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Fall 2023: AI for Business

Friday, September 29, 2023 | 8:00 am – 2:30 pm at the Carlson School of Management

 

8:00 – 8:45 am

Breakfast

 

8:45 – 9:00

Welcome 

Jamie Prenkert, Dean of the Carlson School of Management

 

9:00 – 9:25

Keynote Speaker: Rajeev Duggirala

Senior Vice President, Cloud Transformation & Strategy at Ameriprise Financial

 

9:25 – 10:15

Industry-Academia Panel Discussion: 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

 

10:15 – 10:40

Keynote Speaker: Teddy Bekele

Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer at Land O' Lakes

 

10:40 – 10:55

Break

 

10:55 – 11:35

Talk: “Role of AI in Business” 

Professor Yuqing Ren, Carlson School of Management

 

11:35 – 12:25 pm

Industry-Academia Panel Discussion: 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

 

12:25 – 12:30

Closing Remarks

 

12:30 – 1:45

Lunch & Networking

 

1:00 – 2:30

Carlson Student Analytics Project Showcase

 

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Early Registration

by Aug 31

Regular Registration

Sep 1-28

On-site Registration

Sep 29

Industry Professionals$150$175$200
UMN Faculty & Staff$40$55$70
UMN Students$20$35$50

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Groups of 5 are eligible for a 10% discount when registering together.

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