AI Con USA 2026 - Ethical AI
Sunday, June 7
Fundamentals of AI—ICAgile Certification (ICP-FAI)
Wednesday, June 10
Architecting the Digital Work System: The Shift to Multi-Agent Enterprise Workflows
The era of single-turn AI prompting is over, giving way to the sophisticated "digital assembly line." This session guides technical leaders, CTOs, and AI product managers through the critical leap from isolated AI tools to coordinated, multi-agent constellations capable of autonomously executing complex enterprise workflows. Marshall will dissect the four levels of agentic evolution, focusing on today's epicenter of innovation: cross-system orchestration. Because the risk of cumulative failure multiplies with every automated handoff, he will unpack the architectural strategies required to...
Where Are the Women in AI? Bridging the Gap for Women Technologists
Despite record investment in artificial intelligence, the gender gap in AI remains staggering. Women make up less than 22% of AI and ML professionals globally (World Economic Forum, 2024) and hold under 15% of technical leadership roles in the field. Only 3% of angel investors in regions like the Pacific Northwest are women, so the earliest capital shaping AI’s future is overwhelmingly male. This session for leaders and managers explores why this workforce imbalance matters and how it’s holding back innovation both across the tech ecosystem and within individual organizations. First, Lana...
Thursday, June 11
The Master Control Policy Server: A Model-Agnostic Architecture for Enterprise LLM Governance and Risk Mitigation
As Large Language Models (LLMs) transition from conversational tools to autonomous AI agents capable of high-stakes, multi-step actions, the reliance on generalized, default safety alignment from model providers has become insufficient and often hazardous. This session addresses the critical need for application-specific, custom guardrails necessitated by persistent jailbreak vulnerabilities, the high cost of achieving effective fine-tuning alignment, and the challenge of enforcing proprietary organizational compliance (e.g., contextual PII protection or specific regulatory mandates unique...
Roll for Alignment: Building Responsible AI Systems Without Losing Your Humanity
Borrowing from tabletop games, this session transforms AI leadership into a live-action adventure. Each team faces challenges drawn from real-world case studies: biased data, budget cuts, regulatory chaos, and “move-fast” culture. Every choice (and dice roll) reveals how easily good intentions can drift into poor outcomes. You’ll leave understanding why alignment isn’t a compliance checkbox, it’s a continuous act of human judgment. Key takeaways include: experience on how small trade-offs create large ethical ripple effects, applying alignment frameworks that balance business speed with...