Human Centered AI: Buiding Trust
For Collective Well-Being

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AI is reshaping how we work, connect, and make decisions—but trust in AI is lagging. As anxiety, burnout, and uncertainty rise across communities, the question isn't whether AI works, but whether it works for us.
This conference bridges technical excellence with human experience—exploring AI's impact on mental health, equity, and community resilience. Leave with actionable frameworks and networks to build AI that's accountable to diverse communities, not just optimized for them.
Human-Centered AI: Building Trust for Collective Well-Being convenes leaders from big tech, startups, academia, and the public sector to explore how trust gets built into AI systems—through ethical design, cultural representation, and transparent governance.

Speakers

Megan Smith

Robotics and Physical AI Builder

Glenn Fajardo

Professor at D.School - Stanford University

Karen Sheffield

Founder and Managing Partner, Pachamama Ventures

Carlos Baradello

Global Connector, Advisor, and University Professor at Hult International Business School and UC Berkeley

Keshia Theobald-van Gent

Partner @BDev Ventures

Carlos Loarte

Strategy Manager, Caterpillar

Juan Miguel Miranda

Consul General of Peru in San Francisco

Rosalva Gallardo

Techsuyo Co-Chair

Sergio Zapata

Deputy Consul General of Peru in San Francisco

Miguel Casillas

Founder and Executive Director @SV Links

Franklin Marcelo

CEO @Flexi.CX

Víctor Cadenas

Techsuyo Co-Chair

Why attend?

connect

Connect with professionals building responsible AI across big tech, startups, academia, and government

learn

Learn practical approaches to embedding cultural context, representative data, and ethical governance in AI

influence

Influence how AI serves diverse communities and advances trust, equity, and collective well-being

Agenda 2026

8:00 am

Registration & Check-in

Arrival, check-in, and informal networking before the official program begins.

All Attendees
9:00 am

Welcome to Techsuyo: Ten Years Connecting Peru and Silicon Valley

Opening of Techsuyo 2026 and introduction to the conference agenda.

Juan Miguel Miranda, Consul General of Peru in San Francisco and Víctor Cadenas, Techsuyo Co-Chair
9:20 am

Keynote - Physical AI: Building Machines That Extend Human Capability

A vision on how AI can expand human potential while contributing to collective well-being.

Megan Smith
9:45 am

Fireside Chat - Beyond the Hype: What Kind of AI Should VCs Choose to Scale?

A venture capital conversation about durable value, technical differentiation, human impact, and the responsibility of choosing which AI companies receive capital to scale.

Keshia Theobald-van Gent and Karen Sheffield
10:15 am

Talk - Consciousness in the AI Interaction: I don't want AI to make me a fool

Conciousness in the AI Interaction: I don't want AI to make me a fool

Glenn Fajardo
10:40 am

Coffee Break & Networking

Time for attendee introductions, speaker interaction, and community networking.

All Attendees
11:10 am

Talk - The Human as the Normalizing Layer: Verification Can Be Automated; Validation Cannot

Who defines what 'correct' means when AI evaluates itself?

Carlos Loarte
11:30 am

Fireside Chat - Can Silicon Valley Keep Humanity at the Center of AI?

A conversation that explores the Magnifica Humanitas and if AI is moraly neutral?

Miguel Casillas and Franklin Marcelo (moderator)
12:00 pm

Talk - Diplomacy as an ally of digital trust: Protecting to Grow and Cultivating Values

Diplomacy drives international debates and negotiations towards AI and digital transformation, building trust to safeguard citizen interests while advancing national growth.

Sergio Zapata
12:20 pm

Lunch - A Taste of Peru: Lunch & Community Connections

Traditional Peruvian food and informal networking with speakers, guests, and attendees.

All Attendees
1:50 pm

Talk - When Answers Become Free: The Rise of the Problem Spotter

A reflection on how human value shifts toward identifying the right problems, exercising judgment, and choosing what truly deserves to be solved.

Carlos Baradello
2:10 pm

Unconference Part 1 - Human-Centered AI: Ambition to Responsibility. Exploration

A participant-driven collaborative space where attendees shape the discussion around the most important unanswered questions for AI and collective well-being.

All Attendees
3:40 pm

Unconference Part 2 - Human-Centered AI: Building Trust for Collective Well-Being. Presentations

A participant-driven collaborative space where attendees shape the discussion around the most important unanswered questions for AI and collective well-being.

All Attendees
4:50 pm

Closing remarks

Closing remarks, acknowledgments, and call to actions.

Rosalva Gallardo, Techsuyo Co-Chair
5:00 pm

Peruvian Music Session & Networking

A cultural and community wrap up featuring Peruvian music and networking.

Juan de Dios Soto & Tradicion Peruana Cultural Center

Techsuyo Partners