InfoFORCE Schedule

Room 130

Macy Elzonkoly, Assistant Director of Marketing and Outreach

Dr. Kinshuk, Dean

Room 130

Marcus Taylor, MBA, COO, Keynetics Labs, Instructional Designer/Artificial Intelligence Tools Innovations, UNTHSC Division of Academic Innovation

• Visionary Instructional Designer | AI Integration Expert | Leader in Learning Innovation & Transformation
• Beyond the Prompt: Why AI Literacy Is the New Foundational Skill
• ​Marcus Taylor Abstract​
• Speaker Bio

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Panel Discussion
From Interest Group to Action: Developing an AI Framework for Your Academic Library 

• • Jo Monahan, UNT Education and Kinesiology Librarian
  • Carol Shaffer, UNT Coordinating Discovery Systems Librarian
  • Kristin Wolski, UNT Music Information Literacy & Outreach Librarian
  • Amanada Zerangue, UNT Associate University Librarian - Public Services

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Demonstration
OnPoynt PR Mentor: Ethical AI & Strategic Use Communication - Custom GPT

• • Rebecca Poynter, M.J., Senior Lecturer in Public Relations, UNT Mayborn School of Journalism
  • Logan Davidson, Student Research Partner, OnPoynt PR Mentor

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Lightening Talks
Student Research Presentations:

• •  Laxmi Shravani Mamidala, ProComp: A Problem-Driven Multi-Agent Framework for Comparative Paper Ranking, Room 310
  • Ananya Agarwal, Efficient Depression Detection from Social Media Posts Using Hybrid Deep Learning, Room 310
  • Kostiantyn & Viktoriia Savchenko, Learning Technologies in Sales Training: B2B Pitch Effectiveness, Room 310

Room 130

• Roundtable Discussion Table Topics Announced on each day of event.

Room 130

Cole Hilton, MS, FAMIA, Director of Data Engineering and Analytics, Shriners Children's 

• Medical Informatics | Enterprise Data Strategist | AI & Analytics Leader
• Cole Hilton Abstract
• Speaker Bio

Room 130

Panel Discussion
What Works, What Lasts, and What Matters in Healthcare AI

• • Herman Oosterwijk, President and Principal Consultant, OTConsulting
  • Je'Terius Duirden, Business Analyst, Public Health Informatics Institute
  • San Banerjee, CTO, Cardinal Health 

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Lightening Talks
Student Research Presentations:

Room 310

• • Dhiresh Venkateshwarlu Katuri, PolicyPulse.AI An Intelligent Insurance Monitoring Platform Using RAG, BERT, Pre-Trained AI Agents, and Python Full-Stack Development, Room 310
  • Bishnu Sarker, An Application Framework For Malignant Blood Disorder Detection From Peripheral Blood Smear Pathology Images Using Deep Learning, Room 310
• Room 360 
  • Tayiba Raheem, Socio-Technical Fit of AI Coordination Agents in Refugee Pediatric SAM Care – A SEIPS 2.0 Analysis​, Room 360
  • Edublox: Using Web Scraping and AI to Map, Compare, and Analyze University Programs Across US, Room 360

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Common Area & Room 130

Room 130

Common Area & Room 130

Room 130

Macy Elzonkoly, Assistant Director of Marketing and Outreach

Dr. Kinshuk, Dean

Room 130

Zeeshan Rizvi, CEO and Co-Founder of X Scale AI 

• Entrepreneur | Technology Strategist | AI Security & Governance Expert | Cloud & Edge Specialist
• Autonomous but Unsecured: Securing a Billion Agents
• ​Zeeshan Rizvi Abstract​ 
• Speaker Bio

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Panel Discussion
AI in Real Estate and Education: Bridging Data, Decisions, and Community Impact

• • Christine Butt, Texas Realtor and Development Consultant
  • Meaghan Martinez, Real Estate Broker, Elite Real Estate Texas
  • Naveen Nalajala, Senior Software Engineer, AI Implementation at Dell Technologies
    Texas Regional Manager, The AI Collective
  • Sharad Sharma, Associate Dean of Research, Professor, Department of Data Science, Director of DVXR Lab

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Lightening Talks
Student Research Presentations:

Room 310

• • Kamrun Nahar, Convolution Neural Network: A revolutionary turn in the history of computation.  Automatic Detection of Defects and Quality Prediction in the Textile Industry, Room 310

Room 360

• • Gowtham Vuppaladhadiam, CareLens: A Clinical Decision Support Assistant Leveraging Multimodal EHR Data, Room 360

Room 130

• Roundtable Discussion Table Topics Announced on each day of event.

Room 130

Spencer Smith, Director of Libraries, City of McKinney

• Public Sector AI Implementation Expert | Strategic Planning & Organizational Development Leader | Library Services & Community Engagement Specialist
• Practical and Hands On AI for Libraries
• Highlighting ways the McKinney Public Libraries are experimenting with AI, existing tools, and the adjacent possible. 
• Spencer Smith Abstract
• Speaker Bio

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Panel Discussion
Integrating AI Into Existing Workflows

• • Sandeep Shivam, Head of Touchless Experience Product Suite, Tavant
  • Juhi Chadha, Business Intelligence Analyst, UNTHSC, Compliance Data Analyst, Markel
  • Vamshi Meda - Global Head for WEGA, Wipro Intelligence and Digital Transformation Services
  • Naveen Nalajala, Senior Software Engineer, AI Implementation at Dell Technologies
    Texas Regional Manager, The AI Collective
  • Rhoderick J. Ramsey, Ed.D., Founder, Organizational Performance Consultant, Astute Performance Consulting

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Lightening Talks
Student Research Presentations:

Room 310

• • • Lakshmi Triveni Muthyala, Accelerating Blood Cancer Research Through Big Data and Machine Learning, Room 310
    • Sha-Galia Felder, Becoming Your Authentic Self in the Age of AI: Identity, Agency, and Digital Selfhood in Information Environments, Room 310
• Room 360 
  • • Clifford Whitworth, Advancing Cognitive Autonomy: A Multi-Platform Framework for Spatially-Grounded and Adaptive VLA Models, Room 360
    • Megan Barnes, Pioneering a Comprehensive AI and Microelectronics  Curriculum in High School Engineering Classes, Room 360
    • Tayiba Raheem, Retrieval-Augmented Phishing Detection: Leveraging Context Engineering for Cyber Literacy in K-12 Education, Room 360

Room 130

Common Area & Room 130

Room 130

Common Area & Room 130