What to Expect at Mini Jam LIVE, Q3 2025: The Soft Side of AI September 18-19

What to expect at Mini Jam Live, Q3 2025: The Soft Side of AI, featuring 12 exclusive sessions, on September 18 at InsightJam.com.

Centered on the theme ‘The Soft Side of AI’, this quarterly Insight Jam virtual event explores the human-centered dimensions of artificial intelligence, focusing on how education, empathy, and readiness can shape the future of human-AI collaboration. From classrooms to boardrooms, this program examines the essential role of people in guiding technology with wisdom, care, and responsibility.

This two-day virtual event convenes top minds across 5 exclusive keynotes and 7 Expert Roundtable panels to dissect how AI is transforming education, embedding empathy into design and governance, preparing people for an AI-augmented future, and ensuring humans remain central to oversight, intervention, and co-creation.

Attendees will learn how AI can reimagine the classroom, why empathetic AI matters in governance, what it takes to build true human readiness, and how to maintain human oversight in an era of automation.

Join us to uncover the tools, practices, and mindsets needed to keep AI grounded in human values, foster trust, and prepare individuals and organizations for the profound changes ahead.

All-in, Mini Jam Q3, 2025 provides an unparalleled opportunity to gain insights, engage with experts, and stay at the forefront of the conversation on human-centered AI. Be sure to register for free at Insight Jam to watch all the sessions live or on demand.

Mini Jam Live, Q3 2025: The Soft Side of AI Schedule of Sessions – Day 1 (September 18)

9:00 AM Opening Keynote: Thought Leadership in the AI Era – Authority as the New Currency featuring TechImpact.tv Thought Leader Evan Kirstel

In the AI era, thought leadership has become the new currency of influence. Join TechImpact.tv Thought Leader Evan Kirstel for the keynote session Thought Leadership in the AI Era – Authority as the New Currency to explore how to build visibility, credibility, and lasting impact as AI reshapes the rules of authority.

Watch on Insight Jam, LinkedIn Live, or YouTube.

10:00 AM Expert Roundtable: AI in the Classroom: Reimagining Education for the Human-AI Era with University of the People President Shai Reshef as Panel Moderator

This panel of educators, researchers, and edtech pioneers explores the risks and rewards of integrating AI in schools, universities, and professional learning environments. How can we ensure that AI empowers teachers instead of replacing them? What skills will students need to thrive in an AI-infused world? This session reframes education not just as a delivery model, but as a pillar of human readiness.

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11:00 AM Keynote: Thriving in Ambiguity: Human Readiness for the AI Future featuring Skiilify Co-Founder & President Paula Caligiuri, PhD

Thriving in ambiguity is essential as AI transforms how we live and work. Join Skillify Co-Founder & President Paula Caligiuri, PhD, for the keynote session Thriving in Ambiguity: Human Readiness for the AI Future to learn how adaptability, resilience, and human-centered skills will define success in the age of intelligent machines.

Watch on Insight Jam, LinkedIn Live, or YouTube.

12:00 PM Expert Roundtable: Empathetic AI: Embedding Human Values in Governance and Design with Tranquilla AI Futurist Donald Farmer as Panel Moderator

This panel investigates how ethical frameworks and empathy-driven approaches can guide the development and deployment of AI systems. From bias mitigation and inclusive datasets to the role of explainability in algorithmic decisions, experts share strategies for embedding emotional intelligence and social context into AI governance, with transparency as the foundation. Can large language models reflect human dignity? Should they? And what does “empathetic AI” really look like in practice?

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1:00 PM Keynote: The Value of Compassionate Leadership in the Age of AI featuring Center for Compassionate Leadership Founder Laura Berland and Chief Operating Officer Evan Harrel

Compassionate leadership is more vital than ever as AI reshapes the workplace and human connection becomes the differentiator. Join Center for Compassionate Leadership Founder Laura Berland and Chief Operating Officer Evan Harrel for the keynote session The Value of Compassionate Leadership in the Age of AI to explore how empathy-driven leadership fosters trust, resilience, and lasting impact in the AI era.

