The world is evolving at an unprecedented pace.

The 2026 Reverie Innovation Summit will focus on the ways people and organizations are keeping up with the pace, the pivots and the surprises.

Our intentionally small summit is designed to foster deep thinking, inspiration and connection.

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Agenda

Tuesday, September 15

6:30 pm - Five Iron Golf (at the Cambria hotel)
Welcome dinner and games

Wednesday, September 16

The Gem Theater
8:30-9:15am- BREAKFAST and welcome
9:15-10am - Whole Lotta Data - What Led Zeppelin Can Teach the Marketer of 2027, Guy Metter - US & Canada Leader, Passionfruit
10-10:45am - The Itsy Bitsy Spider Is Not Rocket Science, Eve Weston - Experience Design Consultant
10:40-10:45 - Non-Profit Highlight - Furniture Bank of Metro Detroit
10:45-11:15am - BREAK
11:15 am-12:00 pm - The Electricity Problem Nobody is Talking About - a fireside chat with Stephanie Huhn - VP, Sales Enablement & Growth, Transparent Energy
12-12:45pm - The Future of Education, Cyrus Mistry - Board Director & AI Pioneer
12:45-2:15pm - LUNCH
2:15 - 2:55pm - Rapid Evolution, a fireside chat with Rohan Shah - Co-Founder & Chief Revenue Officer, Extend
2:55 - 3:00pm - Non-Profit Spotlight - CARE House of Oakland County
3:00 - 3:15 pm - MINI BREAK
3:15-3:55pm - Evolved for Firelight: Why the Modern Sleep Environment Hasn't Caught Up, Dr. Dawn Dore-Stites, Clinical Psychologist
3:55-4:30pm - The Wellness Bridge, Dr. Keshav Grover - M.D.

4:30-8pm - HAPPY HOUR & DINNER
The Elwood (located directly behind the Gem Theatre)

Thursday, September 17

9-11am (transportation leaves the Cambria Hotel at 8:30) - Tour of the Pistons Training Facility, Melanie Harris - President of Operations, Detroit Pistons
10:30am - The Role of Rest, Recovery, and Athlete Performance, Sebastien Poirier, Sr. Director of Medical, Detroit Pistons

  • Guy Metter

    Guy leads the US & Canada side of Passionfruit - the AI marketing platform working behind the scenes for the likes of ADT, Empire Today, Gardner White, OrangeTheory Fitness & the Atlanta Braves. He's spent the better part of eight years in tech, most of it convinced that the interesting problems live in creating systems that turn data into some form of art.

    Guy holds a Communication Design honours degree from Central Saint Martins, where he spent his time building generative systems - the kind of work that turned out to be surprisingly good preparation for an industry now obsessed with AI.

    Before Passionfruit, Guy worked on marketing and technology projects for the likes of BBC, Dazed, and Sony Music and at the software company: Verve.

    Outside the office- he's a competitive backgammon player and a classical pianist. 

  • Eve Weston

    A storytelling and experience design consultant for clients ranging from top Hollywood producers to Silicon Valley manufacturers of XR hardware and software, Eve believes in storytelling as a force for positive change. She wrote and directed the award-winning world’s first 360VR sitcom, The BizNest, which is currently being adapted into a real-world entertainment and team-building experience. For The Bruce Lee Foundation, she solved the problem of bringing Lee's library to life in an engaging way; her resulting interactive exhibit Be Water: My Friend is currently on view at Seattle’s Wing Luke Museum.

    Weston is published in double-blind peer reviewed academic publications, most notably for her Taxonomy of Experience—a framework for experience design on which European governments, theme parks and billion dollar companies have flown her out to speak. Weston is a professor of TV writing and immersive storytelling at top-ranked film schools and an alumna of Princeton, USC and Goldman Sachs. Her book 10 Kick-Ass Careers for Storytellers is available on Amazon. She also writes about the intersection of tech and entertainment for publications like The New York Post, Forbes (per alias), and the PGA's Produced By Magazine.

    A produced television writer, Weston has written and developed for several ABC/Disney channels and shows, including Wizards of Waverly Place—where she wrote and choreographed a viral YouTube sensation for Selena Gomez that gave viewers agency to enter the TV story-world in an unprecedented way. Weston now brings this expertise to her work, her clients and her students. 

