Gelila Bekele was a guest speaker at AI and Private Equity: Redefining Risk, Speed, and Strategy, an industry forum sponsored by The Vertical and CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen LLP), one of the ten largest accounting and professional services firms for private equity sponsors.

She was also a speaker at the New York Family Office Investor Forum: AI Roundtable, hosted by J.P. Morgan’s Head of Investments for the Global Family Office at J.P. Morgan’s headquarters, where family office CIOs and institutional investors convened to discuss the application of artificial intelligence in private investing.

Gelila Bekele was an invited speaker at the DCD Investment Forum focused on evaluating investment opportunities in high-density data centers for AI and advanced computing. The Data Center Dynamics (DCD) forum is one of North America’s largest data center and digital infrastructure conferences, drawing more than 3,500 industry professionals.

She also served as a conference speaker at the Yale School of Management and the Jackson School of Global Affairs, and was invited as a speaker at the Finance & Business Panel hosted by Columbia University. She also served as a program lead for Supercharging Innovation: AI in Japan & the UK, an award winning six-week seminar at Stanford Graduate School of Business.