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Executive Brochure · 2026
Silicon Valley
Executive Immersion
Five days at the intersection of investment, technology, and institutional transformation.
5-Day ProgramOctober 5–9, 2026San Francisco · Silicon Valley
Program Overview
Where long-term capital meets frontier innovation
This executive immersion is designed for PIC leadership to examine how Silicon Valley’s leading investors, technology companies, and research institutions are shaping the next era of institutional investment.
Across five focused days, the delegation will explore enterprise AI, private-market infrastructure, deep technology, innovation culture, and the operating systems that turn ambitious ideas into durable value.
Key themes
- AI & Enterprise Transformation
Translate frontier AI into responsible, measurable impact across people, finance, workflows, and decisions.
- Institutional & Private Markets
Examine how data, technology, and AI are changing investment research, operations, and portfolio visibility.
- Frontier & Deep Tech Investing
Assess technical viability, defensibility, market timing, and long-term risk from earliest stage to commercial scale.
- Innovation Culture & Execution
Learn how leading organizations build agile teams, ownership systems, and pathways from research to market.
13Company, campus & research visits
20+Experts & leaders
5Days across the Bay Area
4Strategic learning themes
The Program
Five curated days across the Bay Area’s innovation economy
Five days of visits, sessions and conversations across San Francisco and the Peninsula.
Day 01
Monday, October 5
9:00–10:00 AM
2
Program Opening
SVIC
Welcome & Program Opening
Set the context for the week, align on key learning objectives, and connect the Silicon Valley experience to PIC’s broader transformation priorities.
Vlas Lezin — COO, SVIC
1401 N Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View, CA 9404310:00 AM–12:00 PM
3
Presentation & Q&A
Adobe
From Ideas to Impact: Building Agile, High-Performing Teams
Explore how high-performing teams use agile ways of working, collaboration, and accountability to move faster while maintaining quality at scale.
Chantal Cox — Director of Product, Adobe
Computer History Museum, Mountain View12:00–1:30 PM
4
Lunch & Tour
Lunch and Computer History Museum Tour
1:30–2:00 PM
Transfer
Transfer to SRI International
2:00–3:30 PM
6
Company Visit · Presentation & Q&A
SRI International
Applied Research and Lab-to-Market Translation
Discover how breakthrough research moves from the lab into commercial applications, new ventures, and scalable technologies.
Grit Denker · Anirban Roy · Phil Porras
333 Ravenswood Ave, Menlo Park, CA 940253:30–4:00 PM
Transfer
Transfer to Plug and Play
4:00–5:30 PM
8
Company Visit · Presentation & Q&A
Plug and Play
Innovation District Tour and Ecosystem Mapping
Engage with the Silicon Valley ecosystem through a structured tour of innovation hubs and research and enterprise clusters.
440 N Wolfe Rd, Sunnyvale, CA 940855:30 PM
Transfer
Return to hotel
Speakers & Faculty
Voices of the week
Leading experts, researchers and executives hosting PIC within their organizations — each bringing a distinct perspective on how Silicon Valley invests, innovates and scales.
Vlas Lezin
Chief Operating Officer
Vlas Lezin opens the program and frames the week’s learning objectives, connecting the Silicon Valley experience to PIC’s wider transformation priorities.
Vlas Lezin
Chief Operating Officer
Vlas Lezin opens the program and frames the week’s learning objectives, connecting the Silicon Valley experience to PIC’s wider transformation priorities.
Vlas Lezin opens the program and frames the week’s learning objectives, connecting the Silicon Valley experience to PIC’s wider transformation priorities.
Chantal Cox
Director of Product
Chantal Cox brings a product leadership perspective on agile ways of working, team accountability, collaboration, and sustaining quality while operating at scale.
Chantal Cox
Director of Product
Chantal Cox brings a product leadership perspective on agile ways of working, team accountability, collaboration, and sustaining quality while operating at scale.
Chantal Cox brings a product leadership perspective on agile ways of working, team accountability, collaboration, and sustaining quality while operating at scale.
Grit Denker
Research & Commercialization
Grit Denker joins SRI International’s session on moving breakthrough research from the lab into commercial applications, new ventures, and scalable technologies.
Grit Denker
Research & Commercialization
Grit Denker joins SRI International’s session on moving breakthrough research from the lab into commercial applications, new ventures, and scalable technologies.
Grit Denker joins SRI International’s session on moving breakthrough research from the lab into commercial applications, new ventures, and scalable technologies.
Anirban Roy
Research & Commercialization
Anirban Roy contributes to the discussion on applied research, venture creation, and the pathways that translate technical breakthroughs into market impact.
Anirban Roy
Research & Commercialization
Anirban Roy contributes to the discussion on applied research, venture creation, and the pathways that translate technical breakthroughs into market impact.
Anirban Roy contributes to the discussion on applied research, venture creation, and the pathways that translate technical breakthroughs into market impact.
