Integrating AI for Empowerment | MainStage Sessions

This track delivers practical, hands-on AI training for leaders, entrepreneurs, and professionals looking to automate work, improve efficiency, and apply AI-driven insights to real business challenges—all without technical expertise.Each session will showcase real-world use cases from AI experts, business strategists, and industry leaders actively applying AI in their fields.

Breaking Barriers: How Women at Any Level Can Enter the AI Space

Panel of real-time, real-life case studies of women transitioning into AI, including step-by-step guides on learning AI skills, networking, and overcoming barriers. Open discussions where women at various competency levels share insights on getting started with AI, growing expertise, and leveraging AI in their industries.

The AI Toolkit – Practical Applications Across Industries

Description:
This hands-on panel explores how AI tools are transforming key industries with real-world applications and use cases. Experts will break down how AI is enhancing efficiency, decision-making, and innovation in five major sectors.

Industry Focus:
- Legal – AI-powered contract analysis, compliance automation, and risk mitigation.
- Technology – AI-driven software development, cybersecurity, and predictive analytics.
- Healthcare/Biotech/Pharma – AI in drug discovery, diagnostics, and clinical trials.
- Education – AI for personalized learning, training, and student engagement.
- Finance – AI in risk assessment, fraud detection, and financial forecasting.

- Business & Entrepreneurship: How solopreneurs & small businesses use AI for automation & customer engagement

AI Automation That Saves Hours: How to Streamline Workflows and Scale Productivity

AI is transforming operations by automating repetitive tasks, optimizing workflows, and reducing manual workload. This session will introduce no-code AI automation tools that help businesses increase efficiency, scale without burnout, and refocus on strategic growth. Learn how to deploy AI agents for workflow automation, integrate AI-powered tools for scheduling and admin tasks, and see real-world examples of businesses scaling operations with AI.

AI for Marketing & Sales: Smarter Targeting, Better Conversions, Less Effort

AI is redefining how businesses generate leads, engage audiences, and drive conversions. This session will explore AI-powered tools for automating marketing and sales efforts while improving personalization and customer engagement. Discover how to use AI for lead generation, content creation, and campaign optimization to increase revenue without increasing workload.

AI-Powered Customer Insights: Predict What Your Audience Wants Before They Do

AI allows businesses to analyze customer behavior, predict trends, and personalize experiences at scale. This session will showcase how AI is being used to drive smarter customer engagement and decision-making, from sentiment analysis and trend forecasting to personalization strategies that improve customer loyalty and retention.

AI in Decision-Making: Using Predictive Analytics to Drive Business Strategy

AI-driven analytics are giving business leaders access to real-time insights that reduce risk and improve strategic planning. This session explores how AI is transforming decision-making by optimizing forecasting, financial planning, and operational efficiency. Learn how companies are integrating AI-driven insights to stay ahead of market trends, allocate resources wisely, and make more confident, data-backed decisions.

Cybersecurity, Risk Management, and AI: How to Protect Your Business from Digital Threats

As AI adoption accelerates, businesses must stay ahead of cyber threats, fraud, and security risks. This session will highlight AI’s role in fraud detection, cybersecurity monitoring, and compliance, demonstrating how companies are using AI to prevent breaches, identify vulnerabilities before they become threats, and safeguard financial transactions and sensitive business data.

Understanding Guardrails, Bias, and Responsible Deployment
An expert panel on how AI safety measures work, what’s being done to regulate AI, and how women can take an active role in shaping responsible AI policies. Practical use cases on how to safeguard Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and Intellectual Property (IP) when using AI tools.

AI in Hiring & Workforce Development: Smarter Recruitment and Employee Growth

AI is revolutionizing hiring and HR processes by reducing bias, streamlining recruitment, and supporting employee development. This session will explore how AI-driven hiring platforms are identifying top talent, analyzing employee satisfaction, and creating personalized learning experiences to improve retention and workforce engagement.

AI for Business Operations: How to Scale Without Burnout

AI isn’t just for big tech companies—it’s a game-changer for entrepreneurs, consultants, and corporate leaders looking to scale efficiently. This session will focus on AI-powered tools that help manage teams, reduce operational costs, and automate repetitive business functions, allowing leaders to focus on innovation and strategy without increasing workload.

AI for Content Creation: Writing, Branding & Thought Leadership at Scale

AI is making content creation faster, smarter, and more effective. This session will explore how professionals can use AI tools to generate high-quality blog posts, marketing materials, and social media content while maintaining authenticity. Learn how AI is being used for branding, messaging, and thought leadership, and how it can help businesses stay ahead in a competitive digital landscape.

Conversational AI & Chatbots: Using AI to Improve Customer Engagement

Chatbots and AI-driven virtual assistants are transforming customer service, marketing, and sales. This session will showcase how businesses are using AI to automate customer interactions, improve response times, and create seamless user experiences. Learn how to implement AI chatbots without coding and see real-world examples of businesses using conversational AI to scale engagement.

Amplifying Our Unique Human Potential - MainStage Sessions

AI is reshaping every aspect of work, leadership, and creativity, but the most powerful assets women bring to the future—intuition, emotional intelligence, ethics, and leadership—cannot be replaced by machines. This track explores how women can lead in the AI era by reclaiming ancestral wisdom, closing the gender gap in leadership, redefining power and influence, and addressing the profound social, ethical, and existential questions AI raises.

Remembering & Reclaiming: How Ancient Women’s Wisdom Shapes Our AI Future

This session brings together anthropologists, historians, indigenous scholars, and futurists to explore how women’s wisdom, storytelling, and leadership have shaped innovation throughout history and what ancient governance, caregiving models, and cultural networks can teach us about leading in an AI-driven world.

Breaking Barriers: Closing the Gender & Skills Gap in AI Leadership
The AI industry remains male-dominated, but the future doesn't have to be. This session brings together leading AI executives, researchers, and policymakers to discuss the gender gaps in leadership, access to funding, and AI upskilling. Learn what it takes to position yourself as a leader in the AI revolution and break systemic barriers.

Leading with Integrity: Ethics, AI, and the Future of Human-Centered Leadership
AI is shaping governance, business, and society—but how do we ensure it remains aligned with human values? This cross-disciplinary panel of AI ethicists, policy experts, and corporate leaders explores how women can drive ethical AI development, mitigate bias, and create more just AI systems for the future.

The AI-Driven Workforce: What Women Need to Know Now
Automation and AI are transforming the job market. How do women stay ahead? This panel of economists, business leaders, and futurists will break down how industries are shifting, which roles will be most affected, and how AI can be leveraged for career growth and leadership.

Power, Presence & Influence: The Future of Feminine Leadership
What happens when we stop adapting to outdated leadership models and start redefining them? This session brings together female executives, entrepreneurs, and leadership coaches to discuss owning your voice, stepping into power, and embracing leadership styles that AI cannot replace.

The Emotionally Intelligent Leader: Why EQ is the Superpower AI Can’t Replace
While AI automates logic-based tasks, emotional intelligence (EQ) remains a defining skill for human leaders. A diverse panel of neuroscientists, psychologists, and tech executives will explore how empathy, trust, and self-awareness are becoming the most valued leadership skills in the AI era.

Mothering in the AI Era: Raising Children for a Future We Can’t Predict
How do we prepare our children for a world we can’t yet imagine? This conversation between AI educators, futurists, and mothers in leadership will explore how to raise adaptable, ethically aware, and AI-literate children while redefining the intersection of motherhood and leadership.

AI & Human Physiology: The Intelligence of Our Bodies in a Tech-Driven World
In an age dominated by data, we often overlook the intelligence of our bodies. This session—featuring experts in neuroscience, embodiment practices, and biofeedback technology—explores how intuition, movement, and nervous system regulation enhance decision-making, performance, and leadership.

Mental Health & AI: Navigating Burnout, Overload, and the Future of Well-being
AI is increasing efficiency and productivity—but at what cost? This session—featuring mental health professionals, AI ethicists, and corporate well-being experts—examines the role of AI in mental health, the risks of burnout, and how to create a balanced relationship with technology.

Fear, Change & the Unknown: The Existential Questions of the AI Era
Will AI replace us? What happens to identity, meaning, and work when technology outpaces us? This interdisciplinary dialogue with historians, futurists, and philosophers will explore how past revolutions have shaped human evolution, and how we can navigate the fear of being left behind.

The Power of Storytelling: How Women Shape the AI Narrative
The way we talk about AI determines how it develops. This session—featuring storytellers, cultural historians, and AI ethicists—will explore how narratives shape innovation, how women’s voices can influence AI’s trajectory, and how ancient wisdom can inform the future of technology.

Spirituality, AI & the Human Experience: What It Means to Lead in the Unknown
What is the role of spirituality, intuition, and ethics in an AI-driven world? This panel brings together leaders in AI, spiritual thought leaders, and ethical technologists to explore how to lead with meaning and maintain our human essence as technology accelerates.

Visioning the Future: Women at the Forefront of AI Innovation
What does an AI-powered world look like when women lead? This closing panel—featuring women pioneers in AI, investment leaders, and startup founders—will discuss how women can shape the most positive and inclusive AI future, the rise of AI-driven entrepreneurship, and where we go from here.