8:45 - 8:50 a.m.

Summit Special: 

Live interview from Digital M(AI)n Street

9:05 - 9:10 a.m.

Welcome and Introduction

9:10 - 9:20 a.m.

Read. Write. Think. Then We’ll Talk About AI.

Why the Fundamentals Still Win

9:20 - 10:00 a.m.

Getting the AI Transformation Right: A Team Sport for Business, Government, and Education

10:00 - 10:15 a.m.

Transformation Talk: What’s Actually Changing in Skills Demand?

10:15 - 10:45  a.m.

Writing the Roadmap for the AI-Fueled Future of Work

11:00 - 11:10 a.m.

Business Ingenuity and Workforce Resilience: A New Era of American Competitiveness

Learn more about Julia's book, How Change Really Works

11:10 - 11:25 a.m.

Transformation Talk: Resilient Human Behaviors in the Face of Disruption

Learn more about the new NYT best-selling book, 

How Change Really Works

11:25 - 11:45 a.m.

2026 SXSW Key Insights: A Use Case in AI-Powered Human Augmentation

2026 Insights Report ​​​​​​​

Workshop #1

Multiply Your Talent: TeamLift Training

(Lee Anderson Room) 

Courses can't teach AI fast enough. The tools change every week, so the main way to keep up is to learn on the job, ideally with an expert who builds alongside you. That is how AI Champions are created. Boz Vitanova, will walk attendees through a real Champion story, then give attendees a method to create their own AI Champions.

Workshop #2

From Labor Market Signal to Workforce Action: What the Data Is Telling Us

(Great Hall)

Most workforce decisions today are still being made without the data needed to make them well, which occupations are actually growing, where the talent bottlenecks sit, who is supplying the people, what those programs are really teaching, and whether any of it is landing with the workers who need it. Drawing on QS's analysis of 700M+ job postings, 340M professionals' careers, and labor market models built for governments from the UK to Kazakhstan, this session walks through the decision loop every workforce leader now has to run.

1:25 - 2:05 p.m.

Opportunity Mapping: New Entry-Level Requirements and the Reshaping of Skills Training

2:05 - 2:40 p.m.

Hireability: Skills and Credentials in the New AI-Powered Workforce

2:55 - 3:10 p.m.

AI, Jobs, and the Skills Gap: A Tool for Business Owners and Communities

This session will debut a powerful new U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation tool that helps business owners and community partners understand how AI adoption, job growth, and the skills gap are reshaping local labor markets — and how working together can build a more resilient workforce.

3:10 p.m. - 3:35 p.m.

Miami-Dade College’s EPIC Skills Training for the Future Workforce

3:35 - 4:05 p.m.

Unlocking Talent: AI Empowerment Across Workforce Communities

4:05 - 4:20 p.m.

AI Augmentation in Small Businesses

4:20 - 4:45 p.m.

Built to Adapt — Preparing People to Thrive in an AI Economy

4:45 - 5:05 p.m.

Today, Forward: Seizing Transformative Opportunity

5:05 - 5:15 p.m.

Reflections by Senator Ben Sasse

5:15 p.m.

Concluding Remarks