Annual AI & Infrastructure Summit
Where Leaders Connect With Leaders
FountainHead RI helps businesses compete, build, and win
- Date
- Fri, Oct 23, 2026
- Time
- 1:00 PM – 8:30 PM ET
- Venue
- Providence Marriott Downtown
Registration open
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On stage October 23
21 speakers at the AI & Infrastructure Summit
Stefan Pryor
Secretary of Commerce, State of Rhode Island
Joe Shekarchi
Former Speaker, Rhode Island House of Representatives
Seth Kolker
Interim Director, Rhode Island’s AI Hub
Scott Gausland
Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Rhode Island Department of Administration
Jason Dodier
Cofounder, FountainHead RI
David Almonte
Cofounder, FountainHead RI
Arnell Milhouse
CEO and Co-founder, yconic
Ty Walrod
Cofounder and CEO, TrustBound
Kerry McKittrick
Executive Director, Harvard Project on Workforce
Naman Mukerji
Co-founder, Polymr
Chuck Kwolek
Regional VP, Agentic Enablement Partner, Lydonia
Drew Moffitt
Moveo AI
Yan Lindsay Sun, Ph.D.
Professor, University of Rhode Island; Founding Director, CYPHER; IEEE Fellow
Jim Peluso
CIO, Centreville Bank
Jeannie Salo
Isabelle Nichols
Founder & Managing Partner, Polaris Ventures
Jordan McCreery
Chief Business Officer, Primech AI
Stephen Eaves
Founder, VoltServer
Ravi Chamarti
Founder, Datalyrix
Sevak Avakians
AI Principal, USAA
Timothy Henry
Professor, Rhode Island College
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2026 Summit sponsors
06 — Partners
- Platinum
- Primech AI
- Gold
- Datalyrix LLC
- Silver
- McGill Hose & CouplingUniversity of Rhode Island (URI)
- General
- TrustBoundMoveo AIPolymrCIC ProvidenceBrecourt SolutionsRhode Island Commerce CorporationLydoniaUiPath
- Community partners
- BankNewportPartridge Snow & Hahn LLP
- Technology partner
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