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Boston AI Week 2026
Conference

AI Education Summit 2026: 44 Speakers. 3 Free Days. Zero Pitches.

Hosted by AI InnoVision & RenegAIDE Collective

Thursday, October 22, 2026

10:00 AM–4:00 PM ET

About

Your students are already using AI. Your AI policy is still a draft, if it exists at all. And on Monday morning, you are the one standing in front of the room. Lesson planning eats your Sundays. A new AI tool pitch hits your inbox every week. Every headline says your job is changing, and none of them tell you how. Ban it or teach it? Trust it or verify it? Too many educators are figuring it out alone, after hours, unpaid. It is not just teachers. Nurses, homeschooling parents, campus leaders, and career changers over 50 are all being asked to learn AI on the fly. Not this October. The AI Education Summit gives you three free, live days with 44 speakers who show exactly how they use AI right now in classrooms, campuses, clinics, and careers. Each session runs about 18 minutes. No fluff. No sales pitches. Just the strategy, the framework, or the demo, then the next expert takes the mic. THE DETAILS • Thursday, October 22 to Saturday, October 24, 2026 • 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM ET daily (doors open 9:30 AM) • Live online. Join from your classroom, campus, or kitchen table. • FREE. No coding or tech background required. • Reserve your free seat: https://aiandeducationsummit.com/?fpr=anec_ventures WHAT YOU WALK AWAY WITH • Your weekends back: a month of instruction in minutes, and one lesson turned into a full resource suite • Your voice intact: AI that sounds like you, without losing trust or connection • Frameworks for Monday: C.H.A.R.A.C.T.E.R., TEACH, and TEACH & PAUSE for ethical, intentional AI • A leader's checklist for what to verify before you approve your next AI solution • Real paths forward: next chapters after 50, the education-to-wealth pipeline, and no-code app building • Expert gifts: many speakers share free resources after their sessions WHY YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO MISS IT The real divide is no longer between people who use AI and people who do not. It is between educators who shape how AI enters the room and educators handed a policy someone else wrote. Three days. Forty-four sessions. Zero cost. Skipping it is the only expensive option. On Saturday, a 13-year-old special guest shows how she uses AI as a tutor that teaches instead of handing her the answer. If she can, so can you. MEET YOUR CO-HOSTS Alicia Lyttle, the Queen of AI and Summit Host AI strategist, TEDx speaker, bestselling author, and founder of the International Association of Artificial Intelligence Consultants. Named one of JPMorgan Chase's 100 Women to KNOW in America, she is a regular AI voice on ABC News Live and Fox 5 and has keynoted on six continents. Beth Griffith, Boston AI Week Co-Host Boston-born and raised, with community work rooted in Roxbury. Founder of RenegAIDE Collective (AI advising and architecture) and President of NEPAI, Northeast Professionals in Artificial Intelligence. Beth has trained and mentored more than 1,400 people and holds AI InnoVision's AI Certified Authority (Thought Leadership) credential, with Honors. MASTER OF CEREMONIES Stacey Hines: AI Transformation Strategist, Founder and CEO of Epic Transformation, creator of the Caribbean AI Summit™, the first Jamaican IT Fellow appointed by Britain's Chartered Institute for IT, and Caribbean Women in Trade's 2026 Woman of the Year. THE FULL LINEUP: 44 SPEAKERS DAY 1 · THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22 • Denise Smith · What If Opportunity Called You? How AI Can Help People See and Choose What Comes Next • Dr. María E. Meléndez-Tirado · From Teacher to AI-Powered Educator: Build Your First AI Helper • Melanie Waters · From AI Curious to AI Capable • Arthenia Richard · Make AI Sound Like You: How Educators Can Save Time Without Losing Their Voice, Trust, or Human Connection • Tomica King Jackson · From Childcare Problems to Smarter Solutions: How AI Can Lighten