SPEAKERS

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SPEAKERS

Amina Al Sharif

Generative AI Lead, Google Public Sector

Google

Ramses Alcaide

CEO and Founder

Neurable

Joshua Baer

Founder and CEO

Capital Factory

Rick Barkley

CEO

Everlume

Kathleen Bauman

SVP of Product

Senseye

Nicole Beebe

Professor and Assistant Vice President

University of Texas at San Antonio

Robert Bishop

Vice Chancellor & Dean of Engineering

Texas A&M University

David Brown

Managing Editor and Host

The Texas Standard

Lt. Gen. Miles Brown

Deputy Commanding General

Army Futures Command

Laura Cabanilla

Corporate Social Responsibility Director

USAA

Giovanni Capriglione

Representative

Texas House of Representatives

Jeff Cardenas

CEO and Co-Founder

Apptronik

Pat Carroll

Founder & Executive Chairman

ValidSoft

Bryan Chambers

Co-Founder and President

Capital Factory

Jonathan Childress

U.S. Philanthropies Western Lead

Microsoft

Amanda Crawford

Chief Information Officer

State of Texas

Dave Copps

CEO & Founder

Worlds

Laolu Davies-Yemitan

Principal

Five Woods Realty

John Dickson

CEO

Bytewhisper Security

Connor Glass

Founder and CEO

Phantom Neruo

Sherri Greenberg

Assistant Dean and Professor Practice

LBJ School of Public Affairs

Jay Hartzell

President

The University of Texas at Austin

Benjamin Herdon

Cheif Strategy Officer

Kung Fu AI

Mauricio Iglesias

CEO

Batazo

Gerardo Interiano

SVP of Government Relations

Aurora

Melissa Ionson

2025 Texas Lyceum Fellow

LBJ School of Public Affairs

Caroline Joiner

Regional Policy Leader

Amazon

Eric Kildebeck

SVP of Education

Pedigree Solutions

Joseph Kosper

President

Grayline Group

Jerrod Jones

Senior Public Affairs Advisor

Apache

Drew Ladner

Founder & CEO

Pascal Metrics

Abigail Maines

CRO

Hidden Layer

Judy Maggio

Journalist and Founder

Topline Ventures

Hannah McKenny

CEO & Co-Founder

Starling Medical

Steve Meier

Head of Innovation

Kung Fu AI

Thomas Miranda

General Partner

Topline Ventures

Vivek Mohindra

SVP, Corporate Strategy

Dell Technologies

Ganesh Padmanabhan

CEO

Autonomize AI

Luis Patiño

President & CEO

PBS Austin

Tan Parker

Senator

Texas Senate (SD12)

Steven Pedigo

Assistant Dean and Professor of Practice

LBJ School of Public Affairs

Casey Perley

Executive Director

Army Applications Laboratory

Allen Phelps

Founder

IP Talons

Joshua D. Rhodes

Research Scientist

University of Texas at Austin

Woody Rickerson

Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

ERCOT

Christopher Rios

Vice President of Philanthropy and Community Impact

Wells Fargo

Nicole Roy

2025 Texas Lyceum Fellow

LBJ School of Public Affairs

Joe Eduard Rucke

2025 Texas Lyceum Fellow

LBJ School of Public Affairs

Victor Sanez

Associate Dean

UT College of Education

Derek Schell

Vice President of Digital Services

AECOM

Brenda Stoner

CEO and Co-Founder

ByteTrail

Jonathan Tijerina

VP of Corporate Development

CPS Energy

Cris Turner

Global Head of Knowledge and Information Products

Google

Dr. Nicol Turner Lee

Director of Center for Technology Innovation

Brookings Institution

S. Craig Watkins

Ernest A. Sharpe Centennial Professor and the Executive Director

IC² Institute, The University of Texas at Austin

Kirk Watson

Mayor

City of Austin

Crayton Webb

Owner and CEO

Sunwest Communications

Michael Webster

President

Houston Community College Southwest

Jen Wilder

Founder and CEO

Wilder Horizons

Scott Wilder

Managing Director and Global Head of GenAI

BCG