Designing The Future with Ovetta Sampson
AI, Ethics, & the Human at the Center
What happens when one of the world's leading voices on machine learning sits down to talk honestly about where AI is going, and who gets left behind?
This is an intimate, moderated conversation between Ovetta Sampson and Gidens CEO Vincent Brathwaite. No slides. No scripts. Just an honest exploration of where AI is heading and who is shaping it. The fireside chat covers responsible AI, invisible biases, human-centered design, and what it really means to build technology that serves everyone.
The event closes with open Q&A and networking, giving attendees direct access to Ovetta and the Gidens team.
Together, Ovetta and Gidens represent what responsible AI looks like in practice: technology that surfaces real operational signals for businesses while keeping humans firmly at the center of every decision. This conversation matters because the AI that runs your business tomorrow is being designed today. Who is in the room when those decisions get made will shape everything.
About Ovetta Sampson:
Ovetta Sampson is an Executive Design Leader, AI Ethics Expert, and Founder of Right AI. She is the Former Director of Machine Learning UX at Google and Former VP of ML Experience Design and Responsible AI at Capital One. She has spent over 15 years at the intersection of design and artificial intelligence, shaping how humans experience some of the most powerful technology ever built.
At Google, Ovetta led Machine Learning UX. At Capital One, she and her team used machine learning as a human-centered design tool to evolve an enterprise ML platform while operationalizing Responsible AI. At Microsoft, she served as Principal Design Director, leading designers, engineers, and researchers to help the nation's biggest companies visualize and realize digital transformation built on hidden human truths. At IDEO, she pioneered practices blending design research with data science and machine learning.
Her expertise includes human-centered AI design and responsible AI implementation, machine learning experience design at enterprise scale, identifying and mitigating invisible biases in AI systems, digital transformation, autonomous vehicles, IoT, digital twins, and fintech, and bridging design research with data science and machine learning.
She does not just design for technology. She designs for the humans it is supposed to serve.
Moderator: Vincent Brathwaite, Founder & CEO, Gidens
Who's in the Room:
Tech founders and CTOs navigating AI implementation
Business owners evaluating AI tools for their operations
UX designers, researchers, and product leaders
Enterprise leaders responsible for digital transformation
Educators, students, and emerging technologists
Community leaders and policymakers concerned with AI equity
Local investors and ecosystem builders
Takeaways:
A deeper understanding of who benefits from AI, who gets left behind, and what biases are baked into systems we trust
Frameworks for evaluating AI tools through a responsible, human-centered lens before adopting them in your business
Insight into what "privacy-first" and "responsible AI" look like in practice (not just in marketing)
A new way of seeing the AI tools reshaping your business and community, grounded in ethics and equity rather than hype
Direct access to one of the most respected voices in AI ethics for Q&A after the conversation
BONUS Workshop: Unleashing Productivity with AI - Sep. 3
Requires separate registration and payment. More information below.
This paid half day workshop teaches you how and when to integrate AI into your job and how to ensure you get the best possible outcomes quickly and with less cognitive labor. Attendees will leave the workshop with the following:
RightAI's "Working with AI Guidebook," (includes practice exercises and labs)
Proven framework to effectively work with AI-enabled tools and produce better outcomes with less effort
Free Access to Orunmila's RightAI's online teaching assistant.
Free access to the MindfulAI™ Community
Keen insight into how AI tools operate
Hands-on experience creating with AI tools
Workshop Details
Date: September 3
Location: Inspiration Hawaii Museum 900 Richards St, Honolulu, HI 96813
Time: 8:30am - 12:30pm