AI Forum
Join us for the latest exciting, collaborative event that has been called "higher education at its finest"! The 2025 Notre Dame AI Forum will take place November 17-19, 2025 at the University of Notre Dame's Morris Inn in South Bend, Indiana.
Registration is now closed. We look forward to seeing our guests soon!
What is the Notre Dame AI Forum?
This intimate gathering of higher education IT leaders will focus on how organizations are approaching the opportunities and challenges posed by AI, grounded in an understanding of how the technology affects teaching and learning, research, and administration on college campuses. Through presentations, discussions, and facilitated conversations, attendees will strategize together and leave with concrete action items to implement secure, ethical, and equitable AI initiatives at their own institutions.
For 2025, the forum continues to evolve to meet the pace of AI innovation, prioritizing actionable information, tangible strategic insights, great technical analysis. We'll explore how AI is helpling higher education drive value and efficiency, as well as how institutions are upskilling and educating their faculty, staff, and students to be responsbile and effective users of AI tools. Attendees will benefit from hearing details about implementations at all levels and return with great new ideas and connections.
Who Should Attend
The Forum is designed to foster strategic discussions amongst higher education professionals working to realize the potential of AI on campus. It is open to any current faculty or employee of a college, university, or nonprofit academic institution, including:
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Higher education CIOs, CISOs, IT directors, and campus decision-makers who are charting a course for the responsible use of AI on campus
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Campus AI practitioners doing innovative work in the field of AI or AI policymaking
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Campus stakeholders who can discuss how AI is impacting their day-to-day work or the functioning of their organization
2025 Keynote Speaker
Austin Carson is the Founder and CEO of SeedAI, a non-partisan non-profit based out of Washington, DC. SeedAI focuses on educating policymakers about the risks and benefits of AI and providing them with practical, politically feasible recommendations to shape the trajectory of AI so that it is as broadly beneficial as possible.Previously, Austin established and led the DC government affairs operation for NVIDIA, translating NVIDIA’s expertise in artificial intelligence and high performance computing for policymakers. Prior to joining NVIDIA, he held a number of public sector and NGO positions, serving as Legislative Director for Chairman Michael McCaul and Executive Director for the Technology Freedom Institute. Austin co-founded the Congressional Tech Staff Association, co-led the Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus and the Congressional High Tech Caucus, and is a founding fellow of the Internet Law and Policy Foundry.
Past Keynote Speakers
Sidney I. Dobrin
Sidney I. Dobrin, Chair of the University of Florida’s English department, has become one of the world’s most sought-after academic experts on Generative AI, having delivered more than 70 talks worldwide about Artificial Intelligence and Higher Education. He is the Founding Director of the Trace Innovation Initiative at UF and has been named a Digital Thought Leader by Adobe. He serves as a member of the Florida Institute for National Security, part of the University of Florida’s AI Initiative, and he serves as a member of the Florida AI Learning Consortium (FALCON) Steering Committee. He is the author and editor of numerous books and articles, including Talking about Generative AI: A Guide for Educators, AI and Writing, and the forthcoming collection AI and the Humanities. His current research project examines enduring questions motivated by AI. In addition to his work in Digital Humanities, he is prolific in writing about Environmental Humanities, specifically focused on Blue Ecocriticism and Blue Humanities.
Brandie Nonnecke
Brandie Nonnecke, PhD is Founding Director of the CITRIS Policy Lab, headquartered at UC Berkeley. She is an Associate Research Professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy (GSPP) where she directs the Tech Policy Initiative, a collaboration between CITRIS and GSPP to strengthen tech policy education, research, and impact. Brandie is the Director of Our Better Web, a program that supports empirical research, policy analysis, training, and engagement to address the rise of online harms. She is a co-director of the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology at Berkeley Law where she leads the Project on Artificial Intelligence, Platforms, and Society. She also co-directs the UC Berkeley AI Policy Hub, an interdisciplinary initiative training researchers to develop effective AI governance and policy frameworks.
Neil Sahota
Neil Sahota (萨冠军) is the CEO of ACSI Labs, United Nations (UN) AI Advisor, IBM Master Inventor, part-time Professor at UC Irvine, and author of best seller, Own the A.I. Revolution. With 20+ years of business experience, he works with organizations to create their core business strategy, enter new markets, and develop next generation products/solutions powered by emerging technology. His experience spans multiple industries including legal services, healthcare, life sciences, retail, travel and transportation, energy and utilities, automotive, telecommunications, media/communication, and government. Moreover, Neil is one of the few people selected for IBM's Corporate Service Corps leadership program that pairs leaders with NGOs to perform community-driven economic development projects. For his assignment, Neil lived and worked in Ningbo, China where he partnered with Chinese corporate CEOs to create a leadership development program.