As organizations move from generative through agentic systems and beyond, how must infrastructure evolve to meet the ever expanding requirements for AI development? On the road to AGI, is a paradigm shift on the horizon, or can we get there with just more of the same?
Andrew Ng
Andrew Ng is the Managing General Partner at AI Fund, Founder of DeepLearning.AI, Executive Chairman of LandingAI, and an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University.
As a pioneer in machine learning and online education, Dr. Ng has changed countless lives through his work in AI and has taught over 8 million people AI. He was the founding lead of the Google Brain team, which led Google’s drive to adopt modern AI, and the VP & Chief Scientist at Baidu.
He is also Chairman and Co-founder of Coursera, a leading online education company. In 2023, he was named to the Time100 AI list of the most influential AI persons in the world. Dr. Ng now focuses his time primarily on providing AI training and on his entrepreneurial ventures, looking for the best ways to accelerate responsible AI adoption globally.
Dr. Ng has authored over 200 papers in AI and related fields, and holds a B.Sc. from CMU, M.Sc. from MIT, and Ph.D. from UC Berkeley.
Mark Papermaster
Mark Papermaster is Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President responsible for Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) technical direction and product development. He led the re-design of engineering processes at AMD and the development of the award-winning “Zen” high-performance x86 CPU family, high-performance GPUs and the company’s modular design approach, Infinity Architecture. He also oversees Information Technology (IT) that delivers AMD’s compute infrastructure and services.
His 40+ years of engineering experience includes significant leadership roles managing the development of a wide range of products, from microprocessors to mobile devices and high-performance servers. Before joining AMD in October 2011 as Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President, Papermaster was the leader of Cisco’s Silicon Engineering Group, Apple Senior Vice President of Devices Hardware Engineering for iPod and iPhone and held multiple IBM roles in technology development including blade server and the microprocessor technology in mainframe, server, and storage products.
In October 2024, he was appointed the Vice Chair of the US Department of Commerce Industrial Advisory Committee (IAC) for the CHIPS for America program. He is also an active member of several boards and committees, including the Global Semiconductor Alliance Board of Directors, IEEE Industry Advisory Board, The University of Texas at Austin Cockrell School of Engineering Advisory Board, The University of Texas President’s Austin Innovation Board, and Purdue University Semiconductor Degrees Leadership Board.
Papermaster received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin and master’s degree from the University of Vermont, both in Electrical Engineering.
Fidelma Russo
Fidelma Russo is the Executive Vice President and General Manager of Hewlett Packard Enterprise's Hybrid Cloud business unit, and the company's Chief Technology Officer. Fidelma's Hybrid Cloud team is tasked with solving some of IT's biggest challenges, including transforming business through the power of data, modernizing IT infrastructure with a true cloud experience, and dramatically simplifying operations across hybrid cloud IT estates - all as they help customers accelerate their adoption of AI.
As the leader of this global organization of over 5,500 employees, Fidelma is responsible for driving the strategic direction, development, and execution of HPE's GreenLake platform, storage, private cloud, and SaaS solutions, along with creating an innovation pipeline through the capabilities and services of the Office of the CTO.
Fidelma joined Hewlett Packard Enterprise in September 2021 as Chief Technology Officer, where she led the creation, development, and delivery of HPE's GreenLake platform, a central offering for all of HPE's edge-to-cloud solutions and cloud services.
Based in Houston, Texas, Fidelma has more than 30 years of technology leadership spanning machine learning and analytics, global IT business services, cloud services, servers, storage, networking, backup, and infrastructure.
Prior to joining Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Fidelma was Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Cloud Services business unit at VMware. She has held notable senior leadership positions including Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President at Iron Mountain, Senior Vice President and General Manager at EMC, Vice President of Adaptive Infrastructure at Hewlett-Packard, and Senior Vice President of Network, Storage, and Software at Sun Microsystems.
Fidelma was appointed to Equinix's Board of Directors and audit committee in June 2022, and she also sits on the HP International Bank's Board of Directors. In July 2023, Fidelma was recognized in CRN's Top 100 Executive awards and Top 25 IT Innovators of 2023.
Fidelma holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in electrical engineering from University College Cork, a master's in computer science from Boston University, and completed the Internet of Things Executive Education program at MIT's Sloan School of Management.
Sean White
Sean White is the CEO of Inflection AI, a pioneer in human-centered artificial intelligence. With a career spanning decades in tech innovation, Sean has been at the forefront of computer vision and AI technology. His experience includes key roles at Mozilla as Chief R&D Officer, work on augmented reality at the Smithsonian and Columbia University, and contributions to early web-based email systems. Sean’s passion for human-computer interaction and collaborative intelligence drives Inflection AI’s mission to create AI systems that enhance human capabilities and improve organizations.