Beyond the Chatbot: Agentic AI for Working Professionals

​ChatGPT answers questions. Agentic AI does work — it plans multi-step tasks, makes decisions along the way, uses tools, and executes without you hovering over every prompt. That's a fundamentally different capability, and it's moving fast. But most professionals are still stuck in "ask it a question, read the answer" mode, which means they're using 2023 tools to think about 2026 problems.

​Presented by dae, with sponsorship by the Stamford Partnership, this 90-minute working session bridges that gap. You'll get a clear picture of what separates a chatbot conversation from an agentic workflow—systems that can research, draft, analyze, and act across multiple steps with minimal handholding. You'll see where these tools deliver real value today versus where they still fall apart in ways that matter. And you'll walk out with a practical framework for looking at your own daily work and identifying the tasks that are genuinely ready to hand off — not to a chat window, but to an AI that operates more like a capable junior colleague.

​No technical background needed. This isn't a coding workshop--it's built for people who make decisions, manage workflows, and want to understand what's actually changed before the next wave of tools lands on their desk.