AI for Humans: Innovation, Ethics, and Responsibility

Description

Join us for an in-depth roundtable-style workshop exploring the intersection of AI innovation, ethics, and responsibility in business. This hands-on session will guide business leaders, entrepreneurs, and tech professionals in understanding the ethical implications of AI adoption, opportunity, and risks.

Our focus will be on AI for business - from productivity tools, to AI business models, to societal shifts affecting the way we all work.

Confirmed Speakers:

Kenyetta Hall, Chief Strategist, Katalyst HQ

Kenyetta Hall, a Certified Product Owner (CSPO), and a Certified Scrum Master (CSM). She is the driving force behind The Katalyst HQ, a dynamic firm that collaborates with entrepreneurs, disrupters, and organizations to develop tailored strategies for business sustainability, customized software solutions, and deepen leadership agility and career mobility. She brings over 15 years of experience in the product management and organizational sustainability space, spanning diverse sectors. Her expertise includes strategic business planning, product development/strategy/expansion, and digital transformation for leading companies such as Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC and Fidelity Investments. Kenyetta's journey in the corporate world has been punctuated by pivotal roles within startups, where she’s contributed to the inception and growth of startups, supported the formation of founding teams, and acted as an advisor and consultant to early-stage founders.

Kenyetta is the Social Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Professor in Practice for the esteemed Shuford Program within the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Economics. In this role she leverages her insights to nurture the next generation of business leaders teaching Brand for Social Impact.

Chip Kennedy, Founder & CEO of CivicReach.AI

Chip Kennedy is a technologist and social founder. He’s building CivicReach, a startup building more accessible, equitable, and affordable government contact centers by creating conversational AI tools and resident-focused large language models for state/local governments. He's passionate about making the Research Triangle a thriving, diverse, and leading innovation hub.