AI Week 2026

Monday, April 13

8:30 AM

Event Start

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

PAIRR: Integrating Peer Review and AI Feedback to Support Justice in Writing/Writing Intensive Classrooms

DEPTH: 200 Practitioner DEPTH: 300 Advanced DEPTH: 400 Expert LOCATION: Online/Hybrid Option TRACK: AI + Teaching + Learning TRACK: AI Ethics TRACK: AI Research

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

AI-Assisted Assessment: Perspectives from Business and Engineering

DEPTH: 300 Advanced DEPTH: 400 Expert TRACK: AI + Teaching + Learning TRACK: AI Research

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

AI for Multi-Hazard Risk and Decision Support to Civil Infrastructure

DEPTH: 300 Advanced LOCATION: Online/Hybrid Option TRACK: AI + Data TRACK: AI Research

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

[WORKDAY] Beyond the Basics: Unleashing the Power of AI Across OSU’s Workday Ecosystem

DEPTH: 100 Foundations LOCATION: Online/Hybrid Option TRACK: Admin VENDOR: Workday Sponsored

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

[WORKDAY] Intelligent Contracting: A Deep Dive Into Workday CLM and Contract Intelligence

DEPTH: 100 Foundations LOCATION: Online/Hybrid Option TRACK: Admin VENDOR: Workday Sponsored

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

What Do You Know About AI? | A Dialogue Session on the Human Side of AI in Higher Education

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

[MICROSOFT] The AI Inflection Point with Microsoft

DEPTH: 100 Foundations TRACK: AI + Teaching + Learning TRACK: AI Research VENDOR: Microsoft Sponsored

Research at the Interface of AI and the Biological and Biomedical Sciences: College of Science Research Showcase I

LOCATION: Online/Hybrid Option

Tuesday, April 14

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Addressing Generative AI Literacy Gaps in Writing/Writing Intensive Contexts

DEPTH: 100 Foundations DEPTH: 200 Practitioner DEPTH: 300 Advanced LOCATION: Online/Hybrid Option TRACK: AI + Teaching + Learning TRACK: AI Ethics TRACK: AI Foundations TRACK: AI Research

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

[MICROSOFT] Microsoft Employee Copilot PromptAThon – For Staff

DEPTH: 100 Foundations DEPTH: 200 Practitioner TRACK: AI + Teaching + Learning VENDOR: Microsoft Sponsored

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

AI Integration in university teaching: Real‑world lessons from OSU faculty

DEPTH: 200 Practitioner TRACK: AI + Teaching + Learning

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

One Platform, Many Models: A Secure AI Platform for Exploring Today’s and Tomorrow’s Models at OSU

DEPTH: 100 Foundations DEPTH: 200 Practitioner DEPTH: 300 Advanced DEPTH: 400 Expert LOCATION: Online/Hybrid Option TRACK: Admin TRACK: AI + Teaching + Learning TRACK: AI Research

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

AI Across the Health Continuum: Discovery, Prevention, and Care

DEPTH: 300 Advanced TRACK: AI + Teaching + Learning TRACK: AI Research

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Perceptions of AI: Voices of Online Students and Online Instructors at OSU

DEPTH: 100 Foundations LOCATION: Online/Hybrid Option TRACK: AI + Teaching + Learning TRACK: AI Ethics TRACK: AI Research

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Beyond the Buzzword: Discussion on AI Literacy for the Current Job Market

DEPTH: 100 Foundations LOCATION: Online/Hybrid Option

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

[MICROSOFT] Microsoft Employee Copilot PromptAThon – For Instructional Employees

DEPTH: 100 Foundations DEPTH: 200 Practitioner TRACK: AI + Teaching + Learning VENDOR: Microsoft Sponsored

3:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Civic Tech + AI Incubation Lab + Kick Off

Civic Tech + AI Incubation Lab + Kick Off (External Registration Required)

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

[MICROSOFT] Microsoft Student Copilot Hackathon – For Students

DEPTH: 100 Foundations DEPTH: 200 Practitioner VENDOR: Microsoft Sponsored

Wednesday, April 15

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

AI Refusal: Critically (Not) Using AI in Research and Teaching

DEPTH: 200 Practitioner TRACK: AI + Teaching + Learning TRACK: AI Ethics TRACK: AI Research VENDOR: Google Sponsored

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

[MICROSOFT] Maximizing Efficiency with M365 Copilot

DEPTH: 100 Foundations DEPTH: 200 Practitioner TRACK: Admin VENDOR: Microsoft Sponsored

