Thought Leadership For Moving Business Forward

DARDEN IDEAS TO ACTION LEADER SERIES
UVA DARDEN DC METRO FACILITY IN ROSSLYN, VIRGINIA

Welcome to Darden Executive Education's Ideas to Action Leader Series - masterclasses designed to provide new perspectives for ongoing challenges facing managers and leaders today. Developed to meet the needs of professionals who are always on the move, our 1-day workshops are:

• Accelerated - Between interactive workshop sessions and lively group discussions around your specific issues, you get an intense learner-centered experience in just 1 day.
• Accessible - Hosted at our new UVA Darden DC Metro facility in Rosslyn, VA, these events are designed to make it easy for local leaders and travelers alike to join us at a global epicenter for growth and innovation.
• Applicable - Featuring topics, challenges, and opportunities that are relevant in our fast changing global market, you are sure to find a Leader Series masterclass that speaks to your personal or organizational needs. And, while collaborating with leaders from other organizations and industries, you'll discover fresh insights that will lead to ideas and solutions you may not have imagined.

Offered to our valued corporate contacts, clients, alumni and colleagues, our faculty and staff are excited to collaborate on this opportunity to engage with you and your organization. Explore our upcoming events to find one that fits your needs. Let us know which event(s) you are interested in attending and our team will follow-up to learn more about you, your organization, and your needs.

Additional future dates and topics will be added as we finalize events.

FEATURED EVENT

AI and the Future of Business

30 April 2020
8:30am–5:30pm   Presentations & Workshop (Breakfast available starting at 8am)
5:30pm–7:00pm   Reception

Complimentary event, limited seating

For business leaders, artificial intelligence is a high-visibility topic, both in the popular press and in business media. Understanding what AI is and what it isn’t – sorting buzzwords from breakthroughs, and distinguishing practicality from possibility – are foundational insights that all business leaders need. Exploring how AI is impacting core business areas, such as sales and marketing, operations, finance and strategy, is also an essential step, and one that is quite complex on its own. But even that isn’t sufficient to realize the promise and avoid the perils of artificial intelligence. Understanding the ethical considerations that come with the increasing adoption of artificial intelligence is a uniquely important consideration.  And successfully navigating these changes requires that leaders adopt new models of leadership so that they can knit together myriad perspectives to chart a path to an AI-intensive future, both for themselves and their organizations.

Join Darden's top thought leaders for a day or learning and discussion as they share unique perspectives on artificial intelligence in the domain of business. The event will consist of keynotes, general sessions, and moderated discussions exploring applications of AI across business functions, the implications for leadership and management of organizations, ethical considerations in using AI, as well as how AI can impact individual development and career advancement.

Featured Speakers

This event will feature an emphasis on ethics and leadership, through multi-disciplinary and cross-functional perspectives of our world-class faculty and expert staff, including:

• Michael Albert, Assistant Professor of Business Administration
• Michael Lenox, Tayloe Murphy Professor of Business Administration | Senior Associate Dean | Chief Strategy Officer
• Rajkumar Venkatesan, Ronald Trzcinski Professor of Business Administration
• Edward Hess, Professor of Business Administration | Batten Executive-in-Residence | Batten Faculty Fellow
• Bidhan (Bobby) Parmar, Shannon Smith Emerging Scholar in Business | Associate Professor of Business Administration
• Roshni Raveendhran, Assistant Professor of Business Administration

Who Should Attend

This event is designed for business professionals who manage organizations that may be impacted, at the individual, team, function or enterprise levels, by artificial intelligence.