AI Tennessee Summit Day Two
Date: January 29
Time: 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM CT
Welcome Back + Framing
Flora Tydings
Chancellor, Tennessee Board of Regents
Session TBD
David Mansouri
President and CEO, Tennessee SCORE
AI Workforce
Ted Townsend
President and CEO, Greater Memphis Chamber
AI Education
Dr. Sara Heyburn Morrison
Executive Director, Tennessee State Board of Education
Panel: Building the Future AI Talent Pipeline
Dr. Scott Langford
Superintendent, Sumner County Schools
Meka Egwuekwe
CEO, CodeCrew
Dr. Peter Buckley
Chancellor, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Dr. Lori Mann Bruce
Chancellor, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Dr. Michael Torrence
President, Motlow State Community College
Moderator
Dr. Steven Gentile
Executive Director, Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC)
Workforce Development in Heartland
Angie Cooper
President, Heartland Forward
Panel: Breaking the First Learn Then Apply: AI Start-Up Ecosystem in Tennessee
John Derrick
Founder and CEO, Authentrics.AI
Cal Westenberg
CEO, Mobius AI
Wesley Montague
CEO, Ship It Pro
Jian Huang
Founder, VisualizAI
Moderator
Lindsey Cox
CEO, LaunchTN
Lunch
Panel: Meeting Today's AI Needs
Josh Brown
President and CEO, Tennessee Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Matthew Kittrell
Member of the Board of Directors, Knoxville Technology Council and Director, CGI
Brian Nolen
Director of Manufacturing Learning, DENSO (Training)
Keri Cagle
SVP, ORAU and Director, ORISE
Moderator
Dr. Ozlem Kilic
Vice Provost and Founding Dean, University of Tennessee, Knoxville College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies
AI Address VIP
Closing & Next Steps
Dr. Vasileios Maroulas
Associate Vice Chancellor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Director, AI Tennessee