8:30 AM

Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking

9:00 AM

Welcome & Opening Remarks

9:10 AM

Keynote: Jacqueline Brassey, PhD, MA, MAfN, Director, Healthy Workforces and Research Science, McKinsey Health Institute

“Human Flourishing at Work: Leading Well in an AI-Enabled World”

9:30 AM

Panel Discussion:

“Beyond Resilience: Habits, Habitats, and High Performance” 

Jacqueline Brassey, PhD, MA, MAfN, Director, Healthy Workforces and Research Science, McKinsey Health Institute
Mathias Basner, MD, PhD, MSc, Professor, Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Natalie Richardson, Director, HabLab, Slalom
Melissa Dawn Simkins, Founder and CEO, Athleadership and Velvet Suite

Moderated by Mallika Sarma, PhD, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania; Director, Health and BioBehavior Laboratory (HaBBLab)

10:15 AM

Program Feature 

10:30 AM

Coffee Break

10:55 AM

Keynote: Kalina Christoff Hadjiilieva, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia

“The Creative Brain at Work: Spontaneous Thought and Human Innovation”

11:15 AM

Panel Discussion:

“The Creative Mind in Action: From Spontaneity to Mastery”

Kalina Christoff Hadjiilieva, PhD, Professor, Psychology, University of British Columbia
Juan Ignacio Sanguinetti Scheck, PhD, Assistant Professor, Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
Asiya Korepanova, DMA, Concert Pianist, Composer, Visual Artist, Educator, Music for Minds
Megan Henshall, Workplace Experience Strategy and Partnerships, Google

Moderated by Elizabeth “Zab” Johnson, PhD, Executive Director, Wharton Neuroscience Initiative Senior Fellow, University of Pennsylvania

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:15 PM

Keynote: Earl K. Miller, Picower Professor of Neuroscience, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

“How Your Brain Beats AI Using the Energy of a Dim Light Bulb”

1:35 PM

Panel Discussion:

“From Brain Wiring to Artificial Intelligence: Can We Build with Nature’s Architecture?”

Earl Miller, PhD, Picower Professor of Neuroscience, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Brad Aimone, PhD, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories
Konrad Kording, PhD, Co-CEO, Mindspan Institute; Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor, Neuroscience and Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania

Moderated by Michael Platt, PhD, Director, Wharton Neuroscience Initiative, University of Pennsylvania

2:20 PM

Coffee Break

2:45 PM

Program Feature 

3:00 PM

Keynote: Oriel FeldmanHall, Professor, Cognitive and Psychological Sciences, Brown University

“The Social Brain: Trust, Connection, and Leadership in the Age of AI”

3:20 PM

Panel Discussion:

“The Science of Us: Cooperation, Cohesion, and Collective Performance”

Oriel FeldmanHall, PhD, Professor, Cognitive and Psychological Sciences, Brown University
Jerry Rosburg, Vice President of Sports Services, NexGen Hyperbaric; Former NFL Head Coach, Denver Broncos, NexGen Hyperbaric
Erol Akçay, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biology, University of Pennsylvania

Moderated by Michael Platt, PhD, Director, Wharton Neuroscience Initiative, University of Pennsylvania

4:05 PM

Closing Remarks & Thank You: Nancy Rothbard, PhD, Deputy Dean, The Wharton School; David Pottruck Professor of Management, University of Pennsylvania

4:15 PM

Reception