AI & Machine Learning

Nova Future Summit 2026

Nova Future Summit 2026 is an exclusive, invite-only gathering of 500 leaders from across the tech, telecoms, and business ecosystem. The event, set in a private Californian vineyard, encourages strategic, media-free discussions and visionary thinking under the Chatham House Rule. Attendees will explore the convergence of AI, data, cloud, and connectivity to…

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40Speakers
1Sponsors
52On the bill · sessions
38Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at Nova, in alphabetical order.
Aamir Ibrahim
CEO Jazz · JazzWorld
Aaron Ravi Malick
CIO · Box
Alex Sinclair
Chief Technology Officer · GSMA
Alfred Lin
Partner · Sequoia Capital
Anand Oswal
Executive Vice President, Network Security · Palo Alto Networks
Anastasis Germanidis
Co-CEO · Runway
Awinash Sinha
Chief Digital Information Officer · Zoom
Babak Hodjat
Chief AI Officer · Cognizant Technologies
Benedicte Fasmer
CEO · Telenor Group
Benedicte Schilbred Fasmer
President & CEO · Telenor Group
Bret Taylor
Chairman of OpenAI and Co-founder/CEO · Sierra
Clara Shih
Founder & CEO · New Work Foundation
Dan Rogers
CEO · Asana
Dr. Abdu Mudesir
Executive · Global Telecom
Elizabeth Diaz
Chief Information Officer · POLITICO
Frank Boulben
Global Telecom Leader & Former CRO · Verizon
Gaurav Garg
Founding Partner · Wing Venture Capital
Gurav Garg
Founding Partner · WING
Jeff Lolley
CIO · Wilson Sonsini
Jen Easterly
CEO · RSAC
Jennifer Li
General Partner · Andreessen Horowitz
Konstanty Owczarek
Chief Corporate Development Officer · Nokia
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
GSMA Intelligence
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Agenda

Selected from 52 sessions on the bill.
  • 10:00 am – 11:00 am PDT

    Chief AI Officer Boardroom

    As AI becomes embedded across enterprise operations, the Chief AI Officer role is emerging as a critical bridge between technology, business strategy, governance, and transformatio…

    Boardroom Discussions
  • 10:00 am – 11:00 am PDT

    CIO Boardroom

    As AI agents move from experimentation to enterprise deployment, organizations are confronting new questions around ROI, workforce capability, software models and accountability. T…

    Boardroom Discussions
  • 10:00 am – 11:00 am PDT

    Security Boardroom

    As AI reshapes economies and digital infrastructure becomes increasingly strategic, security has moved from a technical function to a boardroom and geopolitical priority. This boar…

    Boardroom Discussions
  • 10:00 am – 11:00 am PDT

    The Future of Enterprises and AI Boardroom

    AI is rapidly reshaping how consumers discover information, interact with platforms, create content, and engage with digital services. This boardroom explores the future consumer l…

    Boardroom Discussions
  • 10:00 am – 11:00 am PDT

    What's Next for Consumers and AI​ Boardroom

    As AI moves from experimentation into enterprise-wide transformation, leaders are reassessing everything from workforce structures and software pricing to consulting models and ope…

    Boardroom Discussions
  • 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm PDT

    Strategy Presentation

    A strategic perspective on the forces shaping the next era of AI, infrastructure, connectivity and digital transformation.

    Keynotes
  • 10:30 am – 11:30 am PDT

    6G Executive Boardroom

    As operators continue to seek monetisation from 5G while preparing for the next generation of infrastructure, questions remain around what 6G will ultimately enable, who will fund …

    Boardroom Discussions
  • 10:30 am – 11:30 am PDT

    AI Frontier Model Boardroom

    As frontier AI models race toward greater capability, autonomy, and commercial influence, fundamental questions are emerging around scalability, control, safety, and long-term comp…

    Boardroom Discussions
  • 10:30 am – 11:30 am PDT

    Chief AI Officer Boardroom

    As AI becomes embedded across enterprise operations, the Chief AI Officer role is emerging as a critical bridge between technology, business strategy, governance, and transformatio…

    Boardroom Discussions
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 38 companies, parsed from the program.

38 companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
1Sponsoringsponsor only
37Companies Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

83% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite2460%
  • Founder / Owner615%
  • VP-level13%
  • Director / Head of25%
  • Engineer · IC13%
  • Advisor / Investor13%
  • Other roles513%

Of 40 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01GSMA IntelligenceSp
  2. 02Box2V
  3. 03GSMA2V
  4. 04Telenor Group2V
  5. 05Andreessen Horowitz1V
  6. 06Asana1V
  7. 07AT&T1V
  8. 08Bharti Enterprises1V
  9. 09Cloudflare1V
  10. 10Cognizant Technologies1V
  11. 11Financial Times1V
  12. 12Global Telecom1V
  13. 13Google1V
  14. 14JazzWorld1V
Sponsors by tier
unspecified1
100% of 1