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

From Resiliency to Remediation: Practical Approaches for Using AI in Online Course Design

DEPTH: 200 Practitioner LOCATION: Online/Hybrid Option TRACK: AI + Teaching + Learning

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Research at the Interface of AI and the Physical and Computational Sciences: College of Science AI Research Showcase II

Saying Yes to AI: Faculty Experiments in Integrating AI in Writing Assignments

DEPTH: 200 Practitioner LOCATION: Online/Hybrid Option TRACK: AI + Teaching + Learning

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

[MICROSOFT] Microsoft Copilot PromptAThon – For All

DEPTH: 100 Foundations DEPTH: 200 Practitioner TRACK: Admin TRACK: Agentic AI TRACK: AI + Data TRACK: AI + Teaching + Learning TRACK: AI Coding TRACK: AI Ethics TRACK: AI Foundations TRACK: AI Research VENDOR: Microsoft Sponsored

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Stories of AI at OSU: Spotlight on Innovation in Teaching and Learning

DEPTH: 100 Foundations DEPTH: 200 Practitioner TRACK: AI + Teaching + Learning TRACK: AI Ethics

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

An Exploration of Claude Code; Retooling a legacy web application with Anthropic’s agentic coding tool

DEPTH: 200 Practitioner LOCATION: Online/Hybrid Option TRACK: AI Research

What Should We Teach Students about AI-Supported Studying?

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

OSU’s AI Action Plan for Online Education

DEPTH: 100 Foundations LOCATION: Online/Hybrid Option TRACK: AI + Teaching + Learning

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

AI Portland x Prosper Portland Happy Hour | OSU AI Week

Thursday, April 16

9:00 AM - 10:20 AM

[GOOGLE] Science Acceleration with Google

DEPTH: 200 Practitioner LOCATION: Online/Hybrid Option TRACK: AI Research

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

AI for Everyday Work: What You Need to Know to Get Started

LOCATION: OSU Cascades

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

[HURON] Our Agentic Future

DEPTH: 100 Foundations LOCATION: Online/Hybrid Option TRACK: Admin

Assignments and Reflection Prompts to Increase Critical Awareness of Gen-AI Tool Usage Among Students, Based on a Recent Study in Electrical Engineering

DEPTH: 200 Practitioner TRACK: AI + Teaching + Learning TRACK: AI Research

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

AI as a Translational Tool for Reflective Curriculum Development and Responsive Teaching

DEPTH: 100 Foundations DEPTH: 200 Practitioner TRACK: AI + Data TRACK: AI + Teaching + Learning

Using AI in SharePoint & Microsoft 365: Tips for Smarter Workflows

LOCATION: OSU Cascades

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

[DELOITTE] Future of Work in Higher Education Administration: Transforming University People, Process, and Technology

DEPTH: 200 Practitioner TRACK: Admin VENDOR: Deloitte Sponsored

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

[DELOITTE] University Administration in the Age of Agentic AI: From “Art of Possible” to Adoption

DEPTH: 200 Practitioner TRACK: Admin VENDOR: Deloitte Sponsored

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

AI Essentials: Practical Tips You Can Use Today

LOCATION: OSU Cascades

Next-Level AI: Expanding Your Skills and Techniques You Can Apply Now

LOCATION: OSU Cascades

Protecting Critical Thinking in an Era of AI

DEPTH: 100 Foundations DEPTH: 200 Practitioner DEPTH: 300 Advanced DEPTH: 400 Expert LOCATION: Online/Hybrid Option TRACK: AI + Teaching + Learning

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

AI in Action: Hands-On Practice with Your Own Work

LOCATION: OSU Cascades

Friday, April 17

9:00 AM - 9:50 AM

AI for Everyday Work: What You Need to Know to Get Started

LOCATION: OSU Cascades

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Creating SMART Goals using AI Training

LOCATION: OSU Cascades

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Oregon AI Research Workshop: Poster Session by Graduate Students and Lunch

TRACK: AI Research

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

AI Essentials: Practical Tips You Can Use Today

LOCATION: OSU Cascades

Next-Level AI: Expanding Your Skills and Techniques You Can Apply Now

LOCATION: OSU Cascades

2:00 PM - 3:50 PM

Oregon AI Research Workshop: The Future of Software: A Panel Discussion

LOCATION: Online/Hybrid Option TRACK: AI Research

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

AI in Action: Hands-On Practice with Your Own Work

LOCATION: OSU Cascades

5:00 PM

Event End

AI Week 2026

WELCOME

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