IBM @ SF Tech Week 2025
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Agenda

IBM is hosting a variety of events across quantum, AI in sports, virtual computing and AI agents. Join us for podcast recordings, panels, cocktails and more!

IBM and The Information will host, “Is AI the New Referee?” The evening event will feature a cocktail reception and discussion on how AI is reshaping sports and its fans. From player performance and coaching tactics to media viewing and spectator engagement, AI is changing the game at every level. This session will explore the opportunities and challenges ahead as AI redefines the future of sports on and off the field.

 

Speakers include:

  • Aly Wagner, 2x Olympic Gold Medalist, 2x Women’s World Cup Bronze Medalist, Co-founder & Co-chair, Bay Football Club, & Sports Analyst
  • Bill Schlough, Chief Information Officer, San Francisco Giants
  • Kara Nortman, Co-founder, Angel City Football Club & Managing Partner, Monarch Collective
  • Hillary Ash, Chief Strategy Officer, Bay Area Host Committee
  • Jonathan Adashek, SVP, Marketing & Communications, IBM
  • Sara Germano, Reporter, Future of Sports, The Information
Speakers
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Jonathan Adashek

SVP Marketing & Communications

IBM

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Kara Nortman

Co-founder, Angel City Football Club & Managing Partner, Monarch Collective

Angel City Football Club & Monarch Collective

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Bill Schlough

Executive Vice President, Head of Technology

Chief Information Officer, San Francisco Giants

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Sara Germano

Reporter, The Future of Sports

The Information

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Hillary Ash

Chief Strategy Officer

Bay Area Host Committee

Malcolm Gladwell and Jay Gambetta, IBM Fellow and the newly appointed Director of IBM Research, will dive into the transformative potential of quantum computing, from groundbreaking research to real-world applications and a growing ecosystem driving the future of technology.

 

This discussion will be a live recording of the Smart Talks with IBM podcast series. Registration will open at 8:45 AM, with the podcast recording beginning promptly at 9:30 AM. A reception with coffee and light bites will follow the session.

Speakers
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Jay Gambetta

IBM Fellow and Director of IBM Research

IBM

Malcom Gladwell

Host of Smart Talks with IBM, Editorial Director and Co-Founder of Pushkin Industries

Pushkin Industries

Scaling Over Cocktails: IBM Ventures and a16z speedrun will host a lively evening of big ideas, drinks, and bites as they bring together founders, investors, and innovators shaping the future of tech. Attendees will mix, mingle, and spark new collaborations with some of the brightest minds in venture and the startup ecosystem spanning various industries in the Bay Area. 

 

Emily Fontaine, Global Head of Venture Capital, IBM and Andrew Lee, Partner at a16z and Founder of speedrun, will provide opening remarks about how they see the VC ecosystem expanding coast to coast in the name of AI.

Speakers
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Emily Fontaine

VP, Global Head of Venture Capital, IBM Ventures

IBM

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Andrew Lee

Partner

Andreessen Horowitz

Join this hands-on workshop designed for developers interested in building AI agents. You'll build a production ready agent by using the BeeAI framework, walking away with a tangible example you can adapt for your own use cases. Learn to implement the components that make BeeAI agents production-ready: control over agent behavior, built-in caching, memory optimization, resource management and real-time monitoring with OpenTelemetry.

Speakers
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Mark Sturdevant

Open Source Developer

IBM

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