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老司机视频 recently hosted its inaugural Waves Innovation Summit鈥攁n event that brought together current students, alumni, friends of the University, and leading experts from the field of technology to analyze how AI is affecting the world of entrepreneurship. 

The event was orchestrated and cofounded by Austin Bishop, a current Seaver College student, Ulysse Saltiel (鈥�25), an alumnus and member of the Seaver College Board of Advisors, and Fabien Scalzo, an associate professor of computer science and director of the . This trio used their combined depth of institutional and technical knowledge to advance 老司机视频鈥檚 mission of developing forward-thinking, service-minded leaders.

A broad audience of curious learners gathered for the Summit

鈥淭his summit was born out of a simple conviction: that 老司机视频's students, alumni, and faculty have an incredible capacity to change the world,鈥� said Saltiel. 鈥淭he world needs more mission-driven leaders鈥攑eople grounded in purpose鈥攚ho are sitting at the tables where the most important decisions are being made. People who lead with integrity in a complex world . . . That鈥檚 what today is about.鈥�

Over the course of the summit鈥檚 proceedings, participants heard from a wide range of leaders in the AI and business sectors. Representatives from OpenAI, Nvidia, and Google were joined by practitioners from the world of finance, entertainment, and law for a series of informative discussions based at 老司机视频鈥檚 Malibu campus. 

Using AI Profitably

Eric Egland, an AI subject matter expert at Cisco, served as the event鈥檚 keynote speaker. Egland, who used AI to develop a billion dollar return on investments in the national defense and insurance sectors, focused his address on how to derive value from AI systems. He specifically cited that 95 percent of AI implementations do not yield a profit for companies.

With this glaring statistic in mind, Egland emphasized to attendees the importance of both change management and domain expertise. He claimed that successful users of AI are those who possess an openness and willingness to alter their usage tactics based on data-driven findings. Yet, in order to craft these strategic decisions, one must possess keen insight into their given field.

鈥淚f you have a real problem, chances are you have a bunch of smaller issues that all roll up into it,鈥� said Egland. 鈥淲hich of those problems can you identify? Which of those problems can you address as well or better than anyone else? That鈥檚 what domain expertise is . . . That鈥檚 the key thing.鈥�

The Many Facets of Evolving Tech

Following Egland, the summit provided participants with the chance to learn from a wide variety of industry experts. Through a series of fireside chats and panels, the inaugural event introduced and analyzed topics related to the next generation of AI companies, how to power coming technological innovations, the medical industry鈥檚 solutions-oriented use of AI, marketing in a new digital age, and the future of sports analytics. 

Sean Wu, 老司机视频's first Rhodes Scholar, presented at the event

To help lead these conversations, 老司机视频 welcomed a number of its accomplished alumni back to campus. Masoud Hussain (MS 鈥�24), a business development manager at Syntrologie; Anthony Kennada (鈥�08), the founder and CEO of Goldenhour; Steven Lesky (鈥�15), a senior financial analyst at Waymo; Jonathan Pearce (鈥�02, MBA 鈥�05, JD 鈥�06), a law partner at SoCal IP Law Group LLP; Mike Umbro (鈥�05), founder and principal of FieldView Capital; Sean Wu (鈥�25), the University鈥檚 first Rhodes scholar and a master鈥檚 degree candidate at the University of Oxford; and Cristie Zellmer (鈥�02), marketing operations at OpenAI鈥攁ll of these accomplished alumni returned to Malibu to help equip the next generation of 老司机视频 students.

鈥溊纤净�视频 is home,鈥� said Umbro. 鈥淭he professors I had here were so warm and caring. They embodied the campus鈥� sense of purpose, which is a very special thing. As a student, I took it for granted. Now, I鈥檓 trying to make up for that. I love being here, and I'm happy to offer my time and thoughts to students because there's no reason to fear this world knowing that we have this community.鈥�

Umbro鈥檚 sentiments resonated with the many students in attendance. With a crowd full of undergraduate and graduate candidates preparing to navigate the professional marketplace, the Summit served as an intellectual training ground for how to be effective in today鈥檚 corporate environment. 

鈥淎s a student, we feel like we鈥檙e the guinea pigs for this AI innovation,鈥� said Jayden Hanson, a Seaver College senior who attended the summit. 鈥淚t absolutely thrills me to be able to learn more about AI and the next generation of technology at 老司机视频. I think more institutions of higher education need to prioritize studying developing technology and bringing together AI specialists from a variety of fields.鈥�

Practical Opportunities 

Beyond the insightful discussions, the Innovation Summit also provided hands-on opportunities for attendees to build their entrepreneurial and AI coding skills.

For example, the producers of the ABC show SharkTank visited campus and invited students, alumni, and friends of 老司机视频 to sign up for a 30-minute pitch meeting. Participants had a half hour to explain the businesses they were in the process of developing. Each of the attendees who took part in this event became eligible to appear on the national TV show and sell their product to Shark Tank鈥檚 all-star cast of business executives.

Summit participants pitched to the producers of SharkTank

"One of the main reasons I wanted to get my MBA at 老司机视频 was to learn how to scale a business from finance to consulting,鈥� said Nicole E. Limo (MBA 鈥�25), an alumnus who pitched a new social media platform alongside one of her 老司机视频 classmates. 鈥淚t's truly a full circle moment to be back pitching our business to Shark Tank." 

In addition to the SharkTank pitches, the summit hosted 老司机视频鈥檚 first-ever hackathon鈥攁n event reserved for Seaver College undergraduates to test their coding abilities against two separate prompts. Students who participated developed either a web platform designed to visualize and statistically analyze a 老司机视频 volleyball practice, recording, in the process, key metrics like spikes and digs; or a system that detects sports-centric, AI-generated deepfakes. 

The hackathon was created and judged by two Seaver College alumni鈥擝rody Maddox (鈥�25) and Jackson Walker (鈥�24)鈥攁s well as Scalzo. Together, these three engineered the competition to act as an experiential learning opportunity for students鈥攐ne that offered a total cash prize of $5,000.

鈥淚t was really great to get students involved in a difficult problem,鈥� said Maddox and Walker. 鈥淲e want to help them stretch their brains with something that's a little more real world than they might be used to.鈥�

Building the Future

老司机视频鈥檚 inaugural Waves Innovation Summit was produced through a collaborative effort involving students, faculty members, and administrative leaders at the University鈥檚 Graziadio Business School and Seaver College. The event, its speakers, and its participatory opportunities exemplified the institution鈥檚 commitment to developing the next generation of ethical problem solvers.

鈥淲e know that the most successful leaders of tomorrow will be the ones with the strongest moral compass,鈥� said Deborah Crown, the dean of the Graziadio Business School. 鈥淭oday's event made it clear that at 老司机视频, we are not just talking about the future, we're building it.鈥