the Load • Miriam Yenga · The AI-Assisted Homeschool: Plan Smarter, Personalize Learning, and Stay Human • Kachi Amajor · The Education-to-Wealth Pipeline • Karen Mamone · Give Teachers Back to Their Students: From One Idea to an Entire Learning Experience • Mesha Bazemore · From One Lesson to a Resource Suite: Using AI to Create Classroom-Ready Workbooks, Posters, and Learning Materials • Dr. Willa M. Smiley · AI & Seniors: Understanding How Artificial Intelligence Is Shaping Healthcare • Kiara Cansler · What If AI Could Help You See a Future You Can't See Yet? • Lee Ann Prather · Don't Ban It. Teach It. • Jacqueline D. Starkes · Refresh, Reset, Go: Turn Your Experience into Purpose, Possibility, and a Practical Next Chapter After 50 • Dr. Troy N. Thomas · Why Ethical AI Matters: Introducing the C.H.A.R.A.C.T.E.R. Framework • Dr. Sancian Crawford · Health Reclaimed: From Preserving Knowledge to Building Population-Centered Intelligence DAY 2 · FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23 • Abraham Kevin Spann · We Make AI Easy: 3 Steps to Launch & Dominate Your AI-Driven Business • Tyesha E. Bell · Your Experience Is the Value: Turning Professional Expertise into AI-Powered Learning • Khatrina Griffith Higgs · AI Literacy Is More Than Technology. It's Access. • Dr. Inga Parker · The School Day Supported: Practical AI for Teaching and Leading (One School, Two Perspectives) • Angelia Malbrew · Find Your AI Lane™: Education Edition • Heather S. M. John, MBA · The Human Curriculum for the AI Era: Five Intelligences Every Learner Needs Beyond AI Literacy • Pamela Berry · The 30-Day Teacher: Build a Month of Instruction in Minutes • Chiyedza Nyahuye · Griot-to-GPT: How I Taught 100+ Elders to Direct AI, and the Framework Behind It • Theresa Padovano · Using AI to Personalize Learning and Get Unstuck • Andrea Watson-James · Before the Algorithm: The Human Curriculum Most AI Education Programs Are Missing • Mick Sandoval, Ed.D. · The 15-Minute Leadership Reset: How Campus Leaders Can Use AI to Regain Control When Everything Becomes Urgent • Takhia Gaither · TEACH & PAUSE: A Filter for Using AI Without Compromising What You Teach • Martine Brown · 3 Ways Canva + AI Will Change the Way We Design and Work • Dr. Evelyn Nettles Hines · The AI-Ready School: Empowering Teachers, Administrators, and Students • LaTonia Burris · From Benefits Expert to App Builder: No Code, No Problem • Kevin Smith · From ABCs to Apps: Imagine It. Build It. Let Them Explore. DAY 3 · SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24 • Edilsa G. LeGrier · Building the Trust Layer • Charnell Gulley · Beyond the Nursing License: How Artificial Intelligence Can Help Nurses Prepare for Clinical Practice • Cheana Leon · Don't Start Over. Transition Forward. • Dr. Joi Howard · From Knowing to Doing: AI Simulation for Stronger Teacher-Student Relationships and In-the-Moment Decisions • Dawn Love · AI for Transformation: Bridging the Gap Between Education and Opportunity • Dr. Sarah David · The AI-Ready Leader: Leading Higher Education into the Future of Work • Terrichele Bradley · What Would You Stop Doing? Using the TEACH Framework to Redefine Education Work With AI • Kelly Spain · From Syllabus to Command Center: AI Dashboards for Educators • Tosin Pickett · From Prompting to Process Transformation: A Strategic Roadmap for AI-Ready Operations • Nina Stevenson · Smart Nursing Operations: The Future of Nursing Education, Autonomous Licensure, and Lifelong Career Advancement • Tamara Miller-Villanueva · From Lab Result to Better Question: Using AI to Support Kidney Patient Education • Ava Allen (Special Guest) · Don't Give Me the Answer, Teach Me! How a 13-Year-Old Uses AI as Her Personal Tutor • Christina Cooper · Before You Approve Your Next AI Solution: What Every Educational Leader Must Verify Seats are free. Your time is not, so every session runs about 18 minutes. Register now and show up for the ones that change your Monday. Reserve your free seat: https://aiandeducationsummit.com/?fpr=anec_ventures Presented by AI InnoVision. People First. AI Second. Impact Always.

