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Tuesday, Nov 3 · Houston · All times CT

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8:45 AM
AI Edge Welcome
Jeff Nelson
8:50 AM
Everyday AI Productivity: Mapping Out Workflows & Integrations

MCP is quickly becoming the standard for connecting AI assistants to the tools, data, and systems they need to take action.

8:50 AM · Kenneth Walsh

Everyday AI Productivity: Mapping Out Workflows & Integrations

MCP is quickly becoming the standard for connecting AI assistants to the tools, data, and systems they need to take action. This session introduces Model Context Protocol servers in clear, accessible terms: what they are, what problems they solve, and how to apply them to real business workflows and automations. Useful for engineers building the infrastructure and leaders who need to understand it.

Kenneth Walsh
9:50 AM
Responsible AI: Protecting the Business While Moving Fast

For professionals responsible for revenue, risk, and community impact, moving fast with AI means more than knowing how to prompt.

9:50 AM · Daphne Charles

Responsible AI: Protecting the Business While Moving Fast

For professionals responsible for revenue, risk, and community impact, moving fast with AI means more than knowing how to prompt. In this workshop, Daphne Charles demos a real five-step AI pipeline she built and shipped, then shows attendees how to map their own workflows onto the same pattern, translating organizational values into system constraints that hold up when real stakes are on the line.

Daphne Charles
10:50 AM
AI Productivity in your Day to Day Workflow

Better outputs start with better inputs.

10:50 AM · Melvin Hillsman

AI Productivity in your Day to Day Workflow

Better outputs start with better inputs. This session introduces context engineering, the discipline of designing, optimizing, and managing the information you send to an AI model. Context engineering shapes up to 99% of an AI's effective data footprint. Attendees leave with a framework for mapping their own workflows and techniques for building reliable, scalable AI integrations.

Melvin Hillsman
11:40 AM
AI Is Quietly Rewiring Your Thinking

AI won’t replace your judgment, but it may be eroding it. As AI becomes embedded in everyday decision-making, leaders are offloading more cognitive work than they realize, introducing a new and largely unexamined risk to performance.

11:40 AM · Dr. Nicole Murray

AI Is Quietly Rewiring Your Thinking

AI won’t replace your judgment, but it may be eroding it. As AI becomes embedded in everyday decision-making, leaders are offloading more cognitive work than they realize, introducing a new and largely unexamined risk to performance. Dr. Murray, a neuropsychologist working at the intersection of brain science and executive function, will help attendees understand how AI is reshaping cognition and what leaders must recognize to remain effective. This focus is not about rejecting AI. It’s about recognizing the cognitive tradeoffs and knowing where reliance becomes risk.

Dr. Nicole Murray
1:10 PM
Decision Intelligence: From Data to Decision Visualization and Storytelling

Using Microsoft Fabric as the foundation, this session shows how unified data architecture and governance tools make it possible to build AI solutions that are technically sound and inclusive.

1:10 PM · Araine Greer

Decision Intelligence: From Data to Decision Visualization and Storytelling

Using Microsoft Fabric as the foundation, this session shows how unified data architecture and governance tools make it possible to build AI solutions that are technically sound and inclusive. The focus: connecting data across sources, applying transparency labels, and using visualization and storytelling to make analytics accessible and actionable for the people who need to act on them.

Araine Greer

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Practitioners who build with AI every day, teaching workflows you can take back to work.

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Jeff Nelson

Co-Founder & COO, Blavity, Inc.

Jeff Nelson is a serial entrepreneur who builds simple solutions to complex problems.

Co-Founder & COO, Blavity, Inc.

Jeff Nelson

Jeff Nelson is a serial entrepreneur who builds simple solutions to complex problems. He is the Co-Founder and COO of Blavity Inc.

TeachingAI Edge Welcome

TeachingAI Edge Welcome
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Kenneth Walsh

Senior AI Acceleration Architect, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Kenneth Walsh is a Senior AI Acceleration Architect based in New York who has worked at AWS for over 9 years across a range of roles and services.

