MAIIC 2026
2026 Program
Speakers and Topics
Enterprise AI Practicum: From Hype to Impact: Scaling AI Agents for Real ROI
Lead: Marco Buchbinder, CEO/Cofounder
Ampliwork
Keynote Address
Pravin Pandey, Managing Director Financial Services | AI & Data
Deloitte Consulting LLP
Industry Presentations
Moderator: Raul Gomez, Chief Revenue Offiver, Inti
Sarah Cuellar, Vice President, DataShapes
Pavel Entin, CEO/Cofounder, SynPlanet
Jose Quan, Doc2AI
Olivia Ramos, CEO, Deepblocks
Panel Discussion: Beyond the Frontier: Harnessing Today’s AI Breakthroughs to Shape Tomorrow’s Intelligent Enterprise
Jacob John, Solutions Leader, Oracle Industries
Shilpi Sharma, Product & Strategy Leader, FinTech Advisory Board Member
Harveer Singh, Rizz Wireless
Dr. Nick Tsinoremas, Vice Provost for Research Computing and Data, University of Miami
Yelena Yesha, Knight Foundation Endowed Chair of Data Science and AI, University of Miami
Breakfast
Welcome Remarks
Paul A. Pavlou, Dean
Editors' Panel
Moderator: Kevin Hong, University of Miami
Elizabeth Blankespoor, University of Washington
Paul Pavlou, Univesity of Miami
Suprateek Sarker, University of Virginia
Raphael Thomadsen, Washington University
"Enhancing Instructor Curiosity Through AI-Based Simulation Practice"
Adi Pattabhiramaiah, Georgia Tech
"Corporate use of AI and subsequent product market performance"
Jennifer Tucker, University of Florida
"Take caution in using LLMs as human surrogates: Scylla Ex Machina"
DK Lee, Boston University
"Institutional Adaptation and Technological Shock: The Role of AI Regulation in Influencing
Startup Financing"
Daniel Sokol, USC
PK Kannan, University of Maryland
"Predicting Human Behavior with Large Language Models: Evidence from Field Experiments"
Yuheng Hu, Ohio State University
"GenAI and Investor Processing of Financial Information"
Elizabeth Blankespoor, University of Washington, Seattle
"The Winner's Curse in Data-Driven Decision-Making: Evidence and Solutions"
Raphael Thomadsen, Washington University, St. Louis
"AI-Driven Insights Into Customer Engagements"
Shunyuan Zhang, Harvard Business School
"The Economics of Bicycles for the Mind: Artificial Intelligence, Computers, and the Division of
Labor"
Avi Goldfarb, University of Toronto