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• OPEN Forum 2026

  • When
    7 Nov 2026
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    8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Santa Clara Convention Center

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  OPEN Forum 2026

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  OPEN Forum 2026

  We Are OPEN — Celebrating 25 Years

  Build. Bridge. Belong.

  Saturday, November 7, 2026 Santa Clara Convention Center — Mission City Ballroom 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM PST

  Speakers

  Meet This Year's Speakers

  Confirmed speakers as of the latest update from opensvforum.org.

  

  Maliha Agloria

  Assistant Clinical Professor of Oncology

  Stanford Medicine

  

  Wajahat Ali

  Author & New York Times contributing op-ed writer

  

  Hasan Askari

  Co-founder & Managing Partner

  K1

  

  Samina Bari

  Author, Founder & CEO

  Farewell

  

  Nishant Bordia

  Musician

  

  Mehdi Hasan

  Founder & editor-in-chief

  Zeteo

  

  Faraz Hoodbhoy

  President

  OPEN Silicon Valley

  

  Tehmina Jaffer

  EVP, Business Affairs

  Disney Kids & Family

  

  Umair Khan

  Founding Partner

  Mentors Fund

  

  Yousuf Khan

  Co-founder & CEO

  Clario

  

  Zareen Khan

  Chef, Author & Co-founder

  Zareen's Restaurant

  

  Ghazi Masood

  Chief Revenue Officer

  Replit

  

  Sabah Mirza

  Principal, Leadership Advisor & Author

  

  Mahesh Ram

  Former Head of AI, Zoom

  

  Junaid Razzak

  Board Member, OPEN Silicon Valley

  

  Hasan Rizvi

  Executive Vice President

  Oracle

  

  Sania Salman

  Senior Investment Principal

  Mulago Foundation

  

  Saagar Shaikh

  Actor (Ms. Marvel, Deli Boys)

  

  Nadir Shams

  Co-founder

  The Friends of Pakistan

  

  Farah Uraizee

  Chief Technology Officer

  Nectar Social

  

  Misbah Uraizee

  Founder & CEO

  Nectar Social

  

  Kathryn Velcich

  Adjunct Professor

  Stanford University d.school

  

  Haroon Yasin

  CEO & Co-founder

  Taleemabad

  

  Aadil Zaman

  Partner

  Wall Street Alliance Group

  

  Amit Zavery

  President, CPO & COO

  ServiceNow

  Agenda

  Saturday, November 7

  Santa Clara Convention Center, Mission City Ballroom. Full-day schedule as of the latest update from opensvforum.org — subject to change.

  Morning

  8:00 AM

  Registration & Continental Breakfast

  Meet leaders and peers.

  8:30 AM

  Welcome

  Faraz Hoodbhoy — President, OPEN Silicon Valley

  9:00 AM

  When the Rules Keep Changing

  Ghazi Masood (CRO, Replit) · Moderated by Mahesh Ram (Former Head of AI, Zoom)

  9:35 AM

  Building in the AI Era

  Misbah Uraizee & Farah Uraizee (Founder/CEO & CTO, Nectar Social) · Moderated by Yousuf Khan (Co-founder & CEO, Clario)

  10:10 AM

  Community Around the Table

  Zareen Khan (Chef, Author & Co-founder, Zareen's Restaurant) · Moderated by Maliha Agloria (Stanford Medicine)

  10:45 AM

  Sponsor Presentation & Raffle

  11:05 AM

  The Toolkit Sessions

  Parallel breakout tracks, 2nd Floor Conference Rooms:

  • Leading with Your Values — Sabah Mirza
  • Prototype Your Next Move — Kathryn Velcich
  • Making Income Work Harder — Aadil Zaman
  • Different Career Paths — Ameer Ali, Mishal Junaid, Samar Khan

  12:00 PM

  Lunch

  Exhibit Hall C

  Afternoon

  1:00 PM

  Two Careers Built Side by Side

  Hasan Rizvi (EVP, Oracle) & Amit Zavery (President, CPO & COO, ServiceNow)

  1:35 PM

  Bridging Profits and Purpose

  Sania Salman (Mulago Foundation); Nadir Shams (The Friends of Pakistan); Haroon Yasin (Taleemabad)

  2:15 PM

  Building from Conviction

  Samina Bari (Founder & CEO, Farewell) · Moderated by Junaid Razzak (Board Member, OPEN Silicon Valley)

  2:50 PM

  Making Room

  Saagar Shaikh (Actor) · Moderated by Hasan Askari (K1)

  3:25 PM

  Who Gets to Tell the Story

  Wajahat Ali (Author & NYT contributor) & Tehmina Jaffer (EVP, Disney Kids & Family) · Moderated by Umair Khan (Mentors Fund)

  4:05 PM

  Beyond the Headlines

  Mehdi Hasan (Founder & editor-in-chief, Zeteo) · Moderated by Faraz Hoodbhoy

  4:45 PM

  Musical Performance

  Nishant Bordia

  All Day

  Rivian Test Drives & Marketplace Pop-Up

  Marketplace in Exhibit Hall C

  Sponsors

  Thank You to Our Sponsors

  Sponsorship inquiries: gsiddiqu@stanford.edu

  

  

  

  

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