Agenda, additional speakers announced for Inside Higher Education US AI Summit

The agenda and additional speakers have been revealed for Inside Higher Education’s US AI Summit, a landmark convening of national leaders from higher education, industry and policy to explore how artificial intelligence can address society’s most pressing challenges. The summit will be hosted by UB and held June 3-4 at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

Co-organized by Times Higher Education, the event will bring together thought leaders and participants from more than 100 universities and organizations to move beyond theory to focus on action — exploring the cross-sector partnerships and practical decisions required to advance trustworthy, responsible AI for social good.

Day one of the summit will focus on putting AI into practice, with sessions exploring how to safeguard against risks, amplify human creativity and redefine the labor market. Speakers will highlight the role of higher education in shaping the direction of AI, discuss how universities can keep pace with the demand for AI skills and explore strategies for moving at the speed of industry demand.

Day two will focus on sustaining and scaling AI, with sessions focused on how to design AI for the public good, secure trust in AI systems and prioritize human-verified information. The agenda includes a spotlight on Empire AI at UB, a roadmap of priorities through 2030 and recommendations for a collective AI manifesto.

The full agenda is available on the Times Higher Education events page.

The following guest speakers have been added to complete the agenda:

• Jeffrey Bardzell, provost and chief AI officer, University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
• Gouri Sankar Dash, engagement director, Tata Consultancy Services.
• Kathleen Fear, senior director for digital health and AI, University of Rochester.
• Rachel Lipson, Research Fellow, School of Government, Harvard University.
• Lee Rainie, director, Imagining the Digital Future Center, Elon University.
• Emmanuella Saforo, founder and AI advisor, Nuelor AI.
• Claude Sam-Foh, former chief information security officer, Government of Ontario, Canada.
• Amarda Shehu, vice president and chief AI officer, George Mason University.
• Diya Wynn, Responsible AI Lead, Amazon Web Services.

They join a lineup of speakers previously announced:

• Anne-Marie Brinsmead, program director, engineering and architecture, Toronto Metropolitan University.
• Sara Custer, editor-in-chief, Inside Higher Ed.
• Colleen Flaherty, senior editor for special content, Inside Higher Ed.
• Eleonore Fournier-Tombs, chief AI officer, New York State.
• Anupam Joshi, vice provost and chief AI officer, University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
• Masud Khokar, chief AI officer, University of Leeds.
• Manish Parashar, chief AI officer and executive director, Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute, University of Utah.
• Qiao Xiao, vice dean, Institute for AI International Governance, Tsinghua University.

President Satish K. Tripathi, Venu Govindaraju, senior vice president for research, innovation and economic development, and Allison Brashear, UB vice president for health sciences and Jacobs School dean, will also speak at the summit.

Early bird registration ends May 8. UB employees and students can use the code UB-20 for a 20% discount on registration fees.

Learn more about the AI Summit and register online.