Friday, October 10 2025, 2 - 5pm Tate Student Center 137 AGENDA 2:00pm Welcome Fellows & students networking over refreshments 2:25pm Keynote AI in Practice, Steven Strickland and Carm Taglienti Steven Strickland is a Senior Principal at Insight, a Fortune 500 solutions integrator, where he oversees market development and solution sales for 5G network infrastructure. In this role, he engages with enterprise and public sector clients to design, deploy, and manage networks that provide the high-speed, low-latency connectivity needed for AI, IoT, edge computing, and other operational use cases. Steven holds a BBA from Oglethorpe University, an MS in Management from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a Master in Law from the University of Georgia. He is also a certified PMP. 3:20pm Spotlight on New Fellows 10 min talks each Hee Yun Lee, Thomas P. Holland Distinguished Professor, School of Social Work Akshat Lakhiwal, Assistant Professor of MIS, Terry College of Business Zhen Xiang, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Franklin College of Arts & Sciences Tao Liu, Assistant Professor of Precision Forestry, Warnell School of Forestry Jie Lu, Assistant Professor of Workforce Ed. & Instruction Tech., Early College of Education 4:15pm Breakouts Working groups on convergence themes: AI in Education Ethics of AI AI & Future of Health and Work AI for 3F (Farm, Food, Forest) AI for Cyber & Societal Security 5:00pm Report out
