We're excited to welcome you to Convention 2025: this year we're building upon the Convention that you've always known, adding new technical content from our Committee on Technical Advancement, and looking toward the future, ASCE2027 and beyond. Ayanna Howard, Ph.D, accomplished roboticist, entrepreneur and educator, will help guide that future forward with her talk "How AI will Define the Future of Everything.
AI is often seen as a threat to human jobs. But according to renowned roboticist and AI expert Dr. Ayanna Howard, dean of the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University, this pessimistic vision of the future of work is severely misguided. AI and humans will increasingly become co-workers, says Howard. As the virtual workplace becomes more common, Howard teaches companies how to strategically adopt and leverage AI in ways that keep people connected, productive and innovative. This presentation is especially relevant to organizations making plans to return to the office.
