Enjoy complimentary coffee, tea and continental breakfast as you meet your fellow attendees.

Sign-in, pick up your materials and enjoy a continental breakfast before we start the day.

Welcome to the AI for Communications Conference! In this fast-paced forum, you'll get to know your fellow peers, their biggest internal communications challenges, and a few fun facts.

This session shows how one communications team used AI to support employees through a complex change initiative. Learn how sentiment monitoring, targeted messaging, and strong prompting helped the team respond faster to concerns, clarify key messages, and improve employee understanding throughout the transition.

Key Takeaways

• Using AI to track employee sentiment in real time during change

• Adjusting messaging quickly without losing trust

• Prompting techniques that improve clarity and consistency

Learn how AI, live data, and employee personas were combined to deliver targeted communication journeys across a multigenerational workforce. This case study shows how personalization strengthened connection, energized an employee ambassador program, and improved internal sentiment and external brand awareness.

Key Takeaways

• Using AI driven personas to improve relevance across generations

• Connecting internal engagement to external brand outcomes

• Scaling personalization without overwhelming teams

Enjoy complimentary coffee, tea, and other refreshments as you network with your peers. 

Be sure to stop by and visit your sponsors and be sure to fill out your evaluation forms. 

This session explores how AI was integrated into executive communications while preserving the leader’s authentic voice. Learn how drafting support, rapid revisions, and tone protection were balanced with clear guardrails to maintain trust and accuracy.

Key Takeaways

• Supporting executive messaging without replacing judgment

• Guardrails that protect voice, accuracy, and credibility

• Speeding revisions while maintaining authenticity

AI adoption in communications is accelerating, but legal and regulatory clarity is lagging behind. This session outlines where AI in communications is realistically heading over the next one to three years and the legal issues communicators must plan for now, including data ownership, copyright, privacy, and transparency.

Key Takeaways

• The most pressing legal risks tied to AI use in communications

• What emerging regulations mean for internal and external messaging

• How to balance innovation with responsible risk management

Reservations have been made at several local restaurants. Don't miss this opportunity to have lunch with your peers at a local New York City hot spot!


**Dutch Treat. Everyone is financially responsible for their own lunch.**

Take part in a lively Gallery Walk designed to spark conversation and shared learning. Flip charts with key communication questions will be posted around the room for participants to add their ideas, experiences, and comments. Afterward, the session chair will guide a group discussion to highlight common themes and insights gathered from the room. 

Key Takeaways 

• Engage in open, collaborative idea sharing with peers. 

• Discover common challenges and emerging trends in communications. 

• Leave with collective insights and practical actions to apply in your role. 

AI is reshaping communications by making it more accessible and inclusive. This session explores how AI powered tools support real time translation, adaptive content, and personalized experiences, and how communicators can design strategies that reach broader, more diverse audiences.

Key Takeaways

• How AI advances accessibility and inclusion

• Microsoft innovations communicators should understand

• Designing communication for diverse needs at scale

Take advantage of this interactive break to connect with our sponsors and experience their products and services firsthand. Each sponsor will host live demos at their table—giving you the chance to explore innovative solutions, ask questions, and find the tools that best support your work. 

In this "no-pressure" setting, you'll be able to ask your most pressing questions and receive honest feedback from your peers. How communicators guide employees and leaders through AI driven change with steady messaging, realistic expectations, and strong guardrails. Panelists discuss what works when anxiety rises, how to address fear without overpromising benefits, and how to keep communication grounded in trust while the technology evolves.

Don't stop the conversation! Join us in the hotel lobby bar for complimentary drinks and networking with your peers. 

Want to keep the conversation going? Join a group of attendees for dinner at a local New York City hot spot. Sign-up at the registration desk or during the networking reception to join a group at tonight's dine-around. Reservations have been made.
 

**Dutch Treat. Everyone is financially responsible for their own dinner.** 

Enjoy complimentary coffee, tea and continental breakfast as you network with fellow attendees on this final day. 

Together we will recap yesterday's top takeaways and set the stage for this final day of learning. 

This session shows how AI enhanced survey, comment, and feedback analysis to reveal patterns that informed channel strategy and leadership messaging. Learn how data moved from reactive reporting to proactive planning.

Key Takeaways

• How AI surfaces insights humans often miss

• Turning feedback data into strategic decisions

• Using patterns to refine channels and messaging

This session shares real examples of training executives and managers to use AI effectively and responsibly. Learn how teams addressed skepticism, reduced risk concerns, and focused leaders on use cases that deliver consistent value.

Key Takeaways

• Addressing common executive concerns about AI

• Use cases that resonate most with senior leaders

• Training approaches that build confidence and trust

Enjoy complimentary coffee, tea, and other refreshments as you network with your peers. 

Be sure to stop by and visit your sponsors and be sure to fill out your evaluation forms. 

In this interactive session, participants pair up to share brief stories of when communication worked well and identify common themes that can be applied in their own organizations.

How to help your team adopt AI tools while strengthening, not weakening, their core communication judgment. For our leaders developing other communicators.