At MIT: AI x Employee Benefits: From Reactive to Proactive
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´◡`How AI Is Transforming Employee Benefits: From Reactive to Proactive Healthcare
Join Avenir AI at MIT for an inside look at how AI agents are revolutionizing the way organizations uncover cost drivers in employee benefits and shift healthcare strategy from reactive to proactive.
Agenda: Avenir AI x Employee Benefits Summit @MIT
3:15-3:30pm: Welcome note
Maria Zou (Co-Founder, CEO, Avenir AI)
Ari Dulchinos (Co-Founder, CTO, Avenir AI)
3:30-4pm: Keynote: AI to spot health and cost trends early and to act
Speaker: Cindy Silva (Global Benefits Director at New Balance)
1/ Mining data for hidden patterns
2/ SDOH & closing primary care access gaps
3/ AI as a directional tool, not a replacement
4-4:45pm: Keynote: Bringing human-centered AI innovation to a complex industry like Employee Benefits
Speaker: Alex Norton (Product Designer at Google DeepMind)
1/ Manage benefits complexity with trust and transparency, don't minimize it
2/ Intelligence = the ability to level with your audience: AI to work for both the seasoned practitioner and the first-timer, like a senior colleague
3/ Beyond 'neuralware': the smartest agents run classical algorithms outside the AI model itself
4:45-5pm: Refreshment
5-5:30pm: Keynote: No buzzwords, what AI is actually doing in employee benefits, a real case study with Avenir AI
Speaker: Brooke Talbot (Director of Strategy and Analytics at Freestone Insurance Group)
1/ Avenir to work like a senior benefits colleague with employee-benefits expertise built in
2/ Avenir to spot the unknown, surfacing the strategic questions a benefit guide or census file leaves unasked
3/ Agentic continuous learning: it keeps learning, getting sharper and smarter
5:30-6pm: Keynote: The AI evolution in insurance: Beyond Employee Benefits
Speaker: John Carson (Chief Revenue Officer at StaffBoom)
1/ A real opportunity: AI is driving major automation and process-efficiency gains across insurance, well beyond employee benefits
2/ An evolution, not a switch: balancing cost against efficiency gain and sequencing wisely
3/ The decisive choice is your AI partner: one with domain depth who's honest about limits while embracing the AI evolution
The Problem
Every year, HR leaders, CFOs, total rewards teams, benefits leaders, and consultants spend hundreds of hours manually sifting through claims, pharmacy, and utilization data to identify what's actually driving plan costs. Despite the effort, critical insights still slip through the cracks—and rising costs continue to outpace strategy.
What You'll Discover
In this session, we'll explore how Avenir AI's intelligent agents are transforming that process, turning complex benefits data into instant, decision-ready analysis that pinpoints cost drivers with precision and speed. You'll see live examples of how AI surfaces insights in minutes that would take analysts weeks to uncover.
Who Should Attend
Employee benefits and HR leaders
CFOs and finance leaders
Brokers and benefits consultants
Total rewards professionals
Whether you're managing a plan, advising clients, or rethinking your benefits strategy, come see how AI is reshaping the way we uncover what's really behind rising costs.
Avenir AI
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This event is part of #BOSTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together Boston's tech ecosystem.
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