Agenda: Yale Innovation Summit 2026

May 27, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Connecticut Innovations: Breakfast Forum \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Press Junket Area Evans Hall Cafe \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS									Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Registration & Continental Breakfast Student Commons \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Yale Founder Reunion: Breakfast Beinecke \| Yale SOM 🚀 FOUNDER REUNION
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM Developer Day 4th Floor \| Yale SOM					Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM Developer Day Exhibitions Open 4th Floor \| Yale SOM ⚙️ TECH							Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM Developer Day Quantum Exhibitions Open Room 4220 \| Yale SOM ⚙️ TECH
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 8:45 AM - 9:45 AM Developer Day - Opening Remarks followed by Quantum Ecosystem Panel Room 4200 \| Yale SOM ⚙️ TECH
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 9:00 AM - 9:40 AM Yale Founder Reunion: Faculty Speaker, Song Ma Beinecke \| Yale SOM 🚀 FOUNDER REUNION
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM How AI & Autonomous are shaping our lives and looking ahead to the how they will shape the future Zhang \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS									Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Shaping The Healthcare Economy: Leadership, Innovation, and Investment Forum \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Arts Live Pitches OC Marsh \| YSB 🎨 ARTS
9:00 AM - 10:45 AM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM Colton Center for Autoimmunity: Showcase in Immunology and Autoimmunity Room 2420 \| Yale SOM 🧬 BIOTECH
9:00 AM - 11:15 AM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 9:00 AM - 11:15 AM Partnering Area Atrium \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS
9:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM JETRO Japanesse Pharma Networking Meeting Swenson Recruiters Lounge ALL TRACKS
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM City of New Haven Pavilion Room 2230 \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS		Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM Yale CSEO Swenson Recruiters Lounge ALL TRACKS			Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM State of CT: Conference Rooms Breakout Rooms 2260-2268 \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS				Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM Yale Ventures Conference Rooms Rooms 2461-2471 \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS			Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM State of CT Pavilion Room Room 2200 \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS				Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM BioHaven - Analyst Day (Invite-only) Room 4400 \| Yale SOM ANALYST DAY
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM Workshop: TBD Room 4230 \| Yale SOM ⚙️ TECH									Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM Workshop: Google Room 4210 \| Yale SOM ⚙️ TECH
9:40 AM - 10:45 AM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 9:40 AM - 10:45 AM Yale Founder Reunion: Unconference Beinecke \| Yale SOM 🚀 FOUNDER REUNION
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM How to build a 100 year company Courtyard \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS					Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM We Are Fixing Zoning. Now What? Innovating Construction to Unlock Affordable Housing Forum \| Yale SOM 🏛️ CIVIC							Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Health and Veritas Podcast: Live Recording Room 2200 \| Yale SOM 🩺 HEALTH
10:00 AM - 11:45 AM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM Roberts Innovation Fund Showcase & Networking Room 2400 \| Yale SOM ⚙️ TECH
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM Climate Live Pitches OC Marsh \| YSB 🌐 CLIMATE
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM The Exit Playbook: Connecticut Healthcare Edition Zhang \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS			Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM From Academy to Public: Approaches to Democratizing Humanities Scholarship Room 2430 \| Yale SOM 🎨 ARTS				Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Nucleate BIO Showcase Room 2420 \| Yale SOM 🧬 BIOTECH			Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Let’s Make Government Work Better: Innovation in Regulatory Reform Forum \| Yale SOM 🏛️ CIVIC					Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Investing in Smarter Health: AI, Workforce Innovation, and Health Span Room 2200 \| Yale SOM 🩺 HEALTH
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Founders' Table: Private Lunch & Networking Atrium \| Yale SOM 🚀 FOUNDER REUNION
11:15 AM - 11:44 AM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 11:15 AM - 11:44 AM Lead Workshop: AWS/Claude Code Room 4200 \| Yale SOM ⚙️ TECH
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM Workshop: Quantinium Room 4230 \| Yale SOM ⚙️ TECH									Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM Workshop: D-Wave Room 4210 \| Yale SOM ⚙️ TECH
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM Developer Day - Closing Remarks Room 4200 \| Yale SOM ⚙️ TECH
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM BioHaven - Lunch (Invite-only) Beinecke \| Yale SOM ANALYST DAY
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Private Networking lunch Atrium \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS									Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ePoster Hour & Lunch Courtyard \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM The Water Imperative: Innovation at the Industrial Edge (ClimateHaven) Room 4420 \| Yale SOM 🌐 CLIMATE
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Opening Remarks Zhang \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS
1:30 PM - 2:14 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 1:30 PM - 2:14 PM From Culture to Collective Power: Arts, Humanities, and Civic Engagement Beinecke \| Yale SOM 🎨 ARTS
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM Algorithms, Social Media, and the Polarization Effect Room 2400 \| Yale SOM ⚙️ TECH
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM Biotech Live Pitches OC Marsh \| YSB 🧬 BIOTECH
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 1:45 PM - 2:15 PM Learning from AI in practice Room 2420 \| Yale SOM 🩺 HEALTH
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM YNHHS Health AI Symposium: Innovation Showcase and Awards Room 2420 \| Yale SOM 🩺 HEALTH
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM The 21st Century Could Be The Civic Century: Innovation in Civic Connection Forum \| Yale SOM 🏛️ CIVIC					Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM Climate Intuition in a Rewired World Zhang \| Yale SOM 🌐 CLIMATE							Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM Next Era of Global Health Innovation: Digital Transformation, AI, and Sustainability in LMICs Room 2200 \| Yale SOM 🩺 HEALTH
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Fireside Conversation: Eversource & Commissioner Dan O’Keefe Room 4200 \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS									Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM 25 Years of YES: Yale Alumni Funders Room 4210 \| Yale SOM 🚀 FOUNDER REUNION
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Ride or Die: Trust, Agency, Mutualism, and the Future of Cultural Systems (Keynote) Beinecke \| Yale SOM 🎨 ARTS
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM Emerging Technologies and National Priorities Room 2400 \| Yale SOM ⚙️ TECH
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM YNHHS Health AI Symposium Reception Atrium \| Yale SOM 🩺 HEALTH
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM From Curiosity to Creation: The Student Founder Journey Room 2420 \| Yale SOM 🎨 ARTS									Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM 2026 Blavatnik Awardees / Blavatnik Live Pitches OC Marsh \| YSB 🧬 BIOTECH
