Propelify sets date, details for 2023 festival: All About AI

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TechUnited announced Monday that the 2023 Propelify Innovation Festival will be held Oct. 5 at Maxwell Place Park in Hoboken.

The annual event, which Forbes has dubbed as the “SXSW of the Northeast,” brings together entrepreneurs, innovators, founders, C-suite leaders, industry experts, political leaders, stakeholders and businesses for a day of speakers, panels, exhibits and more.

Propelify founder and TechUnited NJ CEO Aaron Price said that this year’s festival is All About AI – including topics such as:

• The Human in the Loop
• How AI-driven products can create a cleaner and cooler future
• Building communities of AI experts
• The next frontier for DEI: How AI drives fair-chance hiring
• How AI can make humans into better writers
• Impact of AI on creator economy
• Ethical ramifications of AI usage
• Combatting financial fraud with AI

“The world is moving. AI – from machine learning to NLPs [natural language processing] and more – is transforming everything,” said Price. “From health care to finance, city planning to entertainment and beyond, AI is propelling industries toward the future.

“Come to Propelify to hear from the humans powering it all,” Price continued. “With presentations, talks and startup demos, there will be much to learn and many great people to meet – join us! IDLE IDEAS DON’T FLY #letsPropel.”

In addition to Price, other speakers scheduled for the event include:

• Scott Belsky, chief strategy officer and executive vice president, Design & Emerging Products, Adobe
• Debika Bhattacharya, chief product officer, Verizon Business
• Aleksandra Teichman, head of acquiring, BD and strategy, Cross River
• Manik Suri, founder and CEO, Therma
• State Sen. Andrew Zwicker, D-16^th District
• Rebecca Bilbro, founder and CTO, Rotational Labs
• Kathleen Coviello, chief economic transformation officer, New Jersey Economic Development Authority
• Tahira White, founder and executive producer, WercFlow and 19^th & Park
• And many more

You can check out NJBIZ’s coverage of last year’s Propelify here and get more information on this year’s festival here.