Why you should attend SOLIXEmpower 2024 on November 13-14, 2024?

Solix Technologies, Inc. in collaboration with the San Diego Supercomputer Center(SDSC) - SPARK AI and the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI) at the University of California San Diego to present: Your Data. Your AI. Your Insights

Gain insights on enterprise data management and generative AI via user training, demonstrations, and exciting product announcements.
Learn from leaders in industry and academia why data management is the lynchpin for data science and engineering innovations - both now and into the future.

Key Event Topics & Takeaways:

  • Data management as the key to new data science and data engineering applications

  • Governance & security as fundamental to all data initiatives

  • Data Lake and lakehouse architectures to mine profits from new data types and sources

  • Network with industry leaders, academic thinkers and Solix users

  • Opportunity to enjoy the beauty of UCSD and San Diego

 Registration

  • SOLIX User Group + Main Conference

    699

    • 1 full event pass (Nov 13-14) with access to the following:
    • Keynotes
    • Panel Discussions
    • Networking Opportunity

 SOLIXEmpower Speakers

  • Barry Rudolph

    Barry Rudolph
    CEO at Touch-A-Life Foundation and former VP at IBM, and Independent Board Member

  • Deb Barnes

    Dr. Deborah Barnes
    Head of Bank Data Management and Transformation
    USAA

  • Colin Cecil

    Colin Cecil
    Director Retirement and Archiving Center of Excellence
    Merck
    http://www.theitgarbageman.com

  • Ali Arsanjani

    Dr. Ali Arsanjani
    Director, Applied AI Engineering
    Google and Lecturer, UCSD

  • Dr. Bradley Voytek

    Dr. Bradley Voytek
    Professor
    Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI)

  • Dr. Frank Wuerthwein

    Dr. Frank Wuerthwein
    Director at the San Diego Supercomputer Center and
    Professor at the University of California San Diego

  • Dr. Haojian Jin

    Dr. Haojian Jin
    Assistant Professor at the
    Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI)

  • Dr. James Short

    Dr. James Short
    Lead Scientist and Director at the
    SPARK AI Consortium

  • Dr. Joe Lancaster

    Dr. Joe Lancaster
    VP of Product Management, Enterprise AI
    Solix Technologies, Inc.

  • Dr. Mark Flood

    Dr. Mark Flood
    Senior Research Scholar at the
    Center for Financial Policy

  • Dr. Mel Horwitch

    Dr. Mel Horwitch
    Visiting Scholar at
    MIT Sloan School

  • Dr. Rajesh Gupta

    Dr. Rajesh Gupta
    Interim Dean at the
    University of California College of Computing, Information and Data Science

  • Frederique De Letter

    Frederique De Letter
    Senior Director Analytics (Data + AI) at
    Keller Williams Realty

  • George Hall

    George Hall
    Former AVP IT Governance, Corporate Security & Strategy,
    American National Insurance and Independent Board Advisor

  • Govil Kumar

    Govil Kumar
    Director of Business Analytics & Planning
    Honeywell

  • Greg Thompson

    Greg Thompson
    Former CISO at
    ManuLife and Scotiabank

  • James Massa

    James Massa
    Senior Executive Director of Software Engineering and Architecture at
    JPMorganChase

  • Hon. Jerry McNerney

    Hon. Jerry McNerney
    Former Member US House of Representatives and Former Chair of the AI Congressional Caucus

  • John Ottman

    John Ottman
    Executive Chairman at
    Solix Technologies, Inc.

  • Jonathan Behnke

    Jonathan Behnke
    CIO at the
    City of San Diego

  • Keyur Desai

    Keyur Desai
    Former Chief Data Officer,
    TD Ameritrade

  • Kishore Gadiraju

    Kishore Gadiraju
    Vice President, Engineering
    Solix Technologies, Inc.

  • Mark Lee

    Mark Lee
    Senior Vice President
    Solix Technologies, Inc.

  • Michael Sossong

    Michael Sossong
    Chief Data Scientist at
    Lifevoxel

  • Michelle Hardwick

    Michelle Hardwick
    CDO of the
    University of California Riverside

  • Prasad Kaipa

    Prasad Kaipa
    Rtd. CEO Coach and Advisor

  • Sai Gundavelli

    Sai Gundavelli
    Founder & CEO at
    Solix Technologies, Inc.

