Where visionaries gather to share Transformative Insights, Industry Best Practices, Thought Leadership, Competitive Advantage

06:00 PM - 08:00 PM

• Networking

  Networking Cocktails and Dinner

   

08:00 AM - 09:00 AM

• Networking

  Networking Breakfast

   

Theater

09:00 AM - 09:30 AM

• Keynote

  Welcome and Opening Remarks

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

  Prof. Rajesh Gupta, Dean, School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences at UC San Diego

  Prof. Frank Wuerthwein, Director at the San Diego Supercomputer Center

Theater

09:30 AM - 10:00 AM

• Keynote

  Keynote: Merv Lally

  Mervyn (Merv) Lally, CIO at HealthEquity, Inc.

Theater

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

• Keynote

  Autonomous AI Finance

  Moderator: Divya Joshi, Principal Consultant for AI Strategy

  Valquir Correa, VP of Corporate Finance at Baha Mar

  Govil Kumar, Director of Business Analytics & Planning at Honeywell

  Veena Gundavelli, Founder & CEO at Emagia

Theater

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

• Break

  Networking Break

   

Theater

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

• Keynote & Panel Discussion

  Agentic AI Ops

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

  Moderator: Kishore Gadiraju, CTO at Solix Technologies, Inc.

  Mervyn (Merv) Lally, CIO at HealthEquity, Inc.

  Phyllis Saavedra, VP Finance Transformation at Emagia

  Vikram Kumar, CEO at MultiplierAI

Theater

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

• Break

  Sponsor Exhibition & Networking Lunch

  SPARK AI Consortium Luncheon - Future of Data Platforms

  SOLIX User Group Luncheon

  TALTalks Luncheon

Theater

01:00 PM - 01:45 PM

• Panel Discussion

  The Rise Of Fourth-generation Data Platforms

  Moderator: Alex Woodie, Managing Editor of HPCwire

  Carl Gerber, Consultant & Former CDO at Deloitte, KPMG

  Mervyn (Merv) Lally, CIO at HealthEquity, Inc.

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

  John Ottman, Executive Chairman at Solix Technologies, Inc.

Theater

01:45 PM - 02:00 PM

• Break

  Networking Break

   

Theater

02:00 PM - 02:45 PM

• Keynote

  Solix Enterprise AI - A Fourth-generation Data Platform

  Keynote: Suresh Mani, Chief AI Architect at Solix Technologies, Inc.

  Commentary: Abhijeet Das, Data-as-a-service Practice Leader at TD Bank

Theater

02:45 PM - 03:30 PM

• Panel Discussion

  AI Automation and Data Governance

  Moderator: Mark Lee, Senior Vice President, Services at Solix Technologies, Inc.

  Dr. Deb Barnes, Consultant and Former CDO at USAA Banking

  Balasubrahmanyam Pasumarthy, Director, Compliance, Risk Management and Data Governance at Cognizant

  Syed Qadri, Director, Data Management and Analytics at Western Financial Group

Theater

03:30 PM - 04:00 PM

• Break

  Networking Break

   

Theater

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM

• Panel Discussion

  Future Horizons in AI Research and Education

  Moderator: Dr. James Short, Lead Scientist and Director, SPARK AI Consortium, UC San Diego

  Dr. James C.S. Meng, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (ret), Senior Fellow, UC San Diego

  Prof Maj Dean Mirmirani, Dean, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ret)

  Prof Lily Weng, School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences, UC San Diego

  Closing Spotlight Talk (Evolving AI Regulatory Impact): Mr Steven Meltzer, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Theater

05:00 PM - 05:15 PM

• Wrap-up

  Day 1 Wrap-up Forum

  Steve Tallant, Director of Product Marketing at Solix Technologies, Inc.

Theater

06:00 PM - 08:00 PM

• Dinner

  Wine Reception and Networking

   

Theater

08:00 AM - 09:00 AM

• Networking

  Networking Breakfast

   

Theater

09:00 AM - 09:30 AM

• Keynote

  Future of AI in Government

  Jonathan Behnke, CIO at the City of San Diego

Theater

09:30 AM - 10:00 AM

• Keynote

  The Data-driven Future Of Precision Medicine: Accelerating Translation From Discovery To The Clinic

  Dr. Mohit Jain, MD, PhD, Founder & CSO at Sapient

Theater

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

• Panel Discussion

  Future of AI in Healthcare & Life Sciences

  Moderator: Raju Puspati, VP Life Sciences at Solix Technologies

  Prof. Kiana Aran, Associate Professor of Bioengineering at the UC San Diego Jacobs School Of Engineering

  Tao Long, Co-Founder and Head of Data Sciences at Sapient

  Robin Perry Mayrand, Senior Data Scientist at Johnson & Johnson

  Professor Benjamin Smarr, Associate Professor at the Halicioğlu Data Science Institute and the Department of Bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego

Theater

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

• Break

  Networking Break

   

Theater

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

• Panel Discussion

  Data, Model and Agent Marketplaces for Pharma Research

  Moderator: Murali Krishnam, Director of AI Pharma at Solix Technologies, Inc.

