Austin AI Ecosystem Initiative Planning Meeting

This is the second meeting for Austin AI professionals, companies, and organizations to discuss the formation of an Austin AI Ecosystem Initiative, including the opportunities, scope, possible goals, and more. The first meeting presented the reasons for coming together, potential benefits, and potential goals and benefits. The rationale for potentially creating this Austin AI Ecosystem Initiative is characterized in that event description as well as the ensuing conversation. The first event concluded with a consensus to move forward and to schedule two more meetings: a second meeting in July to draft the mission and scope, priorities and goals, governance and participation models, and working groups and communications, and a third meeting in September to make decisions on these topics. The Austin Forum on Technology & Society, a longstanding technology non-profit (501c3), hosted the first meeting and will host these additional meetings, giving the organization a chance to form with its own leadership and execution models.

Please join us to share your thoughts on how communication, coordination, and collaboration among Austin’s many AI stakeholders—companies who develop and/or use AI, universities, government agencies, professionals, researchers, etc.—can accelerate our city’s position as a leader in AI innovation and impact. At this event, we expect to form the working groups that will define and create the ongoing initiative. Please also share this event link with anyone that has a potential interest in a coordinated Austin AI initiative.

Capital Factory, Voltron room

701 Brazos St, Austin, TX 78701

You can find parking information here

Jay Boisseau, Executive Director, Austin Forum on Technology & Society

Jay is the executive director and founder of The Austin Forum on Technology & Society, which he started in 2006 and is now the leading monthly technology outreach and engagement event in Austin--and starting to attract national and even international attendees online. The Austin Forum is one of the pillars of the Austin tech scene, providing connections to information, ideas, collaborations, and community overall. Through Vizias, Jay also founded the Austin Smart City Alliance (July 2015, formerly Austin CityUP Consortium) and currently serves as the Executive Director, with a vision of creating an integrated smart city fabric throughout Austin—leveraging mobile devices and IoT data collectors, as well as supercomputers and AI for predictive analytics and scenario simulation—in the years ahead to address city issues, empower city planning, and improve city life in general.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Capital Factory, Voltron room, 701 Brazos Street, Austin, United States