  • Scott Kahn

    Scott Kahn
    Life & Health Sciences Executive, Board member, Former CIO
    Illumina

  • Scott Zoldi

    Scott Zoldi
    Chief Analytics Officer at
    FICO

  • Sravan Kasarla

    Sravan Kasarla
    Former Chief Data Officer at
    Thrivent

  • Srinivasan Sankar

    Srinivasan Sankar
    Chief Data Officer - Governing Body at
    Evanta, a Gartner Company

  • Steven Meltzer

    Steven Meltzer
    Partner at
    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

  • Dr. Timothy Mackey

    Dr. Timothy Mackey
    Director at the
    Global Health Policy and Data Institute and Professor at UCSD

  • Todd Henley

    Todd Henley
    Chief Data Governance and Privacy Officer at
    Northwest Bank

  • Tony Thurmond

    Tony Thurmond
    CA State Superintendent of Public Instruction at
    California State Department of Education

  • Valquir Correa

    Valquir Correa
    VP of Corporate Finance at
    Baha Mar

  • Veena Gundavelli

    Veena Gundavelli
    Founder & CEO at
    Emagia Corporation

  • Vinay Vijay Singh

    Vinay Vijay Singh
    Chief Financial Officer & Chief AI Officer at the
    U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

  • Vince Kellen

    Vince Kellen
    CIO at the
    University of California San Diego

  • Vincent Nelis

    Dr. Vincent Nelis
    Sr. Product Manager at
    IBM Watsonx

 Agenda

Embark on an enlightening journey as we delve into a wide range of captivating topics: Data Governance & Compliance, Cloud Data Management, Generative AI Use Cases, Enterprise Archive Strategy to Power Generative AI, Finance Transformation driven by AI, Content Services, Data Lake and more…

08:45 AM - 09:00 AM

  • Keynote

    Welcome / Keynote

    Mark Lee, Senior Vice President Services at Solix Technologies

Theater

09:00 AM - 10:00 AM

  • Product/Best Practice Session

    Enterprise Archiving (AR, AA, Email, FA, PRQ)

Theater

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

  • Product/Best Practice Session

    Enterprise Security & Compliance

    Jim Lee, Vice President Technology Services at Solix Technologies

Theater

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  • Product/Best Practice Session

    Enterprise Data Lake

    Mark Lee, Senior Vice President Services at Solix Technologies

Theater

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

  • Product/Best Practice Session

    Enterprise Content Services (ECS)

    Kalyan Manyam, VP Enterprise Workgroup Solutions at Solix Technologies

Theater

12:30 PM - 01:30 PM

  • Break

    Networking Lunch

Theater

01:30 PM - 02:15 PM

  • Panel Discussion

    What's New - Application Retirement

    Sriraj Dawlekar, Professional Services at Solix Technologies

Room1

02:15 PM - 03:00 PM

  • Training Session

    What's New - Active Archiving

    Praveen Koppula, Software Application Developer at Solix Technologies

Theater

03:00 PM - 03:30 PM

  • Training Session

    What's New - File Archiving

    Rahul, Professional Services at Solix Technologies

Theater

03:30 PM - 04:00 PM

  • Training Session

    What's New - Data Access

    Manikanth Shivampeta, Technical Lead, Professional Services, Solix Technologies

Theater

04:00 PM - 04:30 PM

  • Dinner

    What's New - New Archiving Target

    Rajesh Sunkineni, Director Professional Services at Solix Technologies

Theater

04:30 PM - 05:30 PM

  • Dinner

    Best Practices - AA/AR/DA

    Rajesh Sunkineni, Director Professional Services at Solix Technologies

Theater

05:30 PM - 07:00 PM

  • Dinner

    Reception / Dinner

Theater

08:30 AM - 09:00 AM

  • Networking

    Networking Breakfast

     

Qualcomm Auditorium

09:00 AM - 09:15 AM

  • Keynote

    Welcome Keynote

    Sai Gundavelli, Founder & CEO, Solix Technologies, Inc.

    Dr. Rajesh Gupta, Interim Dean, College of Computing, Information and Data Science at the University of California San Diego

    Dr. Frank Wuerthwein, Director at San Diego Supercomputer Center and Professor at University of California San Diego

Qualcomm Auditorium

09:15 AM - 10:00 AM

  • Keynote

    Data Quality and Data Strategy for AI, Measuring AI Value, Testing LLMs, and AI Use Cases

    James Massa, Senior Executive Director of Software Engineering and Architecture at JPMorganChase

Qualcomm Auditorium

10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

  • Keynote

    Enterprise Intelligence

    John Ottman, Executive Chairman at Solix Technologies

Qualcomm Auditorium

10:20 AM - 10:40 AM

  • Keynote

    Cloud Data Management

    Mark Lee, Senior Vice President at Solix Technologies

Qualcomm Auditorium

10:40 AM - 11:00 AM

  • Keynote

    Fueling AI for Business: Navigating AI With Trust, Governance & Fit for Purpose

    Dr. Vincent Nelis, Sr. Product Manager at IBM Watsonx

Qualcomm Auditorium

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

  • Keynote

    AI Trust and Safety

    Hon. Jerry McNerney, Former Member US House of Representatives and Former Chair of the AI Congressional Caucus

