December 16, 2025
Frost Science Museum - Miami
Artifical Intelligence is the most powerful, productive,
and disruptive force in human history.
AI will impact every organization on Earth - immediately.
Join us to explore how AI is dismantling traditional business moats and reshaping strategy, labor, innovation, and policy.
THE AI-FIRST SUMMIT brings together the world’s most influential decision-makers — from Fortune 500 CEOs to private equity leaders and public innovators — to confront the realities of the AI era.
Hosted by technology executive and author Fred Voccola, this invitation-only event explores how organizations can adapt, compete, and lead in the most disruptive technological shift of our lifetime.
Artificial intelligence isn’t on the horizon — it’s here.
Every sector is being disrupted…
The AI-FIRST Summit unites the people driving that change — CEOs, investors, university leaders, and policymakers — for a defining afternoon of conversation, collaboration, and clarity.
HOSTED BY
Every era has its defining voice…
In the age of AI, that voice is Fred Voccola.
Fred Voccola has led multiple technology companies through transformative growth, building and scaling platforms that define modern enterprise software. His forthcoming book, The Coming Disruption, has been called ‘a blueprint for how to survive and lead in the AI era.’
What People Are Saying
“Voccola doesn’t theorize about disruption…
he’s engineered it at scale, again and again.”
— Tom Schodorf, Former SVP, Splunk & BMC Software
“Fred captures the velocity of AI transformation better than anyone I’ve seen.”
— Ben Levin, Founder & Managing Director, Level Equity Partners
An invitation-only gathering of the people shaping the next decade.
The AI-FIRST Summit is not a trade show or sponsored expo. It’s a private, curated conversation among CEOs, founders, investors, policymakers, and educators who are building the frameworks of tomorrow’s economy.
Attendance is by invitation only. There is no cost to attend. Each registration is reviewed for approval.
Participants include:
Global investors managing billions in capital
CEOs and founders driving innovation across technology, healthcare, energy, and infrastructure
Academic and public-sector leaders defining the next generation of education and workforce development
Global Leaders & Influential Voices
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Fred Voccola
CEO & CHAIRMAN
SIMPRO GROUP -

BEN LEVIN
CO-FOUNDER & CEO
LEVEL EQUITY -

MICHAEL SANDERS
CEO
UPSHOP -

FRANCIS SUAREZ
MAYOR
CITY OF MIAMI -

Bob Garrett
CEO - HACKENSACK
MERIDIAN HEALTH -

Jason Wright
CO-FOUNDER
APAX -

Jeanette Núñez
PRESIDENT
FIU -

Joe Smolarski
CEO
WATCHGUARD TECHNOLOGIES -

Mark Voccola
TITLE
COMPANY -

Mauricio Gutierrez
FORMER CEO
NRG ENERGY -

SCOTT KAMRAN
MANAGING DIRECTOR
EVERCORE -

Brian Sheth
FOUNDER
[FUND TBD] -

Anthony Macaluso
CEO
[COMPANY] -

Tim Conkle
CEO
The 20 -

BILL NUNAN
CEO
LEXIPOL -

Eric Glesecke
CEO
PLANET DDS -

Philip Vorobeychik
MANAGING DIRECTOR
VERTICA CAPITAL PARTNERS -

Sujit Banerjee
MANAGING DIRECTOR
K1 -

YOCHI SLONIM
CO-FOUNDER and CEO
ANIMA BIOTECH -

Alex Slusky
MANAGING DIRECTOR
VECTOR CAPITAL
Fred Voccola
Bob Garrett
JASON WRIGHT
Brian Sheth
Joe Smolarski
Mark Voccola
Mauricio Gutierrez
Fred Voccola Bob Garrett JASON WRIGHT Brian Sheth Joe Smolarski Mark Voccola Mauricio Gutierrez
Ben LEVIN
MIchael Sanders
Shary Ramanand
Mayor Francis Suarez
Anthony Micaluso
Tim Conkle
Ben LEVIN MIchael Sanders Shary Ramanand Mayor Francis Suarez Anthony Micaluso Tim Conkle
Scott Cameron
Bill Nunan
Yochi Slonim
Madeline Pumariega
Alex Slusky
Anthony Macaluso
Corey O'Donnell
Scott Cameron Bill Nunan Yochi Slonim Madeline Pumariega Alex Slusky Anthony Macaluso Corey O'Donnell
TOPICS OF DISCUSSION
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A bold and compelling keynote from business visionary, author, AI leader and host Fred Voccola. Fred confronts the truth behind the AI wave—what it means for leadership, for profitability, and for your survival in an AI-First world. Expect insight, fire, and zero fluff.
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A dynamic discussion with leaders across industries to explore how AI is transforming the way companies serve, understand, and delight their customers. From predictive personalization to autonomous support and real-time insight, the panel examines how external AI applications are rewriting the rules of engagement—turning every interaction into an intelligent, adaptive, and value-creating experience.
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Brings together CEOs who’ve turned AI inward—reengineering how their companies think, operate, and execute. From supply chain automation to decision-making intelligence, these leaders reveal how Internal AI is redefining scale, efficiency, and profitability from the inside out.
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The most influential minds in private equity share an unfiltered conversation about how artificial intelligence is rewriting the rules of value creation. From deal sourcing to operational playbooks, they’ll explore how AI is transforming investment strategy, reshaping portfolio performance, and challenging even the most proven assumptions about what drives returns in the next decade.
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Can a city be reimagined through the lens of AI? Explore how forward-thinking public and private leaders are turning Miami into a global testbed for innovation, education, and tech-powered civic transformation.
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Cellebrite CEO Tom Hogan shares a deeply personal story of how AI not only transformed his company’s global mission to protect and deliver justice—but also helped save his own life. In this intimate conversation, Tom explores the dual power of AI as both an operational force multiplier and a medical miracle, offering a rare, human look at technology’s potential to preserve life and accelerate progress in every arena.
Frost science Museum
Beneath the 67-foot dome of the Frost Planetarium, science meets spectacle. With its 360° immersive screen and state-of-the-art 8K projection system, it’s not just a place to look at the stars—it’s a place to confront the future.
Set in the heart of Miami’s Museum Park, the Frost Science Museum is where bold ideas and breakthrough technologies meet the public eye. For a summit exploring the seismic shifts of an AI-First world, there’s no better venue: immersive, iconic, and built to make you think bigger.
25° 47' 6.96" N
80° 11' 16.44" W
Miami: The World’s AI-First City
From its energy infrastructure to its entrepreneurial ecosystem, Miami has become a living laboratory for AI innovation. The city’s convergence of finance, technology, and public-sector leadership makes it the perfect stage for this global conversation — and a blueprint for how cities can thrive in the age of intelligence.
“Fred Voccola’s vision aligns perfectly with the spirit of Miami — fast, fearless, and entrepreneurial.”
REQUEST AN INVITATION
Attendance is limited. There is no cost to attend, but space is reserved for executives and leaders actively shaping the AI economy.
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