The Next Decade:
Building What Matters
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Annual Forum 2025
November 8 • 8:00 AM PST
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Annual Forum 2025
The Next Decade:
Building What Matters
Saturday, November 8, 2025
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM PST
Santa Clara Convention Center, CA
Join us for our premier annual leadership summit exploring The Next Decade: Building What Matters. Connect with industry leaders, discover innovative solutions, and shape the future of technology and leadership.
This year's forum will bring together entrepreneurs, innovators, and visionaries to explore the technologies and strategies that will define the next decade in Silicon Valley and beyond.
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CONFERENCE TRACKS
Join us for four specialized tracks designed to address different aspects of innovation, entrepreneurship, and leadership in the modern tech landscape. Each track offers unique insights and networking opportunities tailored to your interests and career goals.
Startup Nexus
Cutting through the AI hype to find truly defensible opportunities. Exploring how investors spot durable moats beyond model hype and what real innovation looks like in the post-LLM world.
Key Focus Areas
- Cutting through the AI hype to find truly defensible opportunities
- How investors are spotting durable moats beyond model hype
- What real innovation looks like in the post-LLM world
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MTC Next Generation
Empowering young founders in their 20s and sharing inspiring startup journey stories. Highlights rapid success and guidance for emerging leaders through relatable founder experiences.
Key Focus Areas
- Highlight young successful founders who've hit success rapidly in their 20s
- Share 'Zero to One' startup journey stories from successful founders
- Create networks and mentorship opportunities for emerging leaders
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The Builder's Path
For doers, makers, and everyday businesses. Exploring impact-driven ventures and brand building without code, focusing on sustainable business models and practical growth strategies.
Key Focus Areas
- Highlight why impact is the new influence for values-based businesses
- Learn brand building strategies without requiring technical skills
- Connect product businesses, service providers, and creative entrepreneurs
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The Unscripted
Unscripted networking sessions with industry leaders, creating authentic connections and meaningful conversations that go beyond traditional panels and formats.
Key Focus Areas
- Foster authentic relationships through informal networking
- Create opportunities for spontaneous conversations
- Connect attendees across different industries and roles
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Each track features dedicated panels, workshops, and networking opportunities. Mix and match sessions across tracks based on your interests!
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CONFERENCE CHAIR
Sahar Arshad
Director of New Ventures, AI
LG NOVA
TRACK CHAIRS
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
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LUMINARIES IN CONVERSATION
Experts available in our unscripted track for open discussions and networking.
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CONFERENCE AGENDA
Full conference schedule with sessions, speakers, and locations. Join us for an exciting lineup of talks and workshops!
Registration & Breakfast
Opening Remarks
Bending the Future | Build What Matters
Join Rehan Jalil, President & CEO of Securiti, whose $1.7B acquisition by Veeam marked a landmark exit in responsible AI and data trust. He’ll share insights on what it truly means to build what matters.
Join Rehan Jalil, President & CEO of Securiti, whose $1.7B acquisition by Veeam marked a landmark exit in responsible AI and data trust. He’ll share insights on what it truly means to build what matters.
Networking Break
Youth Shark Tank
Parallel Tracks I
The AI Gold Rush: Separating Signal from Noise
Venture Capitalists share how investors cut through the noise and spot durable moats beyond model hype
Venture Capitalists share how investors cut through the noise and spot durable moats beyond model hype
Fireside Chat: Solving the World's Dumbest Problems
For nearly a decade, Komal Ahmad has been solving the world's dumbest problem: global hunger amid massive food waste. Komal founded Copia (YC W16) to redistribute surplus perishable food from businesses to nonprofits using smart logistics and tech, diverting 12M+ pounds of food, feeding 10M people, and saving $30M. We're getting the inside scoop on Komal's journey for the past decade to prepare today's entrepreneurs for the next one.
For nearly a decade, Komal Ahmad has been solving the world's dumbest problem: global hunger amid massive food waste. Komal founded Copia (YC W16) to redistribute surplus perishable food from businesses to nonprofits using smart logistics and tech, diverting 12M+ pounds of food, feeding 10M people, and saving $30M. We're getting the inside scoop on Komal's journey for the past decade to prepare today's entrepreneurs for the next one.
Impact is the New Influence
For doers, makers, and everyday businesses. This session explores impact-driven ventures and highlights why impact is the new influence for values-based businesses
For doers, makers, and everyday businesses. This session explores impact-driven ventures and highlights why impact is the new influence for values-based businesses
Message from our Impact Partners - TCF
TCF will share an update on the state of the organization and offer a glimpse into the broader systems-change work happening behind the scenes—work that many people aren't yet aware of.
TCF will share an update on the state of the organization and offer a glimpse into the broader systems-change work happening behind the scenes—work that many people aren't yet aware of.
Parallel Tracks II
Building a Startup in the AI Era
Startup founders share what real innovation looks like in the post-LLM world and how to position for success for the next decade
Startup founders share what real innovation looks like in the post-LLM world and how to position for success for the next decade
Panel: What Gets You Hired Today?
