About MISRC

The theme for Fall 2023 was AI for Business. Industry leaders and academic researchers shared insights on how generative AI, responsible AI, and related trends are impacting organizations. Held September 29, 2023 at the Carlson School of Management.

Sponsors

• General Mills
• Carlson School of Management Information & Decision Sciences Department

Speakers & Panelists

• TEDDY BEKELE, CTO, Land O’Lakes
• RAJEEV DUGGIRALA, SVP, Ameriprise Financial
• VIBHANSHU ABHISHEK, Founder & CTO, Alltius and Professor, University of California Irvine
• RAVI BAPNA, Curtis L. Carlson Chair Professor in Business Analytics and Information Systems, Carlson School of Management
• ARUN BATCHU, Vice President, Analyst, Gartner
• BRETT BRUNICK, Executive Vice President, Chief Digital and Technology Officer, Thrivent
• ALOK GUPTA, Associate Dean for Faculty and Research, Carlson School of Management
• TERI KASLOW, Head of Enterprise Data & Analytics, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
• CHRIS MANRODT, Head of Data Strategy - IGT Devices, Phillips
• JONATHAN SHOEMAKER, SVP, Operations and Chief Integration Officer, Allina Health
• YUQING REN, Associate Professor & Lawrence Fellow, Carlson School of Management
• JASON STALOCH, Vice President, Digital Core, General Mills
• MOCHEN YANG, Associate Professor, Carlson School of Management

Program

• Welcome: Jamie Prenkert, Dean of the Carlson School of Management
• Keynote Speaker: Rajeev Duggirala, Senior Vice President, Cloud Transformation & Strategy at Ameriprise Financial
• Industry-Academia Panel Discussion on Generative AI:
  • Ravi Bapna (Moderator), Professor, Carlson School of Management 
  • Brett Brunick, CTO, Thrivent 
  • Jason Staloch, VP Digital Core, General Mills 
  • Vibhanshu Abhishek, Professor, UC Irvine & Founder, Alltius 
  • Arun Batchu, VP Analyst in Software Engineering, Gartner
• Keynote Speaker: Teddy Bekele, Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer at Land O' Lakes
• Talk: “Role of AI in Business”: Professor Yuqing Ren, Carlson School of Management
• Industry-Academia Panel Discussion on Responsible AI:
  • Mochen Yang (Moderator), Professor, Carlson School of Management 
  • Alok Gupta, Professor & Dean of Research and Faculty, Carlson School of Management 
  • Chris Manrodt, Head of Data Strategy, Philips Medical Devices 
  • Teri Kaslow, VP Enterprise Data & Analytics, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota 
  • Jonathan Shoemaker, CIO & SVP, Allina Health
• Closing Remarks
• Lunch & Networking
• Carlson Student Analytics Project Showcase

Planning Committee

Thank you to the conference planning committee, which was made up of members of the Carlson School's Information & Decision Sciences Department:

• Professor Gedas Adomavicius
• Deb Bauman, Executive-in-Residence
• Kevin Kuhn, Industry Outreach, MISRC
• Professor Gautam Ray, Department Chair
• Professor Yuqing Ren
• Professor Soumya Sen, Academic Director MISRC
• Professor Mochen Yang

At this half-day virtual conference on digital transformation, industry executives and academic researchers in information technology shared insights and perspectives on trends, opportunities, and challenges related to the digital transformation of organizations. Held Friday, April 29, 2022 via video conference.

Sponsors

• Carlson School of Management MIS Research Center

Program

• Welcome: Sri Zaheer, Dean of the Carlson School of Management
• Digital Transformation - An Assurance Perspective: Robert Goodsell, Partner, PwC, Financial Services, Digital Assurance and Transparency
• Technology Leadership through Transformation: Justin Kershaw, Chief Information Officer, Cargill
• Digital Transformation at Renewal by Andersen: Arun Chetty, Senior Director of Information Technology, Renewal by Andersen
• Carlson Analytics Maturity Assessment Model, Soumya Sen & Ryan Sougstad, MIS Research Center, Carlson School of Management
• Strategies for Converting your Data Into a Corporate Asset: Ravi Bapna, Carlson Analytics Lab & Analytics for Good Institute, Carlson School of Management
• The Value of Service Robots in Sales: Evidence from Retail Industry: Jason Chan, Information & Decision Sciences, Carlson School of Management
• Carlson Analytics Lab & Analytics for Good Institute: Ellen Trader, Carlson School of Management
  Closing Remarks