AI Agents for Work

Columbia University | October 27, 2025

How can AI Agents
streamline work and operations?

This workshop brings together industry leaders with academic experts at Columbia University to share the latest innovations and challenges for how AI agents can streamline work and operations.

The first day will be a series of public keynotes, talks and panel discussions from industry and academic experts. The second day will be a private workshop for partners affiliated with the Data, Agents and Processes Lab (DAPLab).

See the previous workshop here.

When: October 27, 2025

Where: Columbia Business School, Geffen Hall, 3rd Floor Directions

Time: 9:00-6pm, includes breakfast, lunch and a social hour with drinks


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Speakers & Panelists



Sasha Rush

Sasha Rush

Cursor

Morning Keynote

Laurens van der Maaten

Laurens van der Maaten

Anthropic

Afternoon Keynote

Baishakhi Ray

Baishakhi Ray

Columbia CS

Dan Wang

Dan Wang

Columbia CBS

Dan Russo

Dan Russo

Columbia CBS

Jamshed Cooper

Jamshed Cooper

UBS

John Hewitt

John Hewitt

Columbia CS

Junfeng Yang

Junfeng Yang

Columbia CS

Justin Debrabant

Justin Debrabant

Databricks

Lydia Chilton

Lydia Chilton

Columbia CS

Natalia Dorogi

Natalia Dorogi

McKinsey Quantum Black

Zach Lipton

Zach Lipton

CTO of Abridge & CMU faculty

Mehdi Jamei

Mehdi Jamei

Veris

Rotem Weiss

Rotem Weiss

Tavily

Tianyi Peng

Tianyi Peng

Columbia CBS

Wenyue Hua

Wenyue Hua

Microsoft Frontier AI

Zhou Yu

Zhou Yu

Columbia CS

Schedule




9:00

Breakfast

9:15

Morning Welcome

Dean Shih-Fu Chang

Dean of Columbia's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Prof. Ciamac Moallemi

William von Mueffling Professor of Business
Director of the Briger Family Digital Finance Lab
Columbia Business School

Prof. Eugene Wu and Prof. Zhou Yu

Co-directors of DAPLab, Columbia CS Faculty
9:30
12:30

Lunch

1:15

Afternoon Welcome

Garud Iyengar, Columbia DSI and IEOR

Avanessians Director of the Data Science Institute
Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

Dean Costis Maglaras

Dean of the Columbia Business School
David and Lyn Silfen Professor of Business
Decision, Risk, and Operations Division

3:30

Industry Talks

Chris Xi, Zoom

Oliver Toubia, CBS

Justin Debrabant, Databricks

Jamshed Cooper, UBS

5:00-6:30

Reception and Poster Session

Drinks and appetizers will be served

Questions?
Email Prof. Lydia Chilton - chilton@cs.columbia.edu