June 15 & 16, 2026: NYU Coaching & Tech Summit

Thank you for considering sponsorship of the 2026 NYU Coaching and Technology Summit, celebrating our 5th anniversary, on Monday, June 15 and Tuesday, June 16, 2026, at the Kimmel Center in New York City.

Now in its fifth year, the Summit continues to serve as the premier global forum where coaching innovation meets technology-driven transformation. Through pre-conference marketing, prominent on-site visibility, expo opportunities, and post-event engagement, sponsorship offers exceptional exposure to a projected audience of 500+ enterprise leaders, innovators, entrepreneurs, researchers, and association executives from New York, across the U.S., and around the world.

Your partnership helps support research, scholarships, and academic programming for NYU graduate and certificate students—advancing the next generation of leaders in coaching and human development technology.

With an expanded format for 2026, this year’s 5th Anniversary Summit will feature two full days of programming across the main plenary hall, expo hall, and multiple breakout spaces at NYU’s Kimmel Center. Join us to showcase your brand, connect with thought leaders, and celebrate five years of shaping the future of coaching and technology.

Interested in sponsoring?
Please review the forms below and email NYUCoachingInnovationLab@nyu.edu with the subject line: 2026 Coaching & Tech – Sponsorship 

Please send the donation to chartfield: 20-44650-WSQPG-MC221
Any questions, please call Liz Chen at 212-992-3660

2026 SPONSORSHIP FORM

Sponsoring the 2026 NYU Coaching & Technology Summit (5th Anniversary) is a strategic opportunity for early-stage startups delivering innovative, technology-driven solutions in the human development space. The Summit connects you with 500+ professionals across learning & development, digital coaching, employee experience, health & wellness, and talent management.

Designed with emerging companies in mind—especially those with limited U.S. presence but high scalability—the event offers high-visibility placements across our plenary hall, expo floor, and breakout sessions, plus opportunities for demos, pilots, and partnerships with an interdisciplinary audience focused on measurable outcomes.

Interested in sponsoring?
Please review the form below and email NYUCoachingInnovationLab@nyu.edu with the subject line: 2026 Coaching & Tech – Emerging Tech.

Emerging Tech Sponsorship

Excitement is building as the 2026 FIFA World Cup approaches! With New York and New Jersey set to host several major matches—including the highly anticipated World Cup Final at MetLife Stadium on July 19—the region will be buzzing with fans from across the globe.

Because of this event, finding local accommodations will be a significant challenge. We highly recommend making your travel plans and room reservations as early as possible to ensure availability.

For those visiting the university or the city, please take advantage of NYU's own curated list of Hotel Discounts. This resource provides preferred rates at various hotels near our campuses, helping you secure a stay amidst the World Cup festivities.

• David Cooley,  Career and Executive Coach, David E. Cooley Career and Executive Coaching
• Nicole Forward, Head of Coaching and Development, RHR International
• Alexander Haitoglou, Founder & CEO, Ovidia
• Rebecca Rutschmann, AI in Coaching Pioneer, Viva la Coaching AI Academy
• Neal Sundberg, Director of Coaching, Brightline

Monday, June 15th, 2026

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM -Doors Open - 10th Floor

Rosenthal Pavillion

Coffee & Networking

NYU Steinhardt Jazz 

9:30 AM - 9:40 AM - Welcome & Opening Remarks 

• Anna Tavis, PhD, Chair and Clinical Professor, Human Capital Management Department, NYU School of Professional Studies 

• Angie Kamath, Dean, NYU School of Professional Studies

9:40 AM - 10:10 AM - Fireside Chat: 

• Moderator: Anna Tavis, PhD Chair and Clinical Professor, Human Capital Management Department, NYU School of Professional Studies 

• Anindya Ghose, PhD, Heinz Riehl Chair Professor, NYU Stern School of Business, Best Selling Author of Thrive: Maximizing Well-Being in the Age of AI

10:10 AM - 10:55 AM - CEO Panel:

• Moderator: Matthew Breitfelder, Global Head of Human Capital, Apollo 

• Levi Goertz, Co-Founder and VP Client Solutions, Valence 

• Jonathan Kirschner, Founder and CEO, AIIR Consulting

• Pam Krulitz, Co-Founder and CEO, Optify

• Alex Haitoglou, Founder & CEO, Ovida

• Rachel Zillner, Co-Owner, LQ Listening Intelligence 

10:55 AM - 11:05 AM - Coffee Break & Networking

11:05 AM - 11:10 PM - Strategic Executive Coaching Keynote

• David E. Cooley,  Executive Coach | Career Coach, and Founder, David E. Cooley Executive Coaching Scholarship Fund

