InnovateHER: Art & Ai Event

Enjoy Camp Tech Founder & CEO Avery Swartz’s interactive session on drawing your own line between the AI use that feels right and the AI use that doesn't, followed by a fireside chat between WEtech Alliance CEO Yvonne Pilon & Avery Swartz.

Treat yourself to two unique complimentary experiences: a custom hand drawn portrait by artist April Hawkes and a mini personalized colour analysis by The Colour Loft (activations are first come, first served). Plus, connect with a community of growth minded women and women-identifying entrepreneurs over small bites and refreshments by Thyme To Go and Whisking Babe.

Additionally, InnovateHER: Art & AI Event will be captured by female photographer, Padma Aravind.

This event is powered by Workforce WindsorEssex, in partnership with Communitech, FedDev Ontario & the Government of Ontario.

• Keynote by Avery Swartz:

Every week brings another post promising AI will transform your business, and another warning it's wrecking everything. Underneath the noise, deciding how AI actually fits into your business is hard. Where does it genuinely make your work better? Where does it start to feel like too much? Where you land will look different from the founder sitting next to you.

This interactive session gives you space to wrestle with the hard questions and draw your own line between acceptable and unacceptable AI use. Avery Swartz has spent the past two years teaching AI to entrepreneurs across the country, including a national program built specifically for women founders. She's bringing that experience to Windsor, along with a simple five-part framework to help you decide where AI belongs in your business and where it doesn't.

No hype, no noise. Just a fun, useful afternoon and a clearer sense of where you stand.

• Fireside Chat with Yvonne Pilon & Avery Swartz:

Enjoy a fireside chat with Yvonne Pilon and Avery Swartz where you'll have a chance to ask your questions around using AI in your business during an audience Q&A.

• Activations by Women Entrepreneurs:

Treat yourself to two unique complimentary experiences: a custom hand drawn portrait by artist April Hawkes and a mini personalized colour analysis by The Colour Loft (activations are first come, first served).

• Hors D'oeuvres & Refreshments by Women-Owned Businesses:

A selection of complimentary hors d'oeuvres and mocktails by Thyme To Go will be served, as well as desserts by Whisking Babe.

• Networking:

Network with fellow growth-minded women and women-identifying entrepreneurs and learn how you can lean into and leverage AI while setting boundaries in your business.

This event is a must for women and women-identifying entrepreneurs, investors, community leaders, and innovation enthusiasts. Learn how to set boundaries around the use of AI in your business through an engaging keynote and fireside chat, followed by a networking hour and complimentary drinks and hors d'oeuvres.

We want this event to be accessible to everyone who wishes to attend. If the ticket cost is a barrier, please email [email protected].

Avery Swartz is an acclaimed tech educator and best-selling author. She is the founder and CEO of Camp Tech, where she and her colleagues have taught technology and AI skills to more than 55,000 Canadians. Avery’s also co-lead of AI Skills Lab Canada, a national program bridging the AI gender adoption gap for women and non-binary entrepreneurs.

She’s the resident tech expert on CTV Your Morning, is regularly heard on CBC Radio across Canada, and hosted the AI Meets World podcast from Microsoft and The Globe and Mail Content Studio.

Info: Keynote — Using Your BrAIn: Deciding Where AI Fits in Your Business

Event venue & nearby stays

Art Windsor-Essex, 401 Riverside Drive West, Windsor, Canada

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