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Explore the 2025 TGIF Sessions

Get ready for hands-on, thought-provoking, and collaborative sessions designed to spark real conversation - not lectures. Every session is built to be interactive, participatory, and focused on co-creating solutions for a future shaped by AI, automation, and evolving workforce needs.

Whether you're an educator, industry professional, policymaker, or entrepreneur, you’ll find sessions that challenge assumptions, deepen understanding, and move ideas into action.

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Integrating Artificial Intelligence into K-12 Education: Lessons from the PASS Initiative

This hands-on Design Thinking Studio will guide educators and administrators through a structured process for integrating AI into K-12 classrooms. Drawing on the PASS Initiative’s frameworks and real-world case studies, participants will explore how to evaluate AI tools ethically, align them with learning goals, and design meaningful applications that enhance student engagement and critical thinking. Attendees will develop personalized, actionable strategies to bring back to their schools and build a shared vision for responsible AI integration.

Attendee Takeaways:

Understand how AI can support personalized learning and engagement in K-12 settings.
Use the PASS framework to evaluate AI tools through ethical and instructional lenses.
Create lesson plans and implementation strategies that integrate AI in meaningful ways.
Develop a roadmap for scaling AI across classrooms and districts.
Build leadership capacity and advocate for AI literacy in school communities.
Promote a future-ready mindset in both educators and students.

Integrating Artificial Intelligence into the Classroom and Industry: Preparing the Workforce

This workshop addresses the growing need for AI-literate citizens by equipping educators with the knowledge and tools to integrate AI into both classrooms and the workforce. Participants will explore applications of tools like ChatGPT and Copilot, discuss ethical considerations, and apply Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles. The session encourages collaborative exploration and creative instructional design that prepares learners for an AI-enhanced future.

Attendee Takeaways:

Practice using a range of AI tools in instructional settings
Apply UDL principles to make AI-enhanced instruction more inclusive
Identify ethical guidelines for responsible AI use
Design instruction and training plans that integrate AI both in and outside the classroom
Generate innovative ideas for real-world AI applications in education and industry

Irreplaceable Human Intelligence Surpassing AI Outreach

In this session based on her book, Irreplaceable Human Intelligence, Najiba Benabess argues that preparing students for the AI era means emphasizing uniquely human skills — creativity, emotional intelligence, adaptability, and ethical reasoning. She will present strategies to embed these skills into curricula and reimagine education systems where AI complements, rather than replaces, human potential.

Attendee Takeaways:

Integrate human-centric competencies into curriculum design
Foster lifelong learning and adaptability in students
Use AI as a tool to enhance—not replace—human intelligence
Implement project-based and interdisciplinary learning models
Explore alternative assessment strategies for non-technical skills
Align educational goals with workforce demands in an AI-driven society

Leading Strategic Innovation in the Age of AI: A Studio for Schools & Communities

This studio-style session introduces the EDGE x IMPACT™ framework for building strategic capacity to lead innovation in schools and communities. Participants will collaboratively explore AI readiness, design solutions, and walk away with actionable tools to foster equitable, sustainable change in complex educational systems.

Attendee Takeaways:

Learn to apply the EDGE x IMPACT™ framework for innovation
Complete a Strategic Innovation Canvas tailored to your context
Use reflection tools and strategy worksheets to guide team planning
Prototype solutions that address real-world challenges in education
Build the language and tools to engage stakeholders and drive aligned action

Navigating the AI Maze: Pitfalls and Solutions for K-12 Educators

With AI hype growing in K-12 education, many educators face confusion and a lack of clear direction. This session helps educators identify common pitfalls, separate myth from reality, and find actionable solutions for integrating AI in classrooms. Participants will leave with greater clarity, confidence, and tools to guide their students into the AI-powered future.

Attendee Takeaways:

Recognize and avoid common missteps in K-12 AI implementation
Gain practical strategies to introduce AI meaningfully in instruction
Understand workforce implications of AI and how to prepare students
Cut through the hype and focus on ethical, impactful AI use in education

Questions Decision Makers Should Be Asking About AI

Retired Brigadier General Greg Touhill, former Chief Information Security Officer for the U.S. government, offers a deep dive into the risks and realities of adopting AI. This session presents the current landscape of AI security, practical examples from business and national security, and a set of critical questions leaders should ask before deploying AI systems.

Attendee Takeaways:

A clear understanding of how AI systems work and where they’re being applied
Key questions to guide ethical, secure, and effective AI adoption
An analytical framework for evaluating the risks and benefits of AI in your organization
Awareness of current AI vulnerabilities and threats in the cybersecurity landscape
Resources to support future decision-making and AI-related research or implementation

Sessions

Explore the 2025 TGIF Sessions

Integrating Artificial Intelligence into K-12 Education: Lessons from the PASS Initiative

Integrating Artificial Intelligence into the Classroom and Industry: Preparing the Workforce

Irreplaceable Human Intelligence Surpassing AI Outreach

Leading Strategic Innovation in the Age of AI: A Studio for Schools & Communities

Navigating the AI Maze: Pitfalls and Solutions for K-12 Educators

Questions Decision Makers Should Be Asking About AI

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