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM Arts & Culture at the intersection of scalable innovations in technology, science, and social impact Beinecke \| Yale SOM 🎨 ARTS			Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM Innovation in Education Forum \| Yale SOM 🏛️ CIVIC				Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM The AI Paradox: Scaling Infrastructure While Accelerating Decarbonization Room 2200 \| Yale SOM 🌐 CLIMATE			Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM 25 Years of YES: Yale Alumni Founders Room 4210 \| Yale SOM 🚀 FOUNDER REUNION					Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM The Evolving Use and Impact of AI Zhang \| Yale SOM ⚙️ TECH
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Keynote: Joe Tsai in conversation with President Maurie McInnis OC Marsh \| YSB ALL TRACKS
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM Opening Reception Sponsored by JPM & Shipman & Goodwin Science Hill ALL TRACKS
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Speaker-Sponsor Dinner sponsored by Royalty Pharma (Invite Only)
May 28, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 7:00 AM - 8:15 AM Morning Summit Run Phelps Gate, Yale Campus ALL TRACKS
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Connecticut Innovations: Breakfast Forum \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS									Thursday, May 28, 2026, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Blavatnik Fellows Reunion Evans Hall Cafe \| Yale SOM 🧬 BIOTECH
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Registration & Continental Breakfast Student Commons \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS									Thursday, May 28, 2026, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Press Junket Area Evans Hall Cafe \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Security in the Age of AI and Quantum Room 2400 \| Yale SOM ⚙️ TECH
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Trends in Life Science Investing Zhang \| Yale SOM 🧬 BIOTECH					Thursday, May 28, 2026, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Research and action: Finding concrete, climate-oriented solutions at the nexus of the city and university Room 2420 \| Yale SOM 🏛️ CIVIC							Thursday, May 28, 2026, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Supply Chain Resilience in an Age of Volatility: How AI Is Changing the Way We Navigate Global Trade (Future in Bloom Live Recording) Room 2200 \| Yale SOM 🌐 CLIMATE
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Arts Student Pitch Showcase Tsai City 🎨 ARTS
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Health Live Pitches OC Marsh \| YSB 🩺 HEALTH
9:00 AM - 12:45 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 9:00 AM - 12:45 PM Connecticut Innovations Pavilion Forum \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM State of CT Pavilion Room Room 2200 \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM State of CT: Conference Rooms Breakout Rooms 2260-2268 \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS			Thursday, May 28, 2026, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM Yale Ventures Conference Rooms Rooms 2461-2471 \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS		Thursday, May 28, 2026, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM Partnering Area Atrium \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS		Thursday, May 28, 2026, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM Yale CSEO Swenson Recruiters Lounge ALL TRACKS			Thursday, May 28, 2026, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM City of New Haven Pavilion Room 2230 \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS		Thursday, May 28, 2026, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM Arts Activation Room 4420 \| Yale SOM 🎨 ARTS				Thursday, May 28, 2026, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM Arts Activation Room 4430 \| Yale SOM 🎨 ARTS
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Y'ALL STREET, Y'ALLYWOOD AND YALE: BUILDING AT THE $12T INTERSECTION OF CULTURE AND CAPITAL Beinecke \| Yale SOM 🎨 ARTS									Thursday, May 28, 2026, 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Tech Investing in 2026 Room 2400 \| Yale SOM ⚙️ TECH
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Unlocking the Potential in Women's Health & Blavatnik Live Pitches Zhang \| Yale SOM 🧬 BIOTECH									Thursday, May 28, 2026, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Climate Reverse Pitch: VC's Pitch the Problem Room 2200 \| Yale SOM 🌐 CLIMATE
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM Civic Live Pitches Room 4400 \| Yale SOM 🏛️ CIVIC
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Institutional adoption of blockchain technology, tokenization, and their broader significance Room 2400 \| Yale SOM ⚙️ TECH
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Fireside Conversation: Michael Winter, RTX, & Commissioner Dan O’Keefe Room 4200 \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS									Thursday, May 28, 2026, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Beyond Nonprofit: Building What Artists Can Own Beinecke \| Yale SOM 🎨 ARTS
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ePoster Hour & Lunch Courtyard \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS
12:15 PM - 12:45 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM AmplifyHERScience Networking Courtyard \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS
12:45 PM - 2:45 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 12:45 PM - 2:45 PM Tech Live Pitches OC Marsh \| YSB ⚙️ TECH
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM How Patient Advocacy Accelerates Early-Stage R&D Forum \| Yale SOM 🧬 BIOTECH			Thursday, May 28, 2026, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Reverse Pitch VC 1 Room 2400 \| Yale SOM 🧬 BIOTECH				Thursday, May 28, 2026, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Civic Innovation in Public Space Room 2420 \| Yale SOM 🏛️ CIVIC			Thursday, May 28, 2026, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Built Different: Inside the Yale Teams Turning Climate Research Breakthroughs into Investable Companies Room 2200 \| Yale SOM 🌐 CLIMATE					Thursday, May 28, 2026, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Fireside Conversation with Andy Slavitt & Dean Megan Ranney: Health Policy, Innovation, and the Future of the U.S. Health System Zhang \| Yale SOM 🩺 HEALTH
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Opera Disruption Beinecke \| Yale SOM 🎨 ARTS
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Reverse Pitch Nondilutive funding Room 2400 \| Yale SOM 🧬 BIOTECH				Thursday, May 28, 2026, 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Is this the End of Cell and Gene Therapy or.....? Zhang \| Yale SOM 🧬 BIOTECH					Thursday, May 28, 2026, 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM The Future of Industrial Reuse: Wastewater as a Resource Room 2200 \| Yale SOM 🌐 CLIMATE					Thursday, May 28, 2026, 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Innovating for Well-Being: Technology, Emotional Intelligence, and Mental Health Room 2420 \| Yale SOM 🩺 HEALTH
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Innovation in Procurement Beinecke \| Yale SOM 🏛️ CIVIC
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Collective CT Showcase OC Marsh \| YSB 🎨 ARTS
3:30 PM - 4:15 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM Path Forward to New Drugs Room 2420 (2430) 🧬 BIOTECH
3:30 PM - 4:29 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 3:30 PM - 4:29 PM Fireside Conversation: D-Wave & Rob Schoelkopf Zhang \| Yale SOM ⚙️ TECH
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Reverse Pitch VC2 Room 2400 \| Yale SOM 🧬 BIOTECH
3:45 PM - 4:30 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM Content Creator/Influencer Meetup Beinecke \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Awards Ceremony Zhang \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS
4:45 PM - 6:30 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 4:45 PM - 6:30 PM Closing Reception Sponsored by Deloitte & Wiggin & Dana Courtyard \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM Immersive Worlds Activation Tsai City 🎨 ARTS

