AIEmpoweredEDU2026 has ended

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AIEmpoweredEDU2026

Deirdre Pearson

8:00am PDT

Welcome-Check In & Coffee Buckley Center Auditorium

8:30am PDT

Opening Welcome: 3 Spark Talks Buckley Center AuditoriumJosé Guallpa • Julianne Huang • Devin Roach • Richa Pandit • Nate Kerr

9:30am PDT

Thinking Still Required: Designing for Critical Thinking in an AI World Shiley Hall 101Kraig Sproles • Inara Scott

10:45am PDT

AI Show‑and‑Tell for School Leaders: Real Tools, Real Workflows, Real Impact Shiley Hall 249Nabil Zerizef From Guidance to Policy: Balancing Innovation and Student Safety Shiley-Marcos Center for Design & Innovation 305Derek Brown • Melissa Haynes • Jess Nies • Angela Adzima Supporting Families with AI Literacy at Home Shiley Hall 319Jamie Nunez

11:45am PDT

Lunch & Networking Bauccio Commons

1:00pm PDT

Every Hero Needs a Sidekick Shiley-Marcos Center for Design & Innovation 305Colleen Henry • Jerry Xiong Algorithms and Generative AI: Pitfalls and possibilities for students Shiley Hall 319Elliott Goodman

2:15pm PDT

Empowering Young People to Preserve, Reclaim, and Evolve Human Connection in an Age of AI Shiley Hall 301José Guallpa • Nate Kerr Designing Student Protocols for AI Use (Upper Grades) Shiley-Marcos Center for Design & Innovation 408Angela Marzilli

3:30pm PDT

Closing Bauccio Commons

4:30pm PDT

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