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AI Day 2025

Friday, February 7 | 8:30am 4:00pm

Join us for an engaging day exploring the latest advancements in AI across various industries. Our agenda includes insightful talks, panel discussions, and networking opportunities with experts from academia and industry. We’ll cover topics ranging from AI in sports and healthcare to sustainability and customer success, providing a comprehensive look at how AI is transforming different sectors. Designed for graduate students but open to faculty and staff, this event offers a unique opportunity to connect with industry leaders and gain insights into real-world AI innovations. 

Meeting location: Plenary, 1310 Grainger Hall│975 University Ave, Madison 53706

Agenda

TimeTopic
7:45 – 8:30amRegistration & Check-In begins
8:30 – 9:00amLight breakfast
9:00amWelcome
Speaker: Neeraj Arora, Marketing Professor
9:00 – 9:15amAI at WSB and UW-Madison
Speaker: Page Moreau, Associate Dean
9:15 – 9:45amAI Research and Teaching at WSB
Speakers: Katie Gaertner, Emily Griffith, Florence Honore, UW-Madison
9:45 – 10:15amSustainability for Google’s Data Centers & AI
Speaker: Tyler Huebner, Google

The modern digital economy runs in the cloud, and the cloud actually lives in buildings called data centers. Google owns and operates 28 data centers on four continents to enable Search, Maps, YouTube, Gmail, and beyond, and we are investing in more data centers to capture AI’s extraordinary potential to advance scientific breakthroughs and solve critical challenges in healthcare, education and beyond. But how can we build and operate these data centers sustainably? Learn about Google’s commitments and groundbreaking projects that are advancing clean energy and sustainability for the company, and beyond.
10:15 – 10:30amCoffee Break
10:30 – 10:50amAutonomous Medical Coding: Where Precision and Consistency Meets Human Expertise
Speaker: Eric Steege, Olli Health

Join Eric Steege, CEO of Olli Health, for an informative talk on how autonomous medical coding is revolutionizing the healthcare industry. Discover how blending cutting-edge AI with human expertise delivers more consistently accurate outputs, faster results, and significant cost savings.
10:50 – 11:10amArtificial Intelligence in Diagnostics and Precision Therapeutics: a Current “State of the Union” & Future Directions
Speaker: Chris Fernandez, EnsoData

This talk will begin with relevant background on current uses of AI in the healthcare market to address administrative, care pathway, and clinical burdens respectively, applying a principal focus on the contemporary clinical and business use cases of AI in core diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventative care delivery operations. The talk will outline the current state-of-art for healthcare data types and modalities available for the application and development of medical AI/ML products and software services, including medical images, waveforms, genomics, and more, and seek to provide a current “state of the union” on the most widely deployed applications of clinical AI that are in-use today across medical specialties including cardiology, neurology, and other areas. A Case Study will be presented on the company EnsoData to examine working examples of the clinical and financial ROI resulting from AI/ML implementations in the vertical of Sleep Medicine, including AI systems that have been used by doctors and clinicians to support Sleep Apnea diagnosis and treatment monitoring for over 2,000,000 adults in the U.S. The talk will conclude with an exploration of future strategic directions and applications for AI/ML in diagnostics and precision therapeutics that remain unaddressed clinical challenges and market opportunities both for incumbent corporations and upstarting teams alike, with a brief discussion and firsthand perspective on the entrepreneurship journey and venture capital financing in the medical AI market.
11:10 – 11:30amEnhancing Patient Care with AI
Speaker: William Scott, Epic

Recent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence are transforming how healthcare is delivered, enabling more efficient and effective care for patients. Discover why AI is at an inflection point and how healthcare organizations are leveraging it to improve patient outcomes and empower providers. Explore best practices for applying AI in a responsible, safe, and user-centered way to drive meaningful change.
11:30 – 12:00pmAI and Healthcare: A Panel Discussion
Speakers: Eric Steege, Chris Fernandez, and William Scott moderated by Neeraj Arora
12:00 – 1:00pmLunch
1:00 – 1:30pmSupply Chain GenAI Use Cases and Client Examples
Speaker: Chris Smith, Deloitte Consulting

Overview of Deloitte’s thinking on GenAI as it applies to Supply Chain, Samples of GenAI use cases, Examples of client engagements followed by Q&A
1:30 – 2:15pmHumans with Agents drive customer success together
Speakers: Josh Braucht, Jennifer Levenhagen and Tom Schar, Salesforce

Today, we’re introducing a transformative vision for AI technology—one that’s reshaping enterprises and moving faster than ever before. This technology is unlocking unprecedented opportunities for companies to connect with customers on a deeper level. It’s also redefining how humans and agents collaborate to drive customer success. At the heart of this vision is Agentforce, the embodiment of what AI was truly meant to be.
2:15 – 2:45pmAI Applications in Sports and Marketing
Speaker: Michael Cunningham, Philadelphia Phillies