Moses Adubi
Deerfield Management
Principal

Adrianna Alterman
Salesforce Ventures
Principal

Alan Baratz
D-wave Quantum Inc.
Chief Executive Officer

Anna Barber
Everywhere Ventures
General Partner

Simone Belli
Univerisity Of Florence
post doctoral researcher

Asmeret Berhe-Lumax
One Love Community Fridge
Founder and CEO

Michael Bobbitt
Opera America
President & Ceo

David Bos
Maple Media / Skybound Entertainment
Svp, Operations

David Bos
Maple Media
SVP, Operations

Brigid Brennan
Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance
General Counsel/Director of Advocacy

Debby Briggs
Netscout Systems
VP, CISO

Christine Broadbridge
Yale Visiting Fellow Applied Physics; Southern CT State University Physics
Executive Director Research & Innovation; Prof. Of Physics

David sterling Brown
Trinity College
Associate Professor

Toby Bryce
Yale Center For Natural Carbon Capture
Managing Director

Andrew Byrnes
Byrnes Impact
Founder

Miguel Cardona
Cardona Solutions
12th US Secretary of Education

Alex Carrico
University Of South Carolina
Assistant Professor Of Music History

Claudia Cea
Yale University
Assistant Professor

Derek Chalmers
Oban Biopharma, Inc.
Ceo

Hope Chávez
Arts Council Of Greater New Haven
Executive Director

Jack Chen
Yale Venture
Yale Venture Associate

Allen Chen
Osage University Partners
Principal

Gwen Cheni
Connecticut Innovations
Director Of Investments

Amber Childs
Yale School Of Medicine
Associate Professor, Psychiatry

Matthew Croasmun
Yale Center For Faith & Culture
Senior Lecturer

Ana De archuleta
National Sawdust
Managing Director

Rufus de Rham
Connecticut Arts Alliance
Executive Director

Jenna Dirito
Revalia Bio
Co-founder & Coo

Aaron Dollar
Yale University
Professor

Konstantine Drakonakis
Connecticut Innovations
Managing Director

Katie Drasser
Rock Health
Ceo

Katie Drasser
Rock Health
CEO

Melissa Fensterstock
Material Impact
VC

Andrew Ferguson
Redwood Endeavors
Founder

Rachel Field
Engine Ventures
Principal

Federica Frati
Oncode Accelerator
Business Development Manager

Anthony Fung
Yale University
Postdoc

Eric Galis
In Transition
Ciso

Chris Gannett
Gannett.partners
CEO & Founder

Santiago Garces
City Of Boston
Chief Information Officer

Liz Golden
Wavelet Medical, Inc.
Chief Executive Officer

Josh Grace
Yale
Phd Candidate

Laurie Graham
Yale University
Faculty

Paul Gross
Remora
Co-founder And Ceo

Mahesh Guruswamy
Kajabi
Coo

Chauncey Hamilton
Xyz Venture Capital
General Partner

Jack Harris
Yale Univresity
Professor Of Physics And Applied Physics

Karen Harris
Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation
Executive Director, Mission Related Investments & Finance

Oliver Harris
J P Morgan
Managing Director

Peter Harrison
Regional Plan Association
Connecticut Director

Zorana Ivcevic pringle
Yale Center For Emotional Intelligence
Senior Research Scientist

