Tentative schedule
Below is the tentative schedule overview. The detailed schedule will be available on the Whova app by mid-June.
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8:00 AM - 2:30 PM Registration/Check-in
Location: Calvin Fine Arts Building
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Keynote 1:Israel Soong
Location: CFAC Auditorium
Keynote Speaker: Izzy Soong
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Break
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Arts and Humanities Session 1
Location: CFAC Art Gallery
Imago Dei in the Age of AI: Christocentric Relational View
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Location: CFAC Art Gallery
Speaker: Jonathan Anthony Hernandez
Imago Dei, Formation, and the Creative Process in an Age of AI
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: CFAC Art Gallery Speaker: Evan Mazunik
Against the Perfect Image: Augustine, Imago Dei, and the False Eschatology of AI Creativity
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Location: CFAC Art Gallery
Speaker: Dohyung (Jacob) Cha
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Business Session 1
AI and human expression: A framework for personal financial planning
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Speaker: Nathan Weflen
Detecting systemic corruption before exposure: An AI-based counterfactual analysis of Petrobras's Operation Car Wash
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: Samuel Mamede
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Church Session 1A: AI, Love, and Idolatry
Session Moderator: Noel Snyder
Inoculating the Church Against AI Addictions: Preserving Spiritual Affections in an Age of Synthetic Transcendence
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Speaker: Clark Cully
Pilgrims, Not Lovers: Augustine's Ordo Amoris and the Limits of AI-Assisted Preaching
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Mark Barnes
When Does AI Attachment Become Idolatry?
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: Andrew Noble
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Church Session 1B: Pastoral Practice and Discernment
Session Moderator: Joyce Borger
Formation, Not Just Function: Pastoral Discernment in the Age of AI
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Speaker: Jim Stump
Pastoring Tech Workers in Silicon Valley
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Travis Jamieson
FaithBench: Helping Pastors Navigate AI Tools for Biblical Discipleship
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: Bhekani Khumalo
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Education Session 1A: Designing curriculum
Developing Expertise: Designing Formational First-Year Research Projects in the Age of Generative AI
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Speakers: Jenny Bruxvoort, Kate Wimer
Designing an Interdisciplinary AI Minor: Cultivating Wisdom, Responsibility, and Faith in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Martin R. Jones
Developing Discernment in the Use of AI for Relational Professions
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Speakers: Robert van Putten, Erik-Jan Smits, M.G. le Comte
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Education Session 1B: Policy and high-level approaches to AI
Values Aligned? Deliberating AI Use and Living Wisely in Christian Higher Education Leadership
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Speaker: Traver Carison
Panel: Building a Faithful Institutional AI Framework
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Speakers: Holland Prior, April Cordero, Holly Irwin
AI, Faith, and Wise Teaching and Learning
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: Deb Van Duinen
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Trust, Discernment, and Human Flourishing in Healthcare AI: Oral presentation 1
Flourishing in Healthcare: Integrating AI and Faith in Practice
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Speaker: Meagan Soltwisch
Restoring Agency: Leveraging AI-Driven Remote Monitoring to Foster Independence for Adults with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Jason Shaffer
Faith Leaders’ Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Ethical Interpretation and Community Guidance
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Speaker: Toluwani Adekunle
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM STEM Session 1: Theological Foundations
Man as a Machine: Artificial Intelligence and the Image of Man
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM
Speaker: Esa M. Rantanen
AI, Human Dignity, and the Uncanny Valley: Religious Trust in Generative Media
2:20 PM - 2:40 PM
Speaker: Brad Cooper
Christian Limitations on AI Counseling: The Importance of Embodied Empathy
2:40 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Anthony Rose
Bridging Gaps between AI, Humans and Reality
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM
Speaker: Shelley Zhang
Closing
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Break
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Arts and Humanities Session 2
Location: CFAC Art Gallery
When the Medium Remembers: Preserving the Witness of Ed Lantzer in an AI Age
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: CFAC Art Gallery Speaker: Deb Heinzelman
What Matters? How AI Changed My Fine Arts Class
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: CFAC Art Gallery Speaker: Phoenix Park-Kim
Forming Creative Christian Leaders in an Age of AI: Performing Arts Education as a Counterbalance and Catalyst
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Location: CFAC Art Gallery Speaker: Kathie Davis
Paying attention, giving authorization: Beatitudinal guidelines for agentic-AI marketing
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Speakers: Craig E Mattson, Jill R. Risner
Wise marketing in the age of AI: A panel discussion on faith, marketing, and artificial intelligence
4:45 PM - 5:30 PM
Speakers: Jill R. Risner, Jordan Buning, Jordan Grooters, Lindsey Lindemulder
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Church Session 2A: AI, Ministry, and Theological Frameworks
Session Moderator: Kai Ton Chau
Theological Frameworks for Faithful Ministry and Congregational Life in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Aida Yemaneberhan
Thou Shalt Not Kill: Abraham Kuyper and the AI Revolution
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Anders Liman
Groaning in the Machine: A Reformed-Pentecostal Retrieval of Spirit-Led Presence in Times of AI
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Fernando Tamara
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Church session 2B: AI Tools for Scripture, Sermons, and Discipleship
Session Moderator: Scott Hoezee
From Sermon to Scripture: How AI Can Support Bible-First Discipleship Within Denominational Communities
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Fengchun Qiao
Ethics of AI in Preaching: A Kenyan Perspective
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Ruth Mumo Omungo
SermonPress AI: Empowering Churches with Innovative AI Solutions
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Paul Griffioen
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Education session 2A: The problem of AI in teaching and learning
Is AI a Threat to Teaching and Learning? A Panel-Led Discussion
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speakers: Kevin Corcoran, David Koetje, Joe Shin
Too Fast to Become Wise? AI, Patience, and Holistic Formation in Christian Education
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Sam Ha
AI, the Humanities, and the Call to Create
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Amanda Salmon
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Education Session 2B: AI and spiritual formation 1
Evaluating Faithful AI Use in Higher Education: A Pilot of the Christian Compass for AI Model
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speakers: Carmin Smith, Stefan Scheepers
Psalms of Lament as a Formative Grammar of Prayer: University Students and the Search for Meaning in an AI-Shaped Academic Culture
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Roberto Ferreira
The Formation of Christian Students in the Digital Age: Martin Buber’s “I and Thou” Revisited
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Bram Kunz
Session Moderator: Toluwani Adekunle
Trustworthy AI in Healthcare: A Governance Blueprint for Operational Excellence
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Speakers: Leonard Willis, Krystall Mcloney
Epistemic Humility as an Alignment Objective in Counseling AI: An Augustinian Proposal
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Dohyung (Jacob) Cha
Discernment and Responsible AI in Healthcare Education: A Faith-Informed, Patient-Centered Framework
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Kathalene Harris
Organizational Governance, Safety, and Trust in Health Artificial Intelligence
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker: Toluwani Adekunle
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM STEM Session 2: Theological Foundations || Ethics: Conceptual
Against Algorithmic Gnosis: Why Origen Matters for the Limits of Explainable AI
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM
Speaker: Dohyung (Jacob) Cha
What Does It Take to Be Wise?: Moving Beyond Alarm and Governance in the Christian AI Conversation
4:20 PM - 4:40 PM
Speaker: Rachel Wondergem
Three Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence and Their Moral Imaginaries
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Fernando Pasquini Santos
Are you there math? It's me, Uncertainty and Anxiety — Probability in the 17th and 18th centuries
5:00 PM - 5:20 PM
Speaker: Nathan Sunukjian
Closing
5:20 PM - 5:30 PM
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Dinner Break
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM Keynote 2 : Friar Paolo Benanti
Location: CFAC Auditorium
Keynote Speaker: Friar Paolo Benanti
7:00 AM - 10:00 AM Registration/Check-in
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Arts and Humanities Session 3
Location: CFAC Art Gallery
But Can the Beetle Hold a Brush?: Reflections on Pragmatism and AI Creativity for an Artful Public
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Location: CFAC Art Gallery Speaker: Nolan Cowan
From Magician to Attender: Generative AI and the Death of the Romantic Author
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Location: CFAC Art Gallery Speaker: Joshua Risner
Human Is the New Vinyl: Certifying Human Creativity as Faithful Response to AI
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Location: CFAC Art Gallery Speaker: Micah Voraritskul
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Business Session 3
Aligned shalom and faithful minority: A Christian framework for AI-assisted negotiations
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
Speakers: Suraj Sharma, Peter Snyder, Bernardo Hargous
AI triggered Ethical HR Challenges: Integrating the Accountability Flourishing Model
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Speakers: Aby Alexandar, Mercia Selva Malar Justin
Session Moderator: Sam Ha
Between Digital Proximity and Embodied Relationships: Christian Youth and the Use of Artificial Companions in Light of Embodied Relationality
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Speaker: Daan Molenaar
With All Your Mind: Rejecting AI as Means of Discipleship in an Age of Cognitive Offloading
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Speaker: Micah Matthew
Digital Mediation as a Means of Grace: Designing Technology for Mutual Dependence in Churches
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Speaker: Jim Laing
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Church Session 3B: AI and Corporate Worship Practices
Session Moderator: Alexis VanZalen
The Proprioceptive Parish: Why Kinetic Liturgy Is the Answer Against the Gnostic Impulse of AI
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Speaker: Chang In Sohn
Copilot, Teach Us to Pray
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Speaker: Paul Ryan
Ministers Navigating Artificial Intelligence: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Ministry Priorities and the Intersection of Pastoral AI Literacy and Preaching Preparation
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Speaker: Jonathan Noble
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Education Session 3A: Pedagogy
Hopeful Pedagogies in Worlds Without Work
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Speaker: Christine Jeske
Artificial Intelligence and Digital Tools in Nigerian Higher Education: A Christian Ethical Perspective on Pedagogical Transformation
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Speaker: Grace Gbenle
Reconciling AI: Faculty and Student Perspectives on AI and the Impact on Human-Centered Christian Education
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Speaker: Jennifer Tanis
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Education Session 3B: Student Flourishing
Synthetic Omniscience: AI's Challenge to Formation in a World That Knows Everything but Understands Nothing
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Speaker: Joshua Jonas
Panel: Attentive Belonging: Wisdom Formation, Attention, and Shalom in the Age of AI
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Speakers: Cyrus Paul Olsen, Ian Marcus Corbin, Daniel McClain
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Use of AI and other Technology in Nursing Education and Practice: Panel Discussion 1
Session Moderator: Adejoke Ayoola, Jaci Lubbers, Esther Afolabi
Use of AI and other Technology in Nursing Education and Practice
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM STEM Session 3: Ethics: Conceptual || Ethics: Applied
Emissions, Impacts, and Embodiment: A Techno-Economic Sustainability Analysis of AI Data Centers
8:30 AM - 8:50 AM
Speakers: Jeremy G. Van Antwerp, Matthew K. Heun
Christian Philosophy and the Case of Responsible Military AI
8:50 AM - 9:10 AM
Speaker: Christine Boshuijzen-van Burken
The Ethics of AI-Assisted Code Migration in Regulated Financial Systems
9:10 AM - 9:30 AM
Speaker: Ronit Sharma
Designing Explainable AI Systems for Human Dignity in High-Stakes Domains
9:30 AM - 9:50 AM
Speakers: Kehinde Ayano, Fola Ayano
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Arts and Humanities Session 4
Location: CFAC Art Gallery
AI, Beauty, and the Human Experience of the Arts
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Location: CFAC Art Gallery Speakers: Mark Hijleh, David Davies
Why AI Will NEVER Supplant Human Creativity
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: CFAC Art Gallery Speaker: Steven Potaczek
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Business Session 4
Startup Garage: Faithful Friction — Honest Conversations About AI in Business
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Speakers: Julie Adkins, Jon VerLee, Mark Johnson, Josh Barker, Dan Hungerford
Integrating AI as a tool: A theological and practical framework
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Joseph Schools
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Church Session 4A: Discipleship and Spiritual Formation in the Age of AI
Session Moderator: Kristen Verhulst
The Blessed Pilgrimage: Creating and Cultivating Space for Spiritual Growth and Nurturing in the AI Age
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Speaker: Yvette, Ying Wai Lau
Pay Attention! Navigating AI Benefits and Risks in the Church
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Speaker: Harry Plantinga
Algorithms and Discipleship: Spiritual Formation in the Age of AI
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Steven Keil
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Church Session 4B: Mission, Ministry, and the Telos of AI
Session Moderator: Will Groenendyk
Leveraging AI for Sustainable and Expansive Digital Evangelism
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Speaker: Jaeyoung Chun
The Catechism of the Query: Prompt Engineering as Apophatic Practice in the Age of Algorithms
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Speaker: Nick Rosas
AI in Ministry and the Telos of Practice: Toward Purpose-Driven Technological Development
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Wha-Chul Son
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Education Session 4A: Scholarly Formation
The Renewal of Reason in the Algorithmic Age
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Speaker: Sung Soo Lim
What is AI making of us? And what can we do about it?
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Speaker: Joanne Jung
Virtue, AI, and the Library: Collaborative Instruction for Intellectual Values in AI Literacy
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Speakers: Amanda Matthysse, Sam Ha, Sara Vander Bie
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Education Session 4B: Writing
ELA teachers’ experiences teaching writing in the midst of rising AI ubiquity: Considering truth, reality, artificiality and vocation
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Speaker: Michelle Ratering
Saying What I Cannot Say: Creating Silence and Self-Trust in the Age of Generative AI
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Speaker: Paige Ray
The Rhombus of Responsibility: Teaching Students how to Read and Learn in Community
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Speakers: Katherine Wyma, Charity Reed
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Transforming Healthcare Through AI, Simulation, and Immersive Technologies: Panel Discussion 2
Session Moderator: Beth Byma, Tammy LaRue
Panel: Transforming Healthcare Through AI, Simulation, and Immersive Technologies
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Speakers: Cliff Cho, Michelle Pena, Caesar Gonzales, Jonathan Bergman, Barbara Medvec
Leveraging Generative AI for Dynamic Authoring and Behavioral Analytics in Healthcare Simulations
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Michelle Aebersold
The Use of AI in Healthcare Diagnostics
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Cliff Cho
Leveraging Technology to Improve Efficiency and Quality in Patient Care
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Speakers: Michelle Pena, Caesar Gonzales
AI Simulation as Build or Buy: Challenges and Strategies for Building a Sustainable Simulation AI Ecosystem
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker: Barbara Medvec
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM STEM Session 4: Formation & Learning
Leveraging AI to Extend Learning without Short-Circuiting Understanding in the Teaching of General Chemistry
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
Speaker: Herb Fynewever
A Roadmap for Integrating AI into Christian Engineering Education
10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
Speaker: Michael J. McGinnis
AI as a Companion for Spiritual Reflection: Reimagining Spiritual Direction in the Age of Language Models
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM
Speaker: Nia Austin
Honest Work Outside the Classroom
11:30 AM - 11:50 AM
Speaker: Olaf Hall-Holt
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch Break
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Arts and Humanities Session 5
Location: CFAC Art Gallery
Humanity in Its Own Image: Actor Training, Generative AI, and the Imago Dei
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Location: CFAC Art Gallery Speaker: John Scritchfield
Reflections on Disruptions in Video and Film Production brought on by Generative AI and the Consequences for Christian Media
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Location: CFAC Art Gallery Speaker: Clemens Cavallin
The Subversive Use of Recommendation Algorithms and the Construction of a Religions Identity in Brazil
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: CFAC Art Gallery Speaker: Thais Galvão
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Business Session 5
Faithful and responsible use of AI in accounting
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
Speakers: Marilyn Stansbury, Jun Yeb Kim, Jeremy Louters, Joe Ponstein
How should Individual Investors Use Generative Artificial Intelligence: From a Christian Perspective
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Dongye Song
Session Moderator: Maria Cornou
Finding God in the Machine or Forming Themselves? Young Kenyan Women's Spiritual Formation in the Age of AI
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Speaker: Damaris Parsitau
AI-Enabled Leadership Formation as a Response to Pastoral Burnout in the Global South
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Speakers: Daniel Njeru, Simon Kariuki
Wisdom in the Age of AI: African Faith Perspectives on Responsible AI, Human Flourishing, and Shalom
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Emmanuel Mukeshimana
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Education Session 5A: Spiritual Formation 2
From Fear to Agency: Forming Responsible Knowers in the Age of AI
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Speaker: Kathleen McKim
Understanding the impact of AI on students’ formative development and theological
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Speaker: Marilyn Naidoo
Cultivating wise practices
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Meagan Soltwisch
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Education Session 5B: Studying Students
Virtue Ethics, Christian Practices, and Formation
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Speaker: Pauline Lu
The Student Voice on AI: How Christian College Newspapers Report and Reflect on Technological Emergence and Digital Discernment
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Speakers: Katie Day Good, David Lafe
Belonging, Anxiety, and the Digital Neighbor: Cross-National Evidence on AI's Impact on Student Relational Wellbeing and Implications for Christian Learning Communities
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Speakers: Chunling Niu, Vipin George
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Healthcare Session 5: Oral presentation 2
Session Moderator: Elizabeth Oommen
AI-Enabled Therapeutic Communication Training to Support Pre-Licensure Nursing Students
1:30 PM - 1:52 PM
Speaker: John Knight
Leveraging AI-Generated Clinical Data
1:53 PM - 2:15 PM
Speaker: John Knight
Integrating Artificial Intelligence Into Nursing Simulation: Strategies, Lessons Learned, and Opportunities for Technology-Enabled Practice
2:15 PM - 2:37 PM
Speakers: Sherri Fannon, Christina Quick
Embedding structured EHR experiences within undergraduate nursing curricula
2:38 PM - 3:00 PM
Speakers: Beth Byma, Katie Kunnan
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM STEM Session 5: Christian Vocation
Some Wisdom for AI (virtual — no Q&A)
1:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Speaker: Andrew Basden
Building Value-Laden Technology With (and Using) AI
1:45 PM - 2:05 PM
Speaker: Ken Arnold
Abstraction, Agency, & Ambiguity
2:05 PM - 2:25 PM
Speaker: Sean Cannon
What is the Role of a Christian Working in AI for a Large Tech Company?
2:25 PM - 2:45 PM
Speaker: Albert Erisman
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Break
Location: CFAC Art Gallery
The Communal Loom: AI as Canvas for Participatory Worship Art
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: CFAC Art Gallery Speakers: Andy Bass, Louis Ford
Grief, Songwriting, and the Image of God in the Age of AI
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: CFAC Art Gallery Speaker: Elly Boersma Sarkany
Creativity as Vocation: Imago Dei and Artificial Intelligence in Christian Worship
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: CFAC Art Gallery Speaker: Herbert Tsang
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Business Session 6
From Prompt to Practice: Governed AI for Talent Management in the Christian Workplace
3:30 PM - 4:15 PM
Speakers: Darryl Meekins, Graham McKeague
Faithful and responsible use of AI in human resources
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM
Speakers: Rachel Hammond, Rachel David, Jamie Jang, Peter Osborn
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Education Session 6A: Wisdom
Beyond Intelligence: Recovering Wisdom in Christian Higher Education in the Age of AI
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Marie Joy Pring-Faraz
The Sophistry of ChatGPT
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Tae Sung
Forming Wise Teachers for the Age of AI: Preparing Preservice Educators for Faithful and Responsible Classroom Integration
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Shelly Engle
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Education Session 6B: Virtues
Human Progress and the Push for AI in Education: Critical Insights from a Christian Virtue Ethic
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Jonathan Lett
Hospitality in the Age of AI: Creating Belonging When Technology Threatens Connection
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Rebecca Wakeman
From Compliance to Stewardship: Why Educators Must Ground the Teaching AI Ethics in Spiritual Formation
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Clark Cully
Field Experience and Review of AI/ML in the Radiation Oncology Workflow
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Speaker: Joe Driewer
The Use of Ambient Voice Technology, Coupled With Natural Language Processing and Artificial Intelligence (DAX™), on Primary Care Provider Documentation Burden
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Jeffrey Fletcher
Leveraging AI-Generated Clinical Data
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Speaker: John Knight
The Rapid AI Assessment Framework: Guiding Healthcare from Financial Pressure to Human Flourishing
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Jonathan Bergman
Poster: Virtual Reality: Creation of an Operating Room Immersive Student Learning Experience
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Speakers: Sherri Fannon, Owen Mearns, Kelly Klerk
Poster: Predicting Inhibitor Development in Hemophilia: An Interpretable Machine Learning Approach
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Swarna Bharathi Kathi
Poster: Field Experience – AVBirth wearable birth simulator
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Beth Byma
Poster: AI and technology use to promote quality of care
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Speakers: Elizabeth Oommen, Brian Kreisman
Poster: It’s All About the Prompt: A Design Framework for GenAI-Enabled Healthcare
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: John Knight
Poster: Artificial Intelligence in Hemophilia: Methodological Quality, Validation Gaps, and Ethical Readiness for Clinical Translation
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Pravalika Manchu
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM STEM Session 6: Justice, Care & Community || Ethics: Conceptual
SermonPress AI: Empowering Churches with Innovative AI Solutions
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM
Speaker: Paul Griffioen
A Values-Aware Digital Social Companion for Social Care: Design Science Research within the Salvation Army
3:50 PM - 4:10 PM
Speakers: E. de Heer, J. Flikweert, Erik-Jan Smits, M.G. le Comte
AI as a Bridge: Supporting Human Dignity in Justice-Impacted Communities
4:10 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Sandra Mosley
Programmer Responsibility for Artificial Agents: Maintaining a Meaningful Connection across Distance
4:30 PM - 4:50 PM
Speaker: Nick Breems Book Presentation 4:50 PM - 5:00 PM
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Church Session 6: Global Perspectives on AI and Ministry - B
Session Moderator: Satrina Reid
Faithful Ministry in an AI-Driven Age: Preaching, Discipleship, and Spiritual Formation from the Perspective of a Christian Educator and Evangelist
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Tariq Iqbal
An Evaluation of Artificial Intelligence in Nigerian Pentecostal Worship
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker: Grace Gneble
Artificial Intelligence and Pastoral Wisdom: Preserving Discernment, Compassion, and Human Presence in the Church
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Dinner Break
Location: CFAC Auditorium
Keynote Speaker: Andy Crouch
7:00 AM - 10:00 AM Registration/Check-in
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Panel 1
Location: CFAC Auditorium
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Keynote 4: Rosalind W. Picard
Location: CFAC Auditorium
Keynote Speaker: Rosalind Picard
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Break
Location: Calvin Fine Arts Building
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Panel 2
Location: CFAC Auditorium
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Keynote 5: Ryan Struyk
Location: CFAC Auditorium
Keynote Speaker: Ryan Struyk
12:30 PM - 12:45 PM Closing Remarks
Location: CFAC Auditorium
*Each track session will have 6 tracks to choose from: Arts & Humanities, Business, Church, Education, Health Care, STEM.
Abstracts: We are not posting abstracts of sessions to reduce administrative burden and encourage in-person engagement. Full titles and speakers will be available on the agenda found on the Whova app.
Recording: Select sessions may be recorded. Concurrent sessions are typically not recorded. Please do not record presenters without explicit permission.
Check-in and session locations
- Conference Check-in
- On Thursday, October 8 (8 a.m.– 1 p.m.), check-in will take place at the Covenant Fine Arts Center, since the conference begins with a keynote at 12:30 p.m..
- For the remainder of the conference, check-in will be located in the lobby of the Prince Conference Center.
- Most concurrent sessions will take place at the Prince Conference Center, with additional sessions held at the Covenant Fine Arts Center, the School of Business, and the Meeter Center Lecture Hall.
- All keynote sessions will be held in the auditorium of the Covenant Fine Arts Center.