Tuesday, October 3
| 9:30am | ARRIVAL / CHECK-IN |
| 10:00–10:30am | WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION Tanner Peake and Erick Todd |
| 10:30am | SESSION 1: STEPPING INTO THE WISDOM GAP: GENERATIVE AI, THE GOSPEL, AND THE IMAGO DEI Dr. K (Joni and Friends) We will examine the significant questions facing the global church today in the advent of Generative AI and its potential to transform society, culture, and work in profound ways. We will also discuss how to step into the wisdom gap created by this new technology to use it for God’s kingdom and glory. |
| 12:00pm | LUNCH |
| 1:00pm | SESSION 2: GENERATIVE AI: AMAZON BEDROCK AND ETHICS IN LLM'S Jack FitzGerald (Amazon AWS) Looking at the underlying technology and ethical challenges of some of the tools available for use in AI and LLM using Amazon Bedrock, as well as pre-training and specialized models. |
| 2:30pm | BREAK |
| 3:00pm | SESSION 3: GENERATIVE AI: CASE STUDY Erick Todd (Every Home for Christ) A case study looking at the actual results from both Generative AI and Christian leaders who answered the hardest questions about faith gathered from a survey of more than 100 unbelievers. |
| 5:00pm | Dismiss, Dinner on own |
Wednesday, October 4
| 9:00am | WORSHIP AND PRAYER |
| 9:15am | SESSION 4: VIRTUAL REALITY/AI: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE Dr. Wei-Jing Zhu (Cherith Analytics) We will receive updates from recent studies on the landscape of VR and AI, delve into virtual communities, and get insights into how this landscape might be influenced by technology like Apple’s new VR goggles. We’ll also discuss how ministries should approach this emerging technology. |
| 10:45am | BREAK |
| 11:00am | SESSION 5: PRIVACY, LEGALITY, AND THE CULTURE WARS Ian Speir, Esq. (Covenant Law) A view of the risks and challenges associated with emerging technology through public sentiment, government intervention, and privacy/bias of technology companies. |
| 12:30pm | FINAL THOUGHTS |
| Boxed Lunch To-Go |