Mark Jackson
Quantinuum
Senior Quantum Evangelist

Zhongren Jiao
Yale University
PhD Candidate, Chemical Engineering

Calida Jones
Creative Evolutions | Cnjassociates
Co-founder | Ceo

Sharon Kan
Fifty Five Creative
CEO

Emil Kang
Yale Cultural Innovation Lab
Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Sarah Kapnick
Jpmorgan
Managing Director, Global Head Of Climate Advisory

Ingrid Katz
Yigh
Director

Allison Kornher
Google
Customer Engineer

David Kwabi
Yale University
Associate Professor of Chemical & Environmental Engineering

Miles Lasater ’01
Purpose Built
Co-Founder

Brooks Leitner
Vo Health, Inc.
Ceo, Co-founder

Dawn Lippert
Elemental Impact & Earthshot Ventures
Founder And CEO, Elemental Impact | General Partner, Earthshot Ventures

Zachary Liscow
Yale Law School
Professor

Quanquan Liu
Yale University
Assistant Professor

Song Ma
Yale School Of Management
Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship

Alison Malloy
Connecticut Innovations
Managing Director

Jason Mancini
Connecticut Humanities
Executive Director

Katie McCauley
Novartis
Director, Head of Portfolio Strategy & Discovery Biology, DAx

Angela Mckee-brown
Project Reflect
Founder And Ceo

Tina McMechen
Toptal
Education Solutions Executive

Brandon Middaugh
Microsoft
General Manager & Partner

Kathryn Miller-jensen
Yale University
Professor

Mitra Miri
Osage University Partners
Partner

Justin Moore
Mellon Foundation
Program Director

Monique Mrazek
International Finance Corporation/ World Bank Group
Sector Lead & Senior HealthTech Industry Specialist, Venture Capital and Funds, International Finance Corporation/ World Bank Group

Pranay Mundra
Yale University
Ph.d. Candidate

Missy Narula
Crankstart
CEO

John O'donnell
Rondo Energy
Founder And Chief Innovation Officer

Grace O’Keefe O’Keefe
Yale Ventures
Portfolio Manager, Roberts Innovation Fund

Jorgen Ouaknine
Euroclear
Global Head of innovation and Digital Assets

Vatsal Patel
Yale University
Phd Student

Yogesh Patil
Yale University
Research Scientist, Department Of Physics, Yale University

Noah Planavsky
Yale University
Professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences

Erica Plybeah
MedHaul
Founder & CEO

Krystal Pollitt
Yale University
Associate Professor

Jon Powell
Apex Catalytic
Ceo

Wizdom Powell
Unified Youth
Chief Executive Officer

Sam Pressler
Connective Tissue
Chief Tissue Officer

Yu Qiu
Astrazeneca
Executive Director, Biologics Design and Technology

Shyam Ramachandran
Sanofi
Executive Director - Genomic Medicines

Vivek Ramakrishnan
Quantumct
Senior Director, Technology Deployment

Yusuf Ransome
Yale
Professor

Sooah Rho
Yale School Of Management
Senior Associate Director

Henry Ritter
Urologic Design
CEO & Co-Founder

Conor Rooney
Oxylus Energy
Cofounder and CTO

Alexandra Rossi
Kaleidoscope
Managing Partner

Eric Rubenstein
New Climate Ventures
Managing Partner

Basmah Safdar
Women's Health Research At Yale
Director

Jessica Sager
All Our Kin
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Carlota Sanchez
Startups And Ai At Google
Startups And Ai At Google

Jacob Saper
Emergence Capital
General Partner

Brandon Severin
Conductor Quantum
CEO

Sema Sgaier
Surgo Health
Co-founder & CEO

Liz Shapiro
Department Of Economic & Community Development, Connecticut
Director, Arts, Preservation & Museums

Jason Silbergleit
Classiq Technologies
Head of Americas

Arya Singh
Weill Cornell Medicine // Nyu School Of Medicine
Phd Student; Research Program Coordinator

Wayne Slappy
Steelpeak Wealth
Wealth advisor

Kimberley Steele
Advanced Research Projects Agents For Health
PROGRAM MANAGER

Colby Takeda
Pear Suite
Co-founder & Ceo

Mitchell Taub
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Highly Distinguished Research Fellow

Ming Thompson
Atelier Cho Thompson
Architect

Neil Tolaney
Tcv
General Partner

Christine Tsang
Caldera
Ceo

Michael Uy
University Of Colorado, Boulder
Associate Professor And Director Of The American Music Research Center

Joshua Vieth
Breakthrough T1d
Senior Director, Research

Brian Wahl
Yale School Of Public Health
Assistant Professor

Julie Wolf
2048 Ventures
Partner

Birgit Wurster
Mayor's Office Of Arts And Culture, Boston
Interim Director of Public Art

Mary Yap
Lithos Carbon
CEO & Co-founder

Annie Mitsak
Cure Ventures
Partner

Andrew Hudak
Nucleate, Yale
Co-Managing Director, PhD Candidate

Abdul-Razak Zachariah
City Plan Department - City Of New Haven
Deputy Director of Zoning

Chris Moore
Nordic Group
CEO

Angel Dahfay Dahfay
The New Haven Green
Manager Of Public Program And Activations

Dolores Garcia-Blocker
Teach For America Connecticut
Executive Director

Gaoyuan Wang
Safehbar
Founder

Kasey LaFlam
LISC Connecticut
Director, Partnerships & Programs

Mehdi Namazi
Qunnect Inc.
Chief Science Officer

Michael Crair Crair
Yale University
Vice Provost for Research

Michelle Hahn
Tobin Center For Economic Policy At Yale
Acting Executive Director

Nick Callegari
Verustruct
Founder & CEO

Paul Kassebaum
Alice & Bob
Head of Public Sector

Ravi Rajan
California Institute Of The Arts
President

Sarah Cohen
Astrazeneca
Global Head of Cell Therapy Strategic Partnerships. In Vivo Clinical Lead.

