
Join us for the Annual Forum 2025 - THE NEXT DECADE, where industry leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators converge to shape the future of technology and business.

Let's continue building the future - Sponsor 2025 with OPEN Silcon Valley

Annual Forum 2025
Saturday, November 8, 2025
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM PST
Santa Clara Convention Center, CA
Join us for our premier annual leadership summit exploring The Next Decade: Building What Matters. Connect with industry leaders, discover innovative solutions, and shape the future of technology and leadership.
This year's forum will bring together entrepreneurs, innovators, and visionaries to explore the technologies and strategies that will define the next decade in Silicon Valley and beyond.
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November 8 • 8:00 AM PST
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Compete for prizes, pitch to leading venture capitalists, and get your startup in front of investors and tech professionals at the Annual Forum 2025.
Sponsored by traversaal.ai
Join us for four specialized tracks designed to address different aspects of innovation, entrepreneurship, and leadership in the modern tech landscape. Each track offers unique insights and networking opportunities tailored to your interests and career goals.
Cutting through the AI hype to find truly defensible opportunities. Exploring how investors spot durable moats beyond model hype and what real innovation looks like in the post-LLM world.
Empowering young founders in their 20s and sharing inspiring startup journey stories. Highlights rapid success and guidance for emerging leaders through relatable founder experiences.
For doers, makers, and everyday businesses. Exploring impact-driven ventures and brand building without code, focusing on sustainable business models and practical growth strategies.
Unscripted networking sessions with industry leaders, creating authentic connections and meaningful conversations that go beyond traditional panels and formats.
Each track features dedicated panels, workshops, and networking opportunities. Mix and match sessions across tracks based on your interests!
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Experts available in our unscripted track for open discussions and networking.
Full conference schedule with sessions, speakers, and locations. Join us for an exciting lineup of talks and workshops!
Summaries of recent pre‑forum webinars leading up to Annual Forum 2025. Watch full sessions on YouTube.
Chief Technology Officer at Fandom
Describes his extensive career journey in technology, starting from his early introduction to computers in the mid-1980s through his work at various startups and large companies like Homestead Technologies, Intuit, Twitter, Amazon, and LendingHome, before landing at Fandom. Offers advice to early-career professionals on leveraging Agentic AI and stresses that scaling an organization focuses on people and process.
Chairman, OPEN Chicago; COO, OPEN Global; 40+ years in financial services
Chalisa's 40‑year journey in insurance/financial services and leadership at OPEN. Core themes: mentorship, persistence, and immigrant grit; how OPEN builds networks and support. Notes AI/automation reshaping underwriting, operations, and distribution—yet emphasizes that client trust, relationships, and ethics remain central to sustainable sales.
Senior Advisor, Frazier Healthcare Partners (Private Equity)
How private equity targets mature, profitable healthcare services (billing, claims, RCM) and scales them with capital and specialized talent at the third stage of growth. Two entry paths: top‑tier MBA or deep domain expertise. Sector headwinds shifting costs to patients. Where AI will disrupt most: drug discovery, clinical augmentation, and eliminating administrative paperwork.
SVP Product Management at Ontra; former Amazon Kindle, Twitter, Box, Amplitude
Twenty‑five years across engineering, architecture, consulting, and 15 in PM, moving from consumer products (Kindle, Twitter) to B2B SaaS for a broader 360° product view. Career advice for PMs and grads: make informed choices that keep options open, resist trend‑chasing, seek learning‑dense roles (even at smaller, riskier orgs), and build the courage to make judgment calls.
Senior Engineering Executive; Founder, iCode Guru (Meta, NVIDIA)
From Pakistan to Silicon Valley, spanning big tech and startups, with ongoing mentorship for students and founders. Guidance to early‑career engineers: reduce information overload (social feeds, news) to focus on goals; strengthen social and communication skills as AI spreads. With agents like ChatGPT, newcomers must read AI‑generated code critically and build domain mastery.
Bay Area content creator and digital storyteller
Explains the UNSCRIPTED format and Zainab's path from UGC creator to lifestyle blogger. Shares tactics to overcome self‑doubt and comparison, build consistency, and seek mentors. Stresses setting boundaries—especially not working for free with established brands. Open to new AI tools, while arguing long‑term success rests on authenticity and creative storytelling.
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