  Dr. Nabil Adam, Professor Emeritus at Rutgers University and Co-founder & CEO at Phalcon, LLC

  Vrajesh Bhavsar, CEO & Co-Founder at Operant AI

  Aditya Gadiko, Senior Director of AI Product Management at Emmes Group

  Greg Horowitt, Director of Innovation at UC San Diego

  Dr. Vivek Jha, Leader (Sr. Director) - Strategy, AI & Transformation, Global Commercialization Capabilities at Eli Lilly

Theater

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

• Break

  Sponsor Exhibition & Networking Lunch

   

Theater

01:00 PM - 01:45 PM

• Keynote & Panel Discussion

  Trusted AI in Government

  Spotlight Keynote: Prof. David Danks, School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences, UC San Diego

  Moderator: Mr. Jonathan Behnke, CIO, City of San Diego

  Brendan Daly, Chief Information Security Officer; Deputy Director, IT Architecture and Engineering, City Of San Diego

  Ian Brazill, Assistant Deputy Director of Compliance and Digital Equity, City of San Diego

Theater

01:45 PM - 02:00 PM

• Break

  Networking Break

   

Theater

02:00 PM - 02:45 PM

• Panel Discussion

  AI-driven Enterprise Archiving

  Moderator: Jim Lee, Vice President Technical Services at Solix Technologies, Inc.

  Praveen Beedanagari, Sr. Enterprise Data Architect at NetApp

  Santo Campione, Director of IT at McDonalds

  Pedro Pagan, Director of IT at Whitecap

  Bryon Rickey, Director of Enterprise Data Governance and Privacy at ASP

Theater

02:45 PM - 03:00 PM

• Break

  Networking Break

   

Theater

03:00 PM - 03:45 PM

• Panel Discussion

  Ai Frontiers in Semantic Data Engineering in Pharmaceutical Drug Discovery and Development

  Moderator: Dr. James Short, Lead Scientist and Director, SPARK AI Consortium, UC San Diego

  Dr. Joe Lancaster, VP Enterprise AI, Solix Technologies, Inc.

  Dr. Raju Puspati, VP Life Sciences, Solix Technologies, Inc.

  Mr. Jamie Cho, Head of Software, Sapient

  Prof. Timothy K. Mackey, UC San Diego Global Health Program

Theater

03:45 PM - 04:00 PM

• Break

  Networking Break

   

Theater

04:00 PM - 04:45 PM

• Demo & Panel Discussion

  AI Digital Doctor

  Moderator: Barry Rudolph, VP and GM at IBM (ret)

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

  Dr. Krishnaiah Kurapati, Chief Executive Officer at Basavatarakam Indo American Cancer Hospital and Research Institute

  Dr. Krishnamohan Yarlagadda, Director at Virinchi People's Hospitals

  Dr. Rafiq Dossani, Director at Rand Corporation

  Demo By: Kishore Gadiraju, CTO at Solix Technologies, Inc.

Theater

04:45 PM - 05:00 PM

• Forum

  The Road Ahead for SOLIXEmpower

  Steve Tallant, Director of Product Marketing at Solix Technologies, Inc.

Theater

05:00 PM - 07:00 PM

• Dinner

  Cocktails, Wine Networking Dinner + Customer Advisory Board Dinner + Customer Awards

   

Theater

08:00 AM - 09:00 AM

• Networking

  Networking Breakfast

  Start the day with informal networking and coffee.

   

Theater

09:00 AM - 09:30 AM

• Session

  Welcome - Accelerating Value for your Organization with Solix’ AI-Ready Enterprise Data Management Platform - CDP

  Kick off Empower 2025 with an overview of Solix’s role in enabling AI-ready enterprises. Hear how Solix CDP and archiving solutions help organizations unlock value while ensuring compliance, governance, and cost optimization.

Theater

09:45 AM - 10:30 AM

• Session

  Understanding Your Data - Did you know?

  Learn about Solix CDP capabilities in discovery, automated classification, business glossary, collaboration, and sensitive data discovery.

Theater

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

• Break

  Networking Break

   

Theater

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

• Session

  Data Governance - Did you know?

  Learn how to automate governance and compliance based on your new understanding of your data. Implementing lifecycle management based on automated classification. Learn how to implement complex retention use cases, and extend governance beyond the records held in CDP with Solix’ new Federated (in-place) Governance functionality.

Theater

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

• Break

  Networking Break

   

Theater

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

• Session

  Data Lake+

  Learn how to establish a system of record for legacy data in your data lake with full preservation, compliance, and secure, automated data access. Learn how to build and publish data products for a variety of value-added use cases in your organization. (Demo included)

Theater

12:45 PM - 01:00 PM

• Break

  Networking Break

   

Theater

01:00 PM - 01:45 PM

• Session

  Accelerate Data Access

  Learn how to use Solix’ new Intelligent Data Access functionality to move your organization to true self-service data access for all data (stored in CDP or under CDP governance in place). Learn about prompt-to SQL, intelligent search, and more.

Theater

Day2

09:00 AM - 09:45 AM

• Session

  Accelerate Compliance Initiatives

  Learn about classification-based, life cycle management (managing the dark data that has now been illuminated). Learn about best practices for establishing a data lake for preservation of legacy data. Learn about best practices for accelerating data minimization implementations using Solix new Intelligent Archiver functionality. Learn how to bring your email data into compliance with Solix Email archiving solution.

Theater

09:45 AM - 11:00 AM

• Break

  Networking Break

   

Theater

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM

• Session

  Minimize Time to Benefit With SolixCloud

  Focus on the data management, not the infrastructure.

Theater

11:15 AM - 11:45 AM

• Session

  Secure Your Data

  Learn how to use data masking, obfuscation, redaction, and other techniques to protect your data and comply with data privacy and protection regulations.

Theater