

Panel: The Era of Human + AI Collaboration is Here
As AI becomes embedded into everyday workflows, how do we design systems where humans remain accountable, empowered, and informed? How are teams changing when humans + AI co-create? What does co-creation look like in practice?
Join us for a live panel discussion and Q&A with technology leaders across diverse industries. We’ll chat about trends, challenges, and opportunities they've experienced over the last year, and highlight lessons that will impact their practices into the next frontier.
We’ll talk about:
Different modes of collaboration & emerging trends: human-in-the-loop vs human-AI symbiosis vs AI-as-creative/decision partner.
Trust, accountability and responsibility: In human-AI collaboration, who is ultimately responsible for decisions — humans, AI, or both?
Societal implications: impact on equity, access, democratization of technology; how to ensure benefits are broadly shared, not concentrated.
Speakers:
Danielle Krettek Cobb is an emerging tech pioneer, Chief Creative Advisor for Hume AI, Cofounder of Flowstate and Cofounder of Ready Together. She was previously the founder of Google Empathy Lab, which was founded in 2015 to create enlivening technology informed by empathy, resilience, and wisdom of heart.
Jon Dobrowolski is a Product Leader at Asana, currently innovating on agentic software development. He was previously VP of Product at InVision, the OG prototyping tool for product and design teams.
Najla Elmachtoub is the Director of Engineering at Aligned. She currently works on kid tech that helps parents keep kids safe. Previously, she was Director of Engineering at Etsy and Delivery Hero
Zuleyka Strasner is the Cofounder of Veritake, an early infrastructure project exploring the missing layer for agentic execution. Previously, she was the Founder & CEO of Zero, the most convenient zero waste grocery delivery service.