Phil Porras
Research & Commercialization
Phil Porras shares an SRI perspective on the systems, partnerships, and decisions required to take promising research beyond the laboratory.
Phil Porras
Research & Commercialization
Phil Porras shares an SRI perspective on the systems, partnerships, and decisions required to take promising research beyond the laboratory.
Phil Porras shares an SRI perspective on the systems, partnerships, and decisions required to take promising research beyond the laboratory.
Kevin Deeth
Capital Formation and Strategy
Kevin Deeth explores how venture firms assess emerging technologies, market potential, defensibility, scalability, and long-term value.
Kevin Deeth
Capital Formation and Strategy
Kevin Deeth explores how venture firms assess emerging technologies, market potential, defensibility, scalability, and long-term value.
Kevin Deeth explores how venture firms assess emerging technologies, market potential, defensibility, scalability, and long-term value.
Simran J. Singh
Head of Financial Institutions
Simran J. Singh examines how data and technology can strengthen fraud detection, financial integrity, and risk controls while supporting seamless digital experiences.
Simran J. Singh
Head of Financial Institutions
Simran J. Singh examines how data and technology can strengthen fraud detection, financial integrity, and risk controls while supporting seamless digital experiences.
Simran J. Singh examines how data and technology can strengthen fraud detection, financial integrity, and risk controls while supporting seamless digital experiences.
Rita Astoor
Private Markets & Investment Operations
Rita Astoor joins Carta’s discussion on how technology and better data are transforming private-market investing, reporting, valuations, and portfolio visibility.
Rita Astoor
Private Markets & Investment Operations
Rita Astoor joins Carta’s discussion on how technology and better data are transforming private-market investing, reporting, valuations, and portfolio visibility.
Rita Astoor joins Carta’s discussion on how technology and better data are transforming private-market investing, reporting, valuations, and portfolio visibility.
Nicole Canas
Private Markets & Investment Operations
Nicole Canas brings a Carta perspective to the changing infrastructure of private markets and the role of data in modern investment operations.
Nicole Canas
Private Markets & Investment Operations
Nicole Canas brings a Carta perspective to the changing infrastructure of private markets and the role of data in modern investment operations.
Nicole Canas brings a Carta perspective to the changing infrastructure of private markets and the role of data in modern investment operations.
Michael Aldridge
Private Markets & Investment Operations
Michael Aldridge contributes to the conversation on private-market technology, portfolio insight, reporting, and more effective investment workflows.
Michael Aldridge
Private Markets & Investment Operations
Michael Aldridge contributes to the conversation on private-market technology, portfolio insight, reporting, and more effective investment workflows.
Michael Aldridge contributes to the conversation on private-market technology, portfolio insight, reporting, and more effective investment workflows.
Kanyi Maqubela
Managing Partner
Kanyi Maqubela explores how early-stage investors identify promising technologies and business models and build conviction before they become mainstream.
Kanyi Maqubela
Managing Partner
Kanyi Maqubela explores how early-stage investors identify promising technologies and business models and build conviction before they become mainstream.
Kanyi Maqubela explores how early-stage investors identify promising technologies and business models and build conviction before they become mainstream.
Steve Jang
Managing Partner
Steve Jang shares an early-stage investor’s perspective on emerging technologies, uncertain markets, and the signals that support long-term conviction.
Steve Jang
Managing Partner
Steve Jang shares an early-stage investor’s perspective on emerging technologies, uncertain markets, and the signals that support long-term conviction.
Steve Jang shares an early-stage investor’s perspective on emerging technologies, uncertain markets, and the signals that support long-term conviction.
Peter Hebert
Partner & Co-Founder
Peter Hebert discusses investing at the frontier, where scientific breakthroughs, technical risk, market timing, and long-term uncertainty shape investment decisions.
Peter Hebert
Partner & Co-Founder
Peter Hebert discusses investing at the frontier, where scientific breakthroughs, technical risk, market timing, and long-term uncertainty shape investment decisions.
Peter Hebert discusses investing at the frontier, where scientific breakthroughs, technical risk, market timing, and long-term uncertainty shape investment decisions.
Aprajita Jain
Chief Brand & Creative Marketing Evangelist
Aprajita Jain explores how leaders turn AI and technology investment into business impact while building cultures that support innovation and adoption.
Aprajita Jain
Chief Brand & Creative Marketing Evangelist
Aprajita Jain explores how leaders turn AI and technology investment into business impact while building cultures that support innovation and adoption.
Aprajita Jain explores how leaders turn AI and technology investment into business impact while building cultures that support innovation and adoption.
Tawab Fakhri
SVIC Innovation Executive
Tawab Fakhri guides the Stanford campus experience, connecting its academic environment, research community, and role in Silicon Valley’s innovation ecosystem.
Tawab Fakhri
SVIC Innovation Executive
Tawab Fakhri guides the Stanford campus experience, connecting its academic environment, research community, and role in Silicon Valley’s innovation ecosystem.
