Interview with Beena Ammanath Executive Director of the Global Deloitte AI Institute

SCADpro—Savannah College of Art and Design’s in-house design, research, and innovation studio—generates innovative designs and products for the world's most influential brands, including Google, Amazon, Apple, NASA, David Yurman, Deloitte, Delta, BMW, Volvo, Uber and Mayo Clinic. 

Kajabi is an all-in-one platform for knowledge creators that help them turn what they know into sustainable online businesses.

Entrupy works to protect businesses, consumers and borders from transacting in counterfeit goods and to enable trust in transactions across the “physical goods ecosystem.” Entrupy is actively participating in the global fight against counterfeiting to ensure its partners are guaranteeing the authenticity of their products through microscopy and imagery backed by AI.

Paul V. McEnroe is the developer of the barcode. He is an award-winning engineer, distinguished scholar, and the IBM mogul celebrates the 50-year anniversary of his team’s most famous creation.

Tactile Mobility offers a high-resolution tactile sensing and data analytics platform. By embedding the software inside the vehicle ECU Tactile Mobility leverages the in-vehicle physical sensors and produces digital twins of the vehicle health, as well as the road conditions along the way. 

Today I am joined by Dr. Anastasia Volkova, CEO of Regrow Ag, a company that combines agronomy, soil and carbon modeling, and digital technology to deliver scalable and verifiable solutions for resilient agriculture. With a PhD in Aerospace Engineering, she leverages her expertise in data analysis, remote sensing, and machine learning to drive climate action through food production. Since launching Regrow Ag in 2020, she has grown the company into a global leader, serving brands such as Kellogg's, Cargill, and General Mills. She is a TEDx speaker and recipient of multiple awards and honors, including MIT's "35 Under 35" Innovator, BBC's "Top 100 Women", UBS Global Visionary, TIME100 NEXT and Bloomberg's New Economy Catalyst.

Hortense le Gentil is the author of THE UNLOCKED LEADER: Dare to Free Your Own Voice, Lead with Empathy, and Shine Your Light in the World, who reveals how anyone can learn to shift their sights from the impossible-to-achieve superhero leader ideal to an effective human leader.

The Partnership for Inclusive Innovation is a public-private partnership that launched in 2020 to lead coordinated, statewide efforts to position Georgia as the Technology Capital of the East Coast. Dedicated to advancing innovation, opportunity, and shared economic success across the state, the organization’s focus on community research, student engagement, and pilot programs is a powerful combination that establishes Georgia as a living lab for inclusive innovation. The Partnership seeks to help foster access, growth, entrepreneurship and innovation throughout the state.

Meredith Broussard is an associate professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University and the research director at the NYU Alliance for Public Interest Technology. She is the author of More Than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech (MIT Press, 2023).