CAST-GNY 2026

The 34th Annual Conference of

CAST-GNY 2026 × Gabelli School of Business The Next Frontier: Leading a Smarter, Healthier, and More Responsible Future

智启新前沿：引领更智慧、更健康、更负责任的未来

Conference Info

When

Sunday, October 4, 2026

9:00 AM – 5:30 PM

Where

Fordham University School of Law

McKeon Hall, 2nd Floor
150 W 62nd St, New York, NY 10023

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Reserve your seat

Seats are limited — secure yours for CAST-GNY 2026 before early-bird pricing ends on 9/20.

Guest Speakers

Session: Keynote Speakers

Wayne A. Hendrickson

University Professor, Columbia University

Biophysicist · Member, National Academy of Sciences

Catherine Connelly

Co-Founder, The Meet Group

Entrepreneur, Author & Growth Marketing Leader

Session: AI in Finance

Wen Li

Head of Engineering and AI, Asset Management, Moody’s

Focus on revolutionizing structured finance through GenAI technology

Yu Yu

Global Head of AI Client Experience, BlackRock

Ex-Director & Senior Principal Data Scientist, BNY Mellon

Andy Li

Director, Generative AI, Enterprise Model Risk, Bank of America

Ex-Generative AI Lead, Amazon Ads

Session: AI, Leadership, & Entrepreneurship

Lintao Lu 卢林涛博士

Co-Founder & CEO, NAVAC Inc.

Ex-VP, Haier America

Yingchao Zhang 张迎潮博士

Co-Founder & Chief AI Officer, opAIda.ai

Ph.D. in High Energy Nuclear Physics, Stony Brook University

Charlie Bao

President, EliteCoach101

Ex-Senior Manager/Product Platform Architect, ByteDance

Session: Responsible AI & Risk Control

Jiarui Tong 佟佳睿

Chair, IEEE AI Standards Committee

Co-Founder & CEO, NEOLAF

Jie Ren 任洁博士

Associate Professor in Information, Technology, and Operations

Director of MSBA Program, Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University

Zhichen Zhao 赵智沉博士

Staff Software Engineer, Google

Founder & President, New York Chinese Culture Salone

Hanwen Deng

Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research, NYC

Ph.D. in Human-Computer Interaction, Carnegie Mellon University

Jon Stelman

Senior Director of Data Hub, Project Evident

Ex-Senior Manager of Responsible AI Solutions, Ford Foundation

Session: AI & Biomedical Technology

Brian Jiang

Senior Manager, Digital R&D Creation Center, Pfizer

Director of Digital & Data Solutions, SAPA

Xiaoqi Wu

Senior Manager, AI Solutions Delivery, Bristol Myers Squibb

Communications Manager, SAPA

Huijun Wang

Head of Computational Drug Design, Deerfield Discovery & Development

Ex-Director of Computational Drug Design, Agios Pharmaceuticals

Ran He

Founder, THC Lawyers

Ex-Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Agenda — Sunday, October 4

8:30 – 9:30 AM Check-In + Light Breakfast

9:30 – 9:45 AM Welcome Remark

9:45 AM –
12:30 PM

Costantino Room

9:45 – 10:15 AMSpeech / Workshop

10:15 – 11:30 AMPitch (~10 teams)

11:30 AM – 12:15 PMLegal Workshop

Bateman Room

9:45 – 10:30 AMKeynote Speech I

10:30 – 11:15 AMPanel 1 — AI + Finance

11:15 AM – 12:30 PMPanel 2 — AI + Leadership & Entrepreneurship

12:30 – 2:00 PM Lunch + Networking + Poster SessionAdult / Youth / Extra

2:00 – 2:45 PM Keynote Speech II

2:45 –
4:15 PM

Costantino

2:45 – 4:15 PMCAST East Youth Innovation & Entrepreneurship Competition 2026

Bateman

2:45 – 3:30 PMPanel 3 — AI + Open-Source Community

3:30 – 4:15 PMPanel 4 — AI + BioTech / BioMed

4:15 – 5:00 PM Award Ceremony for Youth Competition

5:00 – 5:15 PM Closing Remark

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Community Partners

全美华人金融协会 The Chinese Finance Association (TCFA)
新州华人电脑协会 New Jersey Chinese Computer Professionals Society (NJCCPS)
美洲中國工程師學會 The Chinese Institute of Engineers – USA (CIE-USA)
博雅新青年 Boya Professional Alliance [US] (BPAUS)
清华大学康州校友会
中国人民大学北美校友会
同济大学大纽约校友会
纽约南开校友会
天津大学（北洋大学）大纽约校友会
大连理工大学大纽约校友会
厦门大学大纽约校友会