IIT BAY AREA LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE 2024

Saturday, October 19

8:00 AM to 7:00 PM PT
Santa Clara Convention Center

The largest IIT networking event on the West Coast that brings together industry veterans, company founders, visionary investors, and trailblazers to share their stories and visions.

Conference Theme

DECODING THE FUTURE

Unlock Tomorrow, Unmask the Challenge

The “singularity,” where AI may surpass human intelligence, brings both hope and fear. This conference invites technology visionaries, leadership masterminds, AI pioneers, and unicorn builders to address the most pressing issues surrounding ethical dilemmas, data privacy, cyber security, and the safe adoption of rapid technological advances.

This year’s theme explores the crucial challenges and opportunities of our time. Through keynotes, expert panels, and discussions, we aim to collaboratively shape a future that benefits all.

2024

Keynote Speakers

ALI GHODSI

 CEO & Co-founder, Databricks

ARVIND JAIN

 CEO & Founder, Glean

JAI DAS

President, Partner & Co-Founder, Sapphire Ventures

KARTHIK NARAIN

Group CEO of Technology and CTO, Accenture

MONICA BAJAJ

 VP Engineering, Okta

PADMASREE WARRIOR

Founder, President and CEO, Fable & Board Member, Spotify

SUDHEESH NAIR

Ex-CEO, ThoughtSpot
2024

Speakers

Abhinav Asthana

Co-founder and CEO, Postman

Amar Dixit

CMIO, San Mateo Medical Center

Anand Kashyap

CEO, Fortanix

Anshu Agarwal

Board Member, IITBAA; GP, Converge VC Ex-CEO & Co-founder, Nimbella

Apoorva Pandhi

Managing Director, Zetta Venture Partners

Arnab Debnath

Board Member, IITBAA; VP, Business Development (Japan), Fortanix

Ashis Khan

Board Member, IITBAA; VP, Falkonry

Ashmeet Sidana

Chief Engineer, Engineering Capital

Chandar Pattabhiram

Chief Go-to-Market Officer, Workato

Dipty Desai

Board Member, IITBAA; CEO, CareAsOne; President, HIMSS NorCal; AVP, gslab I GAVS

Dr. Anirban Ghosh

AI ML Solutions Consultant, Infosys

Dr. Archana Dubey

Chief Medical Officer, Employer and Individual Plans, UnitedHealthcare

Dr. K. Srikar Reddy

Honorable Consulate General, San Francisco

Dr. Vipin Chaudhary

Professor and Chair, Case Western University

Ferose V R

SVP and Head of SAP Academy for Engineering, SAP

Hitesh Sheth

Founder and CEO, Vectra.ai

Ishita Sharan

Board Member, IITBAA; General Manager, Healthcare, Konfer

Jayashree Subrahmonia

Global MD for AI Research and Products, Accenture

Jeremiah Owyang

General Partner, Blitzscaling Ventures

John Squeo

Sr Vice President, CitiusTech

Khalid Turk

Chief Health Information Officer, Santa Clara County Health

Lochan Alagh

Board Member, IITBAA; Co-Founder & Managing Partner, VC Nest

Mario Espinoza

Chief Product Officer Illumio

Meenakshi Kaul-Basu

Engineering Leader, Databricks

Nidhi Kannoujia

President, IITBAA; Cloud Product Line Manager, Illumio

Nilesh Thakker

President, Globalization Excellence Business, Zinnov

Pramod Gosavi

Senior Principal, Blumberg Capital

Praveen Vayalamkuzhi

Board Member, IITBAA; CEO, MobilityVision Inc.

Professor Brian Green

Santa Clara University

Rao Charagondla

Board Member, IITBAA; Cloud FinOps - Cloud Engineering & Operations, Adobe

Raviraj Jain

Partner, Lightspeed Ventures Partners

Ravi Purohit

SVP & Global Head, ERP business, Birlasoft

Shalini Govil-Pai

VP and GM, Android TV, Google

Shikha Tandon

Olympian; Arjuna Awards Winner; Chief Resilience and Partnerships Officer, Svexa

Soumi Datta

Vice President R&D, VMware

Swapnil Sinvhal

Board Member, IITBAA; Director of Software Development, Oracle

Vedant Agrawal

Vice President, Premji Invest

Vincent Liu

Chief Data Officer, Kaiser Permanente

Yoshita Agrawal

Chief Of Staff, Sybill
WHAT TO EXPECT

Conference Highlights

Startup Showcase

Women Leadership

IIT Campus Mixer

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Why Speak ?

Showcase thought leadership, gain visibility, network with leaders, and make a lasting impact.

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Why Sponsor ?

Sponsorship allows you to recruit top tech talent, showcase your business, and amplify your message effectively.

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Why Exhibit ?

Exhibiting increases brand visibility, generates leads, gains market insights, and explores business opportunities.

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Why Volunteer ?

Gain insights, connect, find career opportunities, and get inspired. Experience the joy of giving back.

"Keep up the good work with the IITs. We really count on the amazing graduates of IITs. I m surrounded by them, I think its got to be a close to couple of thousand IIT employees at NVIDIA, an amazing system."
Jensen Huang
President, NVIDIA
At IIT Bay Area LC '23

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