Great Lakes AI Week · November 9 to 11, 2027
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Past speakers · Great Lakes AI Week 2025
Who's been on stage.
A few of the leaders who spoke at Great Lakes AI Week 2025, November 4 to 6, 2025.
Tom BushActual Reality TechnologiesAI Readiness Across the Great Lakes Region
Nichole FiferBowling Green State UniversityTraining students and young professionals in AI for industry
Payal ThakurJobsOhioAI Ready Ohio: Building Ohio's AI Super Sector
Matthew VersaggiGSAVUCAD World, AI as a GPT, and Agentic Technology
Charlie ApigianData InspireMastering the Future of AI Agents and Workflows
Gladson BabyFifth Third BankBalancing Enterprise AI Governence and Technology
Carl FraikCincinnati AI CatalystAI Readiness Across the Great Lakes Region
Jim GehringFoundatiaCan AI Deliver On Its Promise?
Shanda GoreMays and AssociatesWait, What!? AI is on My Team!?
Phil GreenbergJobsOhioAmerican Innovation in Artificial Intelligence: What's Now? What's Next?
Todd JamesAurora InsightsTrends in AI, What It Means For Your Organization and How To Plan Ahead
Mark SchnitterNexigenNavigating AI Governence, Risk, and Change Management
Everyone on the Great Lakes AI Week 2025 program (November 4 to 6, 2025)
- Heba Abdel-RahimUniversity of Toledo
- Mohammed Abouheaf
- Dalien AhiekporAWS
- Dr. Zulfikar Alom
- Travis Althouse
- Jason Apgar
- Charlie ApigianData Inspire
- Carrie ArnoldCherry Street Mission
- Gladson BabyFifth Third Bank
- Annie Baymiller
- Emily BealLovable
- Justin BeaudryToledo Codes
- Nicole Brock
- Per Broman
- Jessica BryantO-I
- Cole Burger
- Haley Burk
- Tom BushActual Reality Technologies
- Steve Cady
- Ahu Celebi
- Praveena Challa
- Dr. Liang ChengUniversity of Toledo
- Dr. Eddie Chou
- George Chouieri
- Lauren CollierSSOE Group
- Summer CrenshawETA
- Will Croushorn
- Arobi Das
- Vince DiPofiSSOE Group
- Mackenzie Dolacki
- Nichole FiferBowling Green State University
- Steve FlowersMicrosoft
- Jim Ford
- Carl FraikCincinnati AI Catalyst
- Craig Francisco
- Jim GehringFoundatia
- Shanda GoreMays and Associates
- Rob GreenBowling Green State University
- Phil GreenbergJobsOhio
- Jerod HallBowling Green State University
- Tyler HancockUniversity of Toledo
- Tony Hanson
- Abbas Heydarnoori
- Betsy HilliardValkyrie
- Sara HoffmanWashington Local Schools
- Paul Hong
- Brian HouseCrown Battery
- Jason HubbardPerrysburg Schools
- Zack HuhnETA
- John Husted
- Keith InstoneDexterity UX
- Bhavuk Jain
- Todd JamesAurora Insights
- Venkat Sai Suman Lamba Karanam
- Christofer Karltorp
- Ravi KatyalCintas
- Zachary Keeney
- Matthew KirianNorthwest Ohio Innovation Consortium
- Morgan KothBig Kitty Labs
- Sanjay Krishnegowda
- Ravi KroviBowling Green State University
- Evan Kubicek
- Tushar KulkarniBig Kitty Labs
- Dr. Minxuan Lan
- Louis Lane
- JK Jake Lee
- Amy LindenbuschSogeti
- Peter Lusch
- Brian McClure
- Dr. Bill McCreary
- Tawnya MeansInspire Higher Ed
- Liz MitchellTrimble
- Ramprasad Reddy Mittana
- Phillip Mobley
- Parham MohammadnazarUniversity of Toledo
- Wael MokhtarBowling Green State University
- JP NauseefJobs Ohio
- Keatra NesbittValkyrie
- Amy Neuman
- Kevin O'Shea
- Heidi OrvoshNorthern Buckeye Education Council
- Jo Otey
- Jason OwensResonance Group
- Josh PeenoJPeeno Innovation Group
- Jen Percival
- Scott PhillipsNexigen
- Vipa Phuntumart
- Bruno Purnode
- Barbara Ritter
- Ralph RivasSogeti
- Rodney RogersBowling Green State University
- Md Main Uddin RonyBowling Green State University
- Jesus Rosario
- Tomer RosenthalAutodesk
- Jennifer RossTrimble
- Niloufar SadoughiPour
- Jon SalisburyNexigen
- Mark SchnitterNexigen
- Susan Schultz
- Laura SeelingerLSX Partners
- LeSean ShawEmpoweredAI
- Bibiyan Shrestha
- Sandrine Simon
- Chris SleeLainaHealth
- Bill Sodemann3ed.com
- Michael Spaeth
- Rishabh SrivastavaMRI Software
- Kyle Sword
- Behrad Zeinali Tajani
- Payal ThakurJobsOhio
- Molly Thompson
- Valerie Thompson
- Michael TolandUniversity of Toledo
- Matthew VersaggiGSA
- Shannon VillalbaHeartsong Legal
- Kristy WedelReMemora
- Thomas WhangImpelix
- Charlie Wickersham
- Eku WilliamsFBT Gibbons
- Char WilsonChar Wilson Consulting
- Mike WiseIoT Sandbox
- Alondria WrightBuilding Up Seniors in Tech
- Chris YbarraAivana