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FinFit & Harvard SHINE Summit 2026

Flourishing in the age of AI –
The human-first infrastructure driving new workplace performance

New York | May 7th, 2026

Hosted by FinFit, powered by SHINE at Harvard.

The Moment We’re In

  • We are entering a period where AI and automation are changing work faster than governance, culture, and trust can keep up. Healthcare costs are rising in ways that directly reshape household stability, benefits strategy, and workforce participation. Economic pressure is forcing difficult trade-offs — including reduced preventative care, higher stress, and fragile employee resilience.

    This summit is not another talk-fest. It is built to surface what is actually working, what is scalable, and what leaders can commit to together. We’re convening the decision-makers who can translate insight into action — and action into measurable outcomes.

    The challenges are converging. The moment demands a different kind of conversation: evidence-based, candid, and built for implementation rather than applause.

    Three Converging Pressures

    • AI capability shifts outpacing organizational readiness and workforce trust
    • Healthcare cost escalation threatening preventative care access and employee stability
    • Economic stress creating hidden friction in performance, retention, and wellbeing

  • Event Details

    📌 Where? Greenberg Traurig, LLP, One Vanderbilt, New York, NY 10017

    📌 Who? Business leaders, policymakers, and academics

    📌 Why? To drive inclusive prosperity and tackle workplace transformation

Register to attend in-person

Participation is curated to ensure senior-level candor and meaningful contribution. Submitting the interest form does not guarantee attendance, as all applications are reviewed and approved to maintain a senior, peer-level dialogue environment. Our team will confirm attendance once your application has been reviewed.

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Summit Agenda

11:00–11:30 | Arrival + Brunch Energy, connection, low-friction networking. Light seating plan mixing sectors. “Conversation menu” cards with prompts aligned to the three arcs.

11:30–11:45 | Opening Framing Set the tone: pro-human enterprise, outcomes, evidence, candour. Explain unconference mechanics and how contributions are captured.

11:45–12:15 | Scene-Set: The Macro Shifts Three lightning lenses (7 minutes each): AI capability shift, healthcare cost pressure, economic stress as hidden infrastructure. 9-minute synthesis.

12:15–1:05 | Working Block 1: Trust & Responsible AI Fishbowl format (8 chairs, rotating participation). What trust means in practice, emerging governance mechanisms, workforce needs. Live harvest: top insights and actions.

1:15–2:05 | Working Block 2: Health Costs & Workforce Resilience Case exchange format. Core tension (cost vs prevention vs access), table breakouts on what works, report-back harvest. “Prevention under pressure” playbook.

2:20–3:10 | Working Block 3: Economic Resilience Moderated discussion with planned “call-ups”. Evidence framing, structured dialogue, harvest of top practices that scale. What leaders can commit to in 90 days.

3:25–4:10 | People First in a Tech-First Era CEO-style interview (20 min) with flagship leader, followed by disciplined room response (two questions only). Purpose-driven highlight moment.

4:10–4:55 | The Unconference Build Open space marketplace. Participants choose tables: trust metrics, preventative care, benefits integration, governance, communication. Each table: 3 bullets + 1 commitment.

4:55–5:25 | The New York Statement Live drafting and rapid room edits. Media-ready statement: “Principles and Practices for the Pro-Human Enterprise”. Confirm June checkpoint and September continuation.

5:25–6:00 | Cocktails + Connection Convert momentum into relationships and follow-ups. Optional matchmaking prompts to connect peers with shared priorities.

What Makes This Different

Unconference by Design

Short scene-setting inputs from invited voices, then facilitated dialogue where the room does the work. C-suite level candour, not vendor theatre.

Evidence + Outcomes

Practical models leaders can implement, grounded in research and real-world results. What is measurable, scalable, and credible.

Clear Follow-On Mechanism

Momentum doesn’t end at 18:00. June checkpoint and September Cambridge continuation ensure commitments translate into action.

This is a working session designed for leaders who shape strategy, allocate resources, and drive organizational change. Expect structured participation, disciplined facilitation, and outputs you can use immediately. Every block concludes with captured insights: what works, what to measure, what to stop doing, and what to try next.

The Three Working Arcs

01 |
Trust, Governance, and Responsible AI

How do we make trust measurable, not rhetorical? What governance mechanisms are emerging, and what does the workforce need from employers and technology firms?

02 |
Health Costs and Workforce Resilience

How do we prevent a slide away from preventative care — and what should employers do now? Partnership models that reduce friction and maintain access under pressure.

03 |
Economic Resilience as Performance Infrastructure

What actually moves employee outcomes (retention, utilisation, stability, stress reduction) — and how do we scale it without burden? Evidence-based interventions that work.

Prospective Invited Voices

Leadership Across Critical Domains

This summit convenes practitioners and decision-makers who are shaping the future of work, health, and organizational resilience. The roster brings together voices from responsible AI, healthcare systems, investment, research, and futures thinking — ensuring the conversation is grounded in evidence and oriented towards action.

Participation is by invitation to ensure the room is senior, relevant, and capable of making commitments that matter. Each voice brings a distinct lens, from trust and governance to healthcare innovation, economic resilience, and the macro forces reshaping enterprise strategy.

Responsible AI / Trust / Governance
Ron Ivey, Jonathan Toub, Omidyar Network, Amity leadership
Healthcare Systems + Insurance
Mount Sinai, Northwell Health, MetLife, Zurich North America, Kaiser Permanente, Mayo Clinic, NHS England
Macro / Futures / Attention Economy
Ankit (Megatrends), Alan Smithson, Julie (operating partner)
Evidence / Personal Finance
John Campbell (recent research lens)
Flagship Voice + Media
Kelsey Grammer, professional moderator/journalist
Investor / Operator Leadership
Pete Stavros or equivalent senior PE voice

What Success Looks Like

By 6:00, we will have produced four tangible outputs that participants can use immediately and stand behind publicly. This is not a conference designed to inspire vague enthusiasm. It is a working session built to generate clarity, commitment, and momentum.

01 |
A Shared Point of View on “Pro-Human Enterprise” in 2026–27

Concrete definition anchored in trust, capability, health, and economic resilience. Measurable, not rhetorical.

02 |
A Short List of Measurable Practices

Leaders agree these are credible and scalable. What to measure, what to stop doing, what to try next.

03 |
A Cross-Company Roundtable Charter

Momentum continues: April → June checkpoint → September Cambridge continuation. Governance and accountability built in.

04 |
A Media-Ready Output

The New York Statement: concise, evidence-based, and something participants are proud to be associated with publicly.

Contact Information

For partnerships and inquiries, contact:
Dr. Eileen McNeely (Harvard SHINE) – emcneely@iq.harvard.edu & daniel@abrahamhouseglobal.org