What to Expect at the 7th Annual Insight Jam LIVE!: Human Development Focus & the Impact of AI December 15-18

Insight Jam LIVE!: Human Development Focus & the Impact of AI with Over 30 Sessions, December 15-18 on InsightJam.com.

The 7th Annual Insight Jam LIVE! marks a defining moment in the conversation about artificial intelligence — not as a technological story, but as a human one. Across four days of keynotes, panels, and collaborative dialogue, 100+ thought leaders will explore how AI is reshaping human development across every dimension of life: how we learn, work, how we lead, and how we live.

This year’s event also celebrates a milestone — the first event since the Insight Jam‘s YouTube channel surpassed a million subscribers, making it the world’s largest forum dedicated to the human impact of AI, with a combined 1.5 million LinkedIn reach among its participants.

Insight Jam LIVE!: A Virtual Forum on the Human Impact of AI

The 2025 theme — Human Development & the Impact of AI — brings together the leading experts, educators, executives, policy-makers, and innovators to examine how AI systems are redefining growth, purpose, and connection in the digital era.

Each day will uncover a different dimension of that transformation:

• Day 1 – Education: The Coming Wave in Learning explores how AI-driven personalization and peer networks are redefining how we gain knowledge and wisdom.

• Day 2 – Workforce: The Urgent Transition in Readiness focuses on upskilling, reskilling, and the rise of human-centered collaboration in AI-powered workplaces.

• Day 3 – Leadership: Empathetic Governance and Responsible Leadership investigates how values like transparency, trust, and humility are becoming executive imperatives.

• Day 4 – Society: The Emerging Human Economy envisions a future where connection and purpose are humanity’s greatest assets — not easily replicated by machines.

30+ Sessions & 100+ Thought Leaders

The agenda blends academic depth, enterprise strategy, and human-centered storytelling. Keynotes will deliver bold perspectives from executives, ethicists, educators, and creators shaping the intersection of technology and humanity.

Panels will offer live debates on the real-world implications of generative AI, governance frameworks, workforce displacement, and the redefinition of human intelligence in an automated age.

Each conversation is designed to push past the hype — toward how AI can elevate the human condition when guided by empathy, ethics, and experience.

Broadcast to a Million-Strong Community

This year’s show is the first since Insight Jam’s YouTube channel crossed 1 million subscribers; a showcase of how the network effect works. Every keynote, panel, and highlight will be streamed live and preserved for on-demand viewing — amplifying the reach of every speaker and extending the impact of every insight in an evergreen way.

Insight Jam LIVE!: Human Development Focus & the Impacts of AI: Day 1

Day 1 explores how artificial intelligence is redefining what it means to learn and teach in the 21st century. From adaptive learning systems to AI-driven assessment and personalized instruction, we’ll examine how educators, institutions, and lifelong learners can prepare for the coming wave of transformation in education.

9:30 AM Opening Keynote: Insight Jam and the Human Conversation featuring Solutions Review President Doug Atkinson

In this opening keynote, Insight Jam and the Human Conversation, Solutions Review President Doug Atkinson shares the story behind the Insight Jam movement—how a simple idea to crowdsource expert insight became a global platform shaping the dialogue on AI, human development, and the future of work.

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10:00 AM Expert Roundtable: Personalized Learning, Collective Wisdom: AI + Communities as the New Classroom with FutureProof AI Training and Strategy Expert Monica Higgins as moderator

AI can tailor instruction, but humans learn best through shared insight and lived experience. This session explores how AI-driven personalization and peer advisory communities create deeper, more durable learning outcomes.

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11:00 AM Keynote: The Care Architecture of AI featuring She Leads AI CEO & Founder Anne Murphy

In The Care Architecture of AI, Anne Murphy, CEO and Founder of She Leads AI, explores what it means to embed empathy, ethics, and emotional intelligence into the systems shaping our future. This keynote examines how care-centered design can transform AI from a tool of efficiency into an engine for human flourishing.

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12:00 PM Expert Roundtable: Rethinking Assessment: Measuring Human Intelligence When AI Answers Are Everywhere with LindyHoc Founder Lindy Hockenbary as moderator

When AI can generate instant, high-quality responses, the assessment must shift from output evaluation to measuring understanding, judgment, and reasoning. This conversation reimagines testing, credentials, and what it truly means to demonstrate mastery.

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1:00 PM Keynote: Building Bridges to Tomorrow: The 6 Ethics Pillars of AI Leadership featuring Data Thought Leader Dr. Joe Perez

In Building Bridges to Tomorrow, data thought leader Dr. Joe Perez outlines the six ethical pillars every AI leader must embrace to balance innovation with integrity. This keynote connects the moral foundations of leadership to the technical frontiers of AI, offering a framework for responsible progress in an age of rapid change.

