AI Strategies for Corporate Communications 2026: Agenda Highlights and Speakers

Most communications teams have access to AI by now. The harder questions are what to do with it: how to get past generic drafts, how to make content ready for AI assistants, how to measure impact beyond clicks, and where AI should never be allowed to speak for the company. Those questions drive the agenda at ALI Conferences’ AI Strategies for Corporate Communications conference, October 27-29, 2026, at NYU’s Kimmel Center for University Life on Washington Square Park in New York City.

The three-day, in-person event starts with a day of hands-on pre-conference workshops, followed by two days of case studies, panels and interactive breakouts chaired by Eric T. Mazzacone, Director, Strategic Communication at RTX BBN Technologies.

Pre-conference workshops (October 27)

• AI: All In on Next Gen Multimedia Storytelling to Galvanize Colleagues. Jordan Berman, Founder and CEO of OFC, on using AI across imagery, voiceover and video production while avoiding “AI slop.” (Get a preview in our Multi-Channel Storytelling recap.)
• Beyond the Draft: How Some Internal Communicators Are Unlocking AI’s Real Potential. Gabriel Galdamez of Hola Gabriel presents findings from his original qualitative study of senior practitioners who use AI as a strategic partner, not a drafting shortcut.
• Beyond the Vanity Metrics: Measuring Communications Impact in the AI Era. Gary Ross, President of INSIDE COMMS, on using AI-powered insights to connect communications to business outcomes.
• Building an AI-Ready Communications Team. Stephanie Worrell, Chief of Staff at Duke University Health System, on culture, skills, guardrails and a sustainable adoption roadmap.

General session highlights (October 28-29)

Making AI sound like you

In Why Your AI Sounds Like It’s Never Met You (and How to Fix It), Sean Louhisdon, Cloud Solutions Architect at Microsoft, shows a working setup that gives your AI assistant the context it needs about your writing, your team and your past decisions, and a folder system you can build in about an hour.

Launching AI inside the enterprise

Meaghan Leatherman of TruStage shares lessons from communicating an enterprise AI launch, from building understanding and trust to moving employees from awareness to adoption. Dom McShan of TCU Neeley School of Business shows how to map AI across communications workflows to see where it adds value and where human judgment stays essential.

AI starts with content

Two sessions tackle the fact that AI is only as good as the content it can find. Tainaya Nash of The Fitch Group covers building an AI-ready intranet through content governance and information architecture. Justin Elker of Kenvue and Teryl Taglieri of The O’Keefe Group share lessons from transforming thousands of enterprise knowledge articles for agentic AI.

Executive communications and AI visibility

Sandra Salviejo of Blood Cancer United explains how AI supported a full employee communications audit and a six-month CEO communications roadmap. Jacqueline Jakovac, SVP, AI Visibility and Enablement at Citi, asks what happens when AI becomes your first audience, covering brand visibility, misinformation risk and the new responsibilities of corporate communicators.

Two panels you won’t want to miss

• What Should AI Never Do? Drawing the Line Before Someone Else Does, with Adam Peruta of Syracuse University, Harley Falvo of ADP, Carlos Arcila of Verizon and Kellen Shearin of Fisher & Phillips.
• The AI Arms Race: The Tools, Agents & Resources Every Communicator Should Know, with Drew Pradeep of Project Management Institute, Kaye Byrd of the University of Michigan, Daron Christopher of Bully Pulpit International, Marisa Sharkey of Harmony Biosciences and Dayna Lovelady of The Christian Broadcasting Network.

More than sessions

Like every ALI in-person conference, this one is built for connection: speed networking, networking receptions, group lunches and dine-arounds at local spots, and sponsor showcases with live tool demos. Attendees receive a certificate of attendance for CEUs.

Who should attend

Senior professionals and their teams in corporate, internal and employee communications, media relations, public relations and affairs, executive and digital communications, change management, corporate intranets, crisis communications and HR.

Frequently asked questions

When and where is AI Strategies for Corporate Communications?

October 27-29, 2026, at NYU’s Kimmel Center for University Life, 60 Washington Square South, New York City. October 27 is the pre-conference workshop day, and general sessions run October 28-29.

Do I need to attend the pre-conference workshops?

They’re optional, but the workshop day is small-group and hands-on, and it prepares you for the general sessions that follow.

Is this conference for internal or external communicators?

Both. Sessions cover employee communications, executive messaging, enterprise AI adoption, content governance and how AI shapes your organization’s external reputation.

Register

See the full agenda and register for AI Strategies for Corporate Communications.