The Insight Exchange - CIRAS AI Summit | May 6, 2026

Find your table, meet your peers, and dive into a focused conversation. Each table has a topic and conversation starters to get things going.

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Table 1 : Open Discussion

Anything but AI! (Sports, travel, local food, or family).
What has been your favorite part of the summit so far?

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Table 2: Open Discussion

Anything but AI! (Sports, travel, local food, or family).
What has been your favorite part of the summit so far?

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Table 3 : Open Discussion

Anything but AI! (Sports, travel, local food, or family).
What has been your favorite part of the summit so far?

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Table 4 : Open Discussion

Anything but AI! (Sports, travel, local food, or family).
What has been your favorite part of the summit so far?

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Table 5 : Open Discussion

Anything but AI! (Sports, travel, local food, or family).
What has been your favorite part of the summit so far?

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Table 6 : Open Discussion

Anything but AI! (Sports, travel, local food, or family).
What has been your favorite part of the summit so far?

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Table 7: AI Assessments and Why They are Critical, Hosts: Kacy Webster & Dave Machovsky

Where do you see the biggest human barriers slowing AI adoption in your organization?
How do you assess whether your organization is truly ready for AI beyond the technology?

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Table 8: Leading in the Age of AI: Strategy & Culture

How do you balance the speed of AI with brand safety?
What is the #1 question your board asks about AI?

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Table 9: AI Adoption in Your Enterprise, Host: Mehul Bhuva

How are you approaching retrieval, accuracy, and trust in your AI systems today?
What is the biggest barrier to deploying AI solutions like RAG at scale in your organization?

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Table 10: The Challenges of Upskilling in the Age of AI, Host: Cadi Kadlecek

What’s changed the most about how your teams need to learn in the last 12 months?
What does “good” look like for you when it comes to AI readiness?
How are you measuring whether training is actually working?

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Table 11: Employee Development: Training & Talent, Host: Dawn Ealy

How are you handling employee fears about job displacement?
What new skills are you hiring for in 2026?

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Table 12: Preparing Students for AI-Ready Careers, Host: Patrick Johanns

What skills and mindsets are most critical for students entering an AI-driven workforce?
How can colleges balance foundational knowledge with practical AI experience that employers expect?

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Table 13: What Exactly is an 'Agent'?, Host: Curtis Winegar

If you could hire an AI to do ONE task perfectly, what would it be?
What is the difference between a chatbot and an agent?

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Table 14: What Exactly is an 'Agent'?

If you could hire an AI to do ONE task perfectly, what would it be?
What is the difference between a chatbot and an agent?

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Table 15: What Exactly is an 'Agent'?

If you could hire an AI to do ONE task perfectly, what would it be?
What is the difference between a chatbot and an agent?

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Table 16: The Next 18 Months: Trends & Speculation, Host: Jon Eads

What AI 'hype' do you think is actually real?
How will your business model look different by 2028?

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Table 17: The Next 18 Months: Trends & Speculation, Andrew Severin

What AI 'hype' do you think is actually real?
How will your business model look different by 2028?

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Table 18: The Next 18 Months: Trends & Speculation

What AI 'hype' do you think is actually real?
How will your business model look different by 2028?

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Table 19: How could you leverage AI to make your manufacturing processes boring?, Host: Chris Hill

Options for predictive maintenance
Understanding and accounting for process variation
Understanding and planning for sales/demand variation

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Table 20: AI in Operations: Manufacturing & Logistics

What is the biggest bottleneck in your operations that AI could help?
Are you exploring predictive maintenance yet?

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Table 21: AI in Operations: Manufacturing & Logistics

What is the biggest bottleneck in your operations that AI could help?
Are you exploring predictive maintenance yet?

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Table 22: The AI Back-Office: Admin & HR, Host: Melissa Hollis

How much time does your team spend on manual data entry?
Where could a 'digital assistant' save you the most admin hours?

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Table 23: The AI Back-Office: Admin & HR

How much time does your team spend on manual data entry?
Where could a 'digital assistant' save you the most admin hours?

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Table 24: The AI Back-Office: Admin & HR

How much time does your team spend on manual data entry?
Where could a 'digital assistant' save you the most admin hours?

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Table 25: AI for Revenue: Sales & Intelligence, Host: Neeraj Singh

Is AI helping your sales team or just giving them more noise?
How are you using AI to prioritize your best leads?

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Table 26: AI for Sales Prospecting and Prep, Host: CJ Osborn

How is AI helping you identify new leads? Qualify them?
What are some effective AI processes for sales call preparation? Follow-up?

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Table 27: AI for Revenue: Sales & Intelligence

Is AI helping your sales team or just giving them more noise?
How are you using AI to prioritize your best leads?

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Table 28: Customer Clarity: Marketing & Messaging, Host: Shawn Fitzgerald

How has AI changed the way you write for your customers?
Can AI actually find your 'brand voice' or does it sound too robotic?

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Table 29: AI at your service: Marketing Discussions, Host: Tara Allen

Are you using AI to create content and/or clearer messaging?
How can AI help customers reduce confusion?
If your customer read your homepage today, what would they still not understand and how could AI assist?

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Table 30: Beyond SEO & Keywords: Optimizing for the AI Era, Host: Neal Rabogliatti

Are you seeing your traffic change as AI Overviews become more common?
How do we optimize for "mentions" instead of just "rankings"?
How can small businesses build a "Knowledge Graph" without a massive budget?

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