Resilience 2025 November 5
The conference that cuts through the AI hype
Date: November 5, 2025
Format: Virtual
Theme: Staying Ahead in a Shifting World
Audience: Corporate leaders in essential industries navigating AI adoption from mid to large scale companies.
Sessions
(Scheduled times are PST)
8:00-08:15 | Opening Briefing | Building Resilient Continuity in an AI World
8:15-8:50 | Breaking the Resistance with Middle Management
8:50-9:25 | From Pilot to Production: Scaling AI Across the Enterprise
9:25-9:35 | Coffee Break
9:35-10:10 | From Recruitment to Reskilling: Building the AI Ready Workforce
10:10-10:45 | Integration Hell: Making AI play nice with Legacy Systems
10:45-11:15 | Procuring AI Solutions: How to Vet, Trust & Deploy
11:15-11:30 Break
11:30-12:00 Foundational Models vs. Specialized Startups: Building your AI Stack
12:00-12:25 | Enterprise AI Investment Trends
12:25-12:50 | ROI and Budgeting for AI Projects: What’s worth the Spend
1:00-1:10 | Coffee Break
1:10-1:40 | Running Successful Projects with AI Startups
1:40-2:00 | Closing Remarks, Enterprise AI Adoption Survey Findings
Contributors from
Speaker Lineup
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Sena Zorlu
Ant Venture Partners
General Partner
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Earnest Sweat
General Partner
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Margaret Laffan
Intel
Agentic AI GTM
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Balaji Gopinath
Kubera Venture Capital
General Partner
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Amber Illig
The Council Capital
General Partner
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Ray Taylor
Carat Venture Partners
General Partner
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Heidi Jaros
EnableWork Consulting
Owner & Principal Consultant
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Prof Mohammad Zoualfaghari
Global Head of Emerging Technologies
AWS Telecom
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Adam O'Donnel
The Founder Initiative
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Didem (Hande) Altop
Treeco VC
General Partner
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Ibrahim Gokcen
Public Company Board Director
Senior AI & Tech Executive, AI Consultant
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Jila Azimipour
Ant Venture Partners
Venture Partner
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Kriti Krishna
HearstLab
Venture Director
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Aysegul Ildeniz
Board
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Shannon Yavorsky
Orrick
Partner
