AI Collaborate 2026
Where AI Leaders and Enthusiasts Come Together
to Build What’s Next
- NOVEMBER 18 – 19, 2026
- TPC Sawgrass Clubhouse in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Join executives, innovators, and AI practitioners for two days of real-world AI use cases, meaningful conversations, and strategic networking.
ABOUT AI COLLABORATE
Practical AI. Meaningful Conversations. Lasting Connections.
AI Collaborate brings together business executives, technology leaders, innovators, and AI enthusiasts to explore how organizations are successfully implementing AI today. From executive keynotes to real customer success stories, attendees leave with practical insights that they can immediately apply to their organizations.
Featured Industry Experts
Hear from executives, innovators, and AI practitioners leading transformation across industries.
Innovative Insights
Discover emerging trends, practical AI applications, governance strategies, and real successes stories at scale.
AGENDA
Panelists, customer success stories, and interactive sessions designed for executives and technical professionals.
Front Nine | Day 1 | November 18
| Time | Event | Location | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Check-In | Champion's Gallery | |
| 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Breakfast | Osprey, Blue Heron | |
| 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM | Welcome | Ponte Vedra | Ted Willich Co-Founder & CEO at NLP Logix |
| 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM | Keynote | Ponte Vedra | Alex Zuck General Manager, Third Party Risk at Dun & Bradstreet |
| 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM | Use Case or Presentation | Ponte Vedra | Lori Hock CEO at Opptly Jason Safley CTO at Opptly Divija Kapuluru Sr. AI Solution Analyst at NLP Logix |
| 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM | Break/Snack | Champion's Gallery | |
| 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM | Community Recognition | Ponte Vedra | University of North Florida, UF Jacksonville, Flagler College, Jacksonville University, Edward Waters, DSSG, AI for Work & Life |
| 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM | ASI: Employing AI Solutions to Maximize Department of War (DOW) Weapons Systems Readiness MFB: Project Updates | Ponte Vedra | CJ Andrews Reliability Engineer at Andromeda Systems Incorporated (ASI) Mary Free Bed (MFB) |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Lunch | Osprey, Blue Heron | |
| 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM | Use case or presentation | Ponte Vedra | Lisa Jamba Vice President of Data Analytics at Aperio Clinical Outcomes |
| 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM | Use case or presentation | Ponte Vedra | Michael Torgler Director of Engineering at WellSky Zack England Architect and Engineering Manager at WellSky Gina Lynch VP of Operations at NLP Logix |
| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Panel: Idea to Execution: Ai in the Enterprise | Ponte Vedra | Michael Harber Solutions Architect at Fiserv Daniel Fox Technical Principal at Snowflake Dave Gould Business Solutions Analyst and AI Enablement Lead at PGA TOUR Frank Sikernitsky CIO at Step Up for Students Katie Bakewell (Moderator) VP of AI Solutions at NLP Logix |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Break/Snack | Champion's Gallery | |
| 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM | Use case or presentation | Ponte Vedra | Wendy Noke Durden Research Scientist II at Hubbs-Seaworld Research Institute Jack Bisher AI Analyst II at NLP Logix |
| 4:15 PM - 4:30 PM | Day One Wrap | Ponte Vedra | Ted Willich Co-Founder & CEO at NLP Logix |
| 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM | Reception | Sunset or Lawn |
Back Nine | Day 2 | November 19
| Time | Event | Location | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Check-In | Champion's Gallery | |
| 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Breakfast | Osprey, Blue Heron | |
| 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM | Welcome | Ponte Vedra | Ted Willich Co-Founder and CEO at NLP Logix |
| 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM | Use case or presentation | Ponte Vedra | Michael Mancinelli Co-Founder & President at Tully |
| 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM | Break/Snack | ||
| 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM | Panel | Ponte Vedra | TBD |
| 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM | Use case or presentation | Ponte Vedra | Michael Moshos Chief Innovation Officer at Foresight Advisory & Consulting | Co-Founder at NESTR |
| 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM | Day Two Wrap | Ponte Vedra | Ted Willich Co-Founder & CEO at NLP Logix |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch - Grab and Go | Osprey, Blue Heron |
Featured Speakers
Keynote Speaker: Alex Zuck
Alex Zuck is General Manager, Third-Party Risk at Dun & Bradstreet, a leading global provider of business-decisioning data and analytics. In this role, Alex leads global third-party risk strategy and is accountable for the business’s financial performance and growth, driving the solutions portfolio to help clients assess, onboard, and monitor counterparties.
Alex brings deep experience in data and risk intelligence. His most recent roles focused on scaling private, equity-backed data and analytics companies, holding leadership positions in supply chain resilience, intellectual property protection, and cyber threat readiness.
