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SUMMARY:AI Across America:  Birmingham
DESCRIPTION:The University of Alabama\, the University of Alabama at Birmingham\, the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama\, Innovation Depot\, the Biggio Center at Auburn University\, AI Huntsville\, and BirminghamAI are partnering with SeedAI to present AI Across America: Birmingham — a single-day convening on Wednesday\, October 14th at Innovation Depot\, focused on Alabama’s AI readiness. \nThe event will bring together leaders from academia\, state government\, industry\, and the startup community for an honest\, substantive conversation about what it actually takes to build a strong state AI ecosystem. Topics will include: \n\n\nWhat institutional capacity Alabama has to turn research investment into economic and scientific benefit \n\n\nWhere AI is actually accelerating scientific discovery in Alabama labs \n\n\nState and municipal AI governance\, from the Technology Quality Assurance Board to Huntsville’s city task force \n\n\nWho gets access to Alabama’s computing infrastructure\, and what communities get from the data center buildout \n\n\nWhat it takes to build and keep AI companies in Alabama \n\n\nAgenda \n8:30 – 9:00 AM: Registration & Welcome \n9:15 – 10:00 AM: Capacity — Turning Research Investment into Benefit \n\n\nDr. Bryan Boudouris\, Vice President for Research and Economic Development\, University of Alabama \n\n\nDr. Majed Dweik\, Vice President of Research and Economic Development\, Alabama A&M University \n\n\nCharlie Pond\, Executive Director\, SSBCI (Moderator) \n\n\n10:00 – 10:45 AM: Leveraging AI to Accelerate Scientific Discovery \n\n\nDr. Shahram Rahimi\, Head\, Department of Computer Science\, University of Alabama \n\n\nDr. Ralph J. Zottola\, AVP for IT-Research Computing\, University of Alabama at Birmingham \n\n\nAustin Carson\, Founder & CEO\, SeedAI (Moderator) \n\n\n10:45 – 10:55 AM: Break \n10:55 – 11:40 AM: AI Governance — From Task Force to Implementation \n\n\nRep. Mike Shaw\, Alabama House of Representatives \n\n\nAaron Wright\, Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer\, Alabama Office of Information Technology \n\n\nRyan Letson\, AI Huntsville (Moderator) \n\n\n11:40 AM – 12:25 PM: Networking Lunch \n12:25 – 1:10 PM: AI Infrastructure and What Communities Get \n\n\nFernanda Foertter\, Executive Director\, High Performance Computing and Data Center\, University of Alabama \n\n\nPatrick T. Murphy\, Jr.\, Vice President for Economic Development\, Alabama Power \n\n\nRick Roden\, President & CEO\, Greater Jackson County Chamber of Commerce \n\n\nMiller Girvin\, President\, Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (Moderator) \n\n\n1:10 – 1:55 PM: Alabama’s AI Economy — Attracting\, Building\, Retaining \n\n\nPanelists to be announced \n\n\nEmily Jerkins\, CEcD\, Founder\, Bloom Economy Labs (Moderator) \n\n\n1:55 – 2:10 PM: Closing & Next Steps
URL:https://bhamnow.com/bhamn-event/ai-across-america-birmingham/
LOCATION:Innovation Depot\, 1500 1st Ave N\, Birmingham\, Alabama\, 35203\, United States
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