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2:00 PM Expert Roundtable: Rethinking Assessment: Measuring Human Intelligence When AI Answers Are Everywhere with Creative Futures Collaborative Founder Jerry Almendarez as moderator

As AI reshapes both classrooms and careers, the boundaries between education and employment are disappearing. This session explores how learning ecosystems—from K-12 to corporate training—are evolving into continuous, adaptive environments where people learn, apply, and re-learn side by side with intelligent systems. Panelists will examine how peer networks, data literacy, and human-centered design prepare today’s learners for tomorrow’s AI-infused economy.

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3:00 PM Keynote: A Change Leadership Framework and a Chapter on AI & Innovation featuring School Superintendent Michael Lubelfeld

In this session, Superintendent Michael Lubelfeld draws from his real-world experience in education leadership to share A Change Leadership Framework and a Chapter on AI & Innovation. He unpacks how schools and districts can lead through disruption, harness innovation responsibly, and prepare students and educators for an AI-driven future.

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4:00 PM Expert Roundtable: Learning Through Insight: How Data Analytics Redefines Human Learning & Skill Development with McKnight Consulting Group President William McKnight as moderator

Analytics is becoming the engine of modern learning, revealing what people need, how they grow, and where skill gaps emerge. This panel examines how insight-driven education improves outcomes without turning humans into metrics.

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5:00 PM Keynote: Breadth, Brains, and Belonging: The Real Foundations of AI-Ready Teams featuring Linux Foundation Senior Vice President of Education Clyde Seepersad

In Breadth, Brains, and Belonging, Clyde Seepersad, Senior Vice President of Education at The Linux Foundation, explores what it truly takes to build AI-ready teams. He challenges conventional views of technical readiness, revealing how breadth of skill, depth of thought, and a culture of belonging form the foundation for sustainable innovation in the age of AI.

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Insight Jam LIVE!: Human Development Focus & the Impacts of AI: Day 2

As AI reshapes every industry, the most urgent question isn’t “What will machines do?” but “How will humans adapt?” This day focuses on human readiness for AI, upskilling, and reimagining purpose at work. Our experts unpack the cultural, leadership, and even emotional shifts required to help people thrive alongside automation — from cultivating durable skills to building trust and identity in hybrid human-machine teams.

9:30 AM Opening Keynote: Empowering Humanity in an AI-Driven World featuring CareerHacks.AI Founder Chris Allen and Human Intelligence Movement Co-President Dr. Michelle Ament

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10:00 AM Expert Roundtable: The Human Readiness Gap: What People Need Before AI Change Can Succeed with B2 Educational Consulting Founder Bart Banfield as moderator

Organizations often deploy AI faster than people can emotionally or culturally adapt. This session explores the psychological, social, and organizational foundations required to make AI transformation stick.

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11:00 AM Keynote: Are Traditional Grades Making it Harder for Education to Adapt to AI? featuring Berkeley College Professor Jason Gulya

In this provocative session, Berkeley College Professor Jason Gulya asks a critical question: Are Traditional Grades Making it Harder for Education to Adapt to AI? He examines how legacy assessment models may be limiting innovation and explores what a more adaptive, skills-focused system could look like in an AI-shaped learning future.

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12:00 PM Expert Roundtable: Durable Skills in the Age of Automation: What Humans Will Always Do Best with Datalere CEO & Chief Architect Carlos Bossy as moderator

AI amplifies intelligence, but humans remain unmatched in judgment, creativity, empathy, and adaptability. We’ll examine how these durable skills are cultivated—and why they matter more as automation accelerates.

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1:00 PM Keynote: Unlocking Human Potential in the Age of AI featuring Work Time Revolution CEO & Co-Founder Joe O’Connor

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2:00 PM Expert Roundtable: The Hybrid Workforce: Designing Human + AI Teams That Actually Work with Northpoint Integrity Solutions Founder & Principal Judith O’Callaghan as moderator

Human–AI collaboration requires new workflows, escalation paths, and norms that maximize each strength. This panel explores how to design teams where AI handles tasks and humans elevate the work.

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3:00 PM Keynote: The Stages of AI Grief featuring GLEW Founder & Chief AI Strategist Gregory Lewandowski

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4:00 PM Expert Roundtable: The Purpose Pivot: Careers, Identity and Meaning in a World Saturated by AI with National Payroll Institute AI Working Group Chair George Yang as moderator

As roles evolve and automation intensifies, workers are rethinking identity, value, and career direction. This session explores how individuals find meaning and reposition themselves in the AI re-shaped labor market.

