AI Insights Summit 2026: A Free 3-Day Virtual AI Event with 45+ Experts
Hosted by RenegAIDE Collective
Thursday, September 17, 2026
9:45 AM–4:30 PM ET
About
Another week, another wave of AI headlines, and most business owners, educators, nonprofit leaders, and working professionals still cannot say what any of it means for their Monday morning. The tools keep multiplying, the hype keeps rising, and the honest question stays unanswered: where does AI actually fit in my work, and what should I do about it?
The AI Insights Summit answers that question in three days. It is a free, 100% virtual event running September 17 to 19, 2026, bringing together 45+ experts from business, education, healthcare, law, human resources, and technology to show how AI is being used today, where the opportunities are emerging, what leaders need to understand, and what may be coming next.
RenegAIDE Collective invites the Boston AI Week community to join us. Founder Dr. Beth Griffith holds the AI Certified Authority credential from AI InnoVision, the summit's presenter, and vouches for the format: less hype, more insight.
What makes this summit different:
• 18-minute power sessions. Each expert gets roughly 18 minutes to deliver their strongest ideas, frameworks, case studies, or live demonstrations.
• Zero speaker pitches. This is a learning-first event; speakers are not selling programs or services from the stage.
• Expert gifts. Many speakers share resources after their session so you can keep learning and implementing.
Hosted by Alicia Lyttle, AI strategist, TEDx speaker, bestselling author, and one of JPMorgan Chase's 100 Women to KNOW in America, with Dr. Tesha D Colston as Master of Ceremonies.
A taste of the lineup:
• Business Grants + AI: Find the Money to Hire and Train Your Team (Karriem Kanston)
• AI Ready Workforce: Building the Human Foundations That Will Support AI Implementation (Kerri Bonner)
• Your AI Executive Team: How I Built a 9-Member AI-Powered Team to Help Me Run Multiple Businesses Without a Full Staff (De'Chelle Beckham)
• Guardrails Before Guidance: Responsible AI Use in Nursing Without Losing Clinical Judgment (Charnell Gulley)
• From Prompt to Partner: Using AI to Think Through Real Classroom Challenges (Allyson Gideon)
• Beyond the Chatbot: What an AI Agent Can Do for Your Legal Practice (Daphne R. Robinson, JD MPH)
What you walk away with:
• Practical, actionable AI strategies across five tracks: Operate (implementation, productivity, automation, and Digital Helpers, also called AI agents), Grow (marketing, customer experience, and revenue opportunities), Teach & Care (education, workforce development, and healthcare), Govern (AI governance, compliance, and responsible AI), and Create (generative AI and creative applications).
• A clear picture of where AI fits in your business, classroom, practice, or organization.
• Resources from the speakers so you can put the insights to work right away.
Who should attend: business owners and entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, professionals, educators and trainers, healthcare professionals, consultants and coaches, creators and marketers, AI beginners, and AI professionals. No coding or technical background required.
Schedule: Thursday, September 17 through Saturday, September 19, 2026. Sessions run from approximately 9:45 AM to 4:30 PM ET each day. Attend live from anywhere and choose the sessions most relevant to you. Recordings are available through an optional VIP upgrade.
Registration is free. Reserve your seat: https://aiinsightssummit.com/?fpr=anec_ventures
Speakers
- Summit Host: Alicia Lyttle (AI strategist, TEDx speaker, bestselling author; JPMorgan Chase 100 Women to KNOW in America)
- Master of Ceremonies: Dr. Tesha D Colston
- 45+ expert speakers, each in an 18-minute power session:
- Alicia Anderson (Technology); De'Chelle Beckham (Small Business); Kerri Bonner (Human Resources); Alicia Bowens (Small Business); Carlos Boyd (Technology); Kiara Cansler (Small Business); Dr. LaKrishia Cook, DNP (Healthcare); Cheryl Dezelle (Technology); Sherron Ellis (Small Business); Allyson Gideon (Education); Trace Godoy (Small Business); Charnell Gulley (Healthcare); LJ Hannah (Business); Sonya Hightower-Routt (Education); Patricia Hylton (Human Resources); Katie Ireland (Technology); Pharah Jean-Philippe (Business); Yvette L. Jones (Small Business); Louis Joseph (Business); Mariquita Joy (Healthcare); Karriem Kanston (Small Business); Marta Knittel (Technology); Daphne R. Robinson, JD MPH (Legal); John P. Turner, MSW (Small Business); Labrisha A. Mason (Business); Sierra McCray (Technology); Chriselide Mendez (Legal); Tokunbo Okanla (Business); Alicia Partee (Business); Dr. Elizabeth Conerly Smith, PhD (Small Business); Shonia Ranczie (Technology); Tiffany Richburg (Technology); Vondell Richmond (Business); Alana Rollock (Business); Jonathan Schafer (Small Business); Marla Shinault-Davis (Technology); LaDonna Slade (Small Business); Marcita Spencer (Education); Cheryll Stewart (Small Business); Antoinette Triplett (Small Business); Tiffane Warren (Education); Zoe Williams (Technology); Kimberly Williams (Technology); Michael D. Wynn (Small Business); Lashonya N. Young (Small Business); Wallena Randall (Small Business)
- Full session titles and the day-by-day schedule: https://aiinsightssummit.com/?fpr=anec_ventures
Host
RenegAIDE Collective