Humans in the Lead: Community AI Summit (INT 100/201 Approved)
Thursday, November 5, 2026
8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Robert C. Pew Grand Rapids Campus
Alumni, Community, Faculty, Staff, Students
Humans in the Lead: Community AI Summit
Building Trustworthy and Sustainable AI
The community AI summit brings together the community, public officials, business leaders, policymakers, community stakeholders, tech industry professionals, students and professors in conversation around the latest issues in AI.
This conference is free to participants. Light breakfast and lunch will be provided.
Draft Schedule of Events
8:30-9:15am Registration, Light Breakfast, Networking
9:15am Welcome & Opening Remarks
9:45am Mainstage Panel
Humans in the Lead: Environmental Justice,
Sustainability and Our Communities
11:00 am Concurrent Breakout Sessions | Round 1
1A Watching the Watchers: AI, Surveillance and Public Safety
1B
The AI Shift: What’s Changing in Business and Industry
1C Use It,
Don’t Lose It: AI and the Future of Human Thinking
12:00 noon Lunch and interactive displays
1:00pm Keynote (TBA)
2:00pm Concurrent Breakout Sessions | Round 2
2A Relationships in the Age of AI: Friends, Mentors or
Machines?
2B Level Up: AI Skills for Work and Life
2C Who Gets
Heard? AI, Social Media and Free Expression
3:00pm Concurrent Breakout Sessions | Round 3
3A AI in Education: Teaching, Learning and Trust
3B Scale
Smarter: AI for Nonprofits, Entrepreneurs and Businesses
3C AI and
the Future of Health: Innovation, Ethics and Trust
3:55 Concluding Mainstage Panel
Humans in the Lead: Governing AI
for the Public Good
4:35 Closing Remarks
5pm Networking reception
If you would like to be involved or have an idea for a panel, please
contact Dr. Mark Richards: [email protected]
Thank you to our sponsors:
GVSU Political Science Department
GVSU College of
Computing
GVSU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
GVSU
Koeze Business Ethics Initiative
GVSU Hauenstein Center for
Presidential Studies
Scales Consulting
Grand Valley Political Science Department
Location Information
GVSU DeVos Center
401 Fulton St SW
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Contact Information
Dr. Mark Richards
[email protected]
Department of Political Science
1121 Au Sable Hall
616-331-2320
[email protected]
Hosting Department, Organization, or Business
Political Science Department, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,
College of Computing, Koeze Business Ethics Initiative, Hauenstein
Center for Presidential Studies, Scales Consulting
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This event was added to the calendar by Ashley Savage-Palmer (savageas@gvsu.edu) on Tuesday, September 22, 2026 and was last updated on Thursday, September 24, 2026 at 12:43 p.m.
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