AI-Powered Women Cincinnati City Chapter Launch
What to Expect
This is a space to talk about the shift we are all living through with honesty and heart:
The hope it holds and the questions it raises
What it means for our work and wellbeing
The responsibility we share in shaping it
Women and allies belong at the center of this conversation. All knowledge levels are welcome.
The evening unfolds in three parts:
The vision: The evening opens with the vision for AI-Powered Women, anchored at MIT, and how this Cincinnati chapter will bring it to life in our city.
A question for the room: When you hear the word AI, what comes to mind, and why?
Hands-on: A quick demo you can run right on your phone, or simply follow along, to help us understand how these tools work.
Shaping our chapter together: Attendee input on chapter vision.
Our focus is human-centered. Early members will build this chapter together, taking a people-first approach to create a space where women and all
Agenda:
6:00 Welcome and what AI-Powered Women is
6:20 Guided discussion: When you hear "AI," what one word comes to mind, and why?
6:55 Hands-on AI demo (watch or participate)
7:10 Shaping our chapter together: attendee input on chapter vision and what this community focuses on.
7:25 Close and informal networking
About AI-Powered Women
AI-Powered Women is a global leadership and workforce readiness platform anchored at MIT, focused on helping women build practical AI fluency alongside the human-centered leadership capacities required in a rapidly changing world.
We believe the challenge of AI is no longer just technological — it is human. The future will be shaped not only by the tools we build, but by the quality of leadership, judgment, ethics, and community surrounding them.
Through conferences, city chapters, leadership programming, and applied learning experiences, AI-Powered Women brings together women across disciplines to build capability, confidence, and responsible leadership in the AI era.
Learn more at AI-Powered Women, and connect with our Founder, Dr. Felicia Newhouse on LinkedIn
Explore ways to get involved:
Join our monthly Academy programming & certifications
Attend the AI-Powered Women Conference at MIT
Apply to become a global ambassador & connect with our growing international community
About Our Hosts
Kat Kemner is the Cincinnati Chapter Lead for AI-Powered Women. A UC graduate and cheerleading national champion, she spent 6 years at P&G across Brand and HR Tech, creating AI tools that scaled companywide and increasing team belonging. She has worked with numerous Fortune 500 teams, and serves as the AI Agent Practice Lead at Simplicity Consulting, developing human-centered AI tools and trainings for Microsoft.
Connect with Kat: LinkedIn.com/in/katkemner
About Sponsor
The 1819 Innovation Hub is the University of Cincinnati’s front door for industry, inventors, innovators, and entrepreneurs. Located in Cincinnati’s Innovation District, 1819 brings together community partners to move ideas from concept to impact. It is a fitting home for the Cincinnati chapter launch because the space is built around collaboration and shaping what comes next.
Explore the space: 1819 Innovation Hub
Logistics
Room 220