No. 66-AI 2030 Lift Summit- Virtual
AI 2030 LIFT Summit
Lifting Learning, Work, and Communities in the Age of AI
The AI 2030 LIFT Summit brings together leaders from education, workforce development, industry, government, and community organizations to explore how AI can lift learning, work, and communities.
The summit will focus on practical strategies to expand AI literacy, prepare people for the future of work, and ensure that communities can participate meaningfully in the AI economy. Through cross-sector dialogue, the AI 2030 LIFT Summit will highlight how responsible AI can create new pathways for skills, opportunity, and inclusive growth.
Program Agenda
9:00 AM – 9:10 AM
Opening Remarks
Setting the Vision: AI as a Force for Learning, Work, and Shared Prosperity
The summit will open with remarks on the mission of AI 2030 LIFT Summit and the urgent need to ensure that AI benefits students, workers, employers, and communities. The opening will frame the day around three core questions: How do we prepare people for an AI-powered future? How do we build responsible and inclusive workforce pathways? How do we ensure that AI expands opportunity rather than deepens inequality?
9:10 AM – 10:00 AM
Panel 1: The AI-Ready University: Rethinking Higher Education for the Future
AI is transforming how knowledge is created, taught, assessed, and applied. Universities are now being called to rethink their role in preparing students for a rapidly changing economy while also advancing research, ethics, and responsible innovation.
This panel will explore how higher education institutions can adapt to the AI era through curriculum innovation, faculty development, student support, responsible AI governance, and stronger partnerships with employers and communities.
Discussion themes:
How AI is changing teaching, learning, and assessment
Preparing students with both technical and human-centered AI skills
The role of universities in responsible AI research and governance
Faculty readiness and institutional transformation
Partnerships between universities, employers, and communities
10:00 AM – 10:50 AM
Panel 2: The Future of Work Through the Lens of Responsible Business
As AI transforms jobs, skills, and organizational models, employers have a critical role to play in shaping a responsible and inclusive future of work. This session will examine how businesses can align workforce transformation with responsible business principles, including human rights, labor standards, inclusion, sustainability, and shared value.
The panel will focus on how employers can prepare workers for the AI economy through upskilling, reskilling, new credential models, responsible AI training, and skills-based talent strategies. It will also explore how companies can ensure that AI adoption strengthens workers, supports business growth, and advances broader social impact.
Discussion themes:
What AI skills employers need now and in the future
How job roles, qualifications, and credentials are changing
Responsible AI adoption through the lens of labor, rights, and inclusion
Upskilling and reskilling strategies for different career stages
The role of employers in building inclusive AI workforce pathways
10:50 AM – 11:40 AM
Panel 3: Inclusive AI: Skills, Access, and Opportunity for All
AI has the potential to expand access to learning, work, entrepreneurship, and economic mobility. However, without intentional action, AI may also deepen existing gaps in education, income, geography, race, gender, and digital access.
This panel will focus on how communities, nonprofits, schools, government agencies, employers, and technology leaders can work together to expand AI literacy and create pathways for broader participation in the AI economy. The conversation will highlight practical models for community-centered AI education, inclusive workforce development, and shared prosperity.
Discussion themes:
What AI literacy means for different communities
Closing access gaps in AI tools, training, and career pathways
Supporting underserved learners, workers, and small businesses
Community-based models for inclusive AI adoption
Ensuring AI creates shared prosperity, not just productivity gains
11:40 AM – 12:00 PM
Audience Q&A and Closing Remarks
From Dialogue to Action: Building an Inclusive AI Future
The summit will close with audience questions and a final reflection on the key insights from the morning. Speakers and participants will be invited to identify practical next steps for advancing AI literacy, workforce readiness, responsible business leadership, and community participation in the AI economy.
The closing remarks will reinforce the core message of the AI 2030 LIFT Summit: AI should not only transform industries. It should lift people, strengthen communities, and create more inclusive pathways to opportunity.
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