# AI and Collaborative Innovation Conference ![logo of a robot hand and human hand reaching out to put two puzzle pieces together](/sites/default/files/styles/866w/public/2025-08/logo_2.png?h=0fad9bd7&itok=EBqD0yYY) ## AI and the Future of Collaborative Innovation September 11-12, 2025 This inaugural workshop brought together scholars from information systems, marketing, strategy and other disciplines to examine how artificial intelligence is transforming collaborative innovation across industries and institutions. [Read the Event Summary](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kYRYwJks3oYe-qeEdrS1ec6fxDuCGm4J/view?usp=sharing) --- prev next - - - slide 1 - slide 2 - slide 3 - slide 4 - slide 5 - slide 6 - - ![many conference attendees stand and visit with each other](/sites/default/files/styles/965w_x_564h/public/2025-09/25-0974-0019.jpg.webp?itok=9GoJVK8Z) The inaugural AI and Collaborative Innovation Conference took place on September 11-12, 2025 at NYU Stern - ![Professor Raveesh Mayya speaks at the conference](/sites/default/files/styles/965w_x_564h/public/2025-09/25-0980-015.jpg.webp?itok=3Cj0G3tA) The inaugural AI and Collaborative Innovation Conference took place on September 11-12, 2025 at NYU Stern - ![four panelists sit in chairs and speak to the audience](/sites/default/files/styles/965w_x_564h/public/2025-09/25-0980-045.jpg.webp?itok=ArJcaUi7) The inaugural AI and Collaborative Innovation Conference took place on September 11-12, 2025 at NYU Stern - ![workshop attendee reads several posters](/sites/default/files/styles/965w_x_564h/public/2025-09/25-0974-0075.jpg.webp?itok=V7udVXqm) The inaugural AI and Collaborative Innovation Conference took place on September 11-12, 2025 at NYU Stern - ![workshop attendees stand and socialize](/sites/default/files/styles/965w_x_564h/public/2025-09/25-0974-0062_1.jpg.webp?itok=yxkVSDuC) The inaugural AI and Collaborative Innovation Conference took place on September 11-12, 2025 at NYU Stern - ![four speakers sit in chairs for panel discussion](/sites/default/files/styles/965w_x_564h/public/2025-09/25-0981-085.jpg.webp?itok=w3wntoBI) The inaugural AI and Collaborative Innovation Conference took place on September 11-12, 2025 at NYU Stern ## Workshop Organizers [ ![Gal headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-07/gal_copy.png?h=5eff0b17&itok=6uqhWEN4) ](https://en-coller.tau.ac.il/profile/galos) [## Gal Oestreicher-Singer ](https://en-coller.tau.ac.il/profile/galos)**Tel Aviv University, Coller School of Management** Associate Dean of Research and Mexico Chaired Professor of Information Systems [BIO](https://en-coller.tau.ac.il/profile/galos) [ ![headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2024-06/rmayya.jpg?h=5e2b038d&itok=7ybdjutw) ](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/raveesh-mayya) [## Raveesh Mayya ](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/raveesh-mayya)**New York University, Stern School** Assistant Professor of Technology, Operations, and Statistics [BIO](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/raveesh-mayya) ## Workshop Speakers [ ![Goldfarb headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-07/avi-goldfarb.png?h=d6735ed3&itok=hT_kFeQU) ](https://www.avigoldfarb.com/) [## Avi Goldfarb ](https://www.avigoldfarb.com/)**University of Toronto, Rotman School** Rotman Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare, Professor of Marketing; Co-author of "Prediction Machines" and "Power and Prediction" [BIO](https://www.avigoldfarb.com/) [ ![Shawndra Hill](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-07/hill.jpg?h=9d69158a&itok=hBbeEByA) ](https://business.columbia.edu/faculty/people/shawndra-hill) [## Shawndra Hill ](https://business.columbia.edu/faculty/people/shawndra-hill)**Meta** Principal Scientist focused on AI applications in social platforms, collaborative technologies, and the intersection of artificial intelligence with human social behavior [BIO](https://business.columbia.edu/faculty/people/shawndra-hill) [ ![John Horton](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-07/horton.jpeg?h=f7495f53&itok=Ri1EvDa-) ](https://mitsloan.mit.edu/faculty/directory/john-j-horton) [## John Horton ](https://mitsloan.mit.edu/faculty/directory/john-j-horton)**Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School** Professor examining digital labor markets and co-founder of AI powered market research platform Expected Parrot [BIO](https://mitsloan.mit.edu/faculty/directory/john-j-horton) [ ![Natalia Levina](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-01/natalia_levina_366.jpg?h=f447a50d&itok=VgIu2uIz) ](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/natalia-levina) [## Natalia Levina ](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/natalia-levina)**New York University, Stern School** Paganelli-Bull Professor of Technology and International Business and Ph.D. Program Coordinator for Information Systems [BIO](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/natalia-levina) [ ![K Sudhir](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-07/sudhir_k.jpg?h=1c3fb583&itok=vH1yn0mN) ](https://som.yale.edu/faculty-research/faculty-directory/k-sudhir) [## K. Sudhir ](https://som.yale.edu/faculty-research/faculty-directory/k-sudhir)**Yale University, School of Management** James L. Frank '32 Professor of Private Enterprise and Management, Professor of Marketing, and an expert of digital marketing and AI [BIO](https://som.yale.edu/faculty-research/faculty-directory/k-sudhir) [ ![Headshot of Arun Sundararajan](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/assets/images/smiling-red%20%282%29.jpg?h=deaec4b9&itok=y8gczQpv) ](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan) [## Arun Sundararajan ](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan)**New York University** Harold Price Professor of Entrepreneurship, Professor of Technology, Operations & Statistics, and Director of the Fubon Center [BIO](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan) ## Program Show All | Hide All Thursday, September 11 **4:00 PM** Plenary Short Presentations at Cantor Boardroom (11th Floor) **5:30 PM** Poster Presentation at Cantor **5:30 PM** Reception at Cantor Friday, September 12 **9:00 AM** Welcome, AI and Innovation at Cantor Boardroom (11th Floor) **9:30 AM** Invited Plenary Talks and Fireside Chat 1 at Cantor **11:00 AM** Parallel Sessions A/B **12:10 PM** Lunch at Cantor **1:40 PM** Parallel Sessions C/D **2:50 PM** Parallel Sessions E/F **4:00 PM** Invited Plenary Talks and Fireside Chat 2 at Cantor **5:15 PM** Conclusion and Thank you at Cantor **5:30 PM** Adjourn