Speakers

  • Denise Smith: What If Opportunity Called You? How AI Can Help People See and Choose What Comes Next
  • Dr. María E. Meléndez-Tirado: From Teacher to AI-Powered Educator: Build Your First AI Helper
  • Melanie Waters: From AI Curious to AI Capable
  • Arthenia Richard: Make AI Sound Like You: How Educators Can Save Time Without Losing Their Voice, Trust, or Human Connection
  • Tomica King Jackson: From Childcare Problems to Smarter Solutions: How AI Can Lighten the Load
  • Miriam Yenga: The AI-Assisted Homeschool: Plan Smarter, Personalize Learning, and Stay Human
  • Kachi Amajor: The Education-to-Wealth Pipeline
  • Karen Mamone: Give Teachers Back to Their Students: From One Idea to an Entire Learning Experience
  • Mesha Bazemore: From One Lesson to a Resource Suite: Using AI to Create Classroom-Ready Workbooks, Posters, and Learning Materials
  • Dr. Willa M. Smiley: AI & Seniors: Understanding How AI Is Shaping Healthcare
  • Kiara Cansler: What If AI Could Help You See a Future You Can't See Yet?
  • Lee Ann Prather: Don't Ban It. Teach It.
  • Jacqueline D. Starkes: Refresh, Reset, Go: Turn Your Experience into Purpose, Possibility, and a Practical Next Chapter After 50
  • Dr. Troy N. Thomas: Why Ethical AI Matters: Introducing the C.H.A.R.A.C.T.E.R. Framework
  • Dr. Sancian Crawford: Health Reclaimed: From Preserving Knowledge to Building Population-Centered Intelligence
  • Abraham Kevin Spann: We Make AI Easy: 3 Steps to Launch & Dominate Your AI-Driven Business
  • Tyesha E. Bell: Your Experience Is the Value: Turning Professional Expertise into AI-Powered Learning
  • Khatrina Griffith Higgs: AI Literacy Is More Than Technology. It's Access.
  • Dr. Inga Parker: The School Day Supported: Practical AI for Teaching and Leading (One School, Two Perspectives)
  • Angelia Malbrew: Find Your AI Lane™: Education Edition
  • Heather S. M. John, MBA: The Human Curriculum for the AI Era: Five Intelligences Every Learner Needs Beyond AI Literacy
  • Pamela Berry: The 30-Day Teacher: Build a Month of Instruction in Minutes
  • Chiyedza Nyahuye: Griot-to-GPT: How I Taught 100+ Elders to Direct AI, and the Framework Behind It
  • Theresa Padovano: Using AI to Personalize Learning and Get Unstuck
  • Andrea Watson-James: Before the Algorithm: The Human Curriculum Most AI Education Programs Are Missing
  • Mick Sandoval, Ed.D.: The 15-Minute Leadership Reset: How Campus Leaders Can Use AI to Regain Control When Everything Becomes Urgent
  • Takhia Gaither: TEACH & PAUSE: A Filter for Using AI Without Compromising What You Teach
  • Martine Brown: 3 Ways Canva + AI Will Change the Way We Design and Work
  • Dr. Evelyn Nettles Hines: The AI-Ready School: Empowering Teachers, Administrators, and Students
  • LaTonia Burris: From Benefits Expert to App Builder: No Code, No Problem
  • Kevin Smith: From ABCs to Apps: Imagine It. Build It. Let Them Explore.
  • Edilsa G. LeGrier: Building the Trust Layer
  • Charnell Gulley: Beyond the Nursing License: How AI Can Help Nurses Prepare for Clinical Practice
  • Cheana Leon: Don't Start Over. Transition Forward.
  • Dr. Joi Howard: From Knowing to Doing: AI Simulation for Stronger Teacher-Student Relationships and In-the-Moment Decisions
  • Dawn Love: AI for Transformation: Bridging the Gap Between Education and Opportunity
  • Dr. Sarah David: The AI-Ready Leader: Leading Higher Education into the Future of Work
  • Terrichele Bradley: What Would You Stop Doing? Using the TEACH Framework to Redefine Education Work With AI
  • Kelly Spain: From Syllabus to Command Center: AI Dashboards for Educators
  • Tosin Pickett: From Prompting to Process Transformation: A Strategic Roadmap for AI-Ready Operations
  • Nina Stevenson: Smart Nursing Operations: The Future of Nursing Education, Autonomous Licensure, and Lifelong Career Advancement
  • Tamara Miller-Villanueva: From Lab Result to Better Question: Using AI to Support Kidney Patient Education
  • Ava Allen: Don't Give Me the Answer, Teach Me! How a 13-Year-Old Uses AI as Her Personal Tutor
  • Christina Cooper: Before You Approve Your Next AI Solution: What Every Educational Leader Must Verify

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AI InnoVision & RenegAIDE Collective

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