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Insight Jam LIVE!: Human Development Focus & the Impacts of AI: Day 3

Ethical AI is everyone’s responsibility. This day brings together leaders exploring how empathy, compassion, and transparency can shape governance frameworks that go beyond public sector compliance. Expect dialogue on designing systems that protect human dignity and embed moral imagination into policy, leadership, and product design.

9:30 AM Opening Keynote: Domain Language Models and Model Proliferation featuring The World of Analytics Principal & CEO John K. Thompson

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10:00 AM Expert Roundtable: Beyond Compliance: Building Human-Centered AI Governance That Scales with LightsOnData Founder George Firican as moderator

Good governance is not about checking boxes—it’s about protecting people, reducing harm, and building trust. This session examines governance models rooted in human dignity, transparency, and long-term accountability.

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11:00 AM Keynote: Re-Imaging the Future: Humans at the Heart of Responsible AI featuring ByteSafe CTO Raghavan Chellappan

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12:00 PM Expert Roundtable: Compassion in Leadership: The Essential Soft Skill of AI Transformation with Center for Compassionate Leadership Evan Harrel as moderator

AI transformation amplifies uncertainty and fear, making empathy a strategic leadership capability. This conversation highlights how compassion fosters trust, reduces resistance, and strengthens ethical decision-making.

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1:00 PM Keynote: From Panic to Pivot: Human Impact of AI featuring National Grid Senior AI Learning Strategist Ben Tasker

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2:00 PM Expert Roundtable: Responsible AI; Aligning Culture and Policy for the Empathetic Enterprise with Western Governors University Product Leader (AI/ML & Data) as moderator

AI responsibility succeeds only when policy and culture reinforce each other. This panel explores how organizations embed responsible behavior across teams, incentives, communication, and decision-making.

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3:00 PM Keynote: From Panic to Pivot: Human Impact of AI featuring Independent AI Ethics & Responsible AI Consultant Rebecca Bultsma

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4:00 PM Expert Roundtable: Ethics By Design: Translating Human Values Into AI Product Decisions with Tranquilla AI Futurist Donald Farmer as moderator

Ethical AI begins at the design stage, where small choices shape real-world outcomes. We’ll explore practical methods for embedding fairness, dignity, and accessibility into every product decision.

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Insight Jam LIVE!: Human Development Focus & the Impacts of AI: Day 4

Beyond the enterprise lies the deeper story of AI’s impact on human society in various forms. This day examines how intelligent systems are influencing market dynamics, energy policies, business architectures, and even human health. From marketing to privacy and even quantum computing, we’ll explore the emerging battle between AI vs. the human economy — where purpose might become the currency that sustains meaning in the AI age.

9:30 AM Opening Keynote: World Models, Physics, and Humanity: Is Your Brain the Future of AI? featuring Arya Labs CEO & Co-Founder Dr. Seth Dobrin

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10:00 AM Expert Roundtable: AI & Economic Value: Where AI Challenges & Expands Human Expertise with Global Intelligent Automation and GenAI Leader Doug Shannon as moderator

AI is reshaping what society values, automating specialized tasks while creating new human-centered roles. This session examines the shifting boundary between machine capability and human expertise.

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11:00 AM Keynote: Key Enterprise Storage Topics for Machine Age Market Architecture featuring Infinidat CMO Eric Herzog

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12:00 PM Expert Roundtable: Machine Age Market Architecture: Rethinking Strategy, Energy & Security with Cloud Security Alliance Chief Analyst Rich Mogull as moderator

The rise of AI demands new thinking about energy consumption, infrastructure resiliency, and sustainable technology. This panel explores how markets and enterprises must evolve to support the machine age responsibly.

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1:00 PM Keynote: AI in Healthcare 2.0 featuring Fusion Fund Founder & Managing Partner Lu Zhang

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2:00 PM Expert Roundtable: Creativity & Commerce: Competing with AI in Media and Marketing with Zen Media Partner & Head of PR Sarah Evans as moderator

Generative AI is transforming creative industries, from advertising to entertainment. We’ll explore where automation accelerates creativity—and where human originality still defines competitive advantage.

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3:00 PM Keynote: AI in Healthcare 2.0 featuring New York University Professor Dr. Marina A. Badillo-Diaz

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4:00 PM Expert Roundtable: 36 Months Later: What We’ve Learned from GenAI & What Comes Next with Search Atlas CEO, Co-Founder & CTO Manick Bhan as moderator

Three years into the public AI revolution, the world has changed faster than anyone predicted. This reflective session looks back at the breakthroughs and breakdowns—and offers a candid view of what the next 36 months may hold.

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