11:10 PM - 12:00 PM - Executive Spark Talk - Valence

• Levi Goertz, Co-Founder and VP Client Solutions, Valence

• Colleen Sugrue, Sr. Director of Global Learning & Organizational Capability at AGCO Corporation

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM - Demo - OwlHub

• David Morelli, Co-Founder and CEO, OwlHub

12:15 PM - 12:55 PM - Breakout Rooms 

1. Valence

• Levi Goertz, Co-Founder and VP Client Solutions, Valence 

2. Hogan Assessments

• Josh Rich, Product Manager AI, Hogan Assessment

• Ryne Sherman, Chief Science Officer, Hogan Assessment

3. Korn Ferry

• Kevin Gagan, Senior Client Partner, Korn Ferry

• Don Tomlinson, General Manager, L&PD, Korn Ferry

4. Research Panel

• Rebecca Rutschmann, AI in Coaching Pioneer, Viva la Coaching AI Academy

• Susan Caesar, Director of Artificial Intelligence, ICF 

• Allan Schweyer, Principal, Human Capital at The Conference Board

• David Drake, PhD, Founder and CEO, The Moment Institute

1:00 PM - 1:50 PM - Lunch + Expo Hall 

EISNER & LUBIN AUDITORIUM, 4TH FLOOR

1:50 PM - 2:10 PM - Opening Afternoon Keynote

• Nickle Lamoreaux, Chief Human Resources Officer, IBM Corporation

2:10 PM - 2:30 PM - Leadership Exchange: The New Standard for Enterprise Talent

• Nickle Lamoreaux, Chief Human Resources Officer, IBM Corporation

• Christian Schmeichel, PhD, SVP and Global Head of People & Culture Services, SAP

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM -  Executive Spark Talk - BTS Strategy

• Sheila Boysen, Coach and Leadership, BTS

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM - CHRO Panel: Scaling Development from the Front Line to the Boardroom

• Moderater: Lucien Alziari, Formerly Chief People Officer, Prudential Financial | Global Business Transformation Strategist & Board Director 

• Jonathan Dunne, Global Chief People Officer, Deloitte

• Matthew Breitfelder, Global Head of Human Capital, Apollo 

• Vicki Walia, PhD, Chief People Officer, Prudential Financial

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM - Executive Spark Talk: Ovida

• Alex Haitoglou, Founder & CEO, Ovida

• Dr. Roberto P. Benzo, MD, Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic

• Dr. Maria Benzo, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM - Coffee & Networking

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM - Research Panel: ​​”The Research Shaping the Future of Coaching”

• Moderator: Rebecca Rutschman, AI Coaching Pioneer Consultant, Viva la Coaching Academy

• Laura Rees-Davies, PhD, Founder, GlideForward Consulting

• Nicky Terblanche, PhD, Professor, Stellenbosch Business School and Founder of coachvici.com
  

• Shanda Mints, VP, AI Strategy & Transformation, Korn Ferry

• Sheila Boysen, PhD, Coach and Leadership, BTS

• Iliana Grosse-Buening, Chair,  IEEE Global AI Systems Flourishing Initiative & Co-Founder and CEO, Deeply Human Innovation

4:45 PM - 5:00 PM - Demo - Coachbot AI

• Jonathan Reitz, Chief Coaching Officer, Coachbot.ai

5:00 PM - 5:15 PM - Demo - Zanga African Metrics

• Nankhonde van den Broek, Founder and CEO, Zanga African Metrics

5:15 PM - 6:00 PM - Credentialing Panel: “Standards and Credentialing for the Future of Coaching"

• Moderator: Woody Woodward, PhD, Chief Coaching Officer, BetterUp

• Magdalena Mook, CEO, International Coaching Federation

• John Bennett, PhD, President, Fielding University

• Terrence E. Maltbia, PhD, Professor of Practice, Department of Organization and Leadership, Columbia University 

• Mikko Sorvari, EMCC, President

6:00 PM - 6:15 PM - Demo - AgileBrain

• John Penrose, Chief Executive Officer at Leading Indicator Systems, AgileBrain

6:15 PM - 6:20 PM - Closing Remarks 

• Anna Tavis, PhD, Chair and Clinical Professor, Human Capital Management Department, NYU School of Professional Studies

6:30 PM – 8:00 PM - Reception – Everyone is Welcome!

