AI Across America:
Atlanta
Date & Time:
Location:
Georgia Tech – Global Learning Center/Technology Square
SeedAI, with partnering organizations Workday and Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), will host AI Across America: Atlanta, a half-day forum on Wednesday, May 27th, exploring how AI-powered tools can accelerate skills-based hiring in Georgia, making it a top state for both business and talent.
The event will bring together key decision makers from Georgia's Fortune 500 employers, state government, higher education institutions, as well as other thought leaders, to contemplate why businesses are turning to skills-based hiring in this new, AI-powered age and what steps need to be taken to ensure that employers have the data and tools they need to connect more Georgians to opportunity.
The conversation will focus on how Georgia employers are able to use AI to hire for skills over traditional degrees and credentials; the state's workforce policy trajectory following the passage of HB 192; AI-powered talent infrastructure through tools, like Workday Skills Cloud; and what it takes to build a workforce ecosystem that works for every part of the state.
Agenda
9:00 – 9:45 AM: Registration, Breakfast
9:30 AM: Opening Remarks — Jason Buckley, Regional Vice President, Large Enterprise Higher Education and Nonprofit, Workday
9:45 – 10:45 AM: Panel — How Georgia's Employers Are Thinking About Talent
Diya Wynn, Responsible AI Lead, Amazon Web Services
Daniela Perry, Executive Director, Georgia Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Dan Wolf, Director of State Programs, Alliance for Digital Innovation
Austin Carson, Founder & CEO, SeedAI (Moderator)
11:00 – 11:15 AM: Keynote — State Rep. Matthew Gambill, author of “Top State for Talent” Act
11:15 – 12:15 PM: Panel — Building Georgia's Skills Infrastructure
Stephanie O'Donoghue, Director of Advanced and Emerging Technology, Technical College System of Georgia
David Evans, Business Intelligence Architect, Georgia Governor's Office of Student Achievement
Melissa Johnson, Chief, Policy and State Strategies, National Skills Coalition
Rep. Todd Jones, Georgia General Assembly
Monica Laufer, Senior Public Policy Manager, Workday (Moderator)
12:15 – 12:30 PM: Closing Remarks — Leo Howell, Chief Information Officer, Georgia Tech University
12:30 – 1:00 PM: Networking Lunch
