Skift Data + AI Summit Livestream

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Event begins June 4 at 10:00 am ET

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Tuesday, June 4

10:00 am
Conference Welcome

10:05 am
Building a “Yes And” Mindset for Data & AI in Travel
Joe Naaman, Managing Director, Skift Advisory

10:15 am
Expanding Technology’s Impact on Revenue
With
Drew Pinto
Marriott International Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue & Technology Officer

10:40 am
Powering Personalized Travel with Collaborative AI
With
Anna Jaffe
Mobi Founder, CEO and Harriet Brown, Mobi VP of Product

10:50 am
Breaking Down Data Silos and Building AI Readiness
With
Rajesh Naidu, Expedia Group Senior Vice President, Chief Architect

11:45 am
Beyond the Hype: Making Sense of AI
With Gilad Berenstein, Brook Bay Capital Founder and Shane O’Flaherty, Microsoft Global Director, Travel, Transportation and Hospitality

12:10 pm
Reimagining Destination Discovery for the Age of AI
With Ed Vanga, Publicis Sapient Vice President of Product Management for Artificial Intelligence, and Nitin Sood, Marriott VP Digital Innovation & HVMB Product

12:25 pm
How Real-Time Data is Improving Airlines
With Jason Birnbaum, United Airlines Chief Information Officer

1:45 pm
The Big Questions Ahead for Data & AI
With Vivek Bhogaraju, Skift Advisory Partner, Data & AI

1:55 pm
Improving Guest Experience With AI
With Graham Foulds, Plum Guide Chief Commercial Officer

2:15 pm
Personalization in a Zero-Party Data World
With Stephanie Daniel, Legends Co-Founder and CEO

2:30 pm
Cutting Food Waste Through AI
With Marc Zornes, Winnow CEO & Co-Founder

2:50 pm
Investor View: How Hotel Tech Needs to Evolve
With Chris Hemmeter, Thayer Ventures Managing Director, and Kurien Jacob, Highgate Technology Ventures Partner & MD

3:45 pm
Engineering Velocity: Lessons from Implementing AI at Scale
With Marilyn Markham, AMEX GBT Vice President of AI Strategy & Automation, and Matthijs Kieskamp, KLM Data Science Leader

4:15 pm
A Practical View on Conversational and Generative AI
With Andrei Papancea, NLX CEO and Chief Product Officer

4:30 pm
A New View on Destinations Through Data
With Meaghan Ferrigno Destination Canada Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Data and Analytics Officer

4:50 pm
How Will Conversational Search Change Travel?
With Matthias Keller, Kayak Chief Scientist & SVP, Technology