Kaneza Schaal
Artist
Artist

Jason Guss ’12
Octane
CEO

Aarlo Stone-Fish ’09
Besty AI
Co-Founder

Chris Hladczuk ’21
Hanover Park

Max Nova ’12
NCX
CEO & Co-Founder

Emily Yudofsky ’10
Co-founder Marker Learning / Found Health
Founder

Mark Volchek
Las Olas Vc
Founding Partner

Nick Shalek ’05
Ribbit Capital

Jeffrey Reitman ’08
Entropy Ventures
Founder and General Partner

Shannon Allen
Grown
CEO

Kevin Rocco Rocco
Neovate Capital Partners
Partner

Kat Kayser-bricker
Halda Therapeutics
Chief Scientific Officer

Reid Waldman
Veradermics
CEO

Vlad Coric Coric
Biohaven Pharmaceutical
CEO

Matt McCooe McCooe
Connecticut Innovations
CEO

Annie Lamont Lamont
Oak Hc/ft
Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Aaron Trowbridge
Harmoniqs
Cofounder & CEO

Allison Schwartz
D-wave
D-Wave Quantum Inc.

Ben Castanon
Unitary Foundation
CEO

Donald Fischer
Tidelift
CEO

Eshan Dahal
Sandboxaq
Clinical & Regulatory Affairs Manager

Hussain Zaidi
Qc82
CEO

Jill Goldstein
Vida Ventures
Principal

Joseph Chalom
Sharplink
CEO

Keith Choate
Yale University
Professor and Chair of Dermatology

Ken Robbins
D-wave
Senior Technical Account Manager

Meredith Glasgow
Ct Apex Accelerator
Director of Marketing & Database Management

Pamir Alpay, Ph.D.
University Of Connecticut
Interim Provost & Executive Vice President

Rezlind Bushati
Phaseshift
CEO

Robert Schoelkopf
Yale University
Sterling Professor of Applied Physics

Ryan Cloutier
Arcqubit
Quantum Readiness Specialist

Ryland Mortlock
Yale University
MD-PhD Student

Steve Enlow
Arcqubit Inc
Chief People Officer

Sean Glass
Evidenced
Partner

Jon Iwata
Yale School Of Management
Lecturer in the Practice of Management and Executive Director of the Yale Program on Stakeholder Innovation and Management

Seth Farbman
Spotify; Gap; Yale University

Gilman Callsen
Rho Impact
Founder, CEO/CTO

Aliya Haq
Clean Econ
President

Alan Ianeselli
Yale University
Postdoc

Andrei Harwell
Yale Urban Design Workshop / Yale School Of Architecture
Executive Director

annie harper
Yale University
Assistant Professor

Arthur Thomas
Integrity Solutions Group, Llc
CEO & Founder

Benjamin Barkoff
Whiskey Bravo
President & Founder

Charlotte Canning
University Of Texas At Austin
Frank C. Erwin Jr., Centennial Professor in Drama

Christian Schubert
Abbvie
VP and Global Head, AbbVie Ventures

Matt Clancey
Labcorp
Director - New Ventures And Strategic Alliances

Colleen Murphy-Dunning
New Haven Urban Resources Initiative
Executive Director of the Yale Hixon Center for Urban Sustainability and the Urban Resources Initiative

daniel.okeefe@ct.gov O'Keefe
Connecticut Department Of Economic And Community Development
Commissioner and Chief Innovation Officer

Dawn Leaks Ragsdale
The Center For Inclusive Growth
Executive Director

Drew D’Alelio
Sabanci Climate Ventures
Investment Manager

Devon McDonald
Second Harvest; Openview Venture Partners
Co-Founder; Partner

Liz Furber
High Street Advisors
Founder, Managing Partner

Elias Quijano
Northpond Ventures
Principal

Emily Caporello
National Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke
Director, NINDS Small Business Program

Eric Dimise
New York Stock Exchange
Director, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Capital Markets

Ethan Sarnoski
National Institute On Aging
Senior Program Advisor for the Development and Testing of Interventions Targeting Aging Mechanisms

Shadya Maldonado
Arcqubit
CEO

Annie Lin
Yale School Of Art
Director of Community Engagement & Strategies

Janani Balasubramanian
Janani Balasubramanian Llc
Artist

Ivan Linn
Wavv Ai, Inc.
CEO

James Hansen
Yale School Of Medicine
Associate Professor, Rad Onc Chief Yale Gamma Knife

