No. 46 Tech Pulse 2030-The Reliable Agent Challenge: Building AI You Can Trust-Chicago

​Tech Pulse 2030 is more than just an event. It’s a movement dedicated to showcasing the brightest minds and fostering deep engagement among leaders, entrepreneurs, and changemakers. Together, we’ll explore the real-world impact of emerging technologies and chart a course for a future where responsible innovation drives progress for both businesses and society.

​What began in Chicago has now expanded across multiple U.S. cities and international hubs, delivering 50+ high-impact events, engaging over 50,000 professionals and academic partners, featuring 300+ world-class speakers, and advancing responsible AI conversations across 10+ industries. Tech Pulse 2030 is your platform to learn, connect, and lead—driving real progress for businesses, society, and the world we are building together.

​As AI systems evolve from passive tools into autonomous agents capable of reasoning, planning, and taking action, reliability has become the defining challenge of the next era of artificial intelligence.

​The Reliable Agent Challenge: Building AI You Can Trust

​Speakers:

​Ruta Mehta, Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

​Paul Hsu, Founder & CEO of Decasonic

​Aleksandr (Alex) Kolomiets, Senior Manager, Artificial Intelligence Risk, BMO

​Xiaochen Zhang, AI 2030

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​Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

​The event is designed to bring together developers, researchers, policymakers, startups, public sector leaders, and industry practitioners to showcase agentic AI systems that are safe, transparent, and accountable by design.

​Participants will explore how to build AI agents that operate predictably in real-world environments, remain aligned with human intent, and include robust safeguards for oversight, auditability, and risk management.

​The challenge emphasizes that trust is not an afterthought — it must be engineered into AI systems from the start.

​Whether applied to public services, healthcare, finance, climate action, or enterprise operations, this event empowers participants to move beyond experimentation and build agentic AI solutions that are reliable, responsible, and ready for real-world impact.

​Reserve your spot today!

​We look forward to welcoming you to Tech Pulse 2030 and sharing this exciting journey with you.

​Become an AI 2030 Member:

​​https://ai2030.org/apply-to-be-a-member/

​Hosted by

​​​AI 2030 www.ai2030.org
AI 2030 is a global initiative committed to mainstreaming Responsible AI by 2030. Through cross-sector collaboration, capacity building, and inclusive programming, AI 2030 empowers leaders, organizations, and communities to harness AI for the benefit of humanity.

​Chicago AI Council www.chicagoaicouncil.org

​The Chicago AI Council is committed to a future where AI benefits everyone—from Chicago to the world. Its mission is driven by three core priorities: (1) making Chicago the global capital of responsible AI by convening international leaders through forums, awards, and innovation showcases; (2) fueling AI innovation by uniting research, entrepreneurship, and industry to build and scale trustworthy, real-world solutions; and (3) turning AI education into real job opportunities by preparing students and workers for emerging, high-growth roles across the AI economy.

​In partnership with:

​Discovery Partners Institute (DPI): https://dpi.illinois.edu/

​The Discovery Partners Institute empowers people to jumpstart their tech careers or companies in Chicago. With state investment and a new innovation district in development, DPI has the resources to attract, develop and leverage the most ambitious people and companies the region has to offer — and keep them here.

​About Programmers: https://www.programmersinc.com/

​With over 35 years of experience in tailoring future-forward solutions and delivering fast-to-value results, Programmers's mission is to help businesses exceed their software products, modernization, AI and data analytics goals.

​About 1871 https://1871.com/

​​​The Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center, dba 1871 is a 501c3 organization that exists to inspire, equip, and support people from all backgrounds to build and innovate extraordinary businesses.