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Agenda
brAIn Hub | Jun 04, 8:30 AM – Jun 05, 3:30 PM UNCA Sherrill Center and Kimmel Arena, 227 Campus Dr, Asheville, NC 28804, USA
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Registration & breakfast
- 10 minutes
Welcome by UNC Asheville Chancellor Kimberly van Noort, Ph.D.
Main Stage - 20 minutes
Logistics, by Sam Franklin (emcee)
- 1 hour
Keynote by Dr. Elizabeth Reilley, Chief AI Officer for the UNC System
Main StageEducationKeynote - 15 minutes
Break
- 1 hour
From Chatbot to Co-Worker: A Business Owner's Guide to AI That Actually Works, by Julio Barros
Room 406Technology - 1 hour
Personalized at Scale: Using AI to Enact Evidence-Based Learning, by Nick Timmons
Room 411Education - 1 hour
A Conversation on AI in Higher Education, Moderated by Bill Sederburg
Main StageEducation - 1 hour
NotebookLM in Practice: Two Workflows You Can Use on Monday, by Anne Oxenrider and Dr. Tim Metz
Room 407Education - 1 hour
Using a Council of AIs to debate and share the direction of platform development, by Brian Scheewe
Room 410Technology - 1 hour
Lunch (provided)
- 1 hour
The potential impact of AI on WNC, by Ted Abernathy
Main StageKeynoteWorkforce Development - 30 minutes
Break & networking
- 1 hour
The AI-Augmented Consultant: How I Run a 1-Person Data Science Practice with LLMs and Claude Code, by Dan Carmody-Morse
Room 406Technology - 1 hour
From Mountain Botanicals to Modern Medicines: How AI Discovery Helps Build WNC's Natural Products Future, by Alex Simon
Room 410Healthcare - 1 hour
Published Research: Motivators and Detractors to Integration of the User AI Experience, by Thomas Mueller
Room 407Education - 1 hour
The Influence of AI in the K-12 EDU-Sphere, Moderated by Emily Nicholson
Room 411Education - 1 hour
Process Mining Workshop: Accelerated Training and Production with AI and Augmented Reality, by Chris Farr
Main StageAdvanced Manufacturing - 15 minutes
Wrap-up, by Sam Franklin
- 2 hours
Networking Event - sponsored by Western Carolina University
Hotel Arras
- 1 hour
Breakfast
- 15 minutes
Warm-up, by Sam Franklin
- 1 hour
Navigating AI in Music: Tools, Tactics, and Rights Protection, by John Lenac
Main StageKeynoteMedia and Entertainment - 30 minutes
AI Usage in the State Auditor's Office, by Dave Boliek, North Carolina Auditor-Elect
- 1 hour
Agentic AI: Your Human Value and our Digital Helpers, by Charlotte Dungan
Room 406Technology - 1 hour
Relational AI and Holographic Interfaces: The Next Human-AI Interaction Layer, by Dr. Liz Johnson
Room 407Education - 1 hour
Having the Difficult Discussions Around AI in a Large Organization, by Raphael Baptista
Room 410EnterpriseGovernment - 1 hour
5 Ways to Get Things Done with AI, by Paul Carney
Room 411Business - 1 hour
AI Through the Digital Opportunity Lens, Moderated by Sara Nichols
Main StageEducationWorkforce Development - 1 hour
Lunch (provided)
- 1 hour
Keynote by Ammon Fillmore
Main StageHealthcareKeynote - 30 minutes
Break
- 1 hour
Intelligent Operations: Turning Data into Decisions/Workforce Multiplier, by Kirstin Russ
Room 407Business - 1 hour
Structuring Computer Science Education Around the Limits of LLMs, by Drs. Mark Dranias and Adam Whitley
Room 411Education - 1 hour
Reducing Friction in Healthcare: Where AI Can Help Right Now, by Paul Hedgecock
Room 406Healthcare - 1 hour
AI: Ethics, Education, and the Problem of Cognitive Off-Loading, by Dr. Jonathan Wade
Room 410Education - 15 minutes
Summit wrap-up, by Sam Franklin
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