AI in Insurance: From Hype to Production

IEEE Cloud Summit Hartford: A technical symposium exploring AI architecture, enterprise modernization, security, and the future of insurance technology
Speakers:
Gowtham Shankar — Solutions Architect, AWS
Open-Source AI on AWS: From Models to Production
Organizations are increasingly looking to leverage open-source AI models while balancing flexibility, performance, cost, and operational complexity. Gowtham will explore the architectural choices available on AWS—from fully managed model access through Amazon Bedrock to customizable approaches using SageMaker and GPU infrastructure—and how to choose the right path based on scale, latency, customization, and business requirements.

Mark Gleason — Head of AI Strategy and Innovation, OdysseyRe
You’re Paying Twice for AI You Can’t Even Verify
As enterprises adopt AI, they increasingly face a fundamental question: who owns and controls the intelligence flowing through their AI systems? Mark will explore the hidden risks of sending proprietary data and institutional knowledge to AI providers, the limitations of today's trust-based model, and emerging approaches that could allow organizations to use powerful AI while maintaining greater control over their data, IP, and the models powering their applications.

Ben Tripp — Principal Engineer, VividCloud
From Legacy to Modern in Weeks, Not Quarters: AI-Assisted Modernization with Humans in the Loop
AI coding agents can now produce significant amounts of production software—but applying them safely to real-world legacy modernization requires a disciplined approach. Ben will demonstrate VividCloud's AI-assisted delivery methodology using a mature Ruby on Rails application, showing how AI agents can accelerate planning, development, testing, and validation while engineers retain control through human approval gates, scoped permissions, and a complete audit trail.