Agenda · YOU × AI Summit · Saturday, September 12, 2026 · Waco, TX

The Full Day

Agenda

Saturday, September 12, 2026 · PACC, Waco, TX · 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM. Main stage keynotes open and close the day. In between, three rooms run at once and you pick your own. Bring a laptop.

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7:50 AM – 8:00 AM Doors open · Breakfast & coffee
8:00 AM – 8:15 AM Opening welcome & housekeeping — Fernando Labastida & Mike Hamilton
8:20 AM 9:00 AM
Main Stage Before the Algorithm, There Was Your Story. That Hasn’t Changed Bryan Eisenberg
9:05 AM 9:45 AM
Main Stage Mine Your Business - Find Money in Your Daily Work With AI Jermaine Malcolm
Workshop Track 1 TBD - TENTATIVE Michael Wellborn
Workshop Track 2 The Human Story in an AI World Kennisha Thornton
9:50 AM 10:30 AM
Main Stage Your Data, Your AI, and Your Future... Tim Hayden
Workshop Track 1 AI, Crime & Community: What You Need to Know Joseph Scaramucci
Workshop Track 2 Unpromptable: Using Your Story to Stand Out and Connect Sara Lohse
10:35 AM – 10:55 AM Transition & Networking Break
11:00 AM 11:40 AM
Main Stage The Signals That Shape What AI Says About You Tommy Landry
Workshop Track 1 Dangerously Skip Permissions: A hands-on workshop to leverage AI for maximum output Katie Selman-Green & April Leman
Workshop Track 2 From the Pen to the Prompt: Making AI Work for You Dr. Mito Diaz-Espinoza
11:45 AM 12:25 PM
Main Stage Build Your AI Marketing Operating System Russ Henneberry
Workshop Track 1 AI Across Industries: Transforming Work, Skills & Innovation Renee Blackshear
Workshop Track 2 None of this works! Oh...Wait... Mike Hamilton
12:25 PM – 12:30 PM Transition to Lunch
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Networking Lunch
1:30 PM – 1:35 PM Afternoon Reset/Seating
1:40 PM 2:20 PM
Main Stage Title TBD - BU Law Dr. Elizabeth Fraley
Workshop Track 1 Beating Admission Inflation: How We Built an AI Mentor for Every Student Dariia Isyk & SJ Juraboeva
Workshop Track 2 Build an AI Assistant Chrissy McDannell
2:25 PM 3:05 PM
Main Stage Build Your Brand with AI Andrew Lane
Workshop Track 1 From Pizza Prompt to Practical AI Jackye Clayton
Workshop Track 2 Building Out Loud Sam Harper
3:10 PM – 3:15 PM Break
3:20 PM 4:00 PM
Main Stage Session to be announced Dean Andrew Tiger w & Tracey Casey-Arnold (UMHB - PENDING) Ai & Lifelong Learning
Workshop Track 1 Uncovering Your Unique Genius: The Key to AI Visibility Fernando Labastida
Workshop Track 2 Build an AI-First Company D. Scott Smith w & Mark
4:05 PM 4:35 PM
Main Stage Human Opportunity and a Period of Exponential Change Dr. Hope Koch
4:40 PM – 5:00 PM Speaker wrap & media interviews
5:00 PM – 5:30 PM Final networking & exit

22 of 23 sessions have confirmed titles. The rest are speakers whose talks are still being named — they are on the schedule, and the title lands here as soon as they name it. Times may shift slightly on the day.

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