PROGRAM
8:00 AM 8:30 AM 8:45 AM 9:30 AM 10:00 AM 10:25 AM 10:45 AM 11:35 AM
Registration & Breakfast
Patrick Woodcock, Maine State Chamber of Commerce
Quincy Hentzel, Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce
Chris Mallett, Northeastern University's Roux Institute
Welcome Opening Keynote: Making AI Work in Business: Secrets, Opportunities, and Threats
Usama Fayyad, Senior Vice Provost for AI and Data Strategy, Northeastern University
Panel: Preparing an AI Ready Workforce
Panelists:JeffTurgeon&AmberHeffner-Cosby,BangorSavingsBank;MattHolbrook& LillithChute,MEMIC;BerkeleyAlmand-Hunter,NortheasternUniversity'sRouxInstitute
Moderator:LizKohler,NortheasternUniversity'sRouxInstitute
Panel: AI, Privacy, and the Emerging Policy Landscape
Patrick Woodcock, Maine State Chamber of Commerce
Stacy Stitham, Brann & Isaacson
Coffee Break
Panel: AI in Maine Industry
Panelists:AshleyBallanger,JD Irving,Limited;EnriqueBosch,Avangrid;BarryDriscoll, WEX;StevenHedlund,CookeAquaculture
Moderator:PatrickWoodcock,MaineStateChamberofCommerce
Panel: Enabling AI Innovation
Panelists:KelseyMarquis,cPortCreditUnion;BenFichter,ConductorAI;KenShapiro, Apriqot
Moderator:QuincyHentzel,PortlandRegionalChamberofCommerce
Conclusion 12:30 PM 2:00 PM
Lunch Reception & Networking
SPEAKERS
Patrick Woodcock
President and CEO
Maine State Chamber of Commerce
Chris Mallett
Chief Administrative Officer
Northeastern University's Roux Institute
Amber HeffnerCosby
SVP, Director of Business Technology
Bangor Savings Bank
Quincy Hentzel
President and CEO
Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce
Usama Fayyad
Senior Vice Provost for AI and Data Strategy
Northeastern University
Liz Kohler
Managing Director of Strategy, Operations, and Growth
Northeastern University's Roux Institute
Jeff Turgeon
AVP, Senior Data Engineer
Bangor Savings Bank
Matt Holbrook
VP of Data and Analytics
MEMIC
SPEAKERS
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Ashley Ballanger
J D Irving, Limited
Co-founder ConductorAI
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