RISE AI Conference: Agenda

Plan your conference experience!

Explore the keynotes, sessions, and breakout panels below. Additional details, including updates to session topics and descriptions will be added as we move closer to the event.

Monday 6 Oct 2025

11:00 am

The Impact of AI in Latin America

Mon 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
RISE AI

1:00 pm

Arrival & Check-In/Networking

Mon 1:00 pm – 1:50 pm
Health AI, RISE AI

2:00 pm

LLMs4All: Large Language Models for Research and Applications in Academic Disciplines

Fanny Ye

Mon 2:00 pm – 2:50 pm
RISE AI

3:00 pm

AI & Artistic Practice

Matthew Hauenstein, Dmitry Zaytsev

Mon 3:00 pm – 3:50 pm
RISE AI

From Students to AI Professionals – Where Are They Now?

Mon 3:00 pm – 3:50 pm
AI and Education, AI in the Workforce, RISE AI

4:00 pm

RISE AI Opening Ceremony

Mon 4:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Health AI, RISE AI

5:00 pm

Robyn Kress & Dr. Stacy Garrett-Ray

Join Robyn Kress, President of the Ascension Foundation, and Dr. Stacy Garrett-Ray, MD, MPH, MBA, Senior Vice President and Chief Community Impact Officer for Ascension.

Mon 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Health AI, RISE AI

6:15 pm

Immersive ND Experience & Hors d’oeuvre Reception

Mon 6:15 pm – 8:00 pm
Health AI, RISE AI

Tuesday 7 Oct 2025

7:30 am

Coffee & Check-In

Tue 7:30 am – 8:20 am
Health AI, RISE AI

8:30 am

Arnab Chakraborty & Dayle Stevens

Join Chief Responsible AI Officer at Accenture, Arnab Chakraborty, and Executive for Data & AI at Telstra, Dayle Stevens.

Tue 8:30 am – 9:30 am
Health AI, RISE AI

9:40 am

AI & Sustainability Panel

Moderator: Arun Agrawal, Pulte Family Professor of Development Policy at the Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame

Tue 9:40 am – 10:25 am
Global Governance, RISE AI

Health AI: Opening Session

Michele Martin, Fang Liu

Tue 9:40 am – 9:55 am
Health AI

9:55 am

Health AI: The Present and Future of Health AI

Michael Pencina

Mitigating Dangers While Maximizing Benefits for All

Tue 9:55 am – 10:40 am
Health AI

10:30 am

Careers in AI Panel

Moderator: Ahmed Abbasi, Joe and Jane Giovanini Professor of IT, Analytics, and Operations; Academic Director of the Ph.D. Program in Analytics IT, Analytics, and Operations, University of Notre Dame

Tue 10:30 am – 11:15 am
AI in the Workforce, RISE AI

10:40 am

Health AI: Emerging Applications of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

Tue 10:40 am – 11:20 am
Health AI

11:30 am

Lunch

Tue 11:30 am – 12:50 pm
Health AI, RISE AI

1:00 pm

Juan Gilbert, University of Florida

“Shaping the Future of Voting with Technology Innovations”

Tue 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Health AI, RISE AI

2:15 pm

Foundation Models: AI for Science Advances

Tue 2:15 pm – 4:45 pm
Foundation Models, RISE AI

Health AI: Every Person in Every Mile; Access to Data in Rural Communities

Tue 2:15 pm – 3:00 pm
Health AI

Human-Centered Responsible AI

Tue 2:15 pm – 4:45 pm
Human-Centered Responsible AI, RISE AI

Reimagining Global Governance and Policymaking

Tue 2:15 pm – 4:45 pm
Global Governance, RISE AI

3:15 pm

Health AI: Innovathon Overview & Breakout Sessions

Tue 3:15 pm – 4:45 pm
Health AI

5:00 pm

Luna Dong, Meta Reality Labs

“Where Are We in the Journey to A Knowledgeable Assistant?”

Tue 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Health AI, RISE AI

6:15 pm

Poster Session I & Hors d’oeuvre Reception

Tue 6:15 pm – 8:00 pm
Health AI, RISE AI

Wednesday 8 Oct 2025

7:30 am

Coffee & Check-In

Wed 7:30 am – 8:20 am
Health AI, RISE AI

8:30 am

A Fireside Chat: Fr. Paolo Benanti and Aarti Singh

Join Father Paolo Benanti, Third Order Regular Franciscan and AI Advisor to the Vatican, and Aarti Singh, professor in the Machine Learning Department at Carnegie Mellon University and Director of the NSF AI Institute for Societal Decision Making for a fireside chat.

This discussion will be moderated by Nitesh Chawla, Founding Director, Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society and Frank M. Freimann Professor of Computer Science and Engineering.

Wed 8:30 am – 9:30 am
Health AI, RISE AI

9:40 am

Ethical AI in the Boardroom Panel

Moderators: Adam Kronk, Director of Research and External Engagement and Michele Martin, Executive Director, Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society, University of Notre Dame

Wed 9:40 am – 10:25 am
AI in the Workforce, Global Governance, RISE AI

Health AI: Rural Health Keynote

Wed 9:40 am – 10:25 am
Health AI

10:30 am

AI for Nonprofits and Governments Panel

Moderator: Matthew Sisk, Associate Professor of the Practice, Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society, University of Notre Dame

Wed 10:30 am – 11:15 am
RISE AI

Health AI: Healing in Community; Addressing Lonliness & Mental Health for Sustainable Social Resiliance

Wed 10:30 am – 11:15 am
Health AI

11:30 am

Lunch

Wed 11:30 am – 12:20 pm
Health AI, RISE AI

1:00 pm

Sriram Raghavan, IBM Research for AI

Wed 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Health AI, RISE AI

2:15 pm

AI for Safety and Safety of AI

Wed 2:15 pm – 4:45 pm
AI for Safety, RISE AI

Education and Workforce of the Future

Wed 2:15 pm – 4:45 pm
AI and Education, AI in the Workforce, RISE AI

Innovation in AI with the Mayo Clinic

Wed 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm
Health AI

Zero to Strategy: How to Create an AI-Enabled Company

iNDustry Labs

Wed 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm
AI in the Workforce, RISE AI

3:25 pm

Health AI White Paper Working Session

Wed 3:25 pm – 4:45 pm
Health AI

5:00 pm

Poster Session II

Wed 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Health AI, RISE AI

6:15 pm

RISE AI Closing Awards Ceremony & Dinner

Wed 6:15 pm – 8:00 pm
Health AI, RISE AI