AI in Action: Business Innovation and Workforce Transformation

AI summit on SC’s energy, healthcare, and finance sectors, featuring industry panels and university partnerships for education & R&D action.

AI in Action convenes industry leaders, university partners, and faculty to discuss how artificial intelligence is transforming business, workforce needs, and organizational strategy across South Carolina. The summit will feature a keynote address, panels in energy resilience, healthcare operations, and risk and legal liability, as well as conversations about industry-university partnerships. This event is co-sponsored by the Office of the VP of Research and the Darla Moore School of Business.

Keynote speaker: Ashley AuBuchon-Arcand, Strategy & Transformation Executive, IBM

Risk and Liability

How AI is transforming energy operations, infrastructure, and decision-making across a rapidly evolving sector.

Moderators

Robert Hartwig — Director of the Risk and Uncertainty Management Center, Darla Moore School of Business

Bryant Walker Smith — Joseph F. Rice School of Law and the Molinaroli College of Engineering and Computing

Panelists

Nelson Pinochet — Principal, watson.x governance, IBM

Jack Pringle — Partner and Information Privacy Professional, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough

Kyle Thompson — Senior Vice President of Risk Management, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

Healthcare Operations

How AI is reshaping healthcare operations, delivery, decision-making, and organizational performance.

Moderators

Leo Bonilha — Senior Associate Dean for Research, School of Medicine Columbia

Luv Sharma — Darla Moore School of Business

Panelists

Jacqueline R. Fox — Joseph F. Rice School of Law

Jonathan Gleason -- Executive Vice President & Chief Clinical Officer, Prisma Health

Andrew Nye — CEO, Qatalyst Health

Energy Resilience

How AI is transforming energy operations, infrastructure, and decision-making across a rapidly evolving sector.

Moderators

Kealy Carter — Director of the Center for Sustainable Growth, Darla Moore School of Business

Adel Nasiri — Molinaroli College of Engineering and Computing

Panelists

Craig B. Aull — Director of Operations Support, Dominion EnergyByung-Hun Son — General Manager, New Energy Business Department, Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO)

Neil Vandermeulen — President, T&D Infrastructure Division, Hubbell Inc.

If you or your organization is interested in sponsoring the 2026 DMSB AI Summit, please contact Kendrick Reed, Senior Director of Development, at kendrick.reed@moore.sc.edu