  • Stephanie Huhn

    Stephanie Huhn is a senior energy industry executive with more than a decade of experience helping large commercial organizations navigate complex energy markets and procurement decisions. As VP of Sales Enablement & Growth at Transparent Energy, she works at the intersection of energy markets, technology and business strategy, helping organizations use data, competitive market dynamics and reverse-auction technology to make smarter procurement decisions.

    Her perspective combines deep experience working with commercial energy buyers with a front-row view of how emerging trends — including AI-driven electricity demand, grid constraints and increasing market volatility — are changing the way businesses should think about energy.

  • Cyrus Mistry

    Cyrus Mistry is a Board Director, Chief Officer, Advisor, Angel Investor and AI technology pioneer with 30 years of experience in AI and 20 years of experience in both K-12 and Higher Ed strategy & technology.Cyrus learned 6 different programming languages by the time he was 19 and went on to earn 4 engineering degrees in 4 years from Johns Hopkins where his groundbreaking work in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning included teaching computers how to teach themselves to understand Wall Street Journal articles, diagnose cancerous tissue samples in 3D, perform robotic surgery, interpret EKG signals, and even how to understand the human genome.

    Cyrus worked on the leadership team at Disney and then spent 15 years as a product executive at Google where he ran enterprise search and Google Calendar, was on the founding team of Google Drive, and was on the founding team of Chromebooks where he generated a billion dollar business for Google and made it the #1 device in schools worldwide.Cyrus then took on Chief Officer roles at billion-dollar EdTech & AI companies. Most recently, he was the CEO of Mudita Studios where he and his team generated breakthrough ideas and launched revenue-generating AI companies.

    Cyrus has worked closely with several of the most disruptive next generation K-12 schools and has worked with Country Ministers and Secretaries of Education from around the globe to develop education technologies that directly improve student engagement and learning outcomes. In 2015, he was chosen by the White House to help the First Lady with her Reach Higher initiative. He has given countless keynotes on the future of education to thousands of educators worldwide. Cyrus is currently Board Director of the Michigan Colleges Alliance and Board Director of the Inspired Education Group which is the largest group of premium private schools in the world serving 80,000 K-12 students across 6 continents.

  • Rohan Shah

    Rohan Shah is the Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer at Extend, where he has helped build the company from the ground up into a category-defining platform powering services programs for top-tier brands including Peloton, LoveShackFancy, Mattress Firm, HeyDude/Crocs, Oura, Ashley Furniture, and iRobot. Since launching in 2019, Extend has raised over $320M in venture funding and reached a $1.6B valuation, creating new revenue streams for merchants and enhancing the post-purchase experience for consumers.

    Prior to Extend, Rohan was Founder & CEO of WITHIN, a venture-backed startup, and spent four years at BCG Digital Ventures, where he led product innovation initiatives and launched new businesses in partnership with Fortune 500 companies. A Stanford alum, Forbes “30 Under 30” honoree, and Retail Touchpoints “40 Under 40” winner, Rohan has long been immersed in the tech and venture capital ecosystems, with a sharp eye for identifying where legacy industries fall short in meeting modern consumer expectations.

    In addition to founding multiple companies, Rohan is an active investor in several industry-leading startups and serves as an LP in institutional VC and PE firms through his fund, Shah Capital Partners, where he is a Managing Director. Rohan serves on the board and as President of a film & movie investment group Camelback Productions and also the board for the American India Foundation. Rohan splits time between SF and LA and continues to focus on building, investing, and philanthropy at the intersection of product, strategy, and innovation.

  • Dawn Dore-Stites

    Dr. Dawn Dore-Stites completed her graduate training in clinical psychology at Western Michigan University.  Her training included internship at Children’s Hospital of Michigan which focused specifically upon pediatric psychology, a branch of psychology that blends child clinical and health psychology.  After internship, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan, where she was fortunate to receive additional training in behavioral interventions in pediatric sleep and elimination disorders.

    Clinically, Dr. Dore-Stites works with children and adolescents struggling with sleep disorders and elimination disorders (fecal or urine incontinence).  Dr. Dore-Stites relies on evidence-based treatment including behavioral and cognitive-behavioral strategies and tailors treatment to the individual needs of the child and their family.

  • Keshav Shah

    Keshav Grover, DO, MS, IFMCP, is the founder of Aesthetica, PLLC d/b/a Grover Health and Aesthetics and Grover Health and Wellness, PLLC. He is a physician, keynote speaker, and champion of functional/integrative medicine and of eating a whole foods, plant-based diet. He has spoken to leading organizations including Penske Automotive, Detroit Athletic Club, Farbman Realty, the Plant Based Nutrition Support Group, and Thermo Fisher Scientific. He has been featured on CBS and Fox News as a wellness expert.

    Dr. Grover has contributed to medical literature in many disciplines including diabetes research, otolaryngology/head and neck surgery, and neurosurgery. His master’s thesis highlighted the therapeutic modalities of the natural agents found in cannabis and turmeric.

    Dr. Grover holds a Doctorate in osteopathic medicine from Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and a Master of Science from Wayne State University School of Medicine. He completed the prestigious Andrew Weil Center of Integrative Medicine fellowship at the University of Arizona and is a certified functional medicine practitioner by the Institute for Functional Medicine. He holds a bachelor’s degree in physiology and specialization in bioethics from the prestigious Lyman Briggs College Honors School of Sciences at Michigan State University.

    When he is not taking care of patients or speaking about wellness, Dr. Grover can be found working out, playing golf, cooking up a storm in the kitchen, and enjoying traveling with his wife and daughter.

  • Melanie Harris

    Melanie Harris enters her third season as president of business operations for the Detroit Pistons. Harris joined the organization September 2024, and leads the organization’s business lines, driving growth of the Pistons brand, expanding revenue opportunities and elevating engagement with partners, sponsors, ticketholders and fans.

    Prior to joining the Pistons, Harris served as vice president and general manager for Nike, Inc.’s Jordan Brand North America unit, where she led a cross-functional team in driving sales, merchandising, marketing, operations and strategy for the multi-billion-dollar business across the US and Canada. She also served on Nike, Inc.’s Black Community Commitment taskforce.

    Before taking leadership of Jordan Brand in North America, Harris served as Nike, Inc.’s Vice President of Strategy and Development and was a member of Nike’s Executive Leadership Team. She spearheaded Nike's corporate strategy teams on a global scale. She was responsible for developing enterprise plans aimed at fostering innovation, transformation and growth. She also guided game-changing partnerships, enhanced market intelligence and coordinated development for specific opportunities within Nike, Inc.

    Earlier in her career, Harris was a partner at the management consulting firm Bain & Company where she advised multi-national companies on customer experience, digital marketing, transformation, agile and performance improvement for nearly 10 years. She also served as an internal leader in Bain’s Social Impact and Diversity & Inclusion efforts, leading in a variety of social impact projects. In addition, Harris was the local and regional senior sponsor and leader within Bain's Black employee affinity group and led efforts around recruiting and retention of Black and female business talent. Earlier in her career, she held roles in private label product development at Macy’s Merchandising Group and in store operations at Abercrombie & Fitch.

    The New York, NY native graduated from Yale University and Harvard Business School. A decorated college athlete, Harris was a four-year member of Yale’s track and field team and a two-time conference champion. Harris is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Jack and Jill of America, Inc., The Links, Incorporated and YPO.

  • Care House of Oakland County

    CARE House of Oakland County is the sole children’s advocacy center in Oakland County, providing first rate services to victims of child abuse and neglect. It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit agency based in Pontiac, Michigan, serving the residents of Oakland County Michigan. Founded in 1977 as the Child Abuse and Neglect Council of Oakland County, we currently offer an array of programs focused on the identification and treatment of child abuse victims, and on child abuse prevention.

  • Furniture Bank of Metro Detroit

    The Furniture Bank of Metro Detroit helps local families create homes by
    providing furniture and mattresses. We help those in need as they transition from distressed situations.
    For six decades we have provided:
    • Mattresses to ensure children aren’t sleeping on floors
    • New cribs and toddler beds for infants to sleep safely
    • Furniture to help create stable homes

    Clients referred to us by our network of nonprofit community partners include:
    • Women and children escaping domestic situations
    • Young adults aging out of the foster care system
    • Individuals and families transitioning from shelters and halfway houses
    • Person recovering from illness, addiction, fires and floods
    • Veterans, seniors and new Americans

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