Calendar

Upcoming

Mitch Masia

• When: Thu, Sep 25, 2025, 7:15 to 9:15 PM CDT
• Location: Highwood, IL - venue on RSVP
• Topic: Building your own AI voice receptionist
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Davis Schneiderman (Lake Forest College)

• When: Wed, Oct 15, 2025, 7:15 PM CDT
• Location: Krebs Center, Lake Forest, IL
• Topic: Humanist Ethics of AI: Creativity, Ownership, and Remix Culture.
• Sponsor: Lake Forest College

Tom Greenhaw

• When: Tue, Nov 4, 2025, 7:15 PM CDT
• Location: Highwood, IL - TBD
• Topic: Making AI fair, transparent, and built for the greater good.

John K. Thompson (The Hackett Group)

• When: Thu, Dec 4, 2025, 7:15 PM CDT
• Location: Highwood, IL - TBD
• Topic: The State of AI in the Enterprise: Lessons from 400 Companies.

Erika Knierim (Founders Law; TECHNĒ Chicago)

• When: Tue, Jan 27, 2026, 7:15 PM CDT
• Location: Highwood, IL - TBD
• Topic: Digital Identity and Compliance for AI-Enabled Products - trust, verification, and governance.

Mitch Masia

• When: Thu, Feb 19, 2026, 7:15 PM CDT
• Location: Highwood, IL - TBD
• Topic: AI Agents in Elixir with Cursor

Noam Davidoff (Northwestern Medicine)

• When: Thu, Mar 19, 2026, 7:15 to 9:15 PM CDT
• Location: Highwood, IL - venue on RSVP
• Topic: Human-centered design and claims payment challenges - bridging payers, providers, and technology.

Past

Matt Butler (Bonsai)

• When: Tue, Aug 26, 2025, 7:15 PM CDT
• Location: Highwood, IL - venue on RSVP
• Topic: Lessons from AI-driven growth: power vs pitfalls in digital advertising and demos of Bonsai’s platform.
• Sponsor: Bonsai
• Archive

Everett Kleven (Archetype)

• When: Thu, Jul 24, 2025, 7:15 to 9:15 PM CDT
• Location: Mojo’s Vinyl Bar, 448 Sheridan Rd, Highwood, IL
• Topic: The Perils of Working with AI Every Day.
• Sponsor: Edward Jones
• Archive and deck

Josh Brusin (Prxy AI)

• When: Tue, Jun 17, 2025, 7:00 to 9:00 PM CDT
• Location: Yana’s Speakeasy, 465 Roger Williams Ave, Highland Park, IL
• Topic: Applied AI in Marketing.
• Archive

Bradley Golden

• When: Thu, May 22, 2025, 7:00 to 9:00 PM CDT
• Location: Beermiscuous, Highwood, IL
• Topic: Live “vibe-coding” demo (Claude 4 vs Cursor plus Gemini 2.5 Pro).
• Recap • Announcement

Kevin Chaplin (Headquarters for AI) and Vlad Brener

• When: Thu, Apr 17, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT
• Location: Broken Tee Brewing, Highwood, IL
• Topic: OpenAI toolchains and custom GPT workflows; March Madness ML workflow.
• Event post • Recap