Expo Hall (4th floor, Eisner and Lubin Auditorium)

NYU Steinhardt Jazz Band

Please note that the agenda is tentative and subject to change. This is a working agenda and will be updated as details are finalized.

Tuesday, June 16th, 2026

8:45 AM – 9:45 AM - Doors Open - 4th Floor
Eisner and Lubin Auditorium
Coffee & Networking
NYU Steinhardt Jazz Ensemble

9:45 AM - 9:55 AM - Welcome & Opening Remarks, All sessions will continue on the 10th floor

• Anna Tavis, PhD, Chair and Clinical Professor, Human Capital Management Department, NYU School of Professional Studies 

• Martin Ihrig, PhD, Clinical Professor and Associate Dean of Division of Programs in Business, NYU School of Professional Studies 
  

9:55 AM - 10:15 AM - Keynote – The Mayo Clinic Blueprint: Scaling Coaching in Healthcare

• Moain Abu Dabrh, Associate Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic and National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching, Board Chair

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM - Launch, Executive Spark Talk  - Osmo

• Antons Davis, Founder & CEO, Osmo

10:30 AM - 11:20 AM - Launch, Executive Spark Talk  - Korn Ferry

• Kevin Gagan, Senior Client Partner, Global Leader, Enterprise Coaching, Korn Ferry

• Don Tomlinson, General Manager, Learning & Professional Development, Korn Ferry

11:20 AM - 11:35 AM - Coffee Break & Networking

11:35 AM - 12:15 PM - Whole Person Coaching: Integrating Health, Wellbeing and Human Performance Panel

• Moderator: Moain Abu Dabrh | Associate Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic; Board Chair, National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching 

• Deanna Fournier, Executive Director, National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching 

• Dr. Jessica Singh, MD, Adjunct Faculty, NYU

• Dr. Devin Mann, MD, Professor of Population Health & Medicine; Director, Section of Digitally Enabled Care and Strategic Director Digital Health Innovation, NYU Langone Health

12:15 PM - 12:30 PM - Executive Spark Talk - LQ Listening Intelligence 

• Allison O'Brien, VP of Enterprise Learning, LQ Listening Intelligence

12:30 PM - 1:10 PM - Breakout Rooms

1. Listening Intelligence

• Allison O'Brien, VP of Enterprise Learning, LQ Listening Intelligence

• Rachel Zillner, Co-Owner, LQ Listening Intelligence 

2. Osmo

• Antons Davis, Founder and CEO, Osmo 

3. ICF

• Robert Garcia, Vice President, Coaching in Organizations, International Coaching Federation

• Katherine Lord, Director of Organizational Member Experience, International Coaching Federation 

4. Tenor 

• James Cross, Co-Founder, Tenor

1:10 PM - 2:05 PM - Lunch + Expo Hall 

EISNER & LUBIN AUDITORIUM, 4TH FLOOR

2:05 PM - 2:15 PM - Welcome Remarks

• Anna Tavis, PhD, Chair and Clinical Professor, Human Capital Management Department, NYU School of Professional Studies

• Spoken Word - Tim Harrison, CEO and Co-Founder, Coaching Innovation Lab

• Andrea Serbonich, President, ATD NYC, The Association for Talent Development, NYC Chapter, M.S. '24

2:15 PM - 2:20 PM -  Coaching for Good: Veterans in Pursuit of Prosperity

• Fenton Reese, Founder, Veterans in Pursuit of Prosperity

2:20 PM - 2:25 PM - Coaching for Good: OWN YOUR NEXT

• Gina Martin, Executive Coach | Founder, Own Your Next

2:25 PM - 2:40 PM - Executive Spark Talk - AIIR Consulting

• Jonathan Kirschner, Founder and CEO, AIIR Consulting

2:40 PM - 2:55 PM - Executive Spark Talk - Hogan Assessments

• Ryne Sherman, Chief Science Officer, Hogan Assessments

• Josh Rich, Product Manager AI, Hogan Assessments

2:55 PM - 3:10 PM - Demo - Tough Day

• Katherine von Jan, Co-Founder and CEO, Tough Day

3:10 PM - 3:25 PM - Coffee Break & Networking

3:25 PM – 4:05 PM - Health and Wellness Coaching Innovation Panel 

• Moderator: Nicole Forward, Head of Coaching and Development / Practice Leader, RHR

