{"id":1379,"date":"2025-03-31T15:41:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T19:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/celtt\/?p=1379"},"modified":"2025-03-31T15:41:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T19:41:16","slug":"ai-summit-2025-returns-to-ubalt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/celtt\/2025\/03\/31\/ai-summit-2025-returns-to-ubalt\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Summit 2025 Returns to UBalt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Last summer,\u00a0UBalt&#8217;s\u00a0CELTT, CEI, and CD3C organized the inaugural UBalt AI Summit. This event sparked vital conversations across disciplines, bringing together over 150 participants from higher education, local industry, and beyond. With sessions led by faculty, thought leaders, and students alike, the event offered a rare space for open dialogue about the opportunities and challenges presented by generative AI.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What emerged was clear: UBalt is ready to lead. But like all transformative work, leadership requires iteration. This year\u2019s AI Summit builds on those lessons and returns in a new format\u2014<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a one-day, in-person event focused on action and impact<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Open to all UBalt students, faculty, and staff, the 2025 AI Summit will explore AI\u2019s grand challenges through a cross-sector lens, engaging local leaders, university partners, and national voices who are shaping the ethical and practical landscape of AI.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Faculty who attend will find a refreshed agenda designed to help you do more than just keep up. You\u2019ll walk away with insight into how to help your students navigate an AI-driven future. Sessions will explore topics like AI and human rights, workforce development and automation, and how community-based organizations are adapting to the rapid pace of change. Speakers represent diverse sectors, including representatives from the Bezos Earth Fund, Ithaka S+R, and local Baltimore organizations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Why should you come? Because your role as an educator is already evolving. According to the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thealliance.ai\/docs\/guide-to-essential-competencies-for-ai.pdf\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">AI Alliance\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Guide to Essential Competencies for AI<\/span><\/i><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, faculty are uniquely positioned as \u201cAI Navigators\u201d\u2014those who help others gain foundational AI skills while modeling responsible use themselves. You don\u2019t need to be a programmer to lead these conversations. What matters most is fluency in ethical use, data limitations, and how AI shows up in everyday tools and decisions. By attending the summit, you\u2019ll strengthen your own literacy while contributing to a learning community that\u2019s preparing students for jobs that don\u2019t even exist yet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The AI Summit 2025 isn\u2019t just a conference. It\u2019s an opportunity to align your teaching with\u00a0UBalt\u2019s\u00a0mission of\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Knowledge That Works<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. The conversations you start in the classroom have the power to shift how students see themselves, their futures, and their place in a rapidly changing world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubalt.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_6g9LGbfP418SRPo\"><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Registration is open now. 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