Ted Willich
Ted Willich is an accomplished executive and entrepreneur with over three decades of leadership experience in information technology, healthcare, and artificial intelligence. As Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of NLP Logix, Ted has guided the company from its inception in 2011 to become one of the fastest-growing teams of deep learning practitioners, renowned for delivering actionable insights from complex data and integrating advanced machine learning solutions into real-world business workflows.
CJ Andrews
CJ Andrews has been a reliability engineer with Andromeda Systems Inc (ASI) for the past eight years. Mr. Andrews focuses on modeling/simulation through ARENA and data visualization using QLIK. He is focused on improving reporting standards with a focus on future insight.
Michael Moshos
Michael Moshos is Chief Innovation Officer at Foresight Advisory & Consulting. As co-founder of NESTR, he led the design of a platform that turns veteran educator expertise into automated, actionable guidance for school leaders. With more than 20 years in the New York City Department of Education, Michael has served as a master math and science teacher, a school administrator, and a district-level leader. NESTR's model was built from that on-the-ground experience in complex school systems, where he delivered measurable impact across instruction, operations, and outcomes. His expertise spans state accountability, curriculum design, school culture, and data-driven leadership. Across education and business, Michael's passion is designing better experiences that help people and organizations grow.
Michael Mancinelli
Michael Mancinelli is Co-Founder and President of Tully, a sports technology company focused on making data-driven athlete development more accessible to coaches and organizations. A Harvard graduate and former Harvard football player, Michael holds a joint MS/MBA from Harvard University and Harvard Business School and brings experience in engineering, aerospace and defense, electric vehicles, and entrepreneurship.
Dave Gould
Dave Gould is a Business Solutions Analyst and AI Enablement Lead at the PGA Tour, where he is helping build the Tour’s AI Center of Excellence. As a member of the AI Governance and Tech Steering Committees, he is shaping the operating model, tooling stack, and governance approach behind it. He plays a central role in AI enablement and the Tour's "Future of Work" initiative, rolling out enterprise approved AI tools, workflows across business units, and designing programs that help teams use AI responsibly. Dave ties AI usage to business outcomes, tracking impact and cost so investment follows results. His focus is building the processes and solutions that free teams to spend more time on high-value work that moves the Tour forward.
Jason Safley
Jason Safley is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Opptly, where he leads the company's technology vision, AI strategy, and product innovation initiatives. With more than two decades of experience building enterprise-scale software platforms and data-driven solutions, Jason has led high-performing teams across the financial, healthcare, and human capital sectors, delivering transformative technologies that help organizations make better decisions at scale. At Opptly, Jason is focused on advancing responsible AI and workforce intelligence through the company's proprietary AI capabilities and agentic innovation framework. His passion for combining emerging technologies with practical business outcomes continues to help organizations navigate the evolving future of work while maintaining transparency, trust, and human oversight in AI-driven decision-making.
Zack England
Zack England is an Architect and Engineering Manager at WellSky with 20+ years of experience across IBM, HCL, and WellSky. At WellSky, Zack leads three data teams and designed an AI-powered workflow platform that uses Anthropic and Google models to interpret what is on screen, turning automation into something flexible and steerable. Zack also established the AI-first engineering practice behind it, including spec engineering, evaluation harnesses, and context boundaries.
Daniel Fox
Daniel Fox is the Technical Principal at Snowflake. He recently joined Snowflake, where he helps internal teams and customers get the most out of the platform's most advanced, cutting-edge features. Previously, Daniel spent 9 years at Fanatics building enterprise products across wholesale, ecosystem, enterprise data, and agentic workflows in the sportsbook business.
Michael Gehring
In his role as Director, Portfolio Management & Analytics, Mike leads the team focused on developing customized forward hedging solutions for TEA’s Members and Partners in the East. Mike is also behind the growth of TEA Market Insights (aka “TMI”), our in-house fundamentals-based energy market analysis, which is exclusively for TEA Members and Partners. Prior to joining TEA in March 2022, Mike spent ~15 years at ExxonMobil, serving a variety of commercial and leadership roles in both the upstream and downstream businesses including natural gas and LNG, power, international tankers, and capital markets. Immediately prior to leaving ExxonMobil, Mike ran its U.S. gas & power optimization and trading team.
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About the Venue
AI Collaborate is coming to one of golf’s most legendary destinations: the iconic TPC Sawgrass Clubhouse in Ponte Vedra Beach. Set beside the world-famous Stadium Course, home of THE PLAYERS Championship, this spectacular 77,000-square-foot Mediterranean-style venue blends championship golf history, elegant architecture and PGA TOUR hospitality to create an unforgettable setting for this year’s event.