Upcoming University of Scranton AI Conference to Feature National Presenters

The University of Scranton will host a three-day national interdisciplinary conference, bringing together educators, students and professionals to explore the wide-ranging implications of rapidly advancing artificial intelligence.

The conference, titled "Confronting the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence," will be held Thursday, April 16, through Saturday, April 18, on the University's campus. Registration is openwith pricing ranging from $50 to $150. Included in the cost is unlimited access to the conference's panels and workshops, as well as entry into a Thursday night mixer and Friday night dinner. Conference sponsors are the Diocese of Scranton and Geisinger.

Notable presenters include Ryan Struyk, director of AI innovation at CNN; Thursday's keynote speaker Joe Vukov, Ph.D., associate director of Loyola University Chicago's Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage and associate professor of philosophy; and Friday's keynote speaker Paul Scherz, Ph.D., Our Lady of Guadalupe professor of theology at Notre Dame, program chair of the Notre Dame-IBM Technology Ethics Lab and member of the Vatican Centre for Digital Culture's AI Research Group.

Thursday's programming begins at 5 p.m. with a welcome by Tracy Stewart, Ph.D., The University of Scranton's interim provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, along with conference co-planners George Aulisio, Ph.D., dean of the Weinberg Memorial Library; Dan Marenda, Ph.D., associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences; and Megan Heeder, Ph.D., assistant professor of theology and religious studies.

On Friday, the conference will offer a staggering 28 breakout sessions across nine time slots, beginning in the 9 to 9:40 a.m. window and ending at 4:30 to 5:10 p.m.

Presenters are coming from across the U.S. to discuss topics including but not limited to arts and humanities; business; education; environmental impact; healthcare and medicine; law and policy; library and information science; philosophy; science; theology; social justice and equity; and social sciences.

A full conference schedule and list of presentersare now available on the University's website.