Women X Foundation: Women Shaping The Next Wave of AI

Hosted by Women X | SF Tech Week 2026

Saturday | 3:00–6:00 PM | San Francisco

Technology is moving quickly, and the next chapter of AI is already beginning to take shape.

As AI moves from research labs into products, workplaces, and the physical world, the questions are changing too. How do we build AI systems people can trust? What does responsible and human-centered AI look like in practice? And as AI agents, infrastructure, and autonomous systems advance, what will it take to turn new capabilities into technologies that work in the real world?

This SF Tech Week, Women X is bringing together researchers, technology leaders, founders, and builders for two conversations exploring the next wave of AI — from how we design intelligent systems around people to how we build and deploy them at scale.

PANEL I | AI RESEARCH & TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP

A conversation with leading researchers and technical leaders working across human-centered AI, responsible AI, visualization, and human-AI interaction.

As AI systems become more capable and more deeply embedded in everyday life, technical progress alone is not enough. How people understand, interact with, and trust these systems is becoming an increasingly important part of AI research and development.

This panel explores the research questions shaping the next generation of AI: trust, responsible AI, human-AI collaboration, and the design of intelligent systems that work effectively with people.

Featuring researchers and leaders from UCLA, the University of Michigan, and Microsoft Research.

PANEL II | BUILDING AI IN THE REAL WORLD: INFRASTRUCTURE, AGENTS & AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS

A conversation with researchers and technology leaders building the systems that take AI from models to real-world applications.

The AI stack is expanding rapidly. Infrastructure is evolving to support increasingly complex workloads. AI agents are moving from experiments into enterprise environments. Autonomous systems are bringing intelligence…

Part of San Francisco Tech Week. RSVP on tech-week.com.