In connection with my new book, Hope in the Library: How Libraries Can Help Shape Our Future with Artificial Intelligence, I am open to invitations to offer talks or facilitate conversations (in-person and online) on the book itself as well as new topics based on it:
- “AI Fears and Hopes“
- “The Role of Libraries in Shaping the Future of Work with AI”
- “Welcoming Artificial Agents into Our Textual Community”
- “Creating Meaningful Work with AI“
October 20, 2026, 6:30 p.m. (Central): Blade Runner Panel, Film Streams Ruth Sokolof Theater, Omaha, Neb.
October 3, 2026: 12:45 p.m. (Eastern): Chair, “Institutions at an Inflection Point: Jesuit Schools, Universities, and Lessons from the Pope,” Ignatian AI, Fordham University, New York, N.Y.
September 15, 2026, 7:00 p.m. (Central): Moderator, “A Conversation on Pope Leo’s Encyclical: Magnifica Humanitas,” Creighton University, Omaha, Neb.
August 12, 2026, 6:00 p.m (Central): “AI and the Future of Work,” Omaha Public Library, Omaha, Neb.
May 6, 2026, 3:30 p.m. (Central): “The Place of AI in a Hope-Filled Future,” Hope in the Library book launch, Creighton University, Omaha, Neb.
April 23, 2026, 3:30 p.m. (Central): “How We Got Here and Where Do We Want to Go?,” CFO/Controllers Group Artificial Intelligence Discussion, Omaha, Neb.
April 10, 2026, 11:00 a.m. (Pacific): “Creating Meaningful Work with AI: Jesuit Values and the Future of Work,” AI Ethics, Discernment, and the Common Good Roundtable, University of San Franscisco, San Francisco, Calif.
March 5, 2026, 9:40 a.m. (Pacific): “Creating Meaningful Work with AI,” keynote address at RISE: A Summit on Student Success, Seattle University, Seattle, Wash.
January 24, 2026, 9:00 a.m. (Central): “Don’t Panic: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI,” Presbyterian Church of the Cross, Omaha, Neb.
May 9, 2025, 9:30 a.m. (Central): “The Role of Libraries in Shaping the Future of Work with AI,” keynote address at Nebraska Library Association C & U Section and TSRT Spring Meeting, Bellevue, Neb.
April 3, 2025, 10:30 a.m. (Central): “AI Competencies for Library Workers: Shaping the Future of Academic Libraries: Ethical Considerations,” Association of College & Research Libraries National Conference, Minneapolis, Minn. The competencies, approved by the ACRL Board of Directors, are available here.
January 31, 2025, 10 a.m. (Pacific): “Library 2451: An Idea Worth Saving for Saving Ideas,” Fahrenheit 2451: Ideas Worth Saving, Internet Archive, San Francisco, Calif.
December 9, 2024, 4:50-5:30 p.m. (Eastern): “Beyond the Hype: Practical Strategies for Integrating AI into Libraries,” a panel discussion with Seth Cayley, Russell Michalak, and Keith Webster at the virtual Charleston Conference.
October 22, 2024, 2:10-3:00 p.m. (Central): “Information, Automation, and Virtue: A Framework for Designing New Information Processes and Practices,” keynote address at ai4Libraries (virtual).
March 1, 2024, 12:15-1:45 p.m. (Pacific): Keynote address at CCCU’s 2024 Multi-Academic Conference II in San Diego on AI and the transformation of higher education.
January 24, 2024, 1 p.m and 2 p.m. (Pacific): SPU Day of Common Learning session on “Back to AI, Faith, and the Future.”
October 16, 2023, 6:30-8:30 p.m (Pacific), at Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum: Book talk and reception for Artificial Intelligence and the Apocalyptic Imagination: Artificial Agency and Human Hope.
October 12, 2023, 4:30-6 p.m. (Pacific): Jim Dunnigan (ASU) and I presented an Edtalk, via Zoom, for SPU’s School of Education on “The Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Generative AI on Education.” Recording available here.
October 10, 2023, 2-3 p.m. (Pacific): CCCU Library Leadership Webinar on “AI and the Transformation of the Library: A Framework for Developing New Information Processes and Practices.”
September 10, 2023, 9-10 a.m. (Pacific), at Queen Anne Lutheran Church: To open a three-part series on AI and faith, I spoke about “Artificial Intelligence and Human Hope.” This talk was based on my latest book Artificial Intelligence and the Apocalyptic Imagination: Artificial Agency and Human Hope. A ChatGPT-generated summary of this talk is available here.