Emerging Technology Challenge: Advancing Open Innovation Through Public and Private Collaboration

Fireside chat with Dr. Emily Boja, Branch Chief, Office of Data Sharing, National Cancer Institute. Session Title: From Data to Discovery: How NCI Is Advancing Cancer Research Through Scalable Data Sharing

The AI Forum will discuss where AI is today and what will be the future of AI. AI has had an explosive growth with both extraordinary opportunities and new strategic challenges. New capabilities emerge almost daily which are improving operational performance, productivity and customer satisfaction. With this great progress there is still considerable risk around AI safety and control, workforce stability and structural changes and disruption. The AI Forum will address all of this topics and issues.

Join us for an engaging webinar by Manjit Singh from Agilious, focused on product discovery and how it helps teams identify real customer needs, validate ideas, and shape better solutions before development begins. This session will explore practical discovery techniques, collaboration strategies, and ways to reduce risk by making informed product decisions early in the process. Ideal for product leaders, agile teams, and anyone involved in building or improving products, this webinar will provide valuable insights to help drive innovation and deliver more customer-centered outcomes.

To create a forum that fosters interaction and knowledge sharing between small businesses, government officials, industry experts, and large/ prime businesses. The aim is to equip attendees with knowledge and tools to help access government contracts, navigate regulatory demands, explore contracting, subcontracting, or teaming arrangement opportunities, and stay updated on pertinent topics important for small business growth.