• Neal Sundberg, Director, Brightline 

• Rachel Cossar, CEO and Co-Founder, Virtual Sapiens

• Shelby Garay, Program Director, Headspace Training Institute

• Asher Bauer, PsyD, BCC, BetterUp Researcher

• Kasia Smith, Head of Provider Network & Health Coaching | Founding Team, Pillar

4:05 PM – 4:20 PM -  Executive Spark Talk - Tenor

• James Cross, Co-Founder, Tenor

4:20 PM – 4:35 PM - Demo - Virtual Sapiens

• Rachel Cossar, Co-Founder and CEO, Virtual Sapiens 

4:35 PM - 4:50 PM - Demo - Engagedly

• Srikant Chellappa, Co-Founder and CEO, Engagedly

4:50 PM - 5:05 PM - Demo - Huckleberry

• Aaron Ward, Co-founder & CEO, Huckleberry

5:05 PM - 5:45 PM - Scaling Care: “Innovations in Health & Wellbeing Coaching”

• Moderator: Maureen Kennedy, Head of Coaching, Bravely 

• James Cross, CEO, Tenor

• Jonathan Reitz, Chief Coaching Officer, CoachBot AI

• Nick Wooters, Co-Founder, Coya

• Vikram Sreedhar, Co-Founder and CTO, Shimmer

5:45 PM - 5:50 PM - Closing Remarks 

• Anna Tavis, PhD, Chair and Clinical Professor, Human Capital Management Department, NYU School of Professional Studies 
  

Please note that the agenda is tentative and subject to change. This is a working agenda and will be updated as details are finalized.

Monday June 15th Breakout Sessions

Valence: If Every Employee Had a Coach: Design the Future of Coaching at Scale
What if every employee had access to a coach at exactly the moment they needed one? Before a difficult conversation, after a big performance review, on their first day as a manager. In this interactive workshop, we'll put that question in your hands. Using a real client scenario, you'll work with fellow coaching and talent professionals to envision how coaching can be embedded across the employee experience.

• Levi Goertz, Co-Founder and VP Client Solutions, Valence 

Hogan Assessments: What We Lose When AI Makes Work Too Easy

Decades of learning science converge on a counterintuitive truth: deep understanding, sound judgment, and resilience don't come from frictionless performance. They come from productive struggle—the effortful engagement that stretches a learner just past what they can do easily.
Generative AI is remarkably good at removing that struggle. It makes work feel faster, smoother, and more fluent, often at the cost of the very friction that builds mastery.
This session unpacks what productive struggle is and why it matters, how AI can quietly short-circuit it even when outcomes look impressive, and why this shift actually raises the value of human coaches. Coaches offer something AI typically won't: calibrated friction, applied at the right moment, for the right person.

• Josh Rich, Product Manager, AI, Hogan Assessment

Korn Ferry: Leadership at Olympic Speed & Scale: Developing the Workforce Behind LA28 Olympic & Paralympic Games

Delivering the Olympic and Paralympic Games requires more than operational excellence. It requires building leadership capability at extraordinary scale, speed, and complexity.

In this session, leaders from LA28 and Korn Ferry will explore how assessment, coaching, and learning are being combined to support leadership development across a rapidly growing workforce preparing for one of the world’s most visible global events.

The discussion will examine how LA28 is approaching leadership readiness, employee engagement, and scalable development within a uniquely time-bound organization where culture, adaptability, and rapid deployment are critical to success.

Attendees will gain insight into how connected development strategies can help organizations accelerate readiness, strengthen leadership pipelines, and support workforce transformation in high-stakes environments.

• Kevin Gagan, Senior Client Partner, Korn Ferry

Research Panel: At the Edge: Coaching, AI and Creating the Third Space Together

We need you to help use shape and create a third space for our industry, where human development and technology genuinely meet, where coaching's irreplaceable contribution to human flourishing gets defined, and where the new structures and narratives our field needs are being shaped. 

We will bring 3 open questions about coaching's role in an AI world we have been working on with a Think Tank directly to you. Questions nobody can resolve on their own. In small groups, you'll go deep on one of the questions that matters most to you, add what you know, challenge what you don't believe, and help push the thinking this field still needs to do. Then we harvest what the whole room produced. The strongest thinking generated here goes directly into an article we want to publish.

This is not a discussion that ends in this room.

No slides. Just your thinking — and a question worth your 40 minutes.

