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Welcome - 8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.

Opening remarks

9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.

Transforming Higher Education: AI Strategies Beyond Chatbots

Mary Strain - Amazon

Discover how forward-thinking higher education institutions are moving beyond basic AI applications to create meaningful transformations in student services and administrative processes. This session explores how generative AI is reshaping the educational landscape, focusing on practical applications that enhance student access, support staff efficiency, and enable lifelong learning pathways. Learn how AWS helps educational institutions build robust data foundations to support accurate, compliant AI implementations that drive real value. We examine real-world use cases where institutions are modernizing their data infrastructure to power AI initiatives that improve student experiences and institutional operations. The session highlights strategies for addressing modern learner needs while maintaining institutional integrity and compliance standards. You'll gain insights into establishing the essential data architecture needed to support transformative AI applications in higher education while understanding how to identify and execute high-value use cases that go beyond surface-level implementations.

10:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.

Instructional & Secure Use of AI

Joe Brazier
Education Industry Advisor – Microsoft

Explore innovative strategies to seamlessly integrate AI into course design, classroom activities, and assessments while maintaining academic integrity. This session highlights practical AI prompt frameworks that align with rubrics, create diverse access to content, and scaffold critical AI literacy. Discover how to enhance student engagement with AI through peer review, research synthesis, formative feedback, transparent citation practices, and more, fostering deeper learning and a richer educational experience.

Keynote: 11:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.

AI's Impact on the Early-Careers of College Graduates

Dr. Morgan Frank

Public debate often blames the difficult U.S. labor market of 2022–2023 on the rapid spread of generative AI, but systematic evidence on timing and distributional impacts is scarce. I combine monthly state unemployment insurance records with occupation and location data to measure unemployment risk across the U.S. workforce and show that risk in AI-exposed occupations began rising in early 2022, well before the launch of ChatGPT. Using millions of LinkedIn profiles, I find that recent college graduates suffered especially poor early-career outcomes, with gaps again emerging prior to late-2022 AI advances. Finally, drawing on millions of U.S. university course syllabi, I measure graduates’ exposure to large language model (LLM)–related content and show that greater exposure predicts higher starting salaries and shorter job searches after ChatGPT’s release. Together, these results demonstrate that labor market weakness preceded widespread LLM diffusion and that LLM-related education is associated with better—not worse—early labor market outcomes.

12:10 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Microsoft 365 Copilot—Live Demo & Real-World Use Cases

Lindsey Henderson
AI Workforce Specialist - Microsoft

David Shadman
Solution Engineer - Microsoft

Experience how Microsoft 365 Copilot transforms everyday work in Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and Teams. Watch as messy prompts become polished documents, slides are built from a single brief, and long email threads are summarized in seconds. You’ll see practical higher education scenarios like drafting program proposals, preparing accreditation summaries, and turning meeting notes into actionable plans. Attendees will leave with many proven prompt patterns, tips for responsible use and data security, and a clear view of what’s possible today for transformation with AI.

1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

The Future of Faculty Workflow: Transforming Education with Google’s AI Ecosystem

Tyler Allan

As higher education navigates the rapid integration of Artificial Intelligence, the ability to leverage advanced tools is becoming essential for faculty efficiency and student success. This presentation explores the transformative potential of Google’s Gemini and NotebookLM, demonstrating how these distinct platforms act as force multipliers for the modern educator. We will examine how Gemini serves as an adaptive creative partner for curriculum design, rubric generation, and personalized feedback, while diving deep into NotebookLM’s unique ability to synthesize dense academic texts and course materials into grounded, hallucination-free artifacts like study aids and engaging Audio Overviews. By mastering these tools, University of Houston faculty can streamline administrative burdens, foster deeper student engagement, and reclaim valuable time for mentorship and research, ensuring that AI serves as a reliable extension of their pedagogical expertise.

2:10 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

AI in Action at UH: Practical Systems, Smarter Workflows, and Future Opportunities

Jatindera Walia

The talk will share a year-long journey of applying artificial intelligence to real operational challenges across the University of Houston. From deploying campus-wide AI tools and building custom GPTs to automating technical workflows, accelerating software development, enhancing media processing, and exploring RAG-based and AV research initiatives, this session highlights what AI actually looks like in practice. Attendees will gain insight into the tools, strategies, and lessons learned from integrating AI into daily work across IT and academic environments. The talk will conclude with a look ahead—how UH can continue to adopt AI thoughtfully, responsibly, and effectively to shape the future of work in higher education.