This talk will define current state use cases of AI in sports and marketing. AI enabled business processes allows business to seek new market opportunities and employ efficient methods of revenue generation. We will also examine AI governance and a cursory review of the frameworks driving development.
2:45pmWrap Up
3:00pmReception
Time TopicDescriptionSpeaker
7:45 – 8:30amRegistration & Check-In begins
8:30 – 9:00amLight breakfast
9:00amWelcome Neeraj Arora, Marketing Professor
9:00 – 9:15amAI at WSB and UW-MadisonPage Moreau, Associate Dean
9:15 – 9:45amAI Applications in Sports and MarketingThis talk will define current state use cases of AI in sports and marketing. AI enabled business processes allows business to seek new market opportunities and employ efficient methods of revenue generation. We will also examine AI governance and a cursory review of the frameworks driving development.Michael Cunningham, Philadelphia Phillies
9:45 – 10:15amSupply Chain GenAI Use Cases and Client ExamplesOverview of Deloitte’s thinking on GenAI as it applies to Supply Chain, Samples of GenAI use cases, Examples of client engagements followed by Q&AChris Smith, Deloitte Consulting
10:15 – 10:30amCoffee Break
10:30 – 10:50amAutonomous Medical Coding: Where Precision and Consistency Meets Human ExpertiseJoin Eric Steege, CEO of Olli Health, for an informative talk on how autonomous medical coding is revolutionizing the healthcare industry. Discover how blending cutting-edge AI with human expertise delivers more consistently accurate outputs, faster results, and significant cost savings.Eric Steege, Olli Health
10:50 – 11:10amArtificial Intelligence in Diagnostics and Precision Therapeutics: a Current “State of the Union” & Future DirectionsThis talk will begin with relevant background on current uses of AI in the healthcare market to address administrative, care pathway, and clinical burdens respectively, applying a principal focus on the contemporary clinical and business use cases of AI in core diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventative care delivery operations. The talk will outline the current state-of-art for healthcare data types and modalities available for the application and development of medical AI/ML products and software services, including medical images, waveforms, genomics, and more, and seek to provide a current “state of the union” on the most widely deployed applications of clinical AI that are in-use today across medical specialties including cardiology, neurology, and other areas. A Case Study will be presented on the company EnsoData to examine working examples of the clinical and financial ROI resulting from AI/ML implementations in the vertical of Sleep Medicine, including AI systems that have been used by doctors and clinicians to support Sleep Apnea diagnosis and treatment monitoring for over 2,000,000 adults in the U.S. The talk will conclude with an exploration of future strategic directions and applications for AI/ML in diagnostics and precision therapeutics that remain unaddressed clinical challenges and market opportunities both for incumbent corporations and upstarting teams alike, with a brief discussion and firsthand perspective on the entrepreneurship journey and venture capital financing in the medical AI market.Chris Fernandez, EnsoData
11:10 – 11:30amEnhancing Patient Care with AIRecent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence are transforming how healthcare is delivered, enabling more efficient and effective care for patients. Discover why AI is at an inflection point and how healthcare organizations are leveraging it to improve patient outcomes and empower providers. Explore best practices for applying AI in a responsible, safe, and user-centered way to drive meaningful change.Harrison Whyte, Epic
11:30 – 12:00pmAI and Healthcare: A Panel Discussion Eric Steege, Chris Fernandez, and Harrison Whyte
12:00 – 1:00pmLunch
1:00 – 1:30pmSustainability for Google’s Data Centers & AIThe modern digital economy runs in the cloud, and the cloud actually lives in buildings called data centers. Google owns and operates 28 data centers on four continents to enable Search, Maps, YouTube, Gmail, and beyond, and we are investing in more data centers to capture AI’s extraordinary potential to advance scientific breakthroughs and solve critical challenges in healthcare, education and beyond. But how can we build and operate these data centers sustainably? Learn about Google’s commitments and groundbreaking projects that are advancing clean energy and sustainability for the company, and beyond.Tyler Huebner, Google
1:30 – 2:15pmHumans with Agents drive customer success togetherToday, we’re introducing a transformative vision for AI technology—one that’s reshaping enterprises and moving faster than ever before. This technology is unlocking unprecedented opportunities for companies to connect with customers on a deeper level. It’s also redefining how humans and agents collaborate to drive customer success. At the heart of this vision is Agentforce, the embodiment of what AI was truly meant to be.Josh Braucht, Jennifer Levenhagen and Tom Schar, Salesforce
2:15 – 2:45pmAI Research and Teaching at WSBKatie Gaertner, Emily Griffith, Florence Honore, UW-Madison
2:45pmWrap Up
3:00pmReception
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