Bucknell AI Symposium

Join us for the 2024 Bucknell AI Symposium

🗸 AI Evolution: Hear from leading experts at Amazon Web Services (AWS), DELL and Workday in the field of AI who will discuss the latest advancements and future implications of this transformative technology.

🗸 Panel Discussions: Engage with Bucknell faculty and industry professionals from Amazon Web Services (AWS), DELL and Workday as they delve into specific areas of AI, like its impact on various disciplines, ethical considerations, and its potential to solve real-world problems.

🗸 Networking: opportunities with faculty, staff, industry professionals and fellow attendees.

📅 May 7th, 2024 at Bucknell University

Schedule of events

All sessions will be held in Walls Lounge of the Elaine Langone Center

8:00 – 8:30am

Breakfast
Registration Required

8:30 – 10:00am

Empowering Innovation: Generative AI in HigherEd

Mary Strain

Full Description

10:00 – 10:15am

Networking
Coffee and conversation ☕

10:15 – 11:15am

Faculty Panel Discussion
Brian King, Joe Wilck, John Hunter, Vanessa Massaro, Katherine Furlong (facilitator)

11:15 – 12:15pm

Generative AI in Visual Art: Exploring the Posthuman Condition
Joe Meiser

12:15 – 1:15pm

Lunch & Industry Panel Discussion
Joe Wilson, Mary Strain, Don Demcsak, Kevork Horissian (facilitator)

1:15 – 2:15pm

1:1 with Joe Wilson
Param Bedi, Joe Wilson

2:15 – 2:30pm

Networking
Coffee and conversation ☕

2:30 – 4:00pm

Unleashing the Economic Value of Your Data

Bill Schmarzo, Don Demcsak

Full Description

Data is widely considered the most valuable asset in the world; that data is no longer just the exhaust of the business, but more and more is becoming the business. If data is the new oil in driving the economic growth of the 21st century, then how effective is your organization at leveraging data and analytics to derive and drive new sources of business and operational value? Learn how business initiatives could break down into a series of use cases.

Meet our speakers and contributors

The symposium will bring together experts from industry and academia to discuss AI in higher education.

Param Bedi
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Don Demcsak
Global Technology Strategist, Dell Technologies

Katherine Furlong
Dean of Library Services

Kevork Horissian
Associate Vice President, Chief Analytics Officer

Tracy Hower
Executive Assistant to the Vice President & Chief Operating Officer

John Hunter
Professor of Comparative Humanities, Comparative & Digital Humanities Director

Brandon Karcher
Manager, Instructional Technology

Brian King
Associate Professor of Computer Science

Vanessa Massaro
Associate Professor of Geography

Joe Meiser
Associate Professor of Art & Art History

Stephen O’Hara
Associate Vice President of Information Technology

Bill Schmarzo
Customer AI & Data Innovation Strategist, Dell Technologies

Mary Strain
AI and Machine Learning Strategy Leader, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Joe Wilck
Associate Professor of Practice in Analytics & Operations Management

Kevin Willey
Executive Director, Enterprise Technologies

Joe Wilson
Global Chief Technology Officer, Workday

Join us for engaging discussions on AI

Registration is closed.

Attending the symposium

The symposium will be held on May 7th, 2024.

Elaine Langone Center

701 Moore Ave, Lewisburg, PA 17837
Presentations in the Forum
Park along Moore Avenue
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