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AI in Action Summit

Experimentation to ROI

A full-day immersive, hands-on experience that builds the judgment, workflows, and strategy needed to apply AI effectively and generate real business impact.

Everyone's using AI. Almost no one is measuring it.

June 10, 2026

The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education
Toronto Metropolitan University
7th floor, Peter Bronfman Learning Centre, Heaslip House
297 Victoria Street, Toronto, ON

Built around questions business leaders are actually asking

Every session answers one of three core questions business leaders face when navigating AI adoption.

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What can AI realistically do for my work or organization?

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How do I adopt it safely and responsibly?

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How do I prove ROI and justify continued investment?

Is This Event for You?

This summit is designed for business professionals navigating AI adoption in their organizations — no technical background required. If you're a manager, director, executive, or team lead responsible for performance, strategy, or business outcomes, this day is built for you.

By the end of this Summit, you will be able to:

Apply AI directly to real tasks from your own work
Build confidence in evaluating outputs, risk, and responsible use
Leave with a practical action plan, including a self-assessment and workflow map.

Full Day

Hands-On Workshops

Expert Speakers

Our Agenda

8:30 a.m.–9:00 a.m.

Registration

Registration and Light Breakfast

9:00 a.m.–9:30 a.m.

Opening Session · All Participants

“Where Am I With AI?”

Participants complete a short self-reflection to assess their current AI confidence, skills, and concerns. This establishes a personal baseline and signals that the day will be active and participatory — not a passive conference.

Jake Hirsch-Allen

9:30 a.m.–10:15 a.m.

Keynote speaker

Privacy in the Age of AI

Privacy and AI are often viewed as competing in a zero-sum game. In this talk, Dr. Cavoukian uses the Privacy by Design framework (an ISO standard) to help business leaders understand how responsible AI use is not only compatible with privacy, but essential for operational efficiency and organizational success.

Ann Cavoukian, PhD

10:15 a.m.–11:15 a.m.

Session 1

The 10x Prompt: How to Get Better Results from AI

Most people are underutilizing AI without realizing it. In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn how to upgrade their prompts, build reusable “master prompts,” and consistently produce higher-quality outputs in less time.

Derek Cairns, MA

11:15 a.m.–11:30 a.m.

Break

Networking Break

11:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

Session 2

From Advice to Action: Why AI Needs Action Context to Deliver Business Value

Most AI tools advise. Few can act. Engineering and analytics leader Sergio Anaya explores the execution gap — why AI without action context fails to deliver ROI — and demonstrates Wayne, a live AI agent that provides end-to-end management of Google Tag Manager from the command line.

Sergio Anaya

12:15 p.m.–1:15 p.m.

Lunch

Lunch Break

1:15 p.m.–2:15 p.m.

Session 3

Beyond the AI Hype: Aligning Strategy, Workflows, and Human Capability

AI adoption is often treated as a technical rollout problem. This session reframes it as a human and organizational challenge. By using real-world lessons, strategic mapping, and workflow redesign we will tackle how adoption succeeds when people are supported, expectations are explicit, and integration is intentional.

Ashton Cousineau

2:15 p.m.–2:45 p.m.

Curiosity to Capability: Using AI to Transform Manual Work

This presentation will provide a compelling look at how a team embraced the challenge to apply AI and reimagine a manual process for creating around 2,500 job descriptions. By redesigning the workflow and intentionally using AI to streamline repetitive work, the team reduced effort by 80 percent, freeing the team’s capacity for higher-value strategic work.

David Rotstein

2:45 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

Break

Networking Break

3:00 p.m.–3:45 p.m.

Session 4

Human-in-the-Loop and Workflow Mapping

Participants map one real workflow from their organization to identify where AI can assist, automate, and where humans must retain ownership — directly connecting AI adoption to workforce readiness and ROI.

Stephen Ghigliotty

3:45 p.m.–4:15 p.m.

Panel Discussion · Audience Q&A · All Participants

From Experimentation to ROI

A moderated panel featuring leaders from strategy, operations, and governance discussing how organizations move beyond experimentation to sustained AI value.

4:15 p.m.–4:45 p.m.

Closing Activity · All Participants

Reflection + 3–3–12 AI Action Plan

Participants revisit their morning self-assessment and develop a practical AI action plan for the next 3 weeks, 3 months, and 12 months — creating a clear path from learning to execution.

4:45 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

Closing

Closing Remarks and Next Steps

What One Day of AI Training Could Be Worth

From efficiency gains to real ROI.

Research suggests that professionals using AI tools can save meaningful time each week — turning small efficiency gains into measurable business value over time.

5 hrs

* saved per week by professionals who regularly use AI tools

$6,250+

estimated annual time value based on a $100K salary

Your Investment

$395

One day. Practical skills.
A roadmap you can act on immediately.

This summit focuses on helping you identify where those efficiencies exist and how to translate them into real impact for your team.

* Based on industry research estimating ~5 hours/week saved through AI use. Sources include the Federal Reserve, LSE, and industry studies. Figures are illustrative and will vary by role and organization.

Secure Your Spot

Ready to move from experimentation to impact?

June 10, 2026 · Toronto Metropolitan University · $395 per person · Seats are limited · Breakfast and lunch included