Jessica Singh
Ecosystem Integrity Fund
Senior VP

John Evans
Beam Therapeutics
Chief Executive Officer

Joshua Nova
Sprout Growth Services
Founding Partner

John Kline
Edtech Revenue Consulting
Founder

Joonsuk Noh
Apexquantum
Director of Operations

Jesse Lazarus
Matereal
Head of Partnerships

Justine Lee
Climate Haven
Board Co-Chair

Lawrence Petit-Frere
Kastor Capital
Managing Partner

Lindsey Gamble
Izea
VP, Creator Strategy & Innovation

Lyle King
Cure Ventures
Senior Associate

Mara Isaacs
Octopus Theatricals
Executive Artistic Director

Mark Halperin
2 W A Y
editor-in-chief

Mary Clare McCorry
Sanofi
Director of External Ecosytem and Scientific Innovation

Martin Schuetz
Amazon Web Services
Global Lead

Mattie Jo Cowsert
Too Much Productions Llc
Author, Creator

Maayan Gal
Tel Aviv University
Principal Investigator

Kelly McLaughlin
Amazon Web Services
Account Manager

Megan Phelan
Accelr8 Ventures
Principal

Megan Marini
3x3 Design
Principal

Michael Harris
Economic Development Corporation Of New Haven
Chief Executive Officer

Milad Alucozai
Pamir Ventures
Co-Founder & General Partner

Miles Lasater Lasater
Purpose Built Ventures
Founder

Mimi Gonzalez
Creator House
Creator + Mental Health Advocate

M. Pell
The Microsoft Garage
Envisioneer

Natalie Monbiot
Virtual Human Economy
Founder

Noah Lerner
Spring Lane Capital
Vice President

Neil Tolaney
Technology Crossover Ventures
General Partner

Nana Yaa Mensah-Thomas
Purelite Ventures
Managing Partner

Patrick Foley
P2
President / CSO

Priyanka Bakaya
ARPAE
Commercialization Advisor

Pedro Marcal
Quantum Technologies Investment Management
Portfolio Manager

Peter Swartz
Altana Ai
Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer

Mark Gerstein
Yale University
Professor

Justin Tucker
Ppi
Founder

James Riley
University Of Pennsylvania
Professor

Robert Klee
Yale School Of The Environment
Senior Lecturer

Roopesh Mathur
Bqp
VP Product

Rachel Fine
Yale Schwarzman Center
Executive Director

Sagar Kansara
Amazon Web Services
Solutions Architect

Samantha Sweig
Calmware
Founder

Smadar Gertel
Rheumatology Department, Tel-aviv Sourasky Medical Center Affiliated To The Gray Faculty Of Medicine And Health Sciences, Tel-aviv University, Tel-aviv, Israel
The Arthritis Research Laboratory, Head

