Amplifying Human Potential : Innovation, Capital, & Leadership for an AI-First Future

The program moves from Leadership → Global Perspectives → Local Opportunity → Responsible Practice → Impact → Action—connecting global perspectives on human potential, trust, governance, and capital with the practical question of how Boston and other innovation ecosystems can lead responsibly in an AI-first future. Who Should Attend This experience is designed for leaders shaping how AI is built, funded, governed, adopted, and scaled, including: CEOs, founders, board members, and senior executives AI, technology, innovation, and transformation leaders Investors, venture capital, and capital-markets leaders Policymakers, government, and international-organization leaders Responsible AI, governance, risk, and compliance leaders Researchers, academics, and ecosystem builders Leaders focused on workforce transformation and human potential What You Will Take Away Global perspectives on responsible AI leadership in a period of rapid change A deeper understanding of the relationship between trust, human potential, and AI adoption Practical perspectives on governance, investment, and capital discipline Insight into how global ecosystems can support responsible innovation A clearer view of Boston’s opportunity to become a leading responsible AI ecosystem Lessons from organizations building and scaling AI in practice Concrete organizational, ecosystem, and leadership commitments for what comes next From Global Perspective to Local Action Responsible AI leadership requires more than principles. It requires leaders who can connect human potential, trust, governance, capital, innovation, and execution—while navigating technology that is evolving faster than many organizations and institutions can adapt. Join NuVert in Cambridge on September 25 from 9:00 AM–4:00 PM to move from global perspectives to local opportunity and from responsible-AI ambition to meaningful action. Programs 9:00 AM | Opening: Setting the Context Tim White — Founder & CEO, NuVert Session: Opening remarks connecting NuVert’s work with international AI initiatives, the broader Boston AI Week ecosystem, and the central question guiding the day: what does responsible AI leadership require across society and ecosystems? 9:10 AM | Boston AI Week: Building an AI Ecosystem Judah Phillips — Founder & Board Chair, Boston AI Week Session: A perspective on Boston AI Week and the role that communities, institutions, founders, investors, and industry leaders can play in strengthening an AI ecosystem built for both innovation and impact. 9:20 AM | Activating Socially Responsible AI in an Era of Uncertainty Keynote H.E. Prof. Muhammadou M.O. Kah — Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of The Gambia; Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva Session: Explore the leadership mindset required to navigate AI-driven uncertainty—moving from sensemaking and human strengths to responsibility and action while preserving the qualities that technology should amplify rather than diminish. 10:00 AM | Global Leadership Panel: Human Potential & Trust ModeratorDr. Karen Sobel Lojeski — Founder & CEO, Virtual Distance International Panelists Dr. Charlotte Farmer — Chairperson of the Board, SAFE Standard AI Alankrita Dayal — Youth Representative, United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth (UN MGCY) Dr. Mihaela Ulieru — Chief AI Alchemist, SingularityNET Roman Nemet — Advisor, AI Adoption & Transformation, The Digital Loom Session: Explore trust as a foundation for responsible AI adoption—and how uniquely human capabilities such as imagination, judgment, empathy, curiosity, inspiration, and meaning can guide what we choose to build and how we choose to use it. 11:00 AM | Global Leadership Panel: AI Governance + Capital ModeratorRicquelle Jeffrey — Co-Founder, Bloomsuite; NuVert Fellow Panelists Alexandra Hirzel — Investor, Venture Partner, Serial Entrepreneur & NED, The Scale Foundry JC Prieto Williams — International Relations & Expansion Lead, U.S. PropTech Council Dr. Wojtek Wojaczek — Founder & Director, Innovation Policy Ignition Programme, University of Cambridge Linxin Gu — Founder & CEO, TechConnect Venture Studio Session: AI companies need to move fast enough to compete while building enough governance, trust, and capital discipline to scale sustainably—so how should founders, investors, and boards make decisions when technology is moving faster than the rules? 11:30 AM | Global Leadership Panel: AI & Capital Markets ModeratorRicquelle Jeffrey — Co-Founder, Bloomsuite; NuVert Fellow Panelists Kerty Levy — Managing Director, Techstars Gabi Zijderveld — Co-Founder & Operating Partner, Blue Tulip Ventures Chinenye Uwanaka — Founder & Managing Partner, The Firma Advisory; Co-Convener, Africa Policy Conversations Scott Heyes — Founder & CEO, First Contact Advisory LLC Session: Explore the intersection of AI governance, capital, and responsible adoption—and how investors, policymakers, companies, and global ecosystems can enable innovation while maintaining trust, accountability, and human-centered outcomes. 1:30 PM | Participant Survey: What Are Leaders Seeing? SpeakerTim White — Founder & CEO, NuVert Session: A short look at perspectives gathered from participants, surfacing the priorities, concerns, and opportunities leaders see as AI reshapes organizations and society. 1:45 PM | Why Boston? Building America’s Responsible AI Ecosystem ModeratorZoe Li — Co-Founder & COO, NuVert Panelists Logan Currie — Director of Residency Programs, The Open Accelerator; Co-Founder, Careerspan Rob Blaine — Founder, TNT Chris Pease — President & CEO, Foundation for Agentic Netwo