Speaking Engagements & Keynotes
Active ecosystem engagement across tier-1 venture accelerators, global hackathons, IEEE/ACM international conferences, and executive AI engineering summits. Dedicated to mentoring founders, reviewing peer scholarship, and defining autonomous AI standards.
Harsh Verma
SpeakerPrincipal Software Engineer in AI @ Palo Alto Networks • Forbes Tech Council
International Keynotes, AI Summits & Executive Masterclasses
Watch recorded keynote presentations delivered by Harsh Verma across ACM, UC Berkeley SkyDeck, xRaised Global Series, FutureAGI, TechTalks, and Silicon Valley venture summits. Pin any keynote or click play to watch live on stage.
ACM Sacramento Keynote: When Enterprises Become Multi-Agent Systems
Distinguished Keynote Address titled 'When Enterprises Become Multi-Agent Systems: Secure and Trustworthy Machine Learning & AI for Multi-Domain Applications', analyzing enterprise LLM defense, zero-trust validation, and autonomous agent alignment.
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ACM Sacramento Keynote: When Enterprises Become Multi-Agent Systems
Distinguished Keynote Address titled 'When Enterprises Become Multi-Agent Systems: Secure and Trustworthy Machine Learning & AI for Multi-Domain Applications', analyzing enterprise LLM defense, zero-trust validation, and autonomous agent alignment.
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SZ 179: The Digital Battleground — Quantum & Cyber Security
Featured keynote symposium on Silicon Zombies Episode 179 alongside Rebecca Krauthamer (CEO of QuSecure), analyzing quantum computing vulnerabilities, post-quantum cryptographic perimeters, and autonomous AI defense systems.
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xRaised Global Leadership: AI Engineering Beyond Code
Executive keynote interview with Harsh Verma on 'Beyond the Code: The Evolution of the Next-Generation Engineer' — exploring autonomous agent architectures, multi-model production scaling, engineering leadership, and proactive cybersecurity in frontier AI systems.
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FutureAGI Keynote: Powering Cybersecurity with GenAI & Intelligent Agents
Keynote during SF Tech Week on scaling AI infrastructure, mitigating agentic risk, powering cybersecurity with generative AI, and driving enterprise AI adoption across Silicon Valley.
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Conference Organizer Resources & Verified Bios
Demos & Dim Sum — #SFTechWeek
Serving on the official Dent Expert Network judging panel for 'Demos & Dim Sum' during SF Tech Week, co-hosted with Dent Capital, The MBA Fund, Deel, and Manatt. Evaluating live startup demos from high-growth founders across AI, enterprise software, and frontier technologies.
Techstars San Francisco Startup Mentor
Mentored multiple startup cohorts and fast-paced hackathons across San Francisco at Techstars Startup Weekend, helping early-stage engineering founders refine their product-market fit, enterprise AI architectures, and technical execution.
Techstars New York City Accelerator Startup Mentor
Appointed Startup Mentor for the Techstars NYC Fall 2026 cohort, guiding cutting-edge tech founders in agentic AI architecture, scalable cloud infrastructure, and enterprise go-to-market strategies.
Mentor & Advisor at UC Berkeley SkyDeck
Advised and mentored global high-growth startups at UC Berkeley SkyDeck on building secure enterprise AI architectures, scalable agentic workflows, LLM observability, and cybersecurity compliance.
UC Berkeley SkyDeck Selection Committee (Pad-21 & Pad-22)
Served on the elite Selection Committee evaluating top international startups applying for UC Berkeley SkyDeck cohorts Pad-21 and Pad-22, assessing technical defensibility, AI infrastructure, team capability, and market potential.
The Mayfield AI Garage Selection Committee & Judge
Evaluated 100+ AI startup submissions from Berkeley undergrad and alumni founders competing for $50k non-dilutive stipends, NVIDIA Inception access, and incubation in the Pad-13 program, identifying breakout early-stage AI innovations.
GenLabX AI Engineer World's Fair Hackathon Judge
Served as official hackathon judge for over 100+ AI startups and engineering teams competing in San Francisco during the AI Engineer World's Fair, evaluating autonomous agent frameworks and LLM-powered applications.
LoveHackathon 2025 Main Final Judge
Served as Final Main Judge evaluating top finalists and innovative technical builds at the high-profile LoveHackathon 2025 in San Francisco, selecting grand prize winners across consumer AI and social intelligence.
The Future of Work Pitch Night: Worktech, Robotics & Agentic AI
Judged high-stakes live startup pitches from visionary founders building next-generation agentic AI systems, robotic automation, and enterprise worktech platforms.
Future of Work Mixer + Open Demos: Worktech, Robotics & Agentic AI
Jury member evaluating open demo showcases and seed-stage pitches in workplace automation, enterprise agentic intelligence, and robotics orchestration.
Future of Work Mixer + Open Demos: Worktech, Robotics & Healthcare
Served as Jury Member judging pitch competitions bridging clinical robotics, healthcare AI workflows, predictive diagnostic pipelines, and modern worktech.
TechPioneer Hackathon 2.0 AI & Cybersecurity Judge
Evaluated cutting-edge hackathon submissions in Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity at TechPioneer Hackathon 2.0, judging threat-detection models, autonomous agent security, and zero-trust engineering.