Tawab Fakhri guides the Stanford campus experience, connecting its academic environment, research community, and role in Silicon Valley’s innovation ecosystem.
Ahmad Rushdi
Director · AI Research Scientist
Ahmad Rushdi examines human-centered AI, emerging capabilities and limitations, and the path from frontier research to responsible enterprise impact.
Ahmad Rushdi
Director · AI Research Scientist
Ahmad Rushdi examines human-centered AI, emerging capabilities and limitations, and the path from frontier research to responsible enterprise impact.
Ahmad Rushdi examines human-centered AI, emerging capabilities and limitations, and the path from frontier research to responsible enterprise impact.
Robin Clewley
Deep-Tech Investment Leadership
Robin Clewley joins Celesta Capital’s session on evaluating technical viability, commercialization, scalability, and market timing in deep technology.
Robin Clewley
Deep-Tech Investment Leadership
Robin Clewley joins Celesta Capital’s session on evaluating technical viability, commercialization, scalability, and market timing in deep technology.
Robin Clewley joins Celesta Capital’s session on evaluating technical viability, commercialization, scalability, and market timing in deep technology.
Anand Chandrasekaran
Deep-Tech Investment Leadership
Anand Chandrasekaran contributes an investor’s perspective on taking technical breakthroughs from early promise to commercial scale.
Anand Chandrasekaran
Deep-Tech Investment Leadership
Anand Chandrasekaran contributes an investor’s perspective on taking technical breakthroughs from early promise to commercial scale.
Anand Chandrasekaran contributes an investor’s perspective on taking technical breakthroughs from early promise to commercial scale.
Arun Kumar
Deep-Tech Investment Leadership
Arun Kumar explores the investment considerations that shape the journey from complex technology to durable commercial value.
Arun Kumar
Deep-Tech Investment Leadership
Arun Kumar explores the investment considerations that shape the journey from complex technology to durable commercial value.
Arun Kumar explores the investment considerations that shape the journey from complex technology to durable commercial value.
Michael Marks
Deep-Tech Investment Leadership
Michael Marks joins the discussion on technical diligence, market readiness, and building companies around consequential technologies.
Michael Marks
Deep-Tech Investment Leadership
Michael Marks joins the discussion on technical diligence, market readiness, and building companies around consequential technologies.
Michael Marks joins the discussion on technical diligence, market readiness, and building companies around consequential technologies.
Sriram Viswanathan
Deep-Tech Investment Leadership
Sriram Viswanathan shares a venture perspective on assessing and scaling deep technologies across long investment horizons.
Sriram Viswanathan
Deep-Tech Investment Leadership
Sriram Viswanathan shares a venture perspective on assessing and scaling deep technologies across long investment horizons.
Sriram Viswanathan shares a venture perspective on assessing and scaling deep technologies across long investment horizons.
Raj Menon
Cloud & Enterprise Leadership
Raj Menon explores how Amazon combines leadership principles, ownership, operating mechanisms, and data-driven decisions to sustain execution at scale.
Raj Menon
Cloud & Enterprise Leadership
Raj Menon explores how Amazon combines leadership principles, ownership, operating mechanisms, and data-driven decisions to sustain execution at scale.
Raj Menon explores how Amazon combines leadership principles, ownership, operating mechanisms, and data-driven decisions to sustain execution at scale.
Gagan Brahmi
Cloud & Enterprise Leadership
Gagan Brahmi contributes to the discussion on high-performance culture, enterprise data, and the operating systems that support speed and accountability.
Gagan Brahmi
Cloud & Enterprise Leadership
Gagan Brahmi contributes to the discussion on high-performance culture, enterprise data, and the operating systems that support speed and accountability.
Gagan Brahmi contributes to the discussion on high-performance culture, enterprise data, and the operating systems that support speed and accountability.
Accommodation
Where you'll stay
Headquarters of the week
Hotel TBD
AddressTBD
San Francisco Bay Area
Front deskTBD
WebsiteTBD
On-site amenities
- High-speed Wi-Fi
- Restaurant
- All-day café
- Fitness centre
"A Silicon Valley basecamp within easy reach of the campuses, funds and labs on the week's agenda."
Travel Essentials
Travel guidelines & contacts
Weather · October 5–9
Warm, dry early autumn — the Bay Area's sunniest stretch. Highs 21–24°C (70–75°F), lows 12–14°C (54–57°F). Bring a light layer; evenings and coastal fog can feel cool.
Time difference
Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−7 in October). 9 hours behind Johannesburg / Pretoria (SAST, UTC+2).
IDs & dress code
- Have your ID ready for all company visits
- Business casual throughout
- No ties required
- Comfortable walking shoes
Program Contact
In case of need, reach out
SVIC · On-site program lead
Tawab FakhriInnovation Evangelist, Silicon Valley Innovation Center
"What we notice becomes what we build."