About Us

Established in 2018, Ai4 Is Now North America’s Largest Artificial Intelligence Industry Event.

We’re proud to be in the top 20% of America’s fastest-growing private companies, as recognized by Inc 5000.

Leadership Council

The Ai4 Executive Leadership Council helps to guide programming at Ai4 events. The council is also a platform for AI executive leaders at the highest level to collaborate and learn from one another – discussing the complexities of AI deployment, driving transformative innovation, and ensuring responsible and impactful use of AI technologies.

Cara Athmann

COO, Cardinal Group

Brian Erickson

Chief Data & Artificial Intelligence Officer, Coast Guard

Alice Fournier

CIO-Americas, ISS

Lambert Hogenhout

CDO, United Nations

Yannick Lallement

Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, Scotiabank

Kaschit Pandya

CTO, IRS

Aalpen Patel

Chief Clinical and Innovation Officer, MedQuest Associates

Vijay Sankaran

Chief Technology Officer and Head of Digital Solutions, Johnson Controls

We empower responsible AI collaboration.

By gathering leaders of enterprise from across industry, government organizations, disruptive startups, investors, research labs, academia, associations, open source projects, media and analysts, we are creating the largest and most influential arena for idea-sharing, AI-related commerce, and technological progress. Our mission at Ai4 is to help provide a common framework for what AI means to both enterprise and the future of our globe as we transition into a new era of responsible human-machine collaboration.

Our Team

Meet the full-time team working year-round to bring you the world's greatest AI event.

Bevin Paschen

Senior Sponsor Relations Manager

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Daniel Lackland

Director of Content, Ai4

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Glenn Morizio

Lead Generation Manager & Customer Support

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Ian McAdams

Head of Marketing

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James Shearin

Director, RETCON

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Jessica Gallagher

Director, Marketing & Operations

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Lauren Paha

Sponsorship Sales Manager, Ai4

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Meghan Schofield

Speaker Production Manager

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Marcus Jecklin

Co-Founder

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Michael Weiss

Co-Founder

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Michelle Troop

Chief Revenue Officer

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Monique Abed

Event Operations Manager

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Nikki Gale

Senior Producer, RETCON

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Powered by: Fora Group

Ai4 is brought to you by Fora Group, the organizer behind two of North America’s fastest growing technology events: Ai4 & RETCON. Established in 2018, Fora Group has since convened over 15,000 industry leaders from around the world with hundreds of unique sponsors & partners including globally renowned technology providers such as Microsoft, IBM, and AWS.

We’re proud to be in the top 20% of America’s fastest-growing private companies, as recognized by Inc 5000.