Data & Analytics and AI: Navigating Common Dilemmas
An interactive session on reconciling innovation with responsible governance
- 12:00 PM
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Description
In a fast-moving AI era, senior leaders face a pivotal challenge: empower teams to innovate with data and AI while maintaining control, ethics, and alignment. Frontline “AI natives” are experimenting; the C-suite is rightfully focused on governance, security, and risk. The window between a novel AI advantage and a baseline expectation is shrinking. How do we democratize AI and data to drive growth without sacrificing safety, fairness, or our values?
Data & Analytics and AI: Navigating Common Dilemmas tackles these questions head-on. We’ll explore trade-offs—innovation vs. oversight, performance vs. transparency, AI autonomy vs. human judgment—and share pragmatic strategies you can apply immediately. Expect a highly interactive forum: small-group breakouts, candid peer discussion, and a chance to shape the agenda with your registration questions.
Featured Speakers (and more to be announced)
- Cody Baldwin — Director, Master’s in Business Analytics, Wisconsin School of Business (UW–Madison)
- Yonatan Mintz — Assistant Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering (UW–Madison)
- Nathan Lasnoski — Chief Technology Officer, Neudesic, an IBM Company
- Mingju Sun — Vice President, Data and AI, American Family Insurance
- Josh Murray — Director, AI, Innovation, and Emerging Technology, Alliant Energy
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this event, you will gain:
- Ideas that balance innovation, risk, and transparency in AI and analytics initiatives.
- Culture & guardrails that nurture grassroots AI experiments while maintaining oversight and ethics.
- Translation to value—ways to turn frontline experimentation into enterprise results that scale.
Join your peers from Accuray, Alliant Energy, Amcor Flexibles North America, American Family Insurance, Associated Bank, Badger Meter, Brady Corporation, Brunswick Corporation, Clarios, Colony Brands, Exact Sciences Corporation, GE HealthCare, Generac Power Systems, Greenheck Fan Corporation, Harley-Davidson, Husco International, Ideal Industries, Inpro, J.J. Keller & Associates, Kohl's, Kohler Co., Lands' End, LeMans Corporation, Madison Gas and Electric Company, Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, OMRON Management Center of America, ORBIS Corporation, Pacific Cycle, Inc., Plexus Corp., Promega Corporation, Regal Rexnord Corporation, Rockline Industries, Rockwell Automation, STI Holdings, Sargento Foods, Sartori Company, Schneider, Springs Window Fashions, Sub-Zero Group, The Alliance, UW Credit Union, UW Health, Vollrath Company, WEC Energy Group, Werner Electric Supply Co., Wisconsin Department of Employee Trust Funds, and nvisia.
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Agenda Items
| 9:00 AM | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| Doug Barton, Director, UWEBC | |
| 9:15 AM | Expert Spotlight #1 |
| Cody Baldwin, Director Master's of Business Analytics, University of Wisconsin-Madison | |
| 9:45 AM | Expert Spotlight #2 |
| Laura Albert, Professor, Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison | |
| 10:15 AM | Break |
| 10:25 AM | Lightning Talk on Technology |
| Nathan Lasnoski, Chief Technology Officer, Neudesic, an IBM Company | |
| 10:55 AM | Industry Spotlights |
| Mingju Sun, Vice President, Data and AI, American Family Insurance Josh Murray, Director, AI, Innovation, and Emerging Technology, Alliant Energy | |
| 11:45 AM | Wrap-Up |
| Doug Barton, Director, UWEBC | |
| 11:50 AM | Adjourn |
Additional Information
Location: ZoomContact: Events Team, events@uwebc.wisc.edu