SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Tuesday, June 2
4:30 PM - 8:00 PM

2 Folsom Entrance

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Registration Open

Keynote + Mainstage Sessions in Co-Lab 1+2

5:30 PM - 5:45 PM

Welcome + Kickoff
IDEASF team and MC: Nayeema Raza, Creator and Host, “Smart Girl, Dumb Questions” podcast

5:45 PM - 6:15 PM

6:15 PM - 6:20 PM

Spark Talk
Maria Jenson, Creative and Executive  Director, SOMArts

Short, lively talks  ignite our civic imagination and bring fresh perspectives and voices into the room. 

6:20 PM - 6:30 PM

San Francisco Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
​​​​​​​Rich Silverstein, Partner,  Goodby,  Silverstein & Partners
Mayeema Raza, Creator and Host, Smart Girl, Dumb Questions

6:30 PM - 6:55 PM

Special Guest Speaker!
A Conversation with Christian McCaffrey
Christian McCaffrey, San Francisco 49ers Running Back and Philanthropist
Moderated by Saurabh Sanghvi, Partner, McKinsey & Company

The Bay Area has always been a city built by people obsessed with pushing limits — in technology, business, creativity, philanthropy, and sports. What does it take to sustain excellence when expectations are high, the spotlight is intense, and reinvention is constant? And beyond success itself, how do leaders use their platform, resources, and influence to strengthen the communities around them.

6:55 PM - 7:00 PM

Closing Thoughts
​​​​​​​Nayeema Raza, Creator and Host, “Smart Girl, Dumb Questions” podcast

Co-Lab 1+2 Foyer

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Reception 
Enjoy drinks and bites while connecting with old friends and new!

Keynote + Mainstage Sessions in Co-Lab 1+2

9:00 AM - 9:05 AM

Welcome + Kickoff
IDEASF team and MC: Nayeema Raza, Creator and Host, “Smart Girl, Dumb Questions” podcast

9:05 AM - 9:20 AM

A Look at the Data: The Forces Shaping San Francisco
Saurabh Sanghvi, Partner, McKinsey & Company

Feelings are strong about San Francisco. The data is stronger. In this fast-paced session, McKinsey & Company shares key insights from a newly published report about shaping the city’s next chapter, separating narrative from reality and spotlighting where momentum truly exists.

9:20 AM - 9:45 AM

Philanthropy and SF: What Should a Philanthropic City Look Like?
​​​​​​​Mame Annan-Brown, Executive VP & Chief Communications Officer, Gap Inc. and Chair + President, Gap Foundation
Kim Meredith, Chief Executive Officer of the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation
Missy Narula, CEO Crankstart
David Beckman,  President, Pisces Foundation
Moderated by Gioia McCarthy, Managing Director, San Francisco-North Bay Market Executive, Bank of America Private Bank / President, San Francisco-East Bay

Philanthropy in San Francisco is evolving—and fast. This session explores how donors, foundations, and new models of giving are reshaping impact, accountability, and collaboration across the city. Less tradition, more experimentation—and a look at what’s actually working.

9:45 AM - 9:50 AM

Spark Talk
Manny Yekutiel, Founder & Owner, Manny's​​​​​​​

9:50 AM - 10:15 AM

Who Pays for the Next Breakthrough?
Darren Cooke, Chief Innovation & Entrepreneurship Officer and Executive Director of the Life Sciences Entrepreneurship Center at the University of California, Berkeley
James Cham, Partner, Bloomberg Beta
Moderated by Nayeema Raza, Creator & Host, Smart Girl, Dumb Questions

Basic research doesn't follow innovation — it drives it, yet foundational science remains chronically underfunded and increasingly vulnerable to shifting political and economic priorities. Academic leaders at the forefront of science, medicine, and public policy examine how the Bay Area's research institutions fuel new technologies and industries like biotech, and what's at risk when discovery gets deprioritized. This session confronts a defining question for the region's future: will the Bay Area protect the research pipeline that made it a global innovation capital — or slowly starve the engine it depends on?
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10:15 AM - 10:25 AM

Spark Talk
​​​​​​​UC California Berkeley Students, Climate Entrepreneurs

10:25 AM - 10:45 AM

Can Downtown Transform? 
Shola Olatoye, CEO, San Francisco Downtown Development Corporation 
Moderated by Eliyahu Kamisher, Bloomberg News, Moderator

San Francisco's downtown has faced a reckoning — emptied offices, shuttered storefronts, and questions about whether the city's core can reinvent itself for what comes next. Shola Olatoye, CEO of the newly formed Downtown Development Corporation, steps into that challenge directly, laying out her vision for how the DDC will approach revival, what tools are actually available, and where she sees real opportunity amid the difficulty. This is an unvarnished look at one of SF's most urgent tests — and the leader who has accepted the job of meeting it.
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10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Spark Talks
​​​​​​​Stephanie Fine Sasse + Artist from "The Plenary"
​​​​​​​Rebecca van Bergen + Tracey- Renee Hubbard, Founder  of SCOTCHBONNET!

