2026 AI Symposium: AI in Action

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Educational Session #1

Educational Session #2

Keynote Address: Human-Led, AI-Powered: How to Thrive in an AI-Native World

• Brian Baute

Lunch and Conversations

Educational Session #3

Educational Session #4

Educational Session #5

Educational Session #6

EY AI Leadership Series: Warning: Don't Get Caught on the Wrong Side of the Growing AI Divide

• Steve Berg '89
• Noah Zender '22

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Closing Keynote: Human-Centered AI: Leadership, Creativity, and the Future of Work

• Liz Ngonzi

Closing Remarks

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Breakout Learning: Using AI to Evaluate Critical Thinking and Peer Engagement in Real-Time Group Discussions

Teaching Innovation & Classroom Transformation

How to Use the AI Woodshop

Governance, Work, and Institutional Decision-Making

Anthony Mansfield

Critical Collaborative Dialogue: Rethinking Inquiry, Knowledge, and Human–LLM Engagement

Creativity, Media, Design, and Human Experience

Chiquita M Hughes

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Leveraging Microsoft Learn for AI Professional Development

Teaching Innovation & Classroom Transformation

When AI Research Becomes Human Subjects Research: An Interactive IRB Consultancy Workshop

Governance, Work, and Institutional Decision-Making

Amy Balk, Heidi McKee, Carla Myers, Sherrill Sellers

MyPath: An AI-Powered Accessibility Assistant for Wheelchair Navigation

Creativity, Media, Design, and Human Experience

Nadim Mahmud

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AI in Action, Not Infraction: Anchoring High School Literacy in Ethical Practice

Teaching Innovation & Classroom Transformation

Whose Stuff is it Anyways? Navigating AI and Intellectual Property Considerations Together

Governance, Work, and Institutional Decision-Making

Carla Myers

From Expert to Expert+AI: Demystifying AI Collaboration Tools

Creativity, Media, Design, and Human Experience

Dennis Cheatham

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Using Generative AI to Level-Up Your Teaching

Teaching Innovation & Classroom Transformation

Ellen Yezierski

Your Job + AI: A Framework For Anyone

Governance, Work, and Institutional Decision-Making

Nikki Ferrell

Comparing Research-Based Generative AI Tools

Creativity, Media, Design, and Human Experience 

Bree Kirsch

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From Machine Learning to Machine Teaching: Preservice Art Educators Training GenAI Systems

Teaching Innovation & Classroom Transformation

Luke Meeken

1062

The Parasite and the Public Good: Why We Must Tax Synthetic Labor

Governance, Work, and Institutional Decision-Making

Pixie Menezes

From Art to Algorithm: Intergenerational Storytelling Using AI-Generated Images as Dialogue Tools

Creativity, Media, Design, and Human Experience

Meghan Brady & Kate Poppenhagen

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Enhancing Online Teaching and Learning with AI: Results from Miami Online's AI Innovation Grants

Teaching Innovation & Classroom Transformation

Bonnie Erwin (moderator), Robbyn Abbitt, Linh Dich, Carol McGuire, Mahdi Yazdanpour

1062

AI at Miami, From the AI Fellows: Where We are Now and Looking to the Future

Governance, Work, and Institutional Decision-Making

Heidi McKee, Marko Dumančić, Dennis Cheatham

Xania Monet: Million Dollar Deals and the Slop Apocalypse

Creativity, Media, Design, and Human Experience

Aaron Pergram

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Revamping a Logistics Current Event Project to Teach Students to use AI more Critically

Teaching & Learning with AI

Monique Murfield

1062

Students Need Better Data: Your Starter Kit for Simulating Data with AI

Teaching & Learning with AI

Mitchell Killian and Peter Nguyen

1062

When AI Becomes the Patient: Teaching Therapeutic Communication with BodySwaps

Teaching & Learning with AI

Rachel Fadden

1062

Lessons Learned: Using AI as a Partner in Business Operations

AI at Work / Governance / Professional Practice

Bene Khoury; Erica Noll Crawford

2080

International Exploration With AI: Breaking Language Barriers In Travel

AI at Work / Governance / Professional Practice

Gabriel Holmes

2080

Hackathon Results

AI at Work / Governance / Professional Practice

Jeffrey Toaddy

2080

The impact of machine learning in elucidating high-dimensional soft matter systems

Creativity / Society / Research / Future Impacts

Zachary Mentzer

2084

Between Prompt and Presence: AI and Creative Discovery

Creativity / Society / Research / Future Impacts

Geoff Riggle

2084

If the Machine Makes the Image: Case Studies in Authorship, Ethics, and AI-Generated Media

Creativity / Society / Research / Future Impacts

Benjamin Nicholson

2084 

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What Parents Really Want from AI in Autism Education: Ethics, Trust, and Inclusion

Teaching & Learning with AI

Prince Oduro, Asma Khan, Sara Jin, Edmund Chirambo

1062

Human vs. AI: A Comparison of Ethical Responses in School Psychology

Teaching & Learning with AI

Maegan Fitzgerald and Maggie Bowling

1062

Teaching Students to use AI

Teaching & Learning with AI

Simon Buechler

1062

Generations in AI: Lessons from Industry and Bridging the Gap for a Human-Centered Future

AI at Work / Governance / Professional Practice

Noah Kruthaupt

2080

Excalibur: Reducing Faculty Reporting Burden Through AI-Assisted Accreditation

AI at Work / Governance / Professional Practice

Jacob Kendall, Mohsin Chheena

2080

From Buzzwords to Business: AI Creates 6-Section Proposals

AI at Work / Governance / Professional Practice

Aly Ransom

2080

SIGHT: AI-Driven Immersive Safety Training for Industry 5.0 Manufacturing

Creativity / Society / Research / Future Impacts

Arthur Carvalho

2084

How we got to now: where AI has been and where it's (not) going

Creativity / Society / Research / Future Impacts

Artie Kuhn

2084

What a Doctoral Research Project Revealed About AI’s Limits

Creativity / Society / Research / Future Impacts

Nathan C. Hamblin

2084