Program Schedule
Fall 2025 Digital Leadership Conference Program Schedule
Friday, November 7, 2025 • 8:00 am – 2:00 pm • Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota
A tentative schedule appears below and is subject to change.
Registration for the fall 2025 conference is now open.
Breakfast & Registration
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Jamie Prenkert, Dean of the Carlson School of Management
Gautam Ray, Information & Decision Sciences Department Chair, Carlson School of Management
Discussion on Maximizing Well Being in the Age of AI
Ravi Bapna, Curtis L. Carlson Chair Professor in Business Analytics and Information Systems, Carlson School of Management
Dr Anjali Bhagra, Physician Lead and Chair, Enterprise Automation at Mayo Clinic
Leadership Perspective on Becoming an AI-Ready Organization
Mark Murphy, CIO at 3M
Break
Agentic AI Use Cases from a Leading Organization and Academia
De Liu, Professor of Information & Decision Sciences at Carlson School of Management
Shub Agarwal, SVP, AI Product Management at U.S. Bank
Panel: Challenges of Being an AI-Ready Organization
Beth Tschida, CTO at Jamf
John Avenson, Senior Vice President, CTO at Minnesota Twins
Erik Erickson, Chief Data Officer at Hennepin County
Moderated by Yuqing Ren, Professor & Lawrence Fellow, Information & Decision Sciences, Carlson School of Management
Lunch & Networking
Visit booths to learn more about:
- Carlson Analytics Lab (student analytics consulting projects)
- Executive Education at the Carlson School
- Research topics by faculty and PhD candidates
Sponsors
The MISRC Digital Leadership Conference is made possible thanks to the generous support of these sponsors.
For information about sponsorship packages and benefits, contact Ed Foppe at [email protected].
Platinum Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
Maroon Sponsors
