2026 Pioneer

Grace Cheng

Grace Chang is the Founder/CEO of Kintsugi. Grace was previously in technical leadership roles at several Bay Area startups, including a machine learning company specializing in signal processing for authentication. Grace has been interviewed by the New York Times, MIT Tech in Review, Techcrunch, Forbes, Gartner, The Hill, Financial Times, Crunchbase, Inc., Fierce Healthcare, and more on Kintsugi and its breakthrough technology in voice biomarkers. In addition to receiving multiple National Science Foundation Phase I and II awards for the development of novel AI technology, Kintsugi has been awarded Fierce Healthcare’s Fierce 15 of 2023, Forbes AI 50 for North America, and named Gartner’s Cool Vendor for AI.

2026 Distinguished Achievement Honoree

The IIDA Northern California Distinguished Achievement Award is given in recognition of significant and consistent contribution of skills, expertise, or service to the profession of interior design, as a symbol of respectful appreciation for commitment to the highest levels of performance and engagement.

Agenda

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Social Hour
Doors to SF Jazz open for social hour (no-host bar)

5:30 PM
Auditorium Open

6:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Introduction
Show begins with Distinguished Honoree Award

6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Keynote
Q+A with Grace Chang

7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Hosted Reception
Networking with beer, wine, signature cocktails, and passed hors d’oeuvres

2026 Event Sponsors

FOUR-STAR SPONSOR

BEVERAGE SPONSOR

2026 CHAPTER PATRONS