Senior AI Acceleration Architect, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Kenneth Walsh

Kenneth Walsh is a Senior AI Acceleration Architect based in New York who has worked at AWS for over 9 years across a range of roles and services. He helps accelerate AWS builder productivity with generative AI automation tools, and as a trusted advisor he guides customers through their generative AI journeys with both technical expertise and genuine passion. Outside of AI, Kenneth enjoys crafting culinary creations, audiobooks, and quality time with his family.

TeachingEveryday AI Productivity: Mapping Out Workflows & Integrations

TeachingEveryday AI Productivity: Mapping Out Workflows & Integrations
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Daphne Charles

Senior Software Engineer, Salesforce

Daphne Charles is a Senior Software Engineer with 7+ years building scalable platforms at Salesforce, American Express, and BMW, including products serving 50,000+ daily users.

Senior Software Engineer, Salesforce

Daphne Charles

Daphne Charles is a Senior Software Engineer with 7+ years building scalable platforms at Salesforce, American Express, and BMW, including products serving 50,000+ daily users. She architects and ships production multi-agent AI systems using Claude API, LangGraph, and MCP. As Global VP of Salesforce Women in Tech, she led technical workshops for a community of 1,000+ members across 5+ countries.

TeachingResponsible AI: Protecting the Business While Moving Fast

TeachingResponsible AI: Protecting the Business While Moving Fast
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Melvin Hillsman

Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat

Melvin Hillsman is a Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat who believes the most powerful technology is the kind people can not only use but build.

Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat

Melvin Hillsman

Melvin Hillsman is a Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat who believes the most powerful technology is the kind people can not only use but build. He works at the intersection of AI, cloud-native infrastructure, and systems architecture — building bridges between what's possible and what's practical. Considering the power of storytelling — problems, constraints, and people — his talks are about the journey, showing how emerging and future tools collapse the distance between idea and working software. He is particularly driven to ensure that people aren't just invited to technological revolutions but equipped to build in them.

TeachingAI Productivity in your Day to Day Workflow

TeachingAI Productivity in your Day to Day Workflow
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Dr. Nicole Murray

Chief Neuropsychologist, Durham Region Center for Cognitive Health

Dr. Murray is a neuropsychologist specializing in executive cognition, decision-making, and performance under pressure.

Chief Neuropsychologist, Durham Region Center for Cognitive Health

Dr. Nicole Murray

Dr. Murray is a neuropsychologist specializing in executive cognition, decision-making, and performance under pressure. She works with high-performing professionals and leaders to assess and optimize cognitive function in high-stakes environments, including those navigating complex roles and cognitive demands. Her work sits at the intersection of neuroscience and performance, translating brain science into strategic advantage.

TeachingAI Is Quietly Rewiring Your Thinking

TeachingAI Is Quietly Rewiring Your Thinking
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Araine Greer

SR. Cloud Solution Architect Engineering Data & AI, Microsoft

Araine Greer, known as FashionTECHDiva, did not follow a traditional path into technology,she built one!

SR. Cloud Solution Architect Engineering Data & AI, Microsoft

Araine Greer

Araine Greer, known as FashionTECHDiva, did not follow a traditional path into technology,she built one! After motherhood ended the fashion career she once dreamed of, she started over, learned to code using SQL Server, earned a Microsoft certification, and transformed a leap of faith into a 13-year career in tech. Today, as a Senior Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft, she helps organizations design cloud, data, and AI solutions while inspiring and mentoring others. Her story challenges people to view disruption differently: to pivot with purpose, embrace lifelong learning, and believe that new beginnings can lead to extraordinary success.

TeachingDecision Intelligence: From Data to Decision Visualization and Storytelling

TeachingDecision Intelligence: From Data to Decision Visualization and Storytelling
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