Your perspective and input is the point. Come ready to use it.

• Rebecca Rutschmann, AI in Coaching Pioneer, Viva la Coaching AI Academy

• Susan Caesar, Director of Artificial Intelligence, ICF 

• Allan Schweyer, Principal, Human Capital at The Conference Board

• David Drake, PhD, Founder and CEO, The Moment Institute

Tuesday June 16th Breakout Sessions

Listening Intelligence: The Hidden Driver of Performance: The Case for Listening Intelligence

In today’s workplace, many of the biggest barriers to performance are not rooted in strategy or talent—they begin in communication. Misalignment, stalled collaboration, low trust, and missed opportunities often stem from one overlooked skill: how people listen. While organizations invest heavily in leadership communication, feedback, and coaching, listening is rarely developed as a measurable, trainable capability.
This session introduces Listening Intelligence as a modern practical framework for leadership and team effectiveness, grounded in the rigor of a scientifically validated assessment that measures cognitive listening habits. Moving beyond traditional models of active or empathetic listening, LQ™ reveals how people habitually process, prioritize, and interpret information—and how those unconscious patterns shape communication outcomes. Participants will learn how Listening Intelligence builds communication agility, creates stronger alignment among diverse thinkers, and helps leaders and teams leverage cognitive diversity as a performance advantage.

• Rachel Zillner, Co-Owner, Listening Intelligence

Osmo: Beyond Certification: Experiencing the Next Generation of Coaching Support

Many coaches leave certification programs inspired and ready to make an impact, only to discover that building a coaching practice can feel surprisingly lonely and fragmented. Between finding clients, improving their craft, managing administrative work, and navigating a growing landscape of technology tools, many coaches struggle to find the support they need after training ends.

This interactive session offers a hands-on look at how emerging technologies are reshaping the coaching profession. Participants will experience a live coaching demonstration powered by Osmo, an AI-assisted coaching platform designed specifically for coaches. Through a real coaching conversation, attendees will see how AI can help streamline note-taking, surface coaching insights, and reduce administrative burden while preserving the human connection at the heart of coaching.

Participants will also have the opportunity to explore community-based features that support peer learning, discussion, and ongoing professional growth. Whether you are a new coach, an experienced practitioner, or a coaching educator, this session will provide practical insight into how technology can support coaches in becoming more effective, connected, and confident in their work.

• Antons Davis, Founder and CEO, Osmo 

ICF: Driving Transformation and Future Business Success Through Coaching

Organizations are facing increasing pressure to remain agile, innovative, and future-ready in an era shaped by rapid technological change and evolving workforce expectations. This session explores how coaching cultures are driving organizational transformation and delivering measurable business results through leadership development, AI-enabled coaching, and evidence-based coaching practices. Drawing on ICF research and real-world case studies, participants will learn how organizations are leveraging coaching skills and scalable coaching approaches to improve productivity, strengthen engagement, enhance performance, and support long-term business success. The session will also examine the growing role of AI in expanding access to coaching while preserving human-centered leadership and culture transformation.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

1. Identify the key characteristics of high-performing coaching cultures and their connection to business outcomes, organizational performance, and future readiness.
2. Examine research findings and case studies demonstrating how coaching cultures contribute to increased productivity, profitability, employee engagement, and leadership effectiveness.
3. Explore how leaders’ use of coaching skills and AI-enabled coaching solutions can scale coaching practices and support organizational transformation.
4. Apply insights from the ICF Coaching Culture Compass to assess opportunities for strengthening coaching culture within their own organizations.

• Robert Garcia, Vice President, Coaching in Organizations, International Coaching Federation
• Katherine Lord, Director of Organizational Member Experience, International Coaching Federation 

Tenor: Practice Makes Performance: How AI Coaching Develops Every Employee

Organizations know that training alone doesn't change behavior. What moves the needle is consistent practice, timely feedback, and coaching that meets employees in the flow of work. In this breakout session, Tenor CEO, James Cross, will break down how voice AI is making that kind of development possible for every employee, every day. You'll see a live walkthrough of Tenor's AI-powered role-plays and real-time coaching, explore what this shift means for L&D strategy, and have time for hands-on Q&A.

• James Cross, Co-Founder, Tenor

Pre-registration for breakout sessions will open two weeks prior to the event. A Google Form will be shared with registered attendees to select their preferred sessions. We encourage early selection, as space may be limited. Rooms to be determined at a later date.