Humans in the Lead: Community AI Summit
Building Trustworthy and Sustainable AI
GVSU DeVos Center, Thursday, November 5, 2026, 8:30am - 5:30pm
Community Conversation
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.
Free
This conference is free to participants. Light breakfast and lunch will be provided.
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
RVSP
Connect: If you would like to be involved or have an idea for a panel, please contact Dr. Mark Richards: [email protected]
Mainstage Panels and Keynote
9:45-10:45am
Morning Mainstage Panel
Humans in the Lead:
Environmental Justice, Sustainability and Our Communities
1:00-1:50pm Keynote
Sustainability and AI
(details coming soon)
3:55-4:35pm
Concluding Mainstage Panel
Humans in the Lead:
Governing AI for the Public Good
Breakout Panels
11:00-11:50am
- 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
2:00-2:45pm
- 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
2:55-3:45pm
- 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