Qualcomm Auditorium

11:20 AM - 12:05 AM

  • Fireside Chat

    Unlocking Potential: Breakthrough Applications of AI and Analytics

    Moderator: Dr. Mel Horwitch, Visiting Scholar at MIT Sloan School

    Frederique De Letter, Senior Director Analytics (Data + AI) at Keller Williams Realty

    Govil Kumar, Director of Business Analytics & Planning at Honeywell

    Hon. Jerry McNerney, Former Member US House of Representatives and Former Chair of the AI Congressional Caucus

Qualcomm Auditorium

12:05 PM - 01:00 PM

  • Break

    Networking Lunch

     

Qualcomm Auditorium

01:00 PM - 01:30 PM

  • Keynote

    The Data Science Foundation

    Dr. Bradley Voytek, Professor at the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI)

    Commentator: Scott Zoldi, Chief Analytics Officer, FICO

Qualcomm Auditorium

01:30 PM - 02:15 PM

  • Panel Discussion

    Uncover the Hidden Risks: AI Safety & Security Showdown

    Moderator: Joe Lancaster PhD, VP Product Management at Solix Technologies, Inc.

    Dr. Haojian Jin, Assistant Professor, Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI)

    Dr. Ali Arsanjani, Director, Applied AI Engineering at Google and Lecturer, UCSD

    Srinivasan Sankar, Chief Data Officer at Evanta, a Gartner Company

    Greg Thompson, Former CISO at Manulife and Scotiabank

Qualcomm Auditorium

02:15 PM - 03:00 PM

  • Panel Discussion

    Navigating the Future of Financial Technology: AI, Data, And Governance In a Transforming Landscape

    Moderator: George Hall, Board Advisor, Former AVP IT Governance, Corporate Security & Strategy, American National Insurance and Independent Board Advisor

    Dr. Mark Flood, Senior Research Scholar, Center for Financial Policy

    Dr. Deborah Barnes, Head of Bank Data Management and Transformation at USAA

    Veena Gundavelli, CEO at Emagia

Qualcomm Auditorium

03:00 PM - 03:15 PM

  • Break

    Networking Break

Qualcomm Auditorium

03:15 PM - 04:00 PM

  • Panel Discussion

    Compliance Meets Innovation: Strategies For Managing Effective AI Governance

    Moderator: Dr. James Short, Lead Scientist and Director at the SPARK AI Consortium

    Todd Henley, Chief Data Governance and Privacy Officer, Northwest Bank

    Keyur Desai, Former Chief Data Officer at TD Ameritrade

    Sravan Kasarla, Former Chief Data Officer at Thrivent

    Valquir Correa, VP of Corporate Finance at Baha Mar

Qualcomm Auditorium

04:00 PM - 04:45 PM

  • Panel Discussion

    AI's Impact On Public Sector Innovation and Educational Reform

    Moderator: Steven Meltzer, Partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

    Jonathan Behnke, CIO for The City of San Diego

    Michelle Hardwick, CDO of University of California Riverside

    Vinay Vijay Singh, Chief Financial Officer & Chief AI Officer at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

    Vince Kellen, CIO at the University of California San Diego

Qualcomm Auditorium

04:45 PM - 05:30 PM

  • Panel Discussion

    AI-Powered Healthcare: Navigating Innovation, Ethics, And Data Challenges

    Moderator: Scott Kahn, Former CIO at Illumina, Healthcare Board Member

    Colin Cecil, Director Retirement and Archiving Center of Excellence, Merck

    Dr. Michael Sossong, Chief Data Scientist at Lifevoxel

    Dr. Timothy Mackey, Director at the Global Health Policy and Data Institute and Professor at UCSD

Qualcomm Auditorium

05:30 PM - 06:30 PM

  • Keynote

    AI For Social Good

    Barry Rudolph, CEO at Touch-A-Life Foundation and former VP at IBM, and Independent Board Member

    Commentator: Kishore Gadiraju, Vice President, Engineering, Solix Technologies, Inc.

    Commentator: Prasad Kaipa, Rtd. CEO Coach and Advisor

Qualcomm Auditorium

06:30 PM - 06:45 PM

  • Winding Up

    Closing Ceremony

     

Qualcomm Auditorium

06:45 PM

  • Dinner

    Cocktails & Networking Dinner(Invite Only)

     

Conference Room

*Snacks / Coffee / Available

*This Agenda is subject to change

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