Amir Feizpour is the founder, CEO, and Chief Scientist at Aggregate Intellect building a generative business brain for service and science based companies. Amir has built and grown a global community of 5000+ AI practitioners and researchers gathered around topics in AI research, engineering, product development, and responsibility. Prior to this, Amir was an NLP Product Lead at Royal Bank of Canada. Amir held a research position at University of Oxford conducting experiments on quantum computing resulting in high profile publications and patents. Amir holds a PhD in Physics from University of Toronto. Amir also serves the AI ecosystem as an advisor at MaRS Discovery District, works with several startups as fractional chief AI officer, and engages with a wide range of community audiences (business executives to hands-on developers) through training and educational programs. Amir leads Aggregate Intellect’s R&D via several academic collaborations.

Jacco Pleijter is an Amsterdam-based strategist, innovator, and founder of Intelligentsia Innovation Studio, where AI agents and humans collaborate to turn business ideas into real prototypes.

 He held management (VP-level) positions at major international banks in Europe and the USA and has been a partner at a niche consultancy firm since 2004. Jacco also served as CTO for several early-stage startups, combining hands-on technology leadership with product vision and execution.

 His experience spans financial services, product management, and large-scale transformation programs — helping organizations modernize through outsourcing, digital platforms, and agile innovation.

 Passionate about making AI both useful and human, Jacco blends strategic insight with fast, practical experimentation. Currently sailing across the Atlantic, he approaches innovation like exploration — guided by strategy, fueled by curiosity, and built with great people who make things happen.