July  10,  2024  |  NEW YORK CITY, NY

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AWS ExecLeaders at AWS Summit New York 2024 is an exclusive, in-person event at the Javits Center in New York City. The event brings business leaders and technology innovators together to explore the theme of Leadership in the new era of Generative AI. You’ll hear from those leaders who are pushing the boundaries to disrupt their organizations, and their own ways of working to innovate and thrive.

 

A New Era for Leadership – Explore, Imagine, Succeed

The rapid evolution of technologies such as generative AI continues to transform how we live, work, and function as a society. To remain successful, today’s leaders require fresh new approaches, boundless imagination, novel skill sets, and cutting-edge technologies.

To help you navigate this new era of leadership, we invite you to join your peers and leading visionaries across business, technology, and academia for an exclusive AWS ExecLeaders event at the Javits Center in New York City. You’ll hear from these visionaries about how they are taking a fresh approach to leadership, evolving new skillsets, and adopting cutting-edge technologies to capitalize on this moment of opportunity.

ExecLeaders is designed for VP and C-Suite executives who are buyers of AWS services. If you are a partner of AWS, we encourage you to register for AWS Summit New York.

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ExecLeaders at AWS Summit

Why should I attend?

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  • Explore high-impact generative AI use cases and strategies from pioneering business leaders and technologists. Leave with a visionary action plan for operationalizing generative AI to drive growth and profitability.

  • Build relationships with a powerful network of forward-thinking executives, entrepreneurs, and subject matter experts. Gain fresh perspectives through peer discussions on generative AI's transformative potential.

  • Learn how industry leaders successfully evolved their enterprises through innovative leadership approaches and emerging technologies like generative AI. Develop the mindset and toolkit to architect sustainable organizational change.

Event highlights

Real World Applications

Join the Keynote and Leadership sessions to gain actionable insights from AWS executives, industry experts, and peers.

Executive-Led Agenda

Hear first-hand from business and technology leaders, whose experience can inspire you in your own transformation journey.

Networking Lounge

Connect and build relationships with your peers from similar or adjacent industries at the Birds of a Feather session during lunch and the networking reception.

Executive Briefing Quick Connects

Meet with an AWS generative AI expert to discuss the topic, new use cases, and how AWS and generative AI can drive value for your business.

Deep Dive into Generative AI

Leave with a deeper understanding of how you can implement your next Gen AI use case.

Sejal Amin, Chief Technology Officer, Shutterstock

Sejal Amin

Chief Technology Officer

Shutterstock

Daniela Amodei, Co-founder & President, Anthropic

Daniela Amodei

Co-founder & President

Anthropic

Paul Ballew

Paul Ballew

Chief Data and Analytics Officer

The National Football League

Alexis Bjorlin, Vice President and General Manager, DGX Cloud, NVIDIA

Alexis Bjorlin

Vice President and General Manager, DGX Cloud

NVIDIA

Banjot Chanana, Director of GTM, Database and Analytics, Amazon Web Services

Banjot Chanana

Director of GTM, Database and Analytics

Amazon Web Services

Ernest Jones, General Manager, Head of Sales, Financial Services, Amazon Web Services

Ernest Jones

General Manager, Head of Sales, Financial Services

Amazon Web Services

Olivier Klein, Chief Technologist, Amazon Web Services

Olivier Klein

Chief Technologist

Amazon Web Services

Tom Godden, Enterprise Strategist and CXO Advisor, AWS

Tom Godden

Enterprise Strategist and CXO Advisor, Former Chief Information Officer for Foundation Medicine

Amazon Web Services

Matt Wood, Vice President, Generative AI, AWS

Dr. Matt Wood

Vice President, Generative AI

Amazon Web Services

Full agenda

  • Join us for breakfast to fuel up for the day, forge connections, and exchange ideas with your peers through Birds of a Feather. 

  • The rapid evolution of technologies such as generative AI, machine learning, and high performance computing are accelerating transformation, reshaping how we live, work, and function. According to Goldman Sachs, generative AI could drive an increase in global GDP of up to $7 trillion in 10 years, with a 1.5% lift in productivity. These changes and ongoing environmental, macroeconomic, and geopolitical uncertainty, require new models of leadership. Explore attributes of today’s successful leaders, who are determined to capitalize on this moment of opportunity, and understand that the right path is never predetermined, and success requires new approaches, boundless imagination, novel skill sets, and cutting-edge technologies.

    Speakers:

    • Paul Ballew, Chief Data & Analytics Officer, National Football League
    • Sejal Amin, Chief Technology Officer, Shutterstock
    • Alexis Bjorlin, Vice President and General Manager, DGX Cloud, NVIDIA
    • Tom Godden, Enterprise Strategist and CXO Advisor, Former Chief Information Officer for Foundation Medicine, Amazon Web Services
  • Use this time to visit the Networking Lounge to meet other executives who are exploring generative AI. Sessions to resume at 11:00 AM.

  • In this session, learn to identify possible new generative AI use cases and build an action plan or blueprint to get started. This session will include a demo by Olivier Klein, Enterprise Strategist at AWS.

     

  • Experience engaging discussions over lunch with our Birds of a Feather sessions. Join fellow attendees in conversations exploring industry-specific topics to generative AI. These tabletop discussions offer invaluable connections, fostering meaningful dialogues, and driving impactful conversations. Space is limited - first come, first served. No sign-up necessary.

  • In this session, learn from peers in the C-suite why AI/ML is crucial to delivering customer-obsessed innovation in today’s digital environment, how to use AI/ML to deliver an optimum customer experience and lower the cost to serve, and how to use AI/ML to connect the dots across the organization to drive rapid experimentation.

    Speakers:

    • Daniela Amodei, Co-founder & President, Anthropic
    • Elise Houlik, VP and Chief Privacy Officer, Intuit
    • Banjot Chanana, Director Database & Analytics, Amazon Web Services
  • Use this time to visit the Networking Lounge to meet other executives who are exploring generative AI. Sessions to resume at 2:45 PM.

  • In this session, join Matt Wood, VP of Generative AI at AWS, as he sits down to discuss the newest announcements and innovations at AWS and the top questions executives are asking about generative AI. Learn how you can reinvent your applications, drive unprecedented levels of productivity, and transform your business with generative AI.

    Speakers:

    • Matt Wood, VP of Generative AI, Amazon Web Services
  • Wrap up the day and share learnings during happy hour.

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