Innovate 2026

Check-in

11:00am – 2:30pm

Welcome Remarks

Don Woolridge Sr

2:00pm – 3:00pm

Lessons Learned from Raising $400 Million and The Future of Cloud Security

Segev Halfon

3:00pm – 3:30pm

Break

3:30pm – 3:45pm

Connection Conductors

Drew Sutton

3:45pm – 4:30pm

Appetizers available

4:15pm – 6:00pm

Bourbon Pouring Featuring Kentucky Peerless

4:30pm – 5:00pm

Check-in

8:00am – 12:00pm

Breakfast

8:00am – 8:30am

Book Signing

8:30am – 9:00am

The Vision of Innovate

Brian Wallace

9:00am – 9:15am

Responsible AI

Kelly Cohen

9:15am – 9:45am

What it Takes to Win

Darryl Isaacs

9:45am – 10:15am

Break

10:15am – 10:30am

Investing in an AI World: The Case for Local Capital

Drew Sutton

10:30am – 11:00am

Corporate Innovation

Rachael Schwartz

11:00am – 11:30am

Lunch

11:30am – 12:30pm

You Might be the Difficult Coworker Others complain About Even if You Don’t Realize It

Alina Doran Think of someone at work who drives you crazy, who exaggerates their contributions, takes credit for other people’s work, or someone who always finds a reason to resist a new idea. Or the one who tries to control everything and micromanages. That difficult person who makes everything harder than it needs to be. Got them? Yeah. Here’s what none of us want to hear. Someone might be thinking this very thought about you right now. You might be someone’s difficult person and neither of you can see it. We walk around thinking we have self-awareness. We think we know how we show up, how we land, how people experience us, but we don’t.

12:30pm – 1:00pm

Israel Innovation

1:00pm – 1:30pm

Break and Group Photo

1:30pm – 1:45pm

Why You Can’t Think Straight Right Now – Your Brain on 2026

Melanie Marshall, Dr. Heather Collins

1:45pm – 2:15pm

Fireside Chat: Where are We Going With AI?

Kelly Cohen, Chris Reitz, Samuel Zaruba Smith

2:15pm – 2:45pm

Supply Chain and Logistics Innovation

Allison Myers, David Lopez

2:45pm – 3:15pm

Break

3:15pm – 3:30pm

Society Needs: Intellectual Property and Peace, Harmony, and Joy

Scott Frank

3:30pm – 4:00pm

Health Innovation

Ben Whitaker, Nimrod-Avraham May

4:00pm – 4:30pm

Shorty Awards Live Podcast

Jeff Barrett

4:30pm – 5:00pm

Memory Darts & Connection Conductors

Drew Sutton, Steve Woodruff

5:00pm – 6:00pm

Podcast Lounge Open

8:00am – 3:00pm

Breakfast & Connection Conductors

8:00am – 9:00am

How LLMs are Changing How People Search and Decide

Garrett French

9:00am – 9:30am

Marketing Strategy Innovation

Jeremy Knauff, Jessika Suter

9:30am – 10:00pm

Kentucky Success Stories

Sunny Dronawat, Demetrius Gray

10:00am – 10:30am

Break

10:30am – 10:45am

Connection Conductors

Drew Sutton

10:45am – 11:15am

Food Innovation

Jeremiah Chapman

11:15am – 11:45am

Lunch

11:45am – 12:45pm

Why Working Less Like a Professional Makes You More Effective

Jeff Howell

12:45pm – 1:15pm

SESSION

1:15pm – 1:45pm

SESSION

1:45pm – 2:15pm