​The State of the Effect

​THE SHIFT: Infrastructure, Intelligence & the Future of Growth

​The State of the Effect this year is The Shift: we are standing at a threshold — a moment where institutions, markets, and governance structures are straining against forces they weren’t built to handle.

​AI, networks, and capital flows are rewriting the rules of power faster than our existing systems can adapt. Which is why the data we collect, the capital models we choose, and the systems we build today decide who benefits tomorrow. We have an opportunity, and a responsibility, to intentionally design the operating frameworks of the future, rather than inherit outdated assumptions and incomplete data.

​We are convening leaders, investors, and technologists to explore how power, value, and governance are being reprogrammed and why rethinking private-sector governance is essential to what comes next. By bringing this conversation into the broader context, alongside accelerating shifts in AI, capital, and infrastructure, we hope to spark the ideas and collaborations needed to build more adaptive, inclusive systems for a world in motion.

​Agenda:

• ​3:00 - 4:30: VIP Networking Hour/ Breakout Rooms (Invite only)

• ​4:30: General arrivals

• ​4:30 - 5:30: Networking

• ​5:30 - 6:45: Mainstage Programming

• ​7:00 - 7:30: Pitch Competition

• ​7:30 - 8:00: Voting on the pitches and networking

• ​8:00 - Pitch winner announced and closing remarks

• ​8:00 - 9:00: Networking

​Main Stage Speakers:

• ​TBD

​Pitch Competition Judges:

• ​TBD

​VIP Breakout Rooms:

​#1 🌎 Climate Capitalism: Investing in the Planetary Shift

• ​Exploring how capital flows, innovation, and infrastructure intersect to drive climate resilience and sustainability — and why designing equitable, adaptive systems is essential to navigating planetary transformation.

  • ​Speakers: TBD

​#2 🔐 Trust, Threats & Transformation: Building Resilient Systems

• ​Centering cybersecurity, compliance, and infrastructure governance in an era where AI and accelerating digital risk demand smarter, more adaptive frameworks to keep pace with change.

  • ​Speakers: TBD

​#3 🤖 Intelligence at Scale: AI as Infrastructure

• ​​What happens when AI becomes the invisible operating system for business, investing, and decision-making? Examining the opportunities, risks, and inequities embedded in algorithmic systems — and what it takes to build human-aligned intelligence at scale.

  • ​Speakers: TBD

​#4 🩺 Care as Capital: The New Economics of Women’s Health

• ​From fertility to longevity, we’ll explore why investing in women’s health is core economic and innovation infrastructure — and how closing long-standing data and equity gaps unlocks new models of growth and impact.

  • ​Speakers: TBD

​#5 💰 Capital, Code & Control: The Future of Financial Power

• ​Examining how fintech, embedded finance, and investor innovation are reprogramming access, ownership, and governance — and what equitable financial systems could look like in a networked, AI-driven economy.

  • ​Speakers: TBD

​🥗 Food and beverages will be served throughout.

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