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2:00 PM Expert Roundtable: Human Readiness: Preparing People for an AI-Augmented Future with Gitforce Head of AI Strategy Sania Khan as Panel Moderator

This session focuses on the human skills, cultural shifts, and strategic foresight needed to navigate AI disruption across industries. What does it mean to be “AI literate”? How can we reskill at scale without leaving vulnerable populations behind? From workforce transitions to lifelong learning strategies, panelists explore how to build psychological safety, career resilience, and ethical clarity in a world of accelerating change.

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3:00 PM Keynote: Human Strengths in the AI Era featuring Ferraro Consulting Digital Analyst John Santaferraro

Human strengths are the true competitive edge as AI takes on more tasks across industries. Join Ferraro Consulting Digital Analyst John Santaferraro for the keynote session Human Strengths in the AI Era to discover how uniquely human skills like creativity, judgment, and empathy will shape success in the age of intelligent technology.

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4:00 PM Expert Roundtable: Keeping Humans in the Loop: Oversight, Intervention & Co-Creation with ByteSafe CTO Raghavan Chellappan as Panel Moderator

This panel digs into the mechanics and mindset of keeping humans meaningfully in the loop—from decision auditing and override mechanisms to collaborative workflows between humans and machines. How do we ensure that human oversight is more than a checkbox? What industries require tight feedback loops, and where can humans and machines truly co-create? This session explores HITL not just as a technical safeguard, but as a statement of values.

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5:00 PM Closing Keynote: Empowering the New Architects of AI Adoption: Elevate the Power User & Accelerate Transformation featuring G2 VP of Research Insights Tim Sanders

New research from G2 shows that AI power users—employees who actively test, refine, and apply AI tools—are becoming central to enterprise adoption strategies. They influence software purchasing decisions, accelerate organizational readiness, and serve as trusted internal advocates for new solutions. In this session, Tim Sanders will present findings from the 2025 Buyer Behavior Report and explain why identifying and supporting AI power users is critical for companies that want to move faster and compete effectively in an AI-driven market.

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Mini Jam Live, Q3 2025: The Soft Side of AI Schedule of Sessions – Day 2 (September 19)

10:00 AM Super Session Panel: Generating AI-Ready Data: What Every Data Engineer Must Know with SanjMo Principal Sanjeev Mohan as Panel Moderator

To be AI-ready, data must be accurate, contextualized, governed, and instantly accessible across silos. In this Insight Jam panel, leading experts will unpack what AI-ready data truly means in practice, share lessons learned from organizations already on this journey, and explore how data engineers can evolve into knowledge engineers who build for speed, context, and trust. Attendees will gain actionable insights on unifying structured and unstructured sources, creating reusable data products, and preparing their organizations for both today’s AI use cases and the ones yet to come.

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12:00 PM Super Session Panel: AI Infrastructure Strategy: Build, Buy & Orchestrate for Intelligence at Scale with StorMagic Chief Product Officer Bruce Kornfeld as Panel Moderator

This roundtable brings together industry leaders to examine the strategic frameworks that drive AI infrastructure investments, exploring the true cost dynamics beyond obvious compute expenses to uncover hidden costs from ungoverned AI proliferation across business units. Their discussion will focus on balancing build-versus-buy decisions, examining governance frameworks that enable coordinated infrastructure choices while avoiding technological silos, and identifying critical decision points that signal when fundamental strategy shifts are needed.

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2:00 PM Super Session Panel: Weaponizing Intelligence: Using AI to Fight AI in Cybersecurity with Richmond Advisory Group Principal Analyst Christina Richmond as Panel Moderator

Panelists will share frontline insights into how AI is being operationalized today to combat AI-driven threats, where human oversight still matters, and what the next 12–18 months look like as adversarial and defensive AI strategies continue to escalate. Attendees will walk away with a clear understanding of how to future-proof their cybersecurity investments, the risks of relying solely on AI, and the collaborative role industry must play to maintain trust and resilience in a hyper-automated threat landscape.

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