Summit Agenda

May 6, 2026 · Scheman Building, Ames, IA

One full day of keynotes, five breakout blocks across five industry tracks, networking, and hands-on learning.

8:00 AM

Registration & Light Breakfast

Room 220-230-240

9:00 AM

Opening Address

Room 220-230-240

9:20 AM

Keynote Introduction

Room 220-230-240

9:25 AM

Breakout Sessions

9:25 AM - 10:10 AM

General
When the Smartest in the Room is No Longer Human Jacey Heuer
Rm 220-230-240
10:20 AM

Breakout Sessions

10:20 AM - 11:05 AM

AI Demo
From Chatbot to Builder: Practical AI in Everyday Work Andrew Severin
Rm 220-230-240
Business Systems and Data
The AI-Human Edge: Accelerating Human Mastery in the Age of Intelligent Systems Bill Schmarzo
Rm 250-252
Marketing and Sales
Using AI to Drive Customer Clarity, Stronger Messaging, and Smarter Sales Decisions Tara Allen
Rm 260-262
Production and Operations
Industrial AI Success Stories: Because Even My Title Needed Machine Learning Dominique Hain
Rm 275
Leadership and Workforce
Is Your Business AI-Ready? The Human-Centered Domains That Determine Success or Failure Dave Machovsky, Kacy Webster
Rm 204-208
11:15 AM

Breakout Sessions

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

AI Demo
Stop Automating Broken Processes: How to Redesign Your Business Operations for the Age of AI Agents Meegan Campbell, Adam Engel
Rm 250-252
Business Systems and Data
Facilitated Discussion: Business Systems & Data
Rm 220-230-240
Marketing and Sales
Beyond the Chatbot: Navigating the Next AI Frontiers Rachel Holmes
Rm 260-262
Production and Operations
Tabular Foundation Models Meet Manufacturing: A Practical Exploration Aditya Balu
Rm 275
Leadership and Workforce
Shadow AI: When Everyone Becomes a Data Leak Waiting to Happen Aaron Warner
Rm 204-208
12:00 PM

Networking Lunch

Room 220-230-240

1:20 PM

Breakout Sessions

1:20 PM - 2:05 PM

Business Systems and Data
Prospect Summarization in CRM using AI to Enable Sales Conversion Levi Sperry, Dinakar Kesavapillai
Rm 250-252
Business Systems and Data
Utilizing AI in Simple Glueware development Hans Koehnk
Rm 250-252
AI Demo
Building Enterprise-Scale RAG Chatbots Using Azure AI Foundry Mehul Bhuva
Rm 260-262
Marketing and Sales
Facilitated Discussion: Marketing & Sales
Rm 220-230-240
Production and Operations
AI Attribute Intelligence: Automating Detection, Extraction, and Standardization at Scale Zach Dygert, Justin Claycomb, Melissa Hollis
Rm 275
Leadership and Workforce
AI Security Is Not a Brand: Governance, Risk, and the Reality Behind “Safe AI” Doug Jacobson
Rm 204-208
2:15 PM

Breakout Sessions

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Business Systems and Data
Making AI Part of the Business: From One-Off Tool to Everyday Advantage Brandon Carlson
Rm 250-252
Marketing and Sales
AI Search Optimization Explained: Leveraging the Shift in Search Visibility Neal Rabogliatti
Rm 260-262
AI Demo
Close the GenAI “Learning Gap”: Self‑Improving AI Without Fine‑Tuning Ben McHone, Matt Vincent
Rm 275
Production and Operations
Facilitated Discussion: Production & Operations
Rm 220-230-240
Leadership and Workforce
Ready or Not: Change and Adaptation to AI and the Future Organization Celina Peerman
Rm 204-208
3:10 PM

Breakout Sessions

3:10 PM - 3:55 PM

Business Systems and Data
Operationalizing AI for Sales Excellence Neeraj Singh
Rm 250-252
Marketing and Sales
The Strategic Stack: Overcoming AI Slop Travis Arndorfer
Rm 260-262
Production and Operations
Vision AI Efforts in Attribute Detections and Measurements Vijay Kalivarapu
Rm 275
Production and Operations
Natural Language Search for Member Benefits Nick Nystrom
Rm 275
AI Demo
M365 Copilot Rollout: Driving Adoption and Impact at Pella Curtis Winegar
Rm 204-208
Leadership and Workforce
Facilitated Discussion: Leadership & Workforce
Rm 220-230-240
4:05 PM

Closing Address

Room 220-230-240

4:30 PM

Networking Session

Room 220-230-240

Note: Schedule is tentative. Final session details will be confirmed closer to the event.