Advancing Learning, Discovery, and Responsible Innovation. Join faculty, students, and industry leaders exploring the future of AI in education, workforce, and society.
A full-day gathering bringing together the Cal Poly community and industry partners to explore AI’s transformative impact on learning, discovery, and responsible innovation.
Explore how AI is reshaping teaching, learning, assessment, and academic integrity across disciplines.
Discover real-world applications of AI in business, engineering, and emerging career pathways.
Examine the human-centered and ethical dimensions of artificial intelligence in society.
Four interconnected tracks guiding the day’s conversations and concurrent sessions.
Practical applications, career readiness, and how organizations are building competitive advantage with AI.
Responsible development, human-AI interaction, and preserving critical thinking in an AI-enabled world.
AI’s role in higher education, curriculum design, assessment innovation, and student success.
Sandbox sessions on AI basics, creative applications in arts & music, and speed networking with industry.
Thursday, May 7, 2026 · Chumash Auditorium
Welcome and networking begins
Institutional priorities for AI at Cal Poly
Dr. Julie Carpenter · Dr. Rama Akkiraju (NVIDIA)
Perspectives from across the university
AWS, Apple, Google leaders on emerging careers
Multiple tracks: Ethics, Learning, Industry, Innovation
Noyce Distinguished Speaker · Networking reception
Leaders from academia and industry shaping the conversation on responsible AI.
Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group, Cal Poly
Human-AI Interaction Researcher
NVIDIA (Virtual)
AI & Enterprise Solutions
Closing Keynote
Research & Societal Impact
Entrepreneur (Virtual)
AI in Business Practice