Name: Saturday Morning AI: Idea Labs
Start: 2026-07-18T10:00:00.000-07:00
End: 2026-07-18T13:00:00.000-07:00
Location: Palm Desert Entrepreneurial Resource Center (ERC)

AI Labs, Idea Factory & Startup Studios. Workshops, bootcamps & meetups across the Coachella Valley. Fiscally sponsored by Desert Community Foundation. Anchored at CSUSB ERC, Palm Desert.

AICV - AI Coachella Valley

No Refunds. But attend ALL 4 sessions and we'll create a CustomGPT for you — a $500 value! (Offer expires Dec 31, 2025)

 opened the conversation. AICV is continuing the work.

If PS/NExT left you inspired and wondering what AI actually means for your business, creative work, nonprofit, classroom, or next idea, this is the hands-on room.

Saturday Morning AI: Idea Labs is a monthly AICV workshop series where entrepreneurs, students, small business owners, creators, and curious builders bring real ideas and explore what they could become with AI.

July Theme: AI Avatars for Business, Storytelling & Local Visibility — with 

In this hands-on lab, we’ll explore how AI avatars can be used for business communication, storytelling, training, marketing, education, and local visibility using the HeyGen platform.

Bring an idea, project, business, or message you want to bring to life. We’ll slow it down, open the laptop, and work through what’s possible — responsibly, creatively, and in plain English.

The keynote is over. Now the work begins.

The live ideas are the lesson, and the whole room is part of working them through.

We know you’re trading a Saturday morning, so we’ll make it worth your while with a tasty lunch.

This event is part of Saturday Morning AI: Idea Labs, a monthly series from AI Coachella Valley (AICV) and the CSUSB Entrepreneurial Resource Center — six workshops from July through December, plus two pop-up sessions.

Season passes are available. The General Admission Pass and Premium Pass are the only tickets that include both pop-up events.

This is a public, collaborative learning session. Please don't share confidential or sensitive information; the goal is education and direction, not private consulting.