In the most competitive job market in decades, early-career talent faces new challenges and opportunities. Moderated by Ali Khani of MTC, this panel brings together recruiters, managers, and early-stage founders across the hottest companies today to reveal insider insights on what actually sets the top 1% of candidates apart.
In the most competitive job market in decades, early-career talent faces new challenges and opportunities. Moderated by Ali Khani of MTC, this panel brings together recruiters, managers, and early-stage founders across the hottest companies today to reveal insider insights on what actually sets the top 1% of candidates apart.
Building Your Brand Without Code: The Power of Product, People, and Place
Learn brand building strategies without requiring technical skills. Bringing on stage product businesses, service providers, and creative entrepreneurs to share their experiences.
Learn brand building strategies without requiring technical skills. Bringing on stage product businesses, service providers, and creative entrepreneurs to share their experiences.
Break
Lunch
Spiritual Room
Building What Matters, Together: The Power of OPEN
Resume & Job Search Drop-In Clinic
Your dream career is within reach! Join Becky Ahmed and Zareena Anwar for an exclusive drop-in session during OPEN from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM for personalized resume reviews and actionable advice on landing your next role or making a successful career pivot. Whether you're just starting out or looking for a change, this is your opportunity to get tailored guidance. Bring your resume and all those career questions you've been wanting to ask! Come by and take the next step toward a career you love!
Your dream career is within reach! Join Becky Ahmed and Zareena Anwar for an exclusive drop-in session during OPEN from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM for personalized resume reviews and actionable advice on landing your next role or making a successful career pivot. Whether you're just starting out or looking for a change, this is your opportunity to get tailored guidance. Bring your resume and all those career questions you've been wanting to ask! Come by and take the next step toward a career you love!
Keynote Fireside Chat: Brain Computer Interfaces - AI and the Next Decade of Human Evolution
Join us for an extraordinary conversation exploring how AI and neural interfaces are redefining what it means to think, create, and connect.
Join us for an extraordinary conversation exploring how AI and neural interfaces are redefining what it means to think, create, and connect.
The Decade of the Pakistani Founders Is Here - Title Sponsor IVC
A new wave of Pakistani entrepreneurs is building companies in US, MENA and Pakistan. This is the decade it accelerates.
A new wave of Pakistani entrepreneurs is building companies in US, MENA and Pakistan. This is the decade it accelerates.
Pitch Karo! Shark Tank
Affluence to Influence: Building What Matters
Closing Remarks
Pick up Chai & Samosa for some Gupshup during The Unscripted
Track 4: The Unscripted
This will be a 90-minute OPEN gathering where approximately 50 luminaries will come together in the main hall. Each luminary will be seated or standing in a quadrant of the main hall, and large projectors will display luminary names so attendees can easily find and connect. Details of each luminary is available in the agent chat so attendees can look up luminary backgrounds.
This will be a 90-minute OPEN gathering where approximately 50 luminaries will come together in the main hall. Each luminary will be seated or standing in a quadrant of the main hall, and large projectors will display luminary names so attendees can easily find and connect. Details of each luminary is available in the agent chat so attendees can look up luminary backgrounds.
Parallel Workshops
Workshop: Shaping Your Future - Navigating College and Beyond
Workshop: LinkedIn Lead Generation
After Party — Keep it Going
Meet and greet Global OPEN members. We have over 70 colleagues visiting from England, Germany, Pakistan, and over 10 cities across the US. We will introduce ourselves, unwind and exchange contacts. Expect to connect and go to dinner with new and old friends.
Meet and greet Global OPEN members. We have over 70 colleagues visiting from England, Germany, Pakistan, and over 10 cities across the US. We will introduce ourselves, unwind and exchange contacts. Expect to connect and go to dinner with new and old friends.
UNSCRIPTED PODCASTS
Conversations with leaders and innovators leading up to Annual Forum 2025. Watch full episodes on YouTube.
Adil Ajmal
Chief Technology Officer at Fandom
Amir (Aamir) Chalisa
General Manager at Futurity First Insurance
Faisal Mushtaq
Senior Advisor at Frazier Healthcare
Ibrahim Bashir
SVP, Product at Ontra
Zafar Shahid
Technical Lead at Meta
Zainab Adil
Content Creator at Instagram
Najwa Javed
Founder & CEO at E'MAR Italy
Erum A. Choudhry
Founder & MP at Erum Choudhry Law
Mashhood Alam
Sr. Director, PM at Akamai Technologies
Asima Khokhar
Head of Programs, Payments at Google
Sarah T. Khan
Founder at Unpause
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- Reserved Seating for Keynote Sessions
- Speaker and Sponsor Lounge Access
- 15 conference passes included
General Admission
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- .edu email required
- Access to all conference sessions
- Student networking events
Membership + Conference
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- Priority registration benefits
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- Access to all conference sessions
- Standard conference experience
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