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Interactive Sessions

Workshops

Hands-on, participatory sessions designed to build real skills. Not lectures, experiences. Choose your breakout, engage deeply, leave with something actionable.

Pick your breakout

Seats are limited in each breakout.

Workshop 01

Re-Calibrating…

One workshop, five breakout sessions. Choose the session that speaks to you.

Saturday, October 10 · 1:00 – 2:30 PM Milpitas, CA
01

The Floor is Yours

A session about confidence, creative expression, and making room for the parts of yourself that exist beyond your profession. Explore how movement and performance can help you take ownership of any room you enter.

With

Jai Loonker

Hardware systems integration engineer and professional dancer with 17 years of experience. He has performed with Karan Aujla, appeared in a Tesher music video and been recognised by Hrithik Roshan.

02

You're Not an Extra

Stop waiting for permission to take up space in your own story. Explore presence, personal narrative, and how embracing every part of your identity can help you become a more confident creator, professional and leader.

With

Mayuri Bhandari

Award-winning actor, professor, dancer, and storyteller whose work spans Hollywood, Indian television, and theatre. She is the creator and performer of the acclaimed one-woman show The Anti "Yogi."

03

Offscript: The Power of Presence

The best moments are often the ones we couldn't have planned. Through the spontaneity of improvisation, connection, and presence, explore what happens when you let go of the script, and trust yourself to meet the moment as it unfolds.

With

Saloni Nahar

Actor, writer, director, and producer trained in improv and the Meisner technique. She also runs Chicago Actors Hub, a community created to connect and uplift local artists.

04

The Music of Life

What can music teach us about work, creativity and failure? Explore the parallels between music and the moments that shape us, and how listening, improvisation, and experimentation can change the way we grow.

With

Paritosh Katre

Senior Machine Learning Scientist at PayPal, composer, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist. His project Geet Dryaneshwari features over 70 original compositions and has been recognised by Stanford University Radio and Sakal.

05

Hold That Thought

From the building blocks of matter to the mechanics of karma and rebirth, this session works through core Jain concepts as a group — debating open questions, unpacking common misconceptions, and closing with a reflection on truth and perspective.

With

Dr. Arpit Mehta

CEO and co-founder of Unify, with a PhD in computational biology and AI/ML.

Workshop 02

Circling Back Forward

One workshop, five breakout sessions. Choose the session that speaks to you.

Sunday, October 11 · 1:30 – 3:00 PM Milpitas, CA
01

Double Agent

Explore how Agentic and Physical AI are actually changing how businesses operate from Fenil, a 12 time startup founder with 3 successful exits.

With

Fenil Shah

Founder & CEO, Roboskill Inc. & Vi Signal Inc.

02

Ayurveda Decoded: A Beginner’s Guide to Understanding Your Body, Energy & Balance

Learn the language your body has been speaking your whole life. Explore the fundamentals of Ayurveda through a modern, evidence-informed lens, and discover practical ways to understand your unique constitution, energy, and balance in everyday life.

With

Gira Parekh

Clinical Pharmacist, Kaiser Permanente

03

A Perspective on Perspective: Anekantvaada as a Framework to Spot Disruptive Innovation

As a four time founder, Vineet has made a career out of asking better questions. Here, he turns to Anekantvaada, the Jain philosophy of multiple truths, to explore how a shift in perspective can help you spot the opportunities everyone else is missing in the VC world.

With

Vineet Jain

Managing Partner, Wild Tree Ventures

04

Fund Me Maybe?

Step into the investor’s seat to explore what makes an early-stage healthcare venture investment-ready, and how Jain principles offer a unique lens for deciding which breakthrough ideas are worth funding.

With

Priyanka Shah

Healthcare Portfolio Lead & Venture Advisor, Startup Accelerator - Endless Frontier Labs

05

Connecting the Dots: Environmental Sustainability, Business and Jainism

Anup draws on decades spent inside some of the country’s largest water infrastructure projects, and explores how Jain values offer a surprisingly practical framework for making better decisions at scale - where environmental impact, business strategy, and personal values actually intersect.

With

Anup Shah

VP/Senior Director, Brown and Caldwell

Chain Reaction

A Guided Networking Session

Having a coach through all the highs and lows in life can transform your career. Meet your next mentor through guided discussions and speed networking and walk away having made meaningful connections with leaders in your industry.

Ready to Learn?

Workshop participation is included with all convention registrations.