Sylvana Quader Sinha
Praava Health
Founder and Chair of the Board

Swarnima Bhattacharya
Entrepreneur, Investor

Tarini Hardikar
Qbraid
Head of Scientific Applications and Product

Tony Mugavero
Rad Tv
CEO

Thomas Reale
Postmodern Media
CEO

Vlad Fatu
Aws
Solutions Architecture Leader

Wendy Jiang
Haven Founders Fund
Director

Willie Reale
Postmodern Media
Co-founder President

Yancey Strickler
Artist Corporations
Founder

Yvanka de Soysa
Foreground Capital
Associate

Michael Winter
Rtx
Chief Scientist

Tim Shannon
Canaan Partners
General Partner

Elizabeth White
Orphan Therapeutics Accelerator
Chief Operating Officer

May 27, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Connecticut Innovations: Breakfast Forum \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Press Junket Area Evans Hall Cafe \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS									Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Registration & Continental Breakfast Student Commons \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Yale Founder Reunion: Breakfast Beinecke \| Yale SOM 🚀 FOUNDER REUNION
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM Developer Day 4th Floor \| Yale SOM					Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM Developer Day Exhibitions Open 4th Floor \| Yale SOM ⚙️ TECH							Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM Developer Day Quantum Exhibitions Open Room 4220 \| Yale SOM ⚙️ TECH
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 8:45 AM - 9:45 AM Developer Day - Opening Remarks followed by Quantum Ecosystem Panel Room 4200 \| Yale SOM ⚙️ TECH
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 9:00 AM - 9:40 AM Yale Founder Reunion: Faculty Speaker, Song Ma Beinecke \| Yale SOM 🚀 FOUNDER REUNION
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM How AI & Autonomous are shaping our lives and looking ahead to the how they will shape the future Zhang \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS									Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Shaping The Healthcare Economy: Leadership, Innovation, and Investment Forum \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Arts Live Pitches OC Marsh \| YSB 🎨 ARTS
9:00 AM - 10:45 AM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM Colton Center for Autoimmunity: Showcase in Immunology and Autoimmunity Room 2420 \| Yale SOM 🧬 BIOTECH
9:00 AM - 11:15 AM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 9:00 AM - 11:15 AM Partnering Area Atrium \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS
9:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM JETRO Japanesse Pharma Networking Meeting Swenson Recruiters Lounge ALL TRACKS
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM City of New Haven Pavilion Room 2230 \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS		Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM Yale CSEO Swenson Recruiters Lounge ALL TRACKS			Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM State of CT: Conference Rooms Breakout Rooms 2260-2268 \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS				Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM Yale Ventures Conference Rooms Rooms 2461-2471 \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS			Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM State of CT Pavilion Room Room 2200 \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS				Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM BioHaven - Analyst Day (Invite-only) Room 4400 \| Yale SOM ANALYST DAY
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM Workshop: TBD Room 4230 \| Yale SOM ⚙️ TECH									Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM Workshop: Google Room 4210 \| Yale SOM ⚙️ TECH
9:40 AM - 10:45 AM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 9:40 AM - 10:45 AM Yale Founder Reunion: Unconference Beinecke \| Yale SOM 🚀 FOUNDER REUNION
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM How to build a 100 year company Courtyard \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS					Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM We Are Fixing Zoning. Now What? Innovating Construction to Unlock Affordable Housing Forum \| Yale SOM 🏛️ CIVIC							Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Health and Veritas Podcast: Live Recording Room 2200 \| Yale SOM 🩺 HEALTH
10:00 AM - 11:45 AM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM Roberts Innovation Fund Showcase & Networking Room 2400 \| Yale SOM ⚙️ TECH
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM Climate Live Pitches OC Marsh \| YSB 🌐 CLIMATE
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM The Exit Playbook: Connecticut Healthcare Edition Zhang \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS			Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM From Academy to Public: Approaches to Democratizing Humanities Scholarship Room 2430 \| Yale SOM 🎨 ARTS				Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Nucleate BIO Showcase Room 2420 \| Yale SOM 🧬 BIOTECH			Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Let’s Make Government Work Better: Innovation in Regulatory Reform Forum \| Yale SOM 🏛️ CIVIC					Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Investing in Smarter Health: AI, Workforce Innovation, and Health Span Room 2200 \| Yale SOM 🩺 HEALTH
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Founders' Table: Private Lunch & Networking Atrium \| Yale SOM 🚀 FOUNDER REUNION
11:15 AM - 11:44 AM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 11:15 AM - 11:44 AM Lead Workshop: AWS/Claude Code Room 4200 \| Yale SOM ⚙️ TECH
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM Workshop: Quantinium Room 4230 \| Yale SOM ⚙️ TECH									Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM Workshop: D-Wave Room 4210 \| Yale SOM ⚙️ TECH
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM Developer Day - Closing Remarks Room 4200 \| Yale SOM ⚙️ TECH
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM BioHaven - Lunch (Invite-only) Beinecke \| Yale SOM ANALYST DAY
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Private Networking lunch Atrium \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS									Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ePoster Hour & Lunch Courtyard \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM The Water Imperative: Innovation at the Industrial Edge (ClimateHaven) Room 4420 \| Yale SOM 🌐 CLIMATE
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Opening Remarks Zhang \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS
1:30 PM - 2:14 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 1:30 PM - 2:14 PM From Culture to Collective Power: Arts, Humanities, and Civic Engagement Beinecke \| Yale SOM 🎨 ARTS
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM Algorithms, Social Media, and the Polarization Effect Room 2400 \| Yale SOM ⚙️ TECH
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM Biotech Live Pitches OC Marsh \| YSB 🧬 BIOTECH
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 1:45 PM - 2:15 PM Learning from AI in practice Room 2420 \| Yale SOM 🩺 HEALTH
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM YNHHS Health AI Symposium: Innovation Showcase and Awards Room 2420 \| Yale SOM 🩺 HEALTH
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM The 21st Century Could Be The Civic Century: Innovation in Civic Connection Forum \| Yale SOM 🏛️ CIVIC					Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM Climate Intuition in a Rewired World Zhang \| Yale SOM 🌐 CLIMATE							Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM Next Era of Global Health Innovation: Digital Transformation, AI, and Sustainability in LMICs Room 2200 \| Yale SOM 🩺 HEALTH
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Fireside Conversation: Eversource & Commissioner Dan O’Keefe Room 4200 \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS									Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM 25 Years of YES: Yale Alumni Funders Room 4210 \| Yale SOM 🚀 FOUNDER REUNION
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Ride or Die: Trust, Agency, Mutualism, and the Future of Cultural Systems (Keynote) Beinecke \| Yale SOM 🎨 ARTS
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM Emerging Technologies and National Priorities Room 2400 \| Yale SOM ⚙️ TECH
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM YNHHS Health AI Symposium Reception Atrium \| Yale SOM 🩺 HEALTH
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM From Curiosity to Creation: The Student Founder Journey Room 2420 \| Yale SOM 🎨 ARTS									Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM 2026 Blavatnik Awardees / Blavatnik Live Pitches OC Marsh \| YSB 🧬 BIOTECH
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM Arts & Culture at the intersection of scalable innovations in technology, science, and social impact Beinecke \| Yale SOM 🎨 ARTS			Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM Innovation in Education Forum \| Yale SOM 🏛️ CIVIC				Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM The AI Paradox: Scaling Infrastructure While Accelerating Decarbonization Room 2200 \| Yale SOM 🌐 CLIMATE			Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM 25 Years of YES: Yale Alumni Founders Room 4210 \| Yale SOM 🚀 FOUNDER REUNION					Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM The Evolving Use and Impact of AI Zhang \| Yale SOM ⚙️ TECH
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Keynote: Joe Tsai in conversation with President Maurie McInnis OC Marsh \| YSB ALL TRACKS
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM Opening Reception Sponsored by JPM & Shipman & Goodwin Science Hill ALL TRACKS
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Speaker-Sponsor Dinner sponsored by Royalty Pharma (Invite Only)
May 28, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 7:00 AM - 8:15 AM Morning Summit Run Phelps Gate, Yale Campus ALL TRACKS
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Connecticut Innovations: Breakfast Forum \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS									Thursday, May 28, 2026, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Blavatnik Fellows Reunion Evans Hall Cafe \| Yale SOM 🧬 BIOTECH
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Registration & Continental Breakfast Student Commons \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS									Thursday, May 28, 2026, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Press Junket Area Evans Hall Cafe \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Security in the Age of AI and Quantum Room 2400 \| Yale SOM ⚙️ TECH
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Trends in Life Science Investing Zhang \| Yale SOM 🧬 BIOTECH					Thursday, May 28, 2026, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Research and action: Finding concrete, climate-oriented solutions at the nexus of the city and university Room 2420 \| Yale SOM 🏛️ CIVIC							Thursday, May 28, 2026, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Supply Chain Resilience in an Age of Volatility: How AI Is Changing the Way We Navigate Global Trade (Future in Bloom Live Recording) Room 2200 \| Yale SOM 🌐 CLIMATE
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Arts Student Pitch Showcase Tsai City 🎨 ARTS
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Health Live Pitches OC Marsh \| YSB 🩺 HEALTH
9:00 AM - 12:45 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 9:00 AM - 12:45 PM Connecticut Innovations Pavilion Forum \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM State of CT Pavilion Room Room 2200 \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM State of CT: Conference Rooms Breakout Rooms 2260-2268 \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS			Thursday, May 28, 2026, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM Yale Ventures Conference Rooms Rooms 2461-2471 \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS		Thursday, May 28, 2026, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM Partnering Area Atrium \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS		Thursday, May 28, 2026, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM Yale CSEO Swenson Recruiters Lounge ALL TRACKS			Thursday, May 28, 2026, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM City of New Haven Pavilion Room 2230 \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS		Thursday, May 28, 2026, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM Arts Activation Room 4420 \| Yale SOM 🎨 ARTS				Thursday, May 28, 2026, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM Arts Activation Room 4430 \| Yale SOM 🎨 ARTS
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Y'ALL STREET, Y'ALLYWOOD AND YALE: BUILDING AT THE $12T INTERSECTION OF CULTURE AND CAPITAL Beinecke \| Yale SOM 🎨 ARTS									Thursday, May 28, 2026, 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Tech Investing in 2026 Room 2400 \| Yale SOM ⚙️ TECH
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Unlocking the Potential in Women's Health & Blavatnik Live Pitches Zhang \| Yale SOM 🧬 BIOTECH									Thursday, May 28, 2026, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Climate Reverse Pitch: VC's Pitch the Problem Room 2200 \| Yale SOM 🌐 CLIMATE
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM Civic Live Pitches Room 4400 \| Yale SOM 🏛️ CIVIC
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Institutional adoption of blockchain technology, tokenization, and their broader significance Room 2400 \| Yale SOM ⚙️ TECH
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Fireside Conversation: Michael Winter, RTX, & Commissioner Dan O’Keefe Room 4200 \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS									Thursday, May 28, 2026, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Beyond Nonprofit: Building What Artists Can Own Beinecke \| Yale SOM 🎨 ARTS
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ePoster Hour & Lunch Courtyard \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS
12:15 PM - 12:45 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM AmplifyHERScience Networking Courtyard \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS
12:45 PM - 2:45 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 12:45 PM - 2:45 PM Tech Live Pitches OC Marsh \| YSB ⚙️ TECH
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM How Patient Advocacy Accelerates Early-Stage R&D Forum \| Yale SOM 🧬 BIOTECH			Thursday, May 28, 2026, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Reverse Pitch VC 1 Room 2400 \| Yale SOM 🧬 BIOTECH				Thursday, May 28, 2026, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Civic Innovation in Public Space Room 2420 \| Yale SOM 🏛️ CIVIC			Thursday, May 28, 2026, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Built Different: Inside the Yale Teams Turning Climate Research Breakthroughs into Investable Companies Room 2200 \| Yale SOM 🌐 CLIMATE					Thursday, May 28, 2026, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Fireside Conversation with Andy Slavitt & Dean Megan Ranney: Health Policy, Innovation, and the Future of the U.S. Health System Zhang \| Yale SOM 🩺 HEALTH
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Opera Disruption Beinecke \| Yale SOM 🎨 ARTS
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Reverse Pitch Nondilutive funding Room 2400 \| Yale SOM 🧬 BIOTECH				Thursday, May 28, 2026, 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Is this the End of Cell and Gene Therapy or.....? Zhang \| Yale SOM 🧬 BIOTECH					Thursday, May 28, 2026, 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM The Future of Industrial Reuse: Wastewater as a Resource Room 2200 \| Yale SOM 🌐 CLIMATE					Thursday, May 28, 2026, 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Innovating for Well-Being: Technology, Emotional Intelligence, and Mental Health Room 2420 \| Yale SOM 🩺 HEALTH
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Innovation in Procurement Beinecke \| Yale SOM 🏛️ CIVIC
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Collective CT Showcase OC Marsh \| YSB 🎨 ARTS
3:30 PM - 4:15 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM Path Forward to New Drugs Room 2420 (2430) 🧬 BIOTECH
3:30 PM - 4:29 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 3:30 PM - 4:29 PM Fireside Conversation: D-Wave & Rob Schoelkopf Zhang \| Yale SOM ⚙️ TECH
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Reverse Pitch VC2 Room 2400 \| Yale SOM 🧬 BIOTECH
3:45 PM - 4:30 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM Content Creator/Influencer Meetup Beinecke \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Awards Ceremony Zhang \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS
4:45 PM - 6:30 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 4:45 PM - 6:30 PM Closing Reception Sponsored by Deloitte & Wiggin & Dana Courtyard \| Yale SOM ALL TRACKS
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM	Thursday, May 28, 2026, 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM Immersive Worlds Activation Tsai City 🎨 ARTS

Schedule