Program Schedule

MISRC Digital Leadership Conference 2024

MISRC Digital Leadership Conference Program Schedule

Friday, November 8, 2024  •  8:00 am – 1:30 pm  •  Carlson School of Management

A tentative schedule appears below and is subject to change. All sessions take place at the Carlson School of Management. View speaker bios here.

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8:00 am

Breakfast & Registration

Welcome from Professor Gautam Ray, Information & Decision Sciences Department Chair, Carlson School of Management

8:30 am

AI-Based Productivity Gains and Human Losses 

Professor Alok Gupta, Curtis L. Carlson Chair in Information Management, Carlson School of Management

9:00 am

Strategy & Vision of AI Initiatives at Organizations Today

Cris Ross, CIO, Mayo Clinic

9:30 am

Navigating the AI Journey: Real-life Learnings for Propelling AI

Melissa Ludack, VP Data Science, Target Corporation & Jake Krings, VP Digital, Target Corporation

10:00 am

Break

10:15 am

Vision & Strategies for AI

 Industry-Academia Panel

  • Mochen Yang (Moderator), Associate Professor, Carlson School of Management
  • Elwin Loomis, Digital Leader/former Head of Digital, Bremer Bank
  • Jean Machart, COO, Children's Cancer Research Fund
  • Jamie Thingelstad, CTO, SPS Commerce 
11:15 am

Best Practices & Guardrails for AI Applications

 Industry-Academia Panel

  • De Liu (moderator), Professor & Director of the MS in Business Analytics Program, Carlson School of Management
  • Bonnie Holub, Artificial Intelligence Leader and Evangelist
  • Chris Manrodt, Head of Data Strategy, IGT Devices, Philips
  • Erik Tonsfeldt, Senior Manager, West Monroe
12:15 pm

Lunch & Networking

12:45 pm

Engaging with the Carlson School

  • Analytics Project Ideation Workshop: Soumya Sen, Professor, 3M Fellow of Business Analytics, Academic Director of MIS Research Center
  • Carlson Analytics Lab: Patrick Smith, Director of Business Development, Carlson Analytics Lab
  • Carlson Analytics Maturity Model: Ryan Sougstad, Senior Lecturer 
1:15 pm

Closing Remarks

Professor Gautam Ray, Information & Decision Sciences Department Chair, Carlson School of Management

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