Speaking

Keynotes, panels, and facilitated sessions on AI, learning, and human agency.

Every keynote includes a facilitated activity, because ideas land differently when people work with them in real time. A selection of recent work, newest first.

The Practice of the Commons: Agency, Authorship, and Open Pedagogy in an AI AgeUpcoming
AI + OER Institute, Clover Park Technical CollegeAugust 2026

The Practice of the Commons: Agency, Authorship, and Open Pedagogy in an AI Age

University of DenverJune 2026

AI with Integrity

Leadership, Skills-Based Learning, and Employment-Ready Graduates in the Age of AI
GlobalMindED ConferenceJune 2026

Leadership, Skills-Based Learning, and Employment-Ready Graduates in the Age of AI

Cognitive Sovereignty in the Age of AI
GlobalMindED ConferenceJune 2026

Cognitive Sovereignty in the Age of AI

Susan Adams speaking into a microphone on a four-person panel at the RMAIIG June meeting in Boulder.
Rocky Mountain AI Interest GroupJune 2026

The Future of Work: AI and What Is Yours to Own?

PBS12 DenverJune 2026

Women in Tech Special

Susan Adams leading the Build Your AI Assistant lab for women in mission critical positions.
WiMCO, 7x24 Exchange Rocky Mountain ChapterMay 2026

Build Your AI Assistant Lab for Women in Mission Critical Positions

Unstoppable 2026May 2026

Stay the Author: Founders on Building What Only Their Vision Could Imagine

Women in AI Colorado, Northern ColoradoMay 2026

Northern Colorado Chapter Launch

AI for Good: Hope, Love, and Fear
Boulder Startup Week, Women in AI LabsMay 2026

AI for Good: Hope, Love, and Fear

ATD Teaching and Learning SummitApril 2026

Teaching Students to Be the Author, Not Just the User

CE AI Literacy Ambassadors ShowcaseApril 2026

Framing the Ambassadors' Work

DU Daniels and CEGAIAApril 2026

Ethics as Creative Constraints

DU Women in STEM Alumni EventMarch 2026

Women in STEM

Emerging Best Practices in Using AI Well
Silicon Flatirons AI Conference, CU BoulderFebruary 2026

Emerging Best Practices in Using AI Well

Data Love Co. meetupFebruary 2026

In Conversation with Jasmine Motupalli

The AI-Enhanced Student Journey
ATD DREAM ConferenceFebruary 2026

The AI-Enhanced Student Journey

Governors State UniversityOctober 2025

Facilitating Communities of Practice

1EdTech ASWE EmpowerOctober 2025

Bridging the AI Gender Gap Through Strategic Mentorship

Launching Women in AI Labs
Grace Hopper Celebration 2025October 2025

Launching Women in AI Labs

WCET, ATD, and 1EdTechSeptember 2025

A Strategy with Staying Power

CDC Foundation and Rocky Mountain HIDTAAugust 2025

AI and the Overdose Response

COLTT Conference, CU BoulderAugust 2025

Workforce AI Transformation

Achieving the Dream Data SummitSummer 2025

AI in Action: IR and Faculty Collaborating for Student Success

Tennessee Board of RegentsSummer 2025

Scaling OER and a Step-Back Consulting Workshop

CU Boulder AI Summer Design StudioMay 2025

Emergent Strategy and Critical AI Literacy

Chattanooga State Community CollegeMay 2025

AI in Higher Education

South Africa Higher Education KeynoteMay 2024

Centering Humanity in Higher Ed AI