nihon Kohden Digital Health Solutions LLC
Isaac Kohane
Professor & Chair, Department of Biomedical Informatics
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Harvard Medical School
Patricia Geli
Co-founder, Managing Director, and COO
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C10 Labs
Crystal Brown
CEO & Co-Founder
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CircNova
David Levine MD, MPH, MA
Associate Professor and Clinical Director
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Mass General Brigham
Marinka Zitnik
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics
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Harvard Medical School
Larry Brilliant
CEO
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Evity.AI
Rasu B. Shrestha
Chief Innovation and Commercialization Officer
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Advocate Health
John Halamka
Dwight and Dian Diercks President
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Mayo Clinic Platform
Hoda Sayed-Friel
Former Executive Vice President
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MEDITECH
Yakov Bart
Associate Professor of Marketing at D'Amore-McKim School of Business
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Northeastern University
Ricardo Baeza-Yates
Director of Research
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Institute for Experiential AI
Michael Workman
Creative Director of the AI Literacy Lab
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Northeastern University
Joanna Weiss
Executive Director of the AI Literacy Lab
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Northeastern University
Sam Scarpino
Director of AI + Life Sciences
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Institute for Experiential AI
David De Cremer
Dean of the D'Amore-McKim School of Business
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Northeastern University
Manish Worlikar
Heads the Center of Excellence (CoE) for Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Analytics
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Fidelity Institutional
Xuning (Mike) Tang
Associate Director of Responsible AI
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Verizon
Ashok Srivastava
Senior VP and Chief Data Officer
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Intuit
Jay Schuren
Chief Customer Officer
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Data Robot
Rudina Seseri
Founder and Managing Partner
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Glasswing Ventures
Dan Rosensweig
Chief Executive Officer
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Chegg
Peter Norvig
Researcher
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Google

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