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AI Without the Hype: Practical Tips to Boost Your Productivity using AI!
Tired of AI theory? Be more productive using AI Today!
In this session, we skip the theory and dive straight into real-world applications that boost productivity and streamline daily tasks using AI - today! Building on Steve’s popular productivity series, this session promises to give you tangible skills to supercharge your productivity while producing better results.
Join this session to learn how to:
Craft professional emails, reports, and letters in a fraction of the time
Dive into data analysis without the headache
Unlock your creative side to make art you’ll be proud of - even if you can't draw a straight line!
Get the most out of the many diverse AI tools available today for maximum productivity
Whether you’re new to AI or just looking for practical ideas, you’ll leave with real examples and skills you can start using immediately for both professional and personal tasks. Join us to learn how to put AI to use for you today!
Audience:
Everyone who is curious about AI and would like to be more productive at work and in their personal life will benefit from this session. AI isn’t just for data scientists anymore – it’s a valuable tool we can all benefit from every day!

Brand new session for 2024!

We all hear these three words. Our employers may even actively stress this to us. What does it really mean? How does one truly achieve this? If you have it, is it the right balance? How do you keep it? If you don't have it, how to you get it? This session will cover all this.

Learning Objectives - Personal development, tips on better work/life balance.

Audience - Anyone looking for how to better balance professional and personal life tasks

In this session we will discuss the history of Open AI, its maturity, and potential impacts on sectors like education, finance, and Information Technology. A live demo of the Copilot application is included.

Some of us are lucky enough to have a single job for our entire career, but for most, we will at some point change jobs - either by our choice or our employer's choice. It just makes sense to be prepared for that reality, in case it happens. The irony is that many of the things you can do today to make yourself more employable in the event you ever do find yourself fired also may just make it far less likely that you ever will be fired!
During this session we'll discuss:
How to maximize your value and your employability to make it far less likely you'll ever be let go from a job
Building your networking skills to widen your professional circles
Practical considerations you should do today to be prepared in case you ever do find yourself let go
How to handle yourself in the situation of being fired
Best ways to conduct your job search
Interviewing tips to maximize your chances of finding your new dream job as quickly as possible
Audience:
Everyone who wants to make the most of their career and be prepared for all possibilities would benefit from attending! Join us for this very practical session on what you can do now to protect and prepare yourself!

Brand new session for 2024!

Is artificial intelligence good for security or a menace? During this session Carol will explore the security and privacy considerations you’ll want to make when considering the implementation of AI. She’ll also discuss the ways that AI is used in the security industry as well as the ways bad actors are exploiting it. Finally, she’ll discuss the current laws and regulations surrounding AI.

A motivational and informative session on career development, sharing my journey from an intern to an architect and providing tips on how to avoid getting stuck in your career progression.

Join Alan Seiden, a renowned expert in the IBM i community, for an open and engaging Q&A session designed to address your most pressing questions about IBM i development, modernization, performance tuning, and integration strategies. Whether you’re a seasoned IBM i professional or just starting your journey, this interactive session is your opportunity to gain insight, best practices, and expert advice directly from one of the industry’s most respected voices.

Alan will cover topics such as RPG, SQL, open-source tools, APIs, and performance optimization, while also diving into modern approaches like DevOps, cloud integration, and security best practices. Bring your questions, challenges, and ideas—Alan is here to help you solve problems, explore new possibilities, and empower your IBM i environment.

Come prepared to ask anything—and leave with solutions and inspiration for your IBM i journey!