AfroTech Conference 2026

Jeff Nelson

Co-Founder & COO, Blavity, Inc.

Track AI Edge Training, Entrepreneurship, Networking, Artificial Intelligence

Biography

Jeff Nelson is a serial entrepreneur who builds simple solutions to complex problems. He is the Co-Founder and COO of Blavity Inc.

Sessions

  1. AI Edge Welcome

    Tue, Nov 3, 8:45 AM – 8:50 AM CT

    Track AI Edge Training

  2. The Portfolio Life

    Thu, Nov 5, 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM CT

    Track Entrepreneurship

    The operating role built your expertise. Now build with it. Larry Quinlan spent decades running global technology strategy at one of the world's largest firms, then turned that knowledge into advisory work, coaching, and a multi-industry portfolio of influence. This session is the playbook for executives ready to move from one title to many.

  3. Smart Cities Roundtable

    Wed, Nov 4, 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CT

    Track Networking

    The decisions cities make today about infrastructure, energy, technology, and development will shape their communities for decades. This conversation brings together the leaders making those decisions to discuss how they evaluate competing priorities, negotiate with private-sector partners, and determine what communities should receive in return for the investments being made around them. Facilitator: Jeff Nelson, CTO at Blavity Inc

  4. When AI Goes Off-Script

    Fri, Nov 6, 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM CT

    Track Artificial Intelligence

    AI agents are booking meetings, writing code, and making calls on our behalf. So what happens when one goes off-script? Jeff Nelson breaks down what actually goes wrong when autonomous AI misfires, and how to catch it, contain it, and recover fast.

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