VC-Conf Expert Investor & Pitch Competition Judge
Participated as venture judge and expert investor at VC-Conf, analyzing seed and Series A AI startups on market size, defensibility, unit economics, and enterprise scalability.
#BuildwithAI Global Hack Lead Mentor
Guided thousands of hackers and mentors internationally in building meaningful data science and AI solutions to address global societal resilience during the pandemic, sponsored by major tech giants.
Progressive Ventures Founding Limited Partner (LP)
Founding Limited Partner helping identify, vet, and allocate venture capital into top tier early-stage startups in the generative AI, agentic systems, and developer infrastructure domain.
Founders' Creative Technical Program Committee
Core team member reviewing technical proposals, research submissions, and tech invite applications to curate distinguished conference speakers and high-impact AI workshops across Silicon Valley.
AI Expert & Pitch Mentor at Dent Community
Mentored startups through intensive incubation and final round pitch showcases across the Dent Expert, Dent Spark, and Dent Capital innovation network.
Packt Publishing Official Technical Book Reviewer
Conducted in-depth technical editorial and code reviews for major published AI books including 'The TensorFlow Workshop' and 'Machine Learning and Generative AI for Marketing'.
IEEE Technical Peer Reviewer (Software Engineering & XAI)
Reviewed advanced IEEE conference and journal papers: 'Automated Code Generation and Optimization Using Deep Learning: Advancing Intelligent Software Engineering Practices' and 'Integrating Explainable Artificial Intelligence into Software Engineering Workflows'.
IJEETR Journal Peer Reviewer (Supply Chain & Cloud FinOps)
Peer reviewed research papers: 'AI-Enabled Predictive Analytics and Autonomous Decision Systems for Resilient Supply Chain and Advanced Manufacturing under Industry 4.0/5.0' and 'AI-Powered Cloud Modernization Framework for Intelligent Risk and Financial Process Management in SAP Environments'.
JRTCSE Journal Reviewer (15+ Peer Reviewed Papers)
Conducted rigorous peer reviews on more than 15+ scholarly papers spanning machine learning architectures, distributed cloud computing, algorithmic optimizations, and cybersecurity.
UPES & IEEE ICACSDF 2026 Keynote & Technical Session Chair
Delivered keynote address on 'When Enterprises Become Multi-Agent Systems', analyzing adversarial resilience, security perimeters, and autonomous decisioning in modern enterprise AI. Also served as Technical Session Chair presiding over conference research paper presentations, alongside evaluating manuscripts on the Microsoft CMT research review board.
ICIoTCAA-2026 Keynote & Fellow Member: AI-Enhanced Enterprise Security
Keynote presentation titled 'Building an AI-Enhanced Enterprise Security Solution Using Artificial Intelligence in Cybersecurity', demonstrating real-time behavioral anomaly detection and threat isolation. Inducted as an official Fellow Member at Science Tech Xplore / ICIoTCAA in recognition of advanced contributions to cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and computing systems.
AI Engineering Salon: DeepSeek & The New Paradigm in Foundational Models
Organized and presented a deep technical breakdown on DeepSeek's architectural innovations, Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) efficiency, inference cost reductions, and implications for open source foundational models.
AI Engineering Salon: 2025 AI Trends for Engineering Leaders
Curated and delivered an executive briefing for Silicon Valley VP of Engineering and Tech Leads on 2025 AI architectural shifts, multi-agent pipelines, cost optimization, and enterprise governance.
AI Engineering Salon: Autonomous Agent Workshop
Led an intensive hands-on technical workshop on designing and orchestrating multi-agent systems, tool calling, memory management, and agent-to-agent feedback loops in production.
Global Test Alliance #ATAGTR International Conference
Presented research on 'HikeRunner Load Test Framework', detailing high-concurrency distributed load testing, microservices resilience testing, and automated performance profiling.
AI × Security during SF Tech Week: Securing the AI Supply Chain
Featured speaker on 'YOUR AGENT INSTALLED WHAT? SECURING THE NEW AI SUPPLY CHAIN' hosted by AI Insiders with Pebblebed during SF Tech Week. Addressed emerging threats across the agentic supply chain: unauthorized plugin and skill installations, MCP integration risks, runtime agent sandboxing, prompt provenance, and zero-trust controls.
The Autonomy of AI Agents (Founders' Creative)
Hosted and moderated an executive panel featuring top AI founders and architects on the transition from passive LLMs to goal-directed autonomous agents, evaluating deterministic control, guardrails, and real-time agency.
AI Trust, Safety & Reliability Executive Panel
Addressed enterprise AI safety, hallucination mitigation, deterministic fallback mechanisms, and regulatory alignment in production agentic systems.
The Agentic AI Summit 2026: People & Leadership in Agentic AI
Frontline panelist speaking on how organizational hierarchy, leadership mindsets, and engineering team topologies must adapt when autonomous agents become active team contributors.
Health Tech Week / Health Tech Summit: AI & Cybersecurity in Healthcare
Delivered insights on securing HIPAA-compliant healthcare LLM pipelines, autonomous clinical note extraction, federated medical learning, and patient data protection.
Agentic AI Summit: Advancing Responsible AI
Panel discussion exploring responsible deployment frameworks for autonomous agents, algorithmic accountability, data provenance, and red-teaming methodologies.
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