11:00 AM - 11:25 AM

Is San Francisco Ready for the Future of Work?
Lareina Yee, Vice President, Google-Alphabet 
Moderated by: Monisha Machado-Pereira ,  Senior Partner & Managing Partner, Silicon Valley Office, McKinsey & Company

The way people work has been fundamentally restructured — and San Francisco, more than almost any other city, has felt the consequences, from hollowed-out downtowns to shifting talent patterns to the rise of hybrid and distributed models. This session examines whether the city is genuinely adapting to the next evolution of work or simply waiting for a return to normal that isn't coming. Hybrid models, urban design, and the competition for talent are all on the table — along with what SF needs to do to stay relevant in a world where work can happen almost anywhere.

11:25 AM - 11:30 AM

Spark Talk
Big Art Loop and Artists

11:35 AM - 11:55 AM

Break

Various Locations

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Deep Dives
Opportunities in concurrent sessions for attendees to consider specific topics with experts.

Co-Lab 1+2, Lobby Level

Co-Lab 3, Lobby Level

Spear Room, 7th Floor

Meeting Spot TBD

Co-Lab 1+2 Foyer
&
​​​​​​​Cafeteria, 7th Floor

12:45 PM - 2:00 PM

Keynote + Mainstage Sessions in Co-Lab 1+2

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Special Performance + Afternoon Kickoff
ODC San Francisco
​​​​​​​Nayeema Raza

2:30 PM - 2:35 PM

Spark Talk

2:35 PM - 3:00 PM

AI is a New Frontier; Where Are We Headed? 
Carina Hong, Founder & CEO, Axiom Math
Moderated by Michael Chui, QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey & Company

AI is advancing faster than any general-purpose technology in modern history—but where is it actually taking us? This discussion brings together leaders at the frontier of the field to examine what’s real, what’s overstated, and what comes next. From the technical limits of today’s models to the societal, economic, and governance implications of systems that increasingly shape how we work, learn, and decide

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Spark Talk
Filmmaker Joe Talbot and Young Artists

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM

Culture as Infrastructure
Zac Posen, Executive Vice President and Creative Director, Gap Inc. and Chief Creative Officer, Old Navy
Rodney Jackson Jr., Artistic Director,  San Francisco Bay Area Theater Company 
​​​​​​​Lindsay Tusk, Co-Owner, Quince & Co.
Christopher Bedford, Helen and Charles Schwab Director, SFMOMA
Lex Sloane, Executive Director, Roxie Theater
Moderated by Jennifer Arceneaux, Senior Director, Emerson Collective 

Creativity and culture have long been treated as amenities — nice to have, first to cut — but what if they're actually core to how cities solve problems, rebuild economies, and strengthen democracy? This panel makes the case that artists and cultural institutions aren't decorative; they're active architects of community resilience, narrative change, and civic engagement. The conversation turns to a pointed question: what responsibility do brands, governments, and civic leaders have to fund culture not as charity, but as essential infrastructure for long-term change

4:00 PM - 4:05 PM

Spark Talk
Mike Geddes, 17 Sport

4:05 PM - 4:30 PM

How Does a City Thrive — and For Whom?
Kunal Modi, Chief of Health and Human Services for the City of San Francisco 
Kevin Fagan,  Journalist and Author

San Francisco's greatest asset isn't its skyline or its capital — it's the magnetic pull that draws entrepreneurs, creators, and risk-takers who collectively drive one of the most powerful innovation ecosystems in the world. But that magnetism is under pressure: rising costs, housing shortages, and widening inequality are pricing out the very people who give the city its energy and edge. This session examines what it will actually take to keep SF an engine of innovation and a place where the full range of people who power that engine can afford to live, work, and stay.   

4:30 PM - 4:55 PM

Ideas about the Future
​​​​​​​James Coulter, Founding Partner, Executive Chair and Director, TPG
Laura Furstenthal,  Senior Partner & Managing Partner, Western US,  McKinsey & Company 

4:55 PM - 5:00 PM

Final Thoughts + Next Steps
IDEASF team + Nayeema Raza​​​​​​​

Co-Lab 1+2 Foyer

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM