Emerging Tech Conference

4:30pm EST

Welcome Party Aethling Meadery

8:00am EST

Registration & Coffee Roanoke Foyer

9:00am EST

Opening Remarks

9:15am EST

Day 1 Keynote Roanoke BallroomKen Gall

10:00am EST

Beyond Automation: From Task Bots to Agents That Know Your Business Roanoke FoyerAmy Efird • Shawn Baako • Phat Nguyen

10:15am EST

Educating for the Future: Panel Crystal Ballroom D-ETiffany Bohm • Nat Draper • Ryan King • Dr. Nancy Moreno Rethinking AI Governance: The Missing Metric Crystal Ballroom A-BDr. Robert Turner • Amethyst Edmond • Dr. Heather Lindberg BioTech Hub from Bench to Bedside Mill MountainWebster Santos Evaluation tools for Invasive Species and Disease Detection Models Crystal Ballroom CMicah Thomas

11:00am EST

The Space Between Visits: Detecting Clinical Drift Before It Becomes a Crisis Roanoke FoyerCraig Coleman

11:15am EST

Postliteracy: Building Immersive AI Literacy Labs for the Next Generation Mill MountainDouglas Pitzer NASA Langley Research Center: Advancing Innovation and Technology Across Virginia Washington Lecture HallJoe Gasbarre From Internship to Talent Pipeline: Building Virginia’s Emerging Workforce Crystal Ballroom D-EDeborah J. Good • Mason Gates • Alisha Meador • Dr. Andrew Kulak • Stephanie Byers Connectivity, Trust, and Resilience Building the Foundation for Rural Innovation Crystal Ballroom CScott Sink Possibilities and Pitfalls Utilizing AI in Health Crystal Ballroom A-BTaylor Daniels • Jan Michalak

12:00pm EST

Lunch Roanoke Ballroom

1:00pm EST

AM2 Studio Panel Crystal Ballroom A-BJohn Provo • Marci Gale Small Proofs, Big Signals: Rethinking Credentials for Today's Workforce Washington Lecture HallMark Otter Beyond Access to Capital: What Founders Need to Fundraise Mill MountainDan Myers • Somiah Lattimore RAMP Up AgTech & Rural Innovation Pitch Presentations Crystal Ballroom D-EChip Bobbert • Michael Abbott Human Risk in AI-Enabled MedTech Crystal Ballroom CDr. Robert Turner

2:00pm EST

Building a Data Science Workforce: Lessons from the Applied Data Science Accelerator Program Crystal Ballroom A-BMeredith Gregory • Thomas Riner Building a Translational Research Network: Virginia's Opportunity in Human-Centric Biomedical Innovation Washington Lecture HallGary Mays AI Doesn't Create Chaos. It Reveals It Crystal Ballroom D-EWendi Pannell Business Continuity Isn't an IT Problem. It's a Leadership Problem. Crystal Ballroom CDoug Turpin

2:45pm EST

Beyond the Needle: The Future of Biologic Delivery Roanoke FoyerShannon Allen

3:00pm EST

Teaching Entrepreneurship in the Age of AI Accelerated Tiny Teams Mill MountainJack Mason • Samantha Steidle College to Career: National Trends + Insights Washington Lecture HallNicole Hall (Humans + Robots) + Your Factory Floor = X / Solving for XAndre Corbin • Koryne Andrew • Dave Lennon • Jack Smith • Todd Sprague • Jordan G. Thomas VIPC Funding Pathways Panel Crystal Ballroom D-ESandra McCutcheon Organizational Dark Matter: The Invisible Force Holding Your Company Together — and Holding It Back Crystal Ballroom CMicah Almond

3:45pm EST

The CLAW Bar: Nutrition Backed by Sience Roanoke FoyerDeborah J. Good

4:00pm EST

Angel Investing 101: Catalyzing Innovation In SWVA Crystal Ballroom D-EMarty Rosendale Designing for Scale: Taking Biomanufacturing from Micrograms to Kilograms Crystal Ballroom A-BSpencer Marsh Thoughts to Things: Using AI to Accelerate the Journey from Idea to Print Mill MountainDavid Bates

5:00pm EST

Tech Showcase & Networking Event: Form Your Party, Complete The Quest. Roanoke BallroomMichelle Williams

8:00am EST

Networking Brunch

9:00am EST

Leading Organizations Through the Next Industrial Revolution Roanoke BallroomNigel Thurlow

10:00am EST

From Discovery to Impact: Accelerating Alzheimer's Innovation Through Technology and Collaboration Washington Lecture HallDr. Zhen Yan • Lissa Greenlee • Andrea Nill Sánchez • Danette Young • Laura Cohen, JD Preparing the Pipeline for Quantum Crystal Ballroom D-E Audacity Training: Step Into Your Future Self Crystal Ballroom A-BAvalon McMullen, MBA Building Regional Workforce and Economic Development Through Connected CTE and Academic Education Pathways Mill MountainMatthew Blank

11:00am EST

Inventing for Life Washington Lecture HallKevin Campos Building a Skilled Biotechnician Workforce Through Industry-Recognized Microcredentials Mill MountainDr. Heather Lindberg • Dr. Kristylea Ojeda How Capturing Frontline Observations Gives AI the Context Manufacturing Data Is Missing Crystal Ballroom CDon Robb • Bob Siepka

12:00pm EST

Closing Session Roanoke Ballroom

Emerging Tech Conference

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