Schedule:

09:00 AM - Welcome & Framing

09:05 AM - Provost’s Welcome
Institutional priorities for AI

09:15 AM - Keynote I
Dr. Julie Carpenter, AI and Human Interactions (30-min talk/10-min Q&A)

09:55 AM - Keynote II
Dr. Rama Akkiraju - NVIDIA (Virtual) (30-min talk/10-min Q&A)

10:40 AM - Student Voices
3 speakers (5 min each)

11:00 AM - Faculty Panel
(Moderated discussion, 50 minutes)

11:53 AM – Chancellor’s Office Perspective, Ed Clark (10 minutes)

Lunch & Networking

12:45 PM - Industry Panel
AWS, Apple, Google (Emerging careers, Career readiness, Life-long learning)

01:40 PM
Concurrent Sessions – Block 1 (Tracks A, B, C, D running simultaneously)

02:35 PM
Transition Break (Movement between rooms)

02:43 PM
Concurrent Sessions – Block 2 (Tracks A, B, C running simultaneously)

03:38 PM
Keynote III Introduction

03:49 PM
Keynote III - Industry Speaker - Mike Abbott (20-min talk)

04:09 PM
Keynote IV - Noyce Distinguished Speaker, Dr. Chris Clark (35-min/10-min Q&A)

04:54 PM